silver linings playbook
Jessica Chastain led the Martin Luther King Day box office weekend scoring the number one and two spot with her two films "Mama" and "Zero Dark Thirty." It was the first time since 1997 that a film star led the top two spots. That year Leonardo Dicaprio led with "The Man in the Iron Mask" and "Titanic."
This weekend three new films open wide with hopes of overthrowing Kathryn Bigelow's controversial film "Zero Dark Thirty." "Mama," "The Last Stand," and "Broken City" open wide with Oscar nominee "Silver Linings Playbook" expanding nationwide. Sundance hit "LUV" opens in select theaters.
The academy award nominee "Silver Linings Playbook" hits theaters nationwide on Jan.18. The film stars Academy Award nominees Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper.
After rumors spread that Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper were dating, Cooper recently revealed in Entertainment Tonight that they were not a real life couple.
The Golden Globes were handed out on Jan. 13 with many surprises shaking up the race as well as many predictable choices.
The Academy award nominations were announced on Jan. 10 with many surprises and snubs. While Lincoln led the way with 12 nominations, many films fell short of their expectations while some surprised pundits and critics. The following is a list of the biggest surprises and snubs at this years Oscar nominees.
On Jan. 10th the Critics Choice Awards named "Argo" the Best Film of the Year. The film also received the Best Director accolade for Ben Affleck.
The Golden Globe category for Best Comedy or Musical is one of the more interesting annual races.
On Tuesday evening David O. Russell took the stage for a Q& A session at the Paris Theater in New York following an awards screening of "Silver Linings Playbook."
Awards season has started to get excitingly unpredictable as there seems to be no clear front runner any longer. Zero Dark Thirty was once being heavily predicted to win the Best Picture award in February, but the film seems to have lost steam in the precursor awards.
On Monday, the Oscar nomination votes will be due. With no major award associations announcing nominations or awards it is safe to say a major component of the race has already been finalized leading up to Monday's vote. After numerous precursors, the Golden Globe and SAG nominations, a few things have become increasingly clear.
The Oscar frontrunners are starting to come out as the Toronto Film Festival wrapped up Sunday, September 16.
"The Silver Linings Playbook" by David O. Russell won the audience award beating out tough competition by Ben Affleck's "Argo" and Eran Rikili's "Zaytoun."
