Topic: Film Awards

Campaigning for Oscar Viewers

In the wake of Tuesday's Oscar nominations, a newly-envisioned Oscar ad campaign is now fully underway. With a month left until broadcast, it is the typical time when TV ads start popping up. Usually the ads feature the Academy ...READ»

Fearless Oscar Predictions

The Academy Awards will be handed out on Sunday night, and for many people, this is their Super Bowl. The hype and speculation, even in a year that's signaled major change for Hollywood, have been immense. One voice we haven't ...READ»

Emmys Hit by an Academy Awards-Curse?

Last Sunday's Emmy awards, like the night's big winner, Mad Men, failed to attract the desired fan attention; at 12.2 million viewers, the awards show's ratings were the worst since 1990. But unlike the decorated and critically ...READ»

IPOD instead of AAPL?

Watching the Oscars here, and the best line of the night so far didn't come from Chris Rock, but from Robin Williams, before announcing the winner for the best animated feature. Although "The Incredibles" did go on to win the award, ...READ»

The Mystery of Marketing Movies

Tomorrow's release of the new Eddie Murphy film, Norbit, got me wondering if there is any method to when the big movie studios plan to put out their films. Norbit is another one of Eddie Murphy's low-brow physical comedies, similar ...READ»

Crowds: Not As Smart When It Comes to Hollyweird

So I think commenter Richard E. Smallman summed it up in the comments to my last post, when he wrote, "Well Dumbass, u got 1 right.Better luck next year if u still have a job." (Of course, my corporate overlords have seen fit to cut ...READ»

Oscar Takes on a Green Sheen

With awards season in full-swing and the Oscars set to take center stage on Sunday, all eyes will be on the Red Carpet or now -- more appropriately -- the Green Carpet. With the world up in arms about climate change and everyone from ...READ»

Watch: Harry Potter 6

Accio ticket sales! The Hogwarts crew returns with Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince on July 15. So far, the films' grosses have been stunningly consistent. Here's how other major franchises compare.READ»

• Now July/August 2009
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• Numerology: Hawaii Five-O

The New Global Brands

The branding consultancy Interbrand recently released the results of its 2004 Reader's Choice Awards. The survey asked online respondents to list the brands they felt had the most impact on their lives last year. The top few on the ...READ»

David Rockwell Gets Academy Award Gig Second Year Running

David Rockwell, one of Fast Company's 2009 Masters of Design, has been just been announced as the set designer for the 2009 Academy Awards--for the second year in a row. His design for this year's Oscars--the 81st--channeled the ...READ»

And the Oscar Goes to...

Is it possible to brand a disease? That's what the American Heart Association seemed to be doing when it launched the Boomer Coalition, a "movement" created to raise the awareness of CVD, in an ad early in the Academy Awards marathon ...READ»

America's Yang Has a Yen for Asia's Yin

At a time when much of the world seems to be wary of America's growing dominance, Asia has found a way to send its yin to satisfy America's yang.READ»

Books Worth a Look

Strategy+Business, Booz Allen Hamilton's ever-useful management journal, has published a list of what contributors consider to be the best business books in the realms of strategy, innovation, leadership, and change this year. ...READ»

Superbowl Funday

Jack Smith, president of PeopleSpace Inc., emailed me earlier today to invite me to participate in a project that seems quite promising. This Sunday, during the Super Bowl, PeopleSpace will test the newest version of its Real Time ...READ»

AYpearl.com lead you See the Jewellery Trends from 2009 Oscars

 On Each grand awards ceremony, we not only focus on the music, art, film, but also the dressing and jewelry wearing by the superstars.The 81st Academy Award Ceremony in Los Angeles was the usual parade of beautiful gowns, ...READ»

MTV Plants Its Flag in the Digital World

The network famously missed its chance to buy MySpace. Lesson learned. Now its president, Van Toffler, is investing in dozens of digital media projects. Its 2006 acquisition of Harmonix Music Systems, the maker of the video game Rock Band, could soon develop into a billion-dollar business. And more digital developments seem to surface almost daily, including the launch earlier in the week of MTVmusic.com, MTV's first serious attempt at a full-fledged music-video site; and today's announcement of a deal that will bring the Beatles' music to the Rock Band format.READ»

• MTV’s New Digital Forays
• The Beatles Join MTV’s Digital Empire
• MTV Finally Returns to the Music Video Business

Green and Gold

On Friday, I blogged about the celebrity initiative to be more environmentally conscious (or maybe just be part of the trend) by arriving at the Academy Awards via a fuel-efficient vehicle. But apparently that wasn't the only way the ...READ»

Poof! Movie Magic

Think technology has transformed filmmaking? Hold onto your Raisinets. The summer movie season will bring some eye-popping, digitized, computerized extravaganzas that take the talkies to a whole new level.READ»

Work/Life: "There Will Be Blood"--An Oscar For Workaholic Awareness?

  The Academy Awards will air on Sunday, and Daniel Day-Lewis is certainly a favorite in the Best Actor category.  His portrayal of oilman Daniel Plainview is undeniably powerful, as well being an over-the-top primer on ...READ»

Beyond the Freedom to Connect

After the lunch break at Freedom to Connect, Jeff Jarvis, proprietor of BuzzMachine interviewed First Amendment Attorney Robert Corn-Revere. Their wide-ranging conversation addressed how legal precedents in the broadcast media world ...READ»