According to the Hollywood Reporter, Lionsgate Films will distribute the James Mangold Western remake 3:10TOYUMA. The film stars Russell Crowe and Christian Bale and is fully financed by Relativity Media.3:10TOYUMA is based on the 1957 film that star...
Christian Bale is in negotiations to star opposite Russell Crowe in the upcoming film 3:10TOYUMA.3:10TOYUMA is based on the 1957 film that starred Glenn Ford as captured outlaw Ben Wade, who finds himself in the custody of small-time rancher Dan Evans...
According to Variety, Peter Fonda, Gretchen Mol, Dallas Roberts, Ben Foster and Vinessa Shaw have all signed on to play roles in the upcoming film 3:10TOYUMA.3:10TOYUMA is based on the 1957 film that starred Glenn Ford as captured outlaw Ben Wade, who...
Variety is reporting this morning that 3:10TOYUMA has been moved up a month to a September 7, 2007 release. The original release schedule had it opening up on October 5th. Lionsgate is doing this to jump ahead of some other films like Brad Pitt's ASSASI...
...winner is 3:10toYuma pulling in only 14.1 million in 2,625 theaters across the nation. The western, starring Christian Bale and Russell Crowe, pulled an average of $5,316 per showing and earned a quarter of its 55 million dollar budget in its 3-day d...
For the first time in weeks, one film ruled both races...Lionsgate's 3:10toYumatopped both the national home video sales and rental charts for the week ending Jan. 13, says the Hollywood Reporter.The film earned $53.6 million in theaters and easily cap...
...str while 3:10toYuma screenwriters Michael Brandt and Derek Haas are still scripting it out at the moment. Since the project is still in its development stages, no casting rumors or replacement director have been confirmed at this time.
Meanwhile...
Superherohype says that yesterday's reports about Russell Crowe appearing in in 'The Dark Knight' are just blown out of proportion.
The rumor started with an off-the-cuff remark from Christian Bale while promoting his '3:10toYuma' movie (in which Cr...
While promoting his new western '3:10ToYuma', Christian Bale made a cryptic statement indicating that his co-star, Russell Crowe may be appearing in 'The Dark Knight'.
"Russell's going to actually be in the new 'Batman' movie, which is a big surprise...
Universal Pictures is in negotiations with Michael Brandt and Derek Haas to adapt recently acquired comicbook property "Wanted.". Scribe duo's previous credits include "2 Fast 2 Furious" for U and a remake of "3:10toYuma" for Sony.
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FilmSchoolRejects.com reports that actor Kevin Durand will play The Blob (under heavy makeup) in 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine'.
Durand has been seen in movies like 'Wild Hogs', 'Mystery, Alaska' and '3:10toYuma'.
Director James Mangold (3:10toYuma) will be directing the adaptation of Alexis Nolent graphic novel Cyclops after Warner Bros. scooped up the rights, reports Variety. Cathy Konrad will produce with Alexandra Milchan. "It is an electrifying packag...
...ie ("3:10toYuma"), John Lee Hancock ("A Perfect World") and Brian Koppleman and David Levien ("Ocean's Thirteen") teamed up in an intense collaboration that yielded, according to di Bonaventura, a shootable script. But w...
During the press conference for his western "3:10toYuma" Chistian Bale was asked about his involvement in the JLA movie. He denied being approached for the flick and stated:
"It'd be better if it doesn't tread on the toes of what we're doing, though ...
'Cyclopes', the graphic novel by Matz (aka Alexis Nolent), has been sold as a film to Warner Bros.
Variety reports that James Mangold ('3:10toYuma') is up to direct the film, about a near future world where mercenary soldier's sport cyclopean helmets ...
A Quick One by Andrew Hershberger (Mon 03-08-2004)
...4 O'CLOCK/3:10TOYUMA/HIGH NOON/MIDNIGHT/TWO O'CLOCK COURAGE (8 pm, TCM) TCM is working a "time in the title" motif tonight. A TALE OF TWO WIVES (8 pm, OXYGEN) Also known as THE LUCKIEST MAN ALIVE.NYPD BLUE (10 pm, ABC) A comedy-club owner is found in...
Film School Rejects passed along news of test footage for The Blob character last week and now they're passing to us that an actor may already be on board. The site reports that Kevin Durand (3:10toYuma, Wild Hogs) has been cast to play the very heavy c...
... Foster ('3:10toYuma', 'Alphadog') makes a splash on the screen as a sinister stranger that mysteriously shows up in town. His performance is both gruesome and heart wrenching and his Cajun accent is spot on. Other noteworthy performances include Mar...
Comic Book Resources chatted up screenwriter Chris Morgan about his new Boom! Studios book. He also gave them some info about his movie projects:
Regarding 'Wanted':
"Brandt and Haas, who wrote the adaptation of '3:10toYuma,' and who did the first...
Thespian Adrien Brody is getting the nod for an upcoming cross country action ride as The Courier, reports Variety. Arclight Films have attached the King Kong star in the action film written by Michael Brandt and Derek Haas (3:10toYuma, Wanted). Meanwhi...
...os.)
3:10toYuma (Lionsgate)
The Bourne Ultimatum (Universal)
Live Free or Die Hard (20th Century Fox)
No Country for Old Men (Miramax)
There Will Be Blood (Paramount Vantage)
Zodiac (Paramount)
Best Actor
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...the film. 3:10toYuma screenwriters Michael Brandt and Derek Haas adapted the story while Lorenzo di Bonaventura is producing alongside Nick Wechsler and Jeffrey Weiner. The studio hopes for a 2009 spring start date.
Plot Concept: Set against the ...
The Mutant X team learns about Lexa's (Karen Cliche) estranged twin brother when he becomes the main target of an underground operation harvesting mutant organs.
What They SayThe school\'s pool is out of commission, so Eriko and the girls have PE class at a nearby middle school. There they meet Momoka, Yuma\'s perfect and pretty little sister. Momoka decides to weave her way into the girls\' hearts, pitting Yuma a...
Ocean’s Thirteen rolled the dice, overcame the odds and hit the box office jackpot over the last three days bringing in 37.0 million on 3,565 theaters across the nation. Last week, Knocked Up literally tore into the sails of Pirates of the Caribbean...
As I said I would, I’m updating the box office numbers with the latest estimates. The actual totals will be added tomorrow night for this Memorial Day Weekend but it seems safe right now to list those numbers as they lie.
Here’s how t...
Momotsuki Academy is far from a normal school. Its student body is full of freaks and the teachers aren’t that much better. But the infamous Class 1-C may have met its match in 11-year-old Rebecca Miyamoto. This pint-sized genius has come to the...
As I said in last week’s box office report, Ocean’s Thirteen had very little chance to make a repeat appearance at the top spot. With Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer clocking in at 1 hr & 29 minutes and it appearing in 3,959 thea...
In one corner, we have a comedy from Sony, Superbad, which stars no big names (Unless Seth Rogen and Michael Sera matches up with Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig these days…) at all but has had a heavy hitting advertising campaign. In another c...
Since this is Memorial Day Weekend and the industry considers Monday’s numbers to be part of the weekend numbers, this isn’t the actual weekend box office report. The actual numbers for the 4 day weekend (including Monday) will be released on ...
Shrek 3 may not want to be king but he ruled over the box office competition in its opening weekend this year, opening in 4,122 theaters with a running time of 1 hr & 21 minutes. With that kind of running time and amount of screens, it was a sure bet ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Ichiro Sakaki/Yukinobu AzumiTranslated by:Paul KottaAdapted by:What They SayFourteen years ago, a dark and devastating prophecy was revealed: a girl will bring about destruction and death and the world will lie in ruins. A dec...
For the first time since June 03, 2007, we have a movie which wins two weekends in a row. It’s been quite a chaotic summer season with so many tent pole films appearing in the lineup spaced only a week apart from each other. The last time a movie wo...
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End sailed into the number one spot for its second weekend, pulling in 43.1 mil here in the states. The 3rd installment in the franchise averaged $9,900 per showing on it’s 4,362 theaters around the world. ...
Two demographics were the focus this weekend and both of them clearly showed up for this weekend’s round of movies. For the 3 day weekend, Remy the Rat (Voiced by Patton Oswalt) lead Pixar’s Ratatouille to victory scoring big with family audie...
Hey, I apologize for the lateness of this more detailed Box Office Report. On Sunday, I had the pleasure of screaming my lungs out a very lively LinkinPark concert/festival from noon-midnight. While this has my vocal cords currently inoperable and my skin...
Evan Almighty flooded into 3,604 theaters this weekend clocking in at 1 hour and 30 minutes in length. The Universal comedy, starring Steve Carell and Morgan Freeman, ended up drowning out its competition in the process. It pulled in 32.1 million in recei...
In what seems to be a strange turn of events, Universal’s latest comedy I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry has come out on top this weekend against the second weekend of Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix. They were close. Very close. The co...
The July 4th week has come and gone, the estimates are now in and the winner is locked. Honestly, there was never any doubt on who that winner would be. Transformers rolled out to victory this weekend pulled in 67.6 million in box office sales. For the ...
While there were three new wide releases debuting this weekend, only one of them turned out to be a success. The winner for this week’s box office report is the buddy cop comedy, Rush Hour 3, for New Line and director Brett Ratner. The third install...
This will be a strange Box Office Report. While the winner for the weekend is the new release and the movie everyone expected to win, I’m still not sure if that movie is as clear a winner as the movies ranked 2-4 judging off what they did in their p...
...Releases
3:10toYuma (2,500 Theaters)
Shoot ‘Em Up (N/A Theaters)
The Brothers Solomon (650 Theaters)
Limited Releases
Hatchet
Fierce People
The Hunting Party
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
The Bubble
In the Shadow of the Mo...
Homer Simpson can begin pondering the justification of buying a life time supply of doughnuts with the cash rolling in this weekend. Given his dim witted nature over the course of the past 18 odd years, him spending the money on such a...
Press Release -
LOS ANGELES, CA (October 7, 2002) - Michael Avon Oeming has made a $1000
donation to ACTOR (A Commitment To Our
Roots) Comic Fund through publisher Michael Yanover in recognition of the
new collected edition of Bulletproof Monk, publ...
Blade 2 squared off with
mammoths and extra terrestrials in its debut weekend and emerged victorious at
the box office. The Wesley Snipes vampire sequel enjoyed a $33.1 million take
making it the #1 movie in the U.S.
Playing in 2,707 cinemas across th...
It's recently made a big splash in the industry by forging alliances between some of the comic book community's heavy hitters, and now the new non-profit organization known as ACTOR (A Commitment To Our Roots) will hold a high profile auction at this year...
The trailer for the 'Dark Knight' is coming!
Warner Bros. have release the Satellite coordinates for the initial feed. After that it'll appear online at www.thedarkknight.com.
Those of you tuning in via space-acge technology tune your dishes at
1...
From Urban Vision Entertainment's AsiaVision comes the highly anticipated sequel to the hit film Azumi: AZUMI 2. Urban Vision and AsiaVision are home to outstanding film franchises including Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, Ninja Scroll: The Series, Wicked C...
A casting call for 'Superman: The Man of Steel' turned up on Craigslist this week, which may indicate that the project is starting to heat up:.
Stand-ins and Extras, start your engines!
Plot Summary: A sequel to the summer 2006 action-adventure. Bryan...
From a press release
Los Angeles (May 14, 2008) – The Hero Initiative doesn’t want to bring you massive talent at just one convention this weekend, but rather two conventions! Hero will be at both Michigan’s Motor City Comic Con a...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Mizuo ShinonomeTranslated by:Kay BertrandAdapted by:What They SayAhiru is a gawky young girl whose passions are ballet adn a certain young boy who studies it with her. When her clumsiness hinders her performance, she dreams of...
What They SayA sexy kind of anime \'\'AlKa\'\' is out on DVD. Contains episodes 1-3. Only the first-pressing edition carries a pinup of AlKa, and comes in a clear sleeve. Carries an \'\'AlKa sexy chapter\'\'(?). The Review!Intro
(Note that this is more ...
...onsgate's 3:10toYuma, a Western remake that is the top-selling DVD release so far this year."Chuck" was the No. 1 Blu-ray Disc seller for the week, while The Kingdom continued its reign atop the HD DVD chart.
Tobey Maguire and Jake Gyllenhaal are set to star in the war drama remake BROTHERS for Relativity Media, the same production company behind the recent remake 3:10toYuma. Director Jim Sheridan will be adapting this from the previous Danish-based fil...
The Review!The second season of the Ranma 1/2 series comes quite similar to the first. In more ways than one...
Audio:
I listenened to both English and Japanese versions. In the Japanese version, I noticed no difficulties in the sound. It\'s pretty g...
On November 11th at Barker Hanger at the Santa Monica airport The Neil Bogart Memorial Fund, a division of The T.J. Martell Foundation had it's annual event Bogart Backstage, a family gala which is designed to create an original, high energy entertaining...
In 2003, Bandai had itself a busy year in both getting releases out as well as setting their plans for the future. But unlike other studios, a lot of what goes on with Bandai releases seem to give the impression of a "slumbering giant" of sorts. Bandai ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Oshima TowaTranslated by:Michiko NakayamaAdapted by:What They SayIn this second volume of High School Girls, the trio and new "insider" friend Kouda deliver more all girls school growing pains. When dieting becomes a major pre...
Going into 2003, Central Park Media looks to have had a set plan of catching up on a number of remasters to bring some of their outsourced titles back into their library proper, fix a few older mistakes or releases that were used as experiments back in ...
Ben Foster (3:10toYuma) has been cast totopline The Messenger, a new military-drama from Oren Moverman, who is making his directorial debut. Mark Gordon (10,000 B.C.) and Lawrence Inglee will produce for the Mark Gordon Co. along with Zach Mi...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Oshima TowaTranslated by:Michiko NakayamaAdapted by:What They SayThe school field trip! When directionally-challenged Eriko gets lost while carrying the meat for shabu-shabu, the girls form a search party to look for her... an...
Los Angeles, California
On November 16, 2005, in its lawsuit against NuTech Digital, Inc., pending in the Los Angeles Superior Court, Ken Groove requested that the Court issue a Right to Attach Order for issuance of a writ of attachment to secure monies...
Leading Industry Experts Speak on the U.S. Anime/Manga Industries and the Announcement of the SPJA Award Finalists
Anaheim, California (March 18, 2008) ‹ The Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation (SPJA), the overseeing body of the nation's lar...
Actor Christian Bale was at a press junket for the upcoming western, 3:10TOYUMA. While at the event, reporter Rachel Howard from IESB asked some very clear questions to Bale about the upcoming JUSTICE LEAGUE movie, an ensemble superhero movie which Warn...
It seems the early polls were correct for fan anticipation playing a factor for the adaptation of Twilight, which is based on Stephenie Meyer’s popular vampire novels. When asked for “The Most Anticipated Film of the Fall” a...
What They SayWhen the girls discover that No. 6 seems to have a secret crush, they'll stop at nothing to discover who he - or she - is. But how to find her beloved's identity? Coerce Becky into helping them! (Little does the 11-year old teacher know how d...
What They SayMusic found in the Battleskipper series. The Review!2 out of 5
The CD comes with your typical six-page insert. The insert contains one page with a song title list. Several pages with the English lyrics to the vocal songs. And a page of cre...
We've got news about two noteworthy events being held this month at the 21st Annual William S. Paley Television Festival that may be of interest to Cinescape readers that live in the Los Angeles area.Beginning at 7:00 PM on Wednesday, March 10 the festiva...
In a close finish, HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS bested DIE ANOTHER DAY in the three-day weekend totals.1. HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS, $32.1 million this weekend, $200.2 million since opening.2. DIE ANOTHER DAY, $31.0 million this w...
Summit is prepping a new sci-fi action tale with Countdown, which is based on a classic "Twilight Zone" episode, says the Hollywood Reporter. Screenwriter team Michael Brandt and Derek Haas(3:10toYuma, 2 Fast 2 Furious) are taking over th...
What They SayWith sales of the newly re-mastered VHS / DVD release of Akira now reaching into the hundreds of thousands, this CD is a sure fired best-seller! Akira Symphonic Suite, by Geinoh Yamashirogumi contains 10 great tracks (over 70 minutes) of musi...
GRAND THEFT AUTO IV has pushed past HALO 3 and PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END to set the record for the biggest opening week of any entertainment product.
Publisher Take-Two Interactive has confirmed that GRAND THEFT AUTO IV sol...
TOR Books recently announced a signing and discussion tour to support their new novel DUNE: THE BUTLERIAN JIHAD. The book is the latest in a series of novels by original DUNE author Frank Herbert's son Brian Herbert. Working with his partner Kevin J Ander...
11/21/06 (Los Angeles, California) - Pop Japan Travel, established in 2003 by Digital Manga, Inc., is proud to announce its long-due site renewal, along with the showcase of the much-anticipated Spring 2007 tour schedule. The new site layout (www.popjapa...
New Year - New Bands - New Challenge
Anaheim, California (March 14, 2008) ‹ New Year. New Anime. New Music. New Bands. New Challenge! Prepare your band for battle as Anime Expo® presents the Battle of the Bands at this year's Anime Expo® 2008...
Main Event Audience Member to Win Trip to Japan
Anaheim, California (March 7, 2008) ‹ Think you got what it takes to be the next AX Idol? Thousands will audition for the most coveted singing and voice acting contest at the nation's largest Anim...
Los Angeles, CA (October 26, 2006) " Anime Gamers, the US flagship store of the Japanese hobby store chain Gamers, has teamed up with COSMODE magazine and Cosplay.com for the second annual cosplay photo shoot to take place at the Anime Gamers store on Sa...
24 Hour Complimentary Shuttle Service for Hotel Attendees
Anaheim, California (April 10, 2008) ‹ Attendees registered as guests within the official Anime Expo® 2008 Hotel Room Blocks will be able to access the 24-hour complimentary shuttle service wh...
Emmy Award Winning Show Attends the Nation's Largest Anime/Manga Convention
Anaheim, California (April 18, 2008) ‹The Emmy Award winning and popular stop-motion animation sketch comedy show, Robot Chicken, which airs on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim is...
What They SayShimotakatani arrives at Ayano\'s house to formally ask for permission to date their daughter. However, Ayano\'s mother and sister are more likely to confuse him with one of their clients than a suitor. Eriko and the girls decide to start a m...
...This week 3:10toYuma will arrive starring Christian Bale and Russell Crowe and the original 3:10toYuma from 1957 stars, Glen Ford and Van Heflin. It isn’t your typical western. In many ways it isn’t even a western. I...
Digital Manga Inc. Announces New Title Acquisitions and Anime Expo Guest!
Gardena, CA, May 9, 2006 " Digital Manga Publishing, one of the industry's most innovative manga licensing and publishing companies, has announced the acquisition of two highly an...
The release year 2003 was a sizeable one for ADV Films. In addition to putting out nearly two hundred DVDs and collections, they revamped their music division, created and launched a new manga publishing division and laid the groundwork for their "toys"...
Spidey cast his web and captured more box office cash this weekend with a 60.0 million box office take here in the States. I’d have to say though there was no doubt whom I would be writing about this weekend. No, it was never a question of if Spider...
We already knew this week would already be all about Spider-Man 3. With the anticipation so high, the presales from Fandango.com and Movietickets.com being in the upper stratosphere and news everywhere on Spider-Man 3 the past few weeks, the question wasn...
Region Free by Robert T. Trate, Columnist (Tue 01-08-2008)
...ESTERNS
3:10toYuma (Widescreen Edition)
3:10ToYuma [Blu-ray]
Adventures of Long John Silver, Vol. 1-3
The Bravos
Charles Bronson Collection - Vol. 1
Con Air [Blu-ray]
Death Sentence (Unrated Edition)
Evil Roy Slade
Hercules Against the Mo...
...eltrami - 3:10toYuma ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SONG) "Falling Slowly" - Once Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and: Marketa Irglova "Happy Working Song" - Enchanted Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Ste...
What They SayEriko and her friends Yuma and Ayano are excited about entering high school! Their excitement leads to their breaking of the rules and they tour the school before the opening ceremony. They find out their pre-conceptions about the all-female ...
...eltrami - 3:10toYumaACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SONG)"Falling Slowly" - OnceMusic and Lyric by Glen Hansard and: Marketa Irglova"Happy Working Song" - EnchantedMusic by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Oshima TowaTranslated by:Michiko NakayamaAdapted by:What They SayA hilariously hip account of life at an all-girl private high school. As the student body comes of age we witness their search for love, sexual controversy and t...
After a solid 2002 release year that saw the conclusion of Rurouni Kenshin and the introduction of Berserk, Media Blasters was set to capitalize on that with the release of the noteworthy series Twelve Kingdoms and Samurai Deeper Kyo. With those set as ...
Paramount Pictures is holding an open casting call for men who have had prior football experience on a team to come try out for a part in the remake of THE LONGEST YARD. Open to football players between the ages of 18-35, who are not seeking NCAA eligibil...
Rachel Belofsky, founder and festival director of SCREAMFEST Horror Film Festival and partner Stan Winston announce its 2005 selected films. The ten day festival running October 14 October 23, 2005 will include sixteen independent feature films, twenty-s...
A new exhibit opens this week at Boston's Museum of Science. The Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination explores the fantasy technologies in the STAR WARS films, the science behind them, and current research that may lead to real-life versions of thes...
None of the new openers were able to really break out leaving Mel Gibson's Apocalypto on the top with just over $14 million. The gross is solid, but not spectacular and almost surely would have been higher if not for some of Gibson's recent actions....
Warner Bros. has decided to clean out their stock of DVDs of the supernatural law firm thriller DEVIL'S ADVOCATE, the Steve McQueen cop action flick BULLIT, the Man vs. Nature adventure THE PERFECT STORM, the director's cut of ALEXANDER, the historic epic...
Last month I reviewed the DVD release of CABIN FEVER, one of the better horror films of recent years. The delightfully packed disc includes among its extras a record FIVE audio commentary tracks. That nutty director Eli Roth did one commentrak, then hoste...
Early returns for the holiday weekend resurrect HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS in the boy wizard's ongoing battle with Bond, James Bond. Fresh faces on the list are SOLARIS, TREASURE PLANET and ADAM SANDLER'S 8 CRAZY NIGHTS.The POTTER film is no...
Prizes Include a Sony PlayStation® 3, Sony PSP®, iPod®, Naruto Booster Packs and Much More!
Anaheim, California (April 29, 2008) —Bandai Collectible Games will be running an official Naruto CCG Kage Tournament at this year's Anime Expo&re...
New Generation Pictures, Inc., one of the leading and award-wining production companies for English localization & dubbing of Japanese animation and videogames for film, Television, DVD and other interactive media, announces the opening of their new produ...
`Into the Fire` (#301) - Written by Brad Wright. Directed by Martin WoodPart 2 of Season 2`s `Out of Mind.` In this exciting season opener, the SG-1 team are being held prisoner by their old Goa’uld foe Hathor (Susanne Braun), who threatens to insert a Go...
Veteran comic book writers and artists have often been some of the least appreciated and most marginalized members of the entertainment community, unable to claim ownership of most if not all of their work, and often going without the kind of benefits we ...
With three bucks and Uncle Merle, I found myself at the local Video Supreme on two for two DVD night – enough for two movies and an oversized box of gummy candies containing an undersized portion. Uncle Merle just had to rent BETWEEN MY BREASTS 6, and I w...
Fans of obscure cinema have had much to rejoice about since Mike Vraney started his beloved Something Weird Video label. Since the company's inception in the early '90s, Mr. Vraney has been responsible for bringing, and in many cases saving, delightful ge...
According to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the 1977 Best Picture nominee Star Wars will be screened as the first feature of the fourth installment of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' "Great To Be Nominated" ser...