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How Much Is an Oscar Nomination Actually Worth?

Brian Moylan · 01/26/11 04:44PM

Hollywood doesn't care about art—just money—so it's no surprise that many people are interested in knowing how much an Oscar nomination for Best Picture is worth in dollars. Finally, they have an answer.

Here Are the 2011 Oscar Nominations

Richard Lawson · 01/25/11 09:01AM

Hollywood's most important morning is here, with the naming of the 2011 Academy Award nominees. Will Miley Cyrus be recognized for The Last Song, M. Night Shyamalan for The Last Airbender? Read the major category nominations here!

Blood on the Carpet: Highlights of Golden Globe Fashion

Richard Lawson · 01/16/11 09:05PM

Tonight the stars strode the red carpet dressed in their finest, while us commoners admired their fancy adornments and luxurious fabrics. Here is a sampling of the best and worst of their garmentry.

Let's Predict the Golden Globe Winners!

Richard Lawson · 01/14/11 03:06PM

Sunday night is Hollywood's drunkest gilded night of the year, the annual bestowing of Golden Globe awards upon the golden people who rule the globe. Who will win? Who will lose? Let's go category by category making some predictions.

Here Are Your SAG Award Nominations

Richard Lawson · 12/16/10 11:36AM

Perhaps Hollywood's most self-indulgent awards, for actors by actors, the SAGs are also often the best tea leaves to read to guess Oscar nominations. So pay attention! Here are this year's film and TV nominees.

Here Are Your Golden Globe Nominations

Richard Lawson · 12/14/10 11:12AM

It's time once again for our strange dance with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the group of ninety people who manage to throw the second-biggest awards orgy of the season. Their nominations came out today, so let's take a look!

The Oscar Predictions You've Been Waiting For

Richard Lawson · 12/07/10 11:35AM

Well, it's that most wonderful time of the year again. No, not Christmas, the war against which we are fully waging. We mean Oscar season! Some early awards have been given out, so it's time to start the prediction game.

Your Economic Nobel Winners: Blame Them for Everything

Hamilton Nolan · 10/11/10 02:21PM

The Way We Live Now: finally being recognized for our brilliance. Winning the Nobel Prize in Economics while the global economy's as shitty as this is a lot like winning Juiciest Cow at the Slaughterhouse. It's...an honor.

The Best Actress Oscar Fight Just Got a Whole Lot Nastier

Richard Lawson · 09/16/10 02:30PM

A prestige actress just had a movie dropped into the fall slate. Watch out, ladies! Also today: a literary classic gets an Awzom! movie makeover, lots of TV shows hire actors, and some Christine O'Donnell jokes.

The Emmy Nominees: Full of Glee

Richard Lawson · 07/08/10 08:53AM

The 2010 Emmy nominees were announced this morning and they were full of old standards (Mariska Hargitay... again) and surprises (a show on USA that isn't Monk got a nomination!). Let's take a look at the list, shall we?

Emmy Nominees That We Can Only Dream Of

Richard Lawson & Brian Moylan · 07/07/10 02:36PM

Emmy Award nominations will be announced tomorrow morning. They do a really crappy job of rewarding the best in television, so we thought we'd call out some great people who will never get nominated in a million years.