Blog Posts by Bryan Enk

  • Photo: GettyCareful with those steps -- a sudden stumble might make you forget the two central people responsible for making the movie that features your Oscar-winning performance.

    Every GIF-master on the planet exclaimed "Yes!" when Jennifer Lawrence had a little trouble getting to the stage to accept her Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in "Silver Linings Playbook," a humbling flourish made even all the more (unintentionally) humorous by the standing ovation that followed.

    A rattled and breathless Lawrence took it pretty much in stride, as she had better things to do than be embarrassed by a brief run-in with gravity: namely, delivering her Oscar acceptance speech.

    "Thank you to the Academy, and thank you to the women this year, you were so magnificent and sp inspiring," said the ever-charming Lawrence after the audience took their seats. "And thank you to the producing team -- Bruce [Cohen], Donna [Gigliotti], Jon [Gordon] ... and Bradley [Cooper] and our entire cast -- Chris

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    So who was that guy who took the stage with Ben Affleck and George Clooney to accept the Best Picture Oscar for "Argo," anyway?

    Grant Heslov, who's almost but not quite as stunningly handsome as his two stage-mates, has emerged as quite the formidable Hollywood producer in recent years -- though he first became acquainted with his pal and partner George Clooney in an acting class when they were just starting out as young thespians.

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    You'd think that Kristen Stewart and Daniel Radcliffe taking the stage would conjure a lot of fan excitement -- after all, it isn't very often that Bella Swan and Harry Potter are seen in public together, much less as presenters at a major awards ceremony. However, there was just something about K.Stew being at the Oscars that brought on the bile in the twitter-verse … mostly involving her appearance.

    Radcliffe got away unscathed (he usually does), but it was open season on Stewart as she showed up at the 85th Annual Academy Awards sporting her trademark facial expression that somehow manages to convey both disinterest and condescension … and on a set of crutches.

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    Call it the office-pool buster. Ang Lee's "Life of Pi" surprised many by scoring a leading four Oscars on Sunday night, including a jaw-dropper for est Director.

    The movie, considered unfilmable before Lee brought it to theaters, also took home Best Cinematography, Visual Effects, and Original Score.

    But despite its strong box office ($113 million in the United States, $470 million internationally), "Life of Pi" seemed a long shot to outscore favorites like "Argo" and "Lincoln" heading into tonight.

    [ Photos: Red carpet report card ]

    With that in mind, here are five things you need to know about the adventure of an Indian boy and a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker, lost together at sea.

    1. Fox 2000 executive Elizabeth Gabler acquired the rights to Yann Martel's 2001 best-seller in 2003. Several A-list directors were attached to the project at one point or another, including M. Night Shyamalan ("The Sixth Sense"), Alfonso Cuaron ("Children of Men") and Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Amelie").

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  • Affleck reborn: From Oscar to ‘Gigli’ to Oscar

    By Bryan Enk | Yahoo! Movies Oscars Blog – Mon 25 Feb, 2013 12:07 PM IST

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    Ben Affleck taking home the Oscar for Best Picture for "Argo" came as no surprise. In fact, the win marks pretty familiar territory for Affleck, who has come full circle back to being an Academy Awards darling after a handful of wrong (and some really wrong) turns in his life and career.

    Affleck was first on the Oscar stage 15 years ago, when he and Matt Damon won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for "Good Will Hunting." Affleck was 25 at the time, already with a few decent film credits under his, and filled with a certain youthful exuberance.

    Or, some might say, cockiness.

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