http://oscarprep.com The Academy Awards, with a focus on the acting categories and performance contenders. Oscar Nominees and Winners: for Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress___By Dana Kaminski___ Sun, 26 Feb 2012 04:13:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://oscarprep.com/2012/02/25/video-oscar-etiquette/dana-kaminski http://oscarprep.com/2012/02/25/video-oscar-etiquette/dana-kaminski#comments Sat, 25 Feb 2012 09:05:37 +0000 Dana Kaminski http://oscarprep.com/?p=928 With Kevin Kline and Mike Myers. ©AMPAS]]> http://oscarprep.com/2012/02/25/video-oscar-etiquette/dana-kaminski/feed 0 http://oscarprep.com/2011/02/07/press-release-oscar-nominee-luncheon/dana-kaminski http://oscarprep.com/2011/02/07/press-release-oscar-nominee-luncheon/dana-kaminski#comments Sun, 06 Feb 2011 21:49:39 +0000 Dana Kaminski http://oscarprep.com/2011/02/07/press-release-oscar-nominee-luncheon/dana-kaminski 83RD ACADEMY AWARD® NOMINEES TO BE HONORED AT ACADEMY LUNCHEON Beverly Hills, CA – Nineteen of the 20 nominees in the acting categories will be among more than 140 Oscar® nominees who will gather at noon on Monday, February 7, at the Beverly Hilton when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honors this [...]]]> http://oscarprep.com/2011/02/07/press-release-oscar-nominee-luncheon/dana-kaminski/feed 0 http://oscarprep.com/2011/01/30/eisenberg-zuckerberg-snl/dana-kaminski http://oscarprep.com/2011/01/30/eisenberg-zuckerberg-snl/dana-kaminski#comments Sun, 30 Jan 2011 05:27:00 +0000 Dana Kaminski http://oscarprep.com/2011/01/30/eisenberg-zuckerberg-snl/dana-kaminski Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg makes a surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live, while actor Jesse Eisenberg (Best Actor Oscar Nominee) hosts the show. VIDEO. ]]> http://oscarprep.com/2011/01/30/eisenberg-zuckerberg-snl/dana-kaminski/feed 0 http://oscarprep.com/2010/03/08/a-unique-spectacular-oscar%c2%ae-year-for-acting/dana-kaminski http://oscarprep.com/2010/03/08/a-unique-spectacular-oscar%c2%ae-year-for-acting/dana-kaminski#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:35:26 +0000 Dana Kaminski http://oscarprep.com/?p=689 I will put a photograph for now, to represent what I considered to be exceptional about this Oscar year.]]> http://oscarprep.com/2010/03/08/a-unique-spectacular-oscar%c2%ae-year-for-acting/dana-kaminski/feed 0 http://oscarprep.com/2010/03/08/oscar-for-a-past-performance/dana-kaminski http://oscarprep.com/2010/03/08/oscar-for-a-past-performance/dana-kaminski#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:03:30 +0000 Dana Kaminski http://oscarprep.com/?p=687 Katherine Hepburn quoted here: 'You always win an Academy Award for the wrong role.'Here's a video with two Oscarologists from the LA Times, on when Oscars® have been awarded for different performances than the role for which the actor wins an Academy Award for. L.A. Times's Pete Hammond and Tom O'Neil, on video about the Acting Oscars, at the Hollywood Museum.]]> http://oscarprep.com/2010/03/08/oscar-for-a-past-performance/dana-kaminski/feed 0 http://oscarprep.com/2010/03/06/josh-horowitzs-spoof-mtv/dana-kaminski http://oscarprep.com/2010/03/06/josh-horowitzs-spoof-mtv/dana-kaminski#comments Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:14:30 +0000 Dana Kaminski http://oscarprep.com/?p=663 I think I see Stephen Lang working hard not to laugh, in this video. Look, his eyes are smiling! ]]> http://oscarprep.com/2010/03/06/josh-horowitzs-spoof-mtv/dana-kaminski/feed 0 http://oscarprep.com/2010/02/21/actor-jeff-bridges-does-the-singing-in-crazy-heart/dana-kaminski http://oscarprep.com/2010/02/21/actor-jeff-bridges-does-the-singing-in-crazy-heart/dana-kaminski#comments Sun, 21 Feb 2010 05:42:19 +0000 Dana Kaminski http://oscarprep.com/?p=613 Yes, Actor Jeff Bridges Does Some Awesome Acting, And Singing, In Crazy Heart. For another version of this same song, The Weary Kind; but performed by one of the writers of the song, Ryan Bingham: Click on this link for another post at Oscar Prep.]]> http://oscarprep.com/2010/02/21/actor-jeff-bridges-does-the-singing-in-crazy-heart/dana-kaminski/feed 0 http://oscarprep.com/2010/02/21/handsome-with-ponytail-nomination/dana-kaminski http://oscarprep.com/2010/02/21/handsome-with-ponytail-nomination/dana-kaminski#comments Sun, 21 Feb 2010 05:10:20 +0000 Dana Kaminski http://oscarprep.com/?p=605 I will mention what a rocking good time he and Bridges made, as two country singers onstage. The scenes of where Jeff Bridges and Colin Farrell are together, singing... These 2 videos were made by people who were in the audience during the filming of the Crazy Heart concert scenes. See the cameras and crew? The music was great, and they both were sexy as heck.]]> http://oscarprep.com/2010/02/21/handsome-with-ponytail-nomination/dana-kaminski/feed 0 http://oscarprep.com/2010/02/13/actor-jeremy-renner-from-the-hurt-locker-in-trouble-a-pink-video/dana-kaminski http://oscarprep.com/2010/02/13/actor-jeremy-renner-from-the-hurt-locker-in-trouble-a-pink-video/dana-kaminski#comments Sat, 13 Feb 2010 04:13:47 +0000 Dana Kaminski http://oscarprep.com/?p=586 Here's Oscar Nominated For Best Actor, Jeremy Renner, in an early music video, of Pink's. He plays a sexy guy, no lines, tiny part, sexy looking. Bi-ig cowboy hat. Interesting... When I put Renner's name into YouTube's search pane, I got a slew of mashups, made by what seemed to be very hip teenage girls. Made prior to The Hurt Locker. [early acting videos]]]> http://oscarprep.com/2010/02/13/actor-jeremy-renner-from-the-hurt-locker-in-trouble-a-pink-video/dana-kaminski/feed 2 http://oscarprep.com/2010/01/11/jeff-bridges-from-a-hollywood-acting-and-shirtless-lineage-by-dana-kaminski/dana-kaminski http://oscarprep.com/2010/01/11/jeff-bridges-from-a-hollywood-acting-and-shirtless-lineage-by-dana-kaminski/dana-kaminski#comments Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:33:37 +0000 Dana Kaminski http://oscarprep.com/?p=452 I Believe This Boy Is A Very Young Jeff Bridges I admit I am a bit happy that father, and actor, Lloyd Bridges instilled a sense of acting-integrity in his sons. Because it does show, in all of their work...and at least, one of them, to be very comfortable without a shirt, on camera. (photo) ]]> http://oscarprep.com/2010/01/11/jeff-bridges-from-a-hollywood-acting-and-shirtless-lineage-by-dana-kaminski/dana-kaminski/feed 0 http://oscarprep.com/2009/12/28/jackie-earle-haley-actor-with-success-then-not-then-success-again-by-dana-kaminski/dana-kaminski http://oscarprep.com/2009/12/28/jackie-earle-haley-actor-with-success-then-not-then-success-again-by-dana-kaminski/dana-kaminski#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 07:46:30 +0000 Dana Kaminski http://oscarprep.com/?p=423 "...Getting nominated for the Oscar and winning the New York Film Critics Circle and some others — I can't tell you how amazing that was. You want to talk about elation. To this day, it's still surreal. You know, way back in the middle of my huge, dark hiatus, which people didn't think was a hiatus, people would ask me, "Are you bitter towards Hollywood?"..."]]> http://oscarprep.com/2009/12/28/jackie-earle-haley-actor-with-success-then-not-then-success-again-by-dana-kaminski/dana-kaminski/feed 0 http://oscarprep.com/2009/12/21/2010-academy-awards-acting/dana-kaminski http://oscarprep.com/2009/12/21/2010-academy-awards-acting/dana-kaminski#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:29:54 +0000 Dana Kaminski http://oscarprep.com/?p=328 That's a beautiful number, 2010. So was the acting this year, and I am looking forward to writing about it here, at Hollywood Oscar Prep. ]]> http://oscarprep.com/2009/12/21/2010-academy-awards-acting/dana-kaminski/feed 0 http://oscarprep.com/2009/12/21/hollywood-oscar-prep-award-worthy-acting-performances/dana-kaminski http://oscarprep.com/2009/12/21/hollywood-oscar-prep-award-worthy-acting-performances/dana-kaminski#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:15:17 +0000 Dana Kaminski http://oscarprep.com/?p=320 Oscar Prep. It's just like Hollywood Actor Prep, only, this site is entirely about the awards, and performance-focused. Oscar-worthy acting performances. ]]> http://oscarprep.com/2009/12/21/hollywood-oscar-prep-award-worthy-acting-performances/dana-kaminski/feed 0 http://oscarprep.com/2009/12/21/oscar-acting-performances-2010-academy-awards/dana-kaminski http://oscarprep.com/2009/12/21/oscar-acting-performances-2010-academy-awards/dana-kaminski#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:11:00 +0000 Dana Kaminski http://oscarprep.com/?p=315 Acting categories. Academy Awards. 2010....Welcome back!]]> http://oscarprep.com/2009/12/21/oscar-acting-performances-2010-academy-awards/dana-kaminski/feed 0 http://oscarprep.com/2009/12/21/about-to-kick-up-the-2010-oscar-prep-season-by-dana-kaminski/dana-kaminski http://oscarprep.com/2009/12/21/about-to-kick-up-the-2010-oscar-prep-season-by-dana-kaminski/dana-kaminski#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:49:37 +0000 Dana Kaminski http://oscarprep.com/?p=306 I hope you are all ready for another Academy Awards Season! Hope you are ready to focus once again on the acting categories, and the great performances of this past year, in film. Have you noticed? There are more Oscar Pundits, Oscar Sites, and Oscarologists, this year, than inhabitants on the island of Haiti... So I think what I will do...]]> http://oscarprep.com/2009/12/21/about-to-kick-up-the-2010-oscar-prep-season-by-dana-kaminski/dana-kaminski/feed 0 http://oscarprep.com/2009/02/27/oscar-2009-winner-acceptance-speeches-actresses-video/dana-kaminski http://oscarprep.com/2009/02/27/oscar-2009-winner-acceptance-speeches-actresses-video/dana-kaminski#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:23:50 +0000 Dana Kaminski http://oscarprep.com/?p=284 Kate Winslet, Accepting The Best Actress Award, For Her Performance In "The Reader" ::: Video:::Photos Penelope Cruz, Accepting The Best Supporting Actress Award, For Her Performance In Vicky Christina Barcelona::Video::Photos]]> http://oscarprep.com/2009/02/27/oscar-2009-winner-acceptance-speeches-actresses-video/dana-kaminski/feed 0 http://oscarprep.com/2009/02/24/who-won-the-2009-academy-awards-oscars/dana-kaminski http://oscarprep.com/2009/02/24/who-won-the-2009-academy-awards-oscars/dana-kaminski#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:43:21 +0000 Dana Kaminski http://oscarprep.com/?p=276 The 2009 Oscar Winners. Well, we may all know exactly who won, on this day-after the Oscars; but in a year or so, a reference sheet may be desired...So, here they are, all in list that's printable...]]> http://oscarprep.com/2009/02/24/who-won-the-2009-academy-awards-oscars/dana-kaminski/feed 0 http://oscarprep.com/2009/02/22/melissa-leo-tells-what-frozen-river-is-about/dana-kaminski http://oscarprep.com/2009/02/22/melissa-leo-tells-what-frozen-river-is-about/dana-kaminski#comments Sun, 22 Feb 2009 08:19:54 +0000 Dana Kaminski http://oscarprep.com/?p=232 Here's Melissa Leo (video), who has already won over the hearts of many audience members, who saw the movie 'Frozen River'; and I think she may have a shot at winning an Oscar. ]]> http://oscarprep.com/2009/02/22/melissa-leo-tells-what-frozen-river-is-about/dana-kaminski/feed 0 http://oscarprep.com/2009/02/17/what-well-known-actors-never-won-an-oscar-for-acting/dana-kaminski http://oscarprep.com/2009/02/17/what-well-known-actors-never-won-an-oscar-for-acting/dana-kaminski#comments Tue, 17 Feb 2009 05:10:58 +0000 Dana Kaminski http://oscarprep.com/?p=102 The following actors never won an Academy Award: Joseph Cotton, Dana Andrews, Marlene Dietrich, Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, Margaret Sullavan, Deborah Kerr, Ida Lupino, Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Claude Rains, Peter Lorre...Anthony Perkins, Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole, Orson Welles...]]> http://oscarprep.com/2009/02/17/what-well-known-actors-never-won-an-oscar-for-acting/dana-kaminski/feed 0 http://oscarprep.com/2009/02/16/did-you-always-know-you-wanted-to-act/dana-kaminski http://oscarprep.com/2009/02/16/did-you-always-know-you-wanted-to-act/dana-kaminski#comments Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:04:01 +0000 Dana Kaminski http://oscarprep.com/?p=81 Oscar's Best Actor Nominees Discuss The Answer Amongst Themselves...]]> http://oscarprep.com/2009/02/16/did-you-always-know-you-wanted-to-act/dana-kaminski/feed 0 http://oscarprep.com/2009/02/16/hollywood-actor-prep/dana-kaminski http://oscarprep.com/2009/02/16/hollywood-actor-prep/dana-kaminski#comments Mon, 16 Feb 2009 05:11:30 +0000 Dana Kaminski http://oscarprep.com/?p=46 Another Dana Kaminski jam...www.hollywoodactorprep.com/blog Tell your friends, please. Especially, if they are actors. This site is all experience-based advice.]]> http://oscarprep.com/2009/02/16/hollywood-actor-prep/dana-kaminski/feed 0 http://oscarprep.com/2009/02/16/why-mickey-rourke-wasnt-playing-himself-thats-fine-acting/dana-kaminski http://oscarprep.com/2009/02/16/why-mickey-rourke-wasnt-playing-himself-thats-fine-acting/dana-kaminski#comments Mon, 16 Feb 2009 04:07:04 +0000 Dana Kaminski http://oscarprep.com/?p=16 When an actor is exceptional, the audience CAN'T tell whether it is the actor or the person. That is the way you can tell a magnificent performance. As soon as you stop "watching the actor"...]]> http://oscarprep.com/2009/02/16/why-mickey-rourke-wasnt-playing-himself-thats-fine-acting/dana-kaminski/feed 0 http://oscarprep.com/2009/02/16/actor-gary-oldman-honors-oscar-winner-heath-ledger-video/dana-kaminski http://oscarprep.com/2009/02/16/actor-gary-oldman-honors-oscar-winner-heath-ledger-video/dana-kaminski#comments Mon, 16 Feb 2009 01:00:14 +0000 Dana Kaminski http://oscarprep.com/?p=3 Gary Oldman did this interview way back, when they were doing press junkets for the "The Dark Knight".]]> http://oscarprep.com/2009/02/16/actor-gary-oldman-honors-oscar-winner-heath-ledger-video/dana-kaminski/feed 0