By now I think we’re all sick of hearing about director Brett Ratner being fired as Oscar producer, and apparently taking his host, Eddie Murphy, down with him. Billy Crystal has been named as the show’s new host, but hypothetically speaking… Who really belongs on that podium come Oscar night? Read more »
News broke this week that Fox is plowing full speed ahead with an Oscar campaign to get Andy Serkis nominated for Best Actor, for his motion capture performance as Caesar the ape in Rise of the Planet of the Apes. But do mo-cap performances belong in the same category as standard film acting? Read more »
Crafty movie fan and LEGO artist Alex Eylar has recreated famous scenes from this year’s ten Academy Award Best Picture nominees in LEGO dioramas. His work is stunning: Eylar uses dramatic lighting and custom-made Minifigures to faithfully capture recognizable moments from the year’s best movies. Here are all ten of Eylar’s amazing works. Some are pretty obvious, while others may stump you. Can you match the LEGO work to the film that each one represents? (Answers are at the bottom of the page.) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. The correct answers are: 1) The Social Network, 2) The King’s Speech, 3) The Kids Are Alright, Read more »
1) Oscar statuettes aren’t solid gold. Winners of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences annual awards just love to talk about how heavy their award statuettes are. They go on and on about it, they do bicep curls with their award. We get it! It’s heavy! (Actual weight of an Oscar: 8.5 pounds.) The winners are implying that the statuettes are solid gold, but don’t believe it. They’re gold-plated. They’re really made of a composite metal called britannium (93% tin + 5% antimony + 2% copper) that’s heated to its liquid state and cast in a mold. After some sanding and buffing, an electroplating process covers it in Read more »
