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Predictions for the 85th Academy Awards, Part 2

BY FRANKLIN P. LAVIOLA This Sunday, February 24th brings the 85th Academy Awards. Anything can happen this year, when the event, hosted by Seth MacFarlane, is broadcast, live from Hollywood, beginning at 7pm, on ABC. Yesterday, we looked at the top six categories. Today we continue with the rest of the key nominations —- who...

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Predictions for the 85th Academy Awards, Part 1

BY FRANKLIN P LAVIOLA This Sunday, February 24th brings the 85th Academy Awards. Anything can happen this year, when the event, hosted by Seth MacFarlane, is broadcast, live from Hollywood, beginning at 7pm, on ABC. Below is a look at the nominees in the top six categories — who will win, who should win, and...

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2013 Oscar Nominations Predictions

BY FRANKLIN P. LAVIOLA The 85th Annual Academy Award nominations will be announced bright and early at 5:30 AM on Thursday, January 10. Before you place your bets, enjoy our predictions for which films, directors, actors, writers, editors, cinematographers, composers, designers, stylists and more will get the Oscar nod. In categories where predicted nominees are...

The 2013 Academy Awards (Host: Seth McFarlane)

Film Projections: What Should Have Been Nominated for Oscars

The 2012 Academy Awards have been awarded. Did the Academy make the right decisions? Franklin Laviola, writer of our Film Projections column, tells us what films he thinks should have been nominated for awards. . Picture The Tree of Life Hugo Cave of Forgotten Dreams The Princess of Montpensier Certified Copy House...

Film Projections: 2012 Oscar Predictions

To prepare for the upcoming Academy Awards, Franklin Laviola, director of the acclaimed short Happy Face, gives us his Academy Award predictions. Read what he thinks and watch the Oscars on Sunday night! Picture The Artist The Descendants Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close The Help Hugo Midnight in Paris Moneyball The Tree of Life War Horse Will Win: On...

Film Projections: Reactions to the 84th Academy Award Nominations

On Monday, our film expert Franklin Laviola shared his predictions for the approaching Academy Awards nominations. Not surprisingly, he did quite well: 71 out of 104 nominations correct, perfect performances in the Best Director and Best Foreign Language Film Categories, and a spot-on prediction that Hugo and The Artist would lead all films with 11 and 10 nominations,...

Film Projections: Our 2012 Oscar Predictions

(Tomorrow at 8:30 AM on the East Coast, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences will announce its nominees for the 84th annual Academy Awards. The annoucements will be made by the moderately attractive Jennifer Lawrence. Sadly we did not have the opportunity to speak with Ms. Lawrence, so we asked our resident film expert...

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Film Projections: 2011 Oscar Predictions (Part 2)

Today concludes Franklin Laviola’s Academy Award predictions. Read what he thinks, give us your predictions, and win fabulous prizes! Original Screenplay: Another Year The Fighter Inception The Kids Are All Right The King’s Speech Will Win Only the tedious and hideously overrated Inception could possibly upset veteran screenwriter David Seidler’s win for The King’s Speech....

FP Oscar Giveaway Contest!

This Sunday, the 83rd Annual Academy Awards take place in Los Angeles. Here at FP, film expert Franklin Laviola is currently in the midst of a two-part column detailing his Oscar selections. But just because Mr. Laviola knows more about movies than all of us combined doesn’t mean we can’t have opinions as well. We...

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Film Projections: 2011 Oscar Predictions (Part 1)

Today and tomorrow, Franklin Laviola, director of the acclaimed short Happy Face, gives us his Academy Award predictions. Read what he thinks, send us your predictions (and maybe win a prize!), and watch the Oscars on Sunday night! Best Picture: 127 Hours The Fighter Inception The Kids Are All Right The King’s Speech The Social...

Colin Firth and Helena Bonham Carter in The Kings Speech

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