Gurus o’ Gold
Gurus o Gold… The FINAL Last Minute Changes (Round 3)
If you are interested in some last minute changes of heart in Doc, Short Doc, and Live Action Short, you’ve found the right link.
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The Last Full Gurus Chart Last Minute Changes (Round One) Gregory Ellwood Best Documentary Feature * Inside Job – 1 Best documentary short subject * The Warriors of Qiugang – 1 Best live action short film * Na Wewe – 1 Original screenplay * The King’s Speech – 1 Pete Hammond BEST DIRECTOR: David Fincher…
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Here are 10 last minutes changes that Gurus would like to make to their
final ballots.
We’ll be back on Thursday and then again on Saturday if there are any more last second flashes of insight!
Read the full article »Gurus o’ Gold – What Would The Oscars Look Like As Of Today?
All the Gurus votes are now in for the last round of voting the complete list of categories. Oscar ballots are due in by Tuesday.
The last group of votes put Melissa Leo back at the top of her category. What other surprises will there be… if The Gurus are right, 8 days from the show?
Read the full article »Gurus o’ Gold – The Final Ballot, pt 3 of 3
In the last round of the last vote, the Gurus hand four Oscars to Inception, matching The King’s Speech’s four, The Social Network’s three and True Grit’s two. But are The Gurus the boss of The Academy?
We’ll know in nine days.
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We got your doc categories, your editor, your music, your make-up, your foreign language, and your animated short.
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The Gurus are handing in their final ballots in all categories. Any big changes? Well, one category in the Top 8 has a new leader. And a few races have tightened up. The campaigns that have attacked Phase II aggressively have made some inroads, at least with The Gurus. More categories tomorrow…
Read the full article »Gurus o’ Gold: Has Anything Changed This Week?
As voting continues, The Gurus are asked, “Anything? Anything?”
And the answer is…
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This week, the Gurus offer their view of the Best Picture race. (Not much happening there.)
Also, what are the most likely upsets on the big night? You’ll have to look for yourselves, but ladies first.
Read the full article »Gurus o’ Gold: Oscar Nominations (Pt 3 of 3)
The third group of Oscar nominations, as seen by The Gurus. None are unanimous, though Song and Score come closest.
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Eight more categories in from The Gurus. The only unanimity in this group is in Animation. The tightest races are Foreign Language and Editing. The last categories tomorrow.
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The Gurus are putting together their votes in all Oscar categories. Five of the Top 8 categories have unanimous votes for the frontrunners. And the other 3 are also pretty one-sided. On Thursday, we’ll see if the rest of the ballot looks less settled in the eyes of The Gurus.
Read the full article »Gurus o’ Gold, 1/12/11
The Gurus have as narrow a view of most of the guilds seem to have right now. So like the selections, the page will go unadorned today. Mila Kunis and Jeremy Renner have some heat, as The Gurus look at the Supporting Acting categories, which just last month looked like free-for-alls. And the Directors are down to a list of 6 contenders.
Read the full article »Gurus o’ Gold: The Holiday Is Over! (Jan 5, 2011)
The Gurus welcome you to 2011! The long-ranking Top 2, Social Network & King’s Speech, are now in a dead tie on top. But Rooster, Mattie &
LaBoeuf are chasing, as True Grit leaps from #7 to #3 this week.
We also ask, how many of these major guild nominations might translate into Oscar nods?
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With overwhelming domination of the Critics Groups, The Social Network overtakes The King’s Speech for the top spot by 1 point. The other mover is Black Swan, which leaps from #7 to #4.
And The Gurus bid a fond farewell to Sean Smith, off to do serious things with his life. And we ring in the New Year with Anthony Breznican flipping to Entertainment Weekly from USA Today. The more things change…
Read the full article »Gurus o’ Golden Globes, Post-Nominations
The Gurus came through Globes Day with a new appreciation for The Fighter and worries about True Grit.
Also, with Globes nods in, a look at the Picture and Acting categories. Jolie, Berry, Wahlberg & Kunis all got nods without a single Gurus guessing they would. So what now? (And the ranking of the rest of the movie categories coming soon.)
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The only real action in the Oscar race this week is The Gurus moving The Town into the Top Ten.
Most of today’s Guru output looks at The Golden Globes, the award given out by 80something 80somethings and Dick Clark. The Gurus take measure like Mizrahi of all of the top 8 categories, which at The Globes, doesn’t include screenwriting or directing… though 11 Gurus have come up with 18 candidates in one category, which says it all!
Read the full article »Gurus o’ Gold: True Grit Week – Episode Two
The last of the Gurus has checked in and the battles remain tight. “True Grit Week,” saw film at #4, up from #7 last week, and Top 5 slots for all three of the main actors actors and the Coens in Screenplay & Director. With 100% of Guru districts reporting, Annette Bening and Natalie Portman are within 2 points of one another in Best Actress. Duvall and Bardem still can’t crack the Top 5 in Actor. And we’ve sorted Original and Adapted Screenplays.
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This is Round 1 of 2 rounds of voting this week, as True Grit rolls out for most of the Gurus. Will it change the complexion of the race? Tune back in on Friday to see, as The Gurus vote on all of the Top 8 categories. Today, Winter’s Bone moves into a Top Ten tie.
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