Sunday, March 7, 2010 9:00PM - By Laura Aguirre
The winner of the 2010 Academy Award for Best Picture goes to The Hurt Locker. Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, and the cast accepted the award and boy were they excited. Bigelow held both her Best Director and Best Picture Oscars in her hands and thanked all those who believed in the film when so many people didn’t. They also once again mentioned the men and women serving in the military to protect our country. Such a monumental night for records to be broken and history to be made.
See who they beat out this year in the Best Picture category…
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Sunday, March 7, 2010 8:56PM - By Laura Aguirre
The winner of the 2010 Academy Award for Best Director goes to Kathryn Bigelow. She’s made history as the first female to win the Best Director Oscar. She received a standing ovation and an intro by Barbra Streisand who said, “the time has come.” Bigelow described her win as the moment of a lifetime. She also dedicated her award to the women and men in the military who risk their lives on a daily basis around the world.
Check out who she bear out for the Best Director Award…
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Sunday, March 7, 2010 8:08PM - By Anet Hovhanesian
The winner of the 2010 Academy Award for Best Editing goes to The Hurt Locker’s Chris Innis and Bob Murawski. Both first time winners were very excited to be taking home their awards and thanked the cast and crew of the film while doing so. They also wanted everyone to know that the movie was made without compromise, without focus groups, or studio changes. Everyone involved was involved because they wanted to be.
See who they beat out this year in the Best Editing category…
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Sunday, March 7, 2010 6:18PM - By Laura Aguirre
The winner of the 2010 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay goes to The Hurt Locker. In his acceptance speech, screenwriter Mark Boal talked about his background as a reporter in Iraq who thought his experiences would make a good movie. He stated that the film went far beyond his expectations and he owed that to director, Kathryn Bigelow. He also dedicated his award to the thousands of troops still serving overseas and his father who passed away a month ago.
See who he beat out this year in the Best Original Screenplay category…
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Tuesday, March 2, 2010 8:21PM - By Anet Hovhanesian
French producer Nicolas Chartier who was a part of the Best Picture nominated film The Hurt Locker has been banned from attending the Oscar awards ceremony this Sunday due to an e-mail he sent. According to USA Today, Chartier is being punished for trying to sway Oscar voters towards his film by talking trash about a fellow nominee.
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Monday, March 1, 2010 1:50PM - By Mali Elfman
With the Oscars right around the corner and The Hurt Locker finally getting the attention is deserves, someone has to complain about it. The film has already received praise from critics and the military personal alike. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has commented on the film and called it both “authentic” and “very compelling.” Purple Heart winner, Drew Sloan, recently sat with the cast and crew on a panel to speak about the film.
Suddenly it’s being said that the film-makers may have gone a little too far…
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010 8:49AM - By Krystal Clark
This morning the Oscar nominations were revealed for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards and once again James Cameron has found himself on top of the world thanks to Avatar. But he shouldn’t celebrate just yet, because there’s plenty of competition coming from the dark horse The Hurt Locker led by Best Director nominee, Kathryn Bigelow. Let’s see how these two stack up against each other…
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Monday, January 4, 2010 9:31AM - By Krystal Clark
The Hurt Locker continues to destroy the competition by adding another critics award to its growing mantle. The National Society of Film Critics selected the Kathryn Bigelow war drama as their top film of 2009. The film has become the golden child of award’s season and took home three of the top honors the group had to offer.
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Thursday, December 17, 2009 10:37AM - By Krystal Clark
All year Up in the Air has been a festival and critics darling thanks to the great script and direction of Jason Reitman. The only thing that may keep it from gaining Oscar gold is the dark horse, The Hurt Locker. The Kathryn Bigelow drama has been running neck and neck with Reitman’s latest, and is on it’s way to making Academy Awards history. If Bigelow gets a nomination and a win, she’ll be the first woman to ever receive a Best Director Oscar. But in order for her to break that barrier she has to take Reitman and his flick out of contention, which won’t be an easy feat.
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