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The Student Academy Awards are Open for Entries
The Academy is now accepting applications for its 2014 Student Academy Awards competition. Past Student Academy Award® winners have gone on to receive 46 Oscar® nominations and have won or shared eight awards. Winners include Pete Docter, John Lasseter, Spike Lee, Trey Parker and Robert Zemeckis.
Gold, Silver and Bronze Medal awards, along with cash prizes, may be presented to student filmmakers in the following categories: Alternative, Animation, Narrative, Documentary and Foreign Film.
So this is how Spike’s joint got started
And the 2014 Screenplay Oscar Nominees Are…
Not that we care about movies. Oh no, not TVWriter™. It’s TV writers we want to glorify. But still, cuz the nominees were announced this morning and it may interest a viewer or three:
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell – American Hustle
Woody Allen – Blue Jasmine
Bob Nelson – Nebraska
Craig Borten, Melisa Wallack – Dallas Buyers Club
Spike Jonze – Her
Woody Allen Talks About Television
“In Beverly Hills… they don’t throw their garbage away. They make it into television shows.”
Woody Allen.
Like Mr. Allen Himself, this is an oldie but a goody. And other people have said this, we’re sure. Hell, maybe everybody in the country has said it at one time or another. But this particular verson is credited to Woody Allen.
Wait? What? This just in from Twitter: The true originator of this comment is – what? – Shia LaBeouf.
Peer Production: DANGER: HUMANS
Ah, the wonders of peer production!
Why the universe fears us…and all 0f this is true: