Wow. It is unbelievable how things can turn so quickly. Less than fifteen minutes ago, Tom Hooper was presented with the prestigious Director’s Guild Award for his direction on The King’s Speech. He beat out the favorite David Fincher, who was widely considered to be a lock two weeks ago for The Social Network. It just goes to show that in the Oscar race, anything can and will happen!

This is a huge, huge award and as a result, The King’s Speech is firmly placed in the role of the Best Picture frontrunner. Forget the fact that The Social…
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Think back, far back into the days of early September, when The Social Network was first released. The risky movie, which many critics predicted would be much too current and close to audiences’ lives to be taken seriously, was met with resounding praise and huge box office success. Critics were fast to assume that it would garner an Academy Award Best Picture nomination come January, but a win?

Fast Forward to January 2011. That win is almost a sure thing. Or is it?

The Academy Awards Best Picture race seems to be developing a new trend since the…
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Prince Albert, Duke of York (“Bertie”, as he was called by his family) was a man of privilege to be sure, but that didn’t mean he had it particularly easy. From the time he was a child, he was plagued with a debilitating speech impediment, which made him horribly self-conscious and uneasy in public situations. He was the target of his brother’s derision growing up, an unfortunate dynamic that continued into the brothers’ adult years. And then, taken completely off-guard, Bertie is thrown into the role of King of England when his brother Edward abdicates the throne in order to…
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The nominations for the 83rd annual Academy Awards have been unveiled and as usual, there are some surprises. Oscar Frenzy takes a closer look at some of the notable inclusions/exclusions and what it may mean for the big races.

1. The King’s Speech garners 12 nominations

This was a bit of a surprise. Everyone thought The King’s Speech was popular, but it was by no means a shoo-in to get nominations for art direction and sound mixing. Sound?! The fact that it got these nominations is an indication of broad-based support throughout the Academy. This is why The…
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