12 Years a Slave gets nine Oscar nominations

twelve years a slave poster,chiwetel ejioforAnother round of congrats to the 12 Years cast and crew!

Oscar nominations were announced earlier today and all the usual suspects are on the list. The ceremony takes place on March 2. You can find all the nominees here.

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

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American Hustle, David O. Russell
Gravity, Alfonso Cuarón
Nebraska, Alexander Payne
12 Years a Slave, Steve McQueen
The Wolf of Wall Street, Martin Scorsese
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12 Years a Slave wins Golden Globe, Any Day Now out on DVD in the UK

12 Years a Slave has won the Golden Globe for best drama. Big congrats to everyone on the win!

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For a complete list of winners and nominees, go here.

Best Motion Picture, Drama
12 Years a Slave
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Philomena
Rush

The film will open in 500 more theatres this weekend so if you haven’t already seen it, check your local listings.

On this side of the pond, Any Day Now has finally been released on DVD in the UK. Starting today, it is available on Amazon UK and probably a few other places.

Raising Hope is back tonight

garret dillahunt,raising hopeThe show returns tonight with episode 4×11, “Hey There, Delilah,” airing at 9 pm. Check out the clips below.

Elsewhere, 12 Years a Slave got a bunch of nominations this week – 10 for the BAFTAs, six for the NAACP Image Awards, and also for the ASC Awards, the Art Directors Guild Awards, Costume Designers Guild Awards, the ACE Eddie Awards, and the USC Libraries Scripter Award). It was also named best film at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards and won Best Adapted Screenplay at the at Final Draft Screenwriters Choice Awards.

And while I’m updating, Courteney Cox mentioned in an interview that they’ve submitted Just Before I Go to two festivals – SXSW (Austin, March) and Tribeca (NYC, April) – so if the film is accepted, that’s where it might premiere.

Here is a preview of tonight’s Raising Hope:

Maw Maw accidentally calls a wrong number in her contact book, bringing Virginia’s cousin, Delilah (guest star Amy Sedaris), back to town. When the two rivals fight nonstop, Maw Maw threatens to give everything in her will to the granddaughter who can act the most civil. Meanwhile, Jimmy and Sabrina have trouble finding a babysitter for Hope in the all-new “Hey There, Delilah” episode of RAISING HOPE airing Friday, Jan. 10 (9:00-9:30 PM ET/PT) on FOX.

The Scribbler to be released in fall 2014

The Scribbler - Garret DillahuntA bunch of sites are reporting that The Scribbler has been picked up for distribution by XLrator Media and will be released in the U.S. next fall. Here is the press release:

XLrator Media has acquired North American distribution rights to the sci-fi action-thriller THE SCRIBBLER, starring Katie Cassidy (“Arrow”), Michelle Trachtenberg (“Gossip Girl”), Eliza Dushku (“Dollhouse”), Gina Gershon (Bound), Sasha Grey, Garret Dillahunt (Winter’s Bone, The Road), Michael Imperioli (“The Sopranos”), and Billy Campbell (“The Killing”). XLrator Media will release the film in theaters in fall 2014.

THE SCRIBBLER follows Suki (Katie Cassidy), a young woman confronting her destructive mental illness using “The Siamese Burn,” an experimental machine designed to eliminate multiple personalities. The closer Suki comes to being “cured,” she’s haunted by a thought… what if the last unwanted identity turns out to be her?
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12 Years a Slave nominated for 13 Critics’ Choice Movie Awards

12 years a slave,chiwetel ejiofor,michael fassbenderThe Broadcast Film Critics Association has announced the nominations for the 19th annual Critics Choice Movie Awards.

12 Years a Slave has been nominated in 13 out of 28 categories, including Best Acting Ensemble and Best Picture. Congrats again to everyone!

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American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
Her
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
Saving Mr. Banks
12 Years a Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street

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American Hustle
August: Osage County
Lee Daniels’ The Butler
Nebraska
12 Years a Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street
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