OSCARS: Awards Season Frenzy Hits Pinnacle At WGA and ACE; End In Sight

By PETE HAMMOND | Monday February 20, 2012 @ 12:24am PST
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WGA Awards: ‘The Descendants’, Woody Allen Big Winners
Eddie Awards: ‘The Descendants’, ‘The Artist’, ‘Rango’ Win

When the awards season kicked into gear at Telluride and Toronto, it appeared the movie to beat was going to be Fox Searchlight’s The Descendants. But then along came the big momentum for the little-silent-movie-that-could, The Artist, and that was all she wrote — that is, until this last weekend before ballots are due. Descendants has been on a tear these past few days, almost seeming to say “it ain’t over til it’s over”. With significant victories for Best Adapted Screenplay at the WGA Awards Sunday night, preceded by the  prestigious USC Scripter Award and Best Drama Feature Editing win at the ACE Eddie Awards on Saturday — not to mention writer-director Alexander Payne’s special  award from the cinema editors — you have a pretty impressive haul. But is it too late to turn around the momentum of The Artist?  After all, ballots are due at PricewaterhouseCoopers by Tuesday at 5 PM, and with the President’s Day holiday on Monday slowing postal delivery, the only way to get ballots in on time is to have them hand-delivered. READ MORE »

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Editors To Honor Alexander Payne As ACE Golden Eddie Filmmaker Of The Year

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday February 6, 2012 @ 8:09am PST

Universal City, CA, February 6, 2012 -Award winning filmmaker Alexander Payne has been selected by the Board of Directors of the American Cinema Editors (ACE) to be honored with the organization’s prestigious ACE Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year

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Cinema Editors Bestow Career Nods On 2

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday January 20, 2012 @ 8:21am PST

Film Editors Unveil Eddie Award Nominations

The American Cinema Editors will bestow the group’s Lifetime Achievement Award to frequent Clint Eastwood collaborator Joel Cox and veteran TV editor Doug Ibold during the ACE Eddie Awards ceremony February 18 at the … Read More »

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Film Editors Unveil Eddie Award Nominations

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday January 16, 2012 @ 9:07am PST

The Descendants and The Artist, coming off Best Motion Picture victories last night at the Golden Globes, are among the finalists in the drama and comedy/musical categories for the 62nd ACE Eddie Awards. The American Cinema Editors revealed their nominees today. Here’s the full list of finalists, with the winners to be revealed in a ceremony February 18 at the Beverly Hilton:

BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (DRAMATIC)
The Descendants
Kevin Tent, A.C.E.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Angus Wall, A.C.E. & Kirk Baxter, A.C.E.
Hugo
Thelma Schoonmaker, A.C.E.
Moneyball
Christopher Tellefsen, A.C.E.
War Horse
Michael Kahn, A.C.E.

BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (COMEDY OR MUSICAL)
The Artist
Anne-Sophie Bion & Michel Hazanavicius
Bridesmaids
William Kerr & Michael L. Sale
Midnight in Paris
Alisa Lepselter
My Week with Marilyn
Adam Recht
Young Adult
Dana E. Glauberman, A.C.E.

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