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Film Critics Awards 2013 (Winners in 1st post - I'm bored...)

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http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/international-press-academy-does-not-see-wolf-of-wall-street-nominates-it-for-five-satellite-awards-anyway

 

Former HFPA president Mirjana Van Blaricom is the founder of the International Press Academy (IPA). Some years ago she and the HFPA went their separate ways. It was some mysterious scandal. No one really knows what happened. She went off and formed the IPA and I'm told the HFPA's stance is, "If you work with the IPA, don't work with us." So naturally, the IPA, which annually hands out the dubious Satellite Awards, doesn't have much of a relationship with the studios. Few of them submit films and/or screen for the organization.

 

With that out of the way, and I'm not trying to kick up a petty war about something that doesn't even matter, but these questionable if harmless nominations caught my eye today when I saw "The Wolf of Wall Street" throughout. The film landed five nominations, including Best Motion Picture, Director and Actor. Had they seen it? After all, it's only screened for guilds and HFPA so far. Turns out, no, they haven't seen it.

 

Sources at the studio confirmed that they neither submitted nor screened "Wolf" for Satellite Award consideration. And specifically, Van Blaricom, I'm told, didn't see the film. So chalk its mentions up as what they are: a blatant attempt to get people like Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio to show up at the March 9 ceremony. And you can probably apply similar logic throughout, whether the films were seen or not. As a result, the organization's list of nominations — which basically reads like an Oscar predictions crib sheet ("Gravity" and "12 Years a Slave" led the way with eight mentions apiece) — loses any shred of credibility it may have had to begin with.

 

All of that's not to say that Van Blaricom hasn't been spot on in her criticisms of the HFPA. She also recently testified in the HPFA/Dick Clark Productions dispute. But this is, well, gross even by awards season standards. And it shoots any claims of her organization being "more legitimate" than the HFPA in the foot.

So count this as the last time we bother covering the International Press Academy and the Satellite Awards. At least they go out on an amazing year for movies…

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UPDATE: You can read this afternoon's report below for the background. Earlier today, Gold Derby's Tom O'Neil called up Mirjana Van Blaricom to get her side. "I saw ['

I'm not entirely sure why someone would want to keep digging this hole, but I guess this afternoon's report was embarrassing, so it makes some sense. In any case, it turns out none of the above is true. And O'Neil has since updated his own post to reflect further information that backs up our story.

First and foremost, SAG-AFTRA members are not, in fact, permitted to bring two guests to these screenings. The screening Van Blaricom claims she attended with 27 of her organization's membership present (the same screening I actually attended) was arranged in collaboration with the SAG Foundation. Due to limited seating, no guests were allowed, save for a few instances when SAG Nominating Committee members were permitted guests.

The studio tells me a total of nine individuals — yes, including the person who got me in — were allowed guests, and that even of the talent in attendance, only Rob Reiner brought a guest: his wife. So if you're keeping score, that's a total of nine people (guests) who could even have theoretically been IPA members in attendance, yet Van Blaricom claims there were 27 and that she was among them.

"She wasn't there," a studio source says. "And neither were 26 of her friends. We are aware of everyone who was on the guest list in that room as it was a very managed process. Each member was required to show a SAG-AFTRA membership card upon check-in to gain admittance," save, again, for guests of Nominating Committee members who attended. All nine of them.

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ppl mock them but nice list of names :wub:

Howard & Jonze :wub:  Sally :wub:  Gillenhaal for Prisoners, lots of Philomena love, Deakins & cinematographer of 'Rush' etc 

 

+ they nominated DOS song!

 

yeah they're a joke but a nice joke to me

I probs won't see many of my favs on the list come Oscar time

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ILD really??

hmm i saw it only as a nom...

lol @ Gravity :D

 

 

Two most noticeable things: the omission of Nebraska, Butler and Her; and the inclussion of Ron Howard as best director

hmm HER was nominated 4 Screenplay & OST

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