Twelve Years a Slave

12 Years a Slave wins Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress & Best Adapted Screenplay

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A fine end to a good awards season. Massive congrats to everyone who worked on the film.

oscarBEST PICTURE
“12 Years a Slave”
“The Wolf of Wall Street”
“American Hustle”
“Nebraska”
“Philomena”
“Captain Phillips”
“Gravity”
“Dallas Buyers Club”
“Her”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Lupita Nyong’o, “12 Years a Slave”
Sally Hawkins, “Blue Jasmine”
Jennifer Lawrence, “American Hustle”
Julia Roberts, “August: Osage County”
June Squibb, “Nebraska”

BEST WRITING, ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
John Ridley, “12 Years a Slave”
Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, & Ethan Hawke, “Before Midnight”
Billy Ray, “Captain Phillips”
Jeff Pope & Steve Coogan, “Philomena”
Terence Winter, “The Wolf of Wall Street”

12 Years a Slave wins five Independent Spirit Awards

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Whee! Best Feature, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Cinematography. Congrats congrats!

12 years a slave,12 years a slave reviewsBest Feature
12 Years a Slave
All Is Lost
Frances Ha
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska

Best Director
Shane Carruth – Upstream Color
J.C. Chandor – All Is Lost
Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave
Jeff Nichols – Mud
Alexander Payne – Nebraska

Best Screenplay
Woody Allen – Blue Jasmine
Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, & Richard Linklater – Before Midnight
Nicole Holofcener – Enough Said
Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber – The Spectacular Now
John Ridley – 12 Years a Slave

Best Supporting Female
Melonie Diaz – Fruitvale Station
Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine
Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave
Yolanda Ross – Go for Sisters
June Squibb – Nebraska

Best Cinematography
Sean Bobbitt – 12 Years a Slave
Benoit Debie – Spring Breakers
Bruno Delbonnel – Inside Llewyn Davis
Frank G. Demarco – All Is Lost
Matthias Grunsky – Computer Chess

Raising Hope returns tonight

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Raising Hope 4x16 The One Where They Get HighRaising Hope is back with a new episode tonight at 9:30/8:30c. Don’t forget to watch.

And just a quick 12 Years update before I post the previews because the film has nabbed a few awards again this week. It won the NAACP Image Awards for Best Motion Picture, Directing, Writing, and Supporting Actress, and then also the Satellite Awards for Best Motion Picture and Best Director. It also scored Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actress at the Gold Derby Awards, followed by a Costume Designer Guild Award in the period film category. Congrats to all and fingers crossed for the Oscars this Sunday.

And back to Raising Hope.

MAW MAW GETS A NEW BOYFRIEND ON AN ALL-NEW “RAISING HOPE” FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, ON FOX

Tommy Chong (“That ’70s Show”) Guest-Stars

Maw Maw has found a new love, Hubert (guest star Tommy Chong), who encourages her to engage in some reckless activity. When Virginia finds herself scolding Maw Maw, she fears she’s become a lame adult and wants Burt to do more risk-taking activities with her. Jimmy and Sabrina follow suit when they find themselves spying on their own babysitter in the all-new “The One Where They Get High” episode of RAISING HOPE airing Friday, Feb. 28 (9:30-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (HOP-414) (TV-14 D, L, S)

12 Years a Slave wins BAFTA Awards for Best Film & Best Leading Actor

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Chiwetel Ejiofor - 12 Years a SlaveMore congrats to the 12 Years cast and crew! The film won two BAFTA Awards earlier today, for Best Film and Leading Actor. You can find the full list of winners here.

And just a reminder that the film will be available on Digital HD in a couple of days (February 18) and on DVD on March 4.

BEST FILM

12 YEARS A SLAVE
AMERICAN HUSTLE
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
GRAVITY
PHILOMENA

LEADING ACTOR

Bruce Dern – NEBRASKA
Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 YEARS A SLAVE
Christian Bale – AMERICAN HUSTLE
Leonardo DiCaprio – THE WOLF OF WALL STREET
Tom Hanks – CAPTAIN PHILLIPS

DVD release date for 12 Years a Slave

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12 Years a Slave DVDFox Home Video has announced a release date for 12 Years a Slave earlier today. The film is heading to Digital HD on February 18, and will be out on DVD and Blu-ray on March 4.

The extras on the Blu-ray release will include a documentary called “A Historical Portrait,” and two featurettes: “The Score” and “The Team.” The featurettes will also be included in the DVD release. THR has a preview of the documentary here.

In the meantime, 12 Years has won best film, best actor, and best supporting actress at the London Critics’ Circle Awards, and scored 14 nominations for the Gold Derby Film Awards including Best Ensemble Cast and Best Picture.

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
“American Hustle”
Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Louis CK, Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Jack Huston, Jennifer Lawrence, Alessandro Nivola, Michael Pena, Jeremy Renner, Elisabeth Rohm
“August: Osage County”
Abigail Breslin, Chris Cooper, Benedict Cumberbatch, Juliet Lewis, Margo Martindale, Ewan McGregor, Dermot Mulroney, Julianne Nicholson, Julia Roberts, Sam Shepard, Meryl Streep, Misty Upham
“Blue Jasmine”
Alex Baldwin, Cate Blanchett, Louis CK, Bobby Cannavale, Andrew Dice Clay, Alden Ehrenreich, Sally Hawkins, Peter Sarsgaard, Michael Stuhlbarg
“12 Years a Slave”
Chris Chalk, Benedict Cumbarbatch, Paul Dano, Garret Dillahunt, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Paul Giamatti, Taran Killam, Scott McNairy, Lupita Nyong’o, Adepero Oduye, Sarah Paulson, Brad Pitt, Michael K. Williams, Alfre Woodard
“The Wolf of Wall Street”
Jon Bernthal, P.J. Byrne, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jean Dujardin, Jon Favreau, Jonah Hill, Joanna Lumley, Matthew McConaughey, Cristin Milioti, Rob Reiner, Margot Robbie, Ethan Suplee

The DVD and the Blu-ray can be pre-ordered on Amazon.