Every week until the 86th Oscars on March 2, 2014, The Hollywood Reporter's lead awards analyst, Scott Feinberg, will post an updated "Feinberg Forecast," wherein he presents a summary of major developments since the last update that helped to shape his current opinions, and then lists his revised projections. For more about Feinberg and how he arrives at his projections, as well as an acronyms key, scroll to the bottom of this post.
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Without further ado, here is the forecast...
BEST PICTURE Nominees 1. 12 Years a Slave (Fox Searchlight, 10/18, R, trailer) PGA, HFPA, BFCA, AFI, BSFC, TIFF, SAG, DGA, IFP, BAFTA, FI, ACE, ADG, ASC, CDG 2. Gravity (Warner Bros., 10/4, PG-13, trailer) DGA, PGA, AFI, LAFCA (tie), HFPA, BFCA, BAFTA, ACE, ADG, ASC, CAS, VES 3. American Hustle (Sony, 12/13, TBA, trailer) SAG, AFI, NYFCC, DGA, PGA, HFPA, BFCA, WGA, BAFTA, ACE, ADG, CDG 4. The Wolf of Wall Street (Paramount, 12/25, R, trailer) AFI, DGA, PGA, HFPA, BFCA, WGA, ACE, ADG 5. Philomena (The Weinstein Co., TBA, TBA, trailer) HFPA, BAFTA, FI, CDG 6. Captain Phillips (Sony, 10/11, PG-13, trailer) AFI, DGA, PGA, HFPA, BFCA, WGA, BAFTA, ACE, ADG, ASC, CAS, VES 7. Nebraska (Paramount, 11/22, R, trailer) AFI, PGA, HFPA, BFCA, WGA,FI, ACE, ASC, CDG 8. Dallas Buyers Club (Focus Features, 11/1, R, trailer) SAG, PGA, BFCA, WGA, CDG 9. Her (Warner Bros., 12/18, TBA, trailer) AFI, NBR, LAFCA (tie), PGA, HFPA, BFCA, WGA, ACE, ADG, CDG
BEST DIRECTOR Nominees 1. Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity) DGA, HFPA, BFCA, LAFCA, NYFCO, BAFTA 2. Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave) NYFCC, BSFC, DGA, HFPA, BFCA, BAFTA, FI 3. David O. Russell (American Hustle) DGA, HFPA, BFCA, BAFTA 4. Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street) DGA, BFCA, BAFTA 5. Alexander Payne (Nebraska)
BEST LEADING ACTOR Nominees 1. Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club) SAG, HFPA, BFCA, IFP, HFA, FI 2. Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street) HFPA, BAFTA 3. Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave) BSFC, NYFCO, SAG, HFPA, BFCA, IFP, BAFTA, FI 4. Bruce Dern (Nebraska) NBR, LAFCA, CAN, SAG, HFPA, BFCA, BAFTA, FI 5. Christian Bale (American Hustle) HFPA, BFCA, BAFTA
BEST LEADING ACTRESS Nominees 1. Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine) SAG, HFPA, BFCA, LAFCA (tie), NYFCC, NSFC, BSFC, NYFCO, IFP, BAFTA, FIBAFTA 2. Judi Dench (Philomena) SAG, HFPA, BFCA, BAFTA 3. Amy Adams (American Hustle) SAG, HFPA, BAFTA 4. Sandra Bullock (Gravity) HFA, SAG, HFPA, BFCA, BAFTA 5. Meryl Streep (August: Osage County) SAG, HFPA, BFCA
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Projected Nominees 1. Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club) SAG, HFPA, BFCA, LAFCA (tie), NYFCC, NYFCO, FI 2. Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave) SAG, HFPA, BFCA, BAFTA, FI 3. Bradley Cooper (American Hustle) HFPA, BFCA, BAFTA 4. Jonah Hill (The Wolf of Wall Street) 5. Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips) SAG, HFPA, BFCA, BAFTA
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Projected Nominees 1. Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave) SAG, BFCA, LAFCA, NYFCO, HFPA, BAFTA, FI 2. Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle) HFPA, NYFCC, NSFC, SAG, BFCA, BAFTA 3. June Squibb (Nebraska) BSFC, SAG, BFCA, HFPA, FI 4. Julia Roberts (August: Osage County) HFA, SAG, BFCA, HFPA, BAFTA 5. Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine) HFPA, BAFTA, FI
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FEINBERG FORECAST: Oscars Landscape in the Home Stretch
January 31, 2014 - Pacific Coast League (PCL) Round Rock Express ROUND ROCK, Texas - The Round Rock Express and Ryan Sanders Sports Turf Services have finalized plans to rebuild the Oak Hill Youth Sports Association (OHYSA) baseball and softball fields that were left damaged by the severe flooding in October.
The Express, their Turf Services counterpart, along with help from Diamond Pro, Fenske Sand Gravel, the Houston Astros, Jack Allen's Kitchen, the Nolan Ryan Foundation, the Perfect Mound, Sunbelt Rentals, the Texas Rangers Foundation and Whittlesey Landscape Supplies have agreed to rebuild the field surfaces on seven fields at the complex: five baseball diamonds and two softball fields. The baseball fields will receive a new infield and sideline sod and all fields will receive new skinned clay areas.
Since the flooding, OHYSA has hosted several fundraisers throughout the community to cover the cost to repair the damaged fields, but was still short of the total needed.
"We're happy to be able to pull together with some of our partners and help bridge the fundraising gap to get these field repairs done for the players, coaches and families of Oak Hill," said Express CEO Reese Ryan.
Repairs will start Monday, February 3 and are expected to be done in time for the association's spring league.
The Express kicks off their 15th season on Thursday, April 3 against the Oklahoma City RedHawks. For more information on the Express, visit http://www.RoundRockExpress.com or call (512) 255-2255. Keep up with the Express on Facebook and Twitter !
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Before air-conditioning became a household staple, Floridians invented a solution to keeping cool while enjoying the climate: a pleasant indoor-outdoor room with plenty of windows that allowed for lots of sunlight and cross-ventilation.
Over time, the space got its own name the Florida room and it became a ubiquitous feature of thousands of homes, from cozy Bermuda-style bungalows to grand oceanfront mansions. With its roots in old-fashioned sleeping porches, the room served as a combination sunroom-and-loggia with windows often fitted with screens or jalousies.
Those rooms and how they have evolved over the years are spotlighted in an exhibit opening today at the Cultural Council of Palm Beach Countys headquarters in downtown Lake Worth.
Guest-curated by Palm Beach interior designer Joseph Pubillones and running through March 29, Interior Design: The Florida Room features room vignettes created by nine interior designers who live or work in the county. The programming schedule also includes two related lectures on Feb. 11 and March 11.
Pubillones said his participation in the project came about when Palm Beacher Rena Blades, the organizations president and CEO, called him with an idea.
She asked me if Id be interested in doing a show on interiors. In the Cultural Councils history, it has done different types of art shows, but never one on interiors, he said. After some thought, I came up with the idea of doing an exhibit on a room particular to our state, the Florida room, an indoor-outdoor room that actually was unique here but spread widely through the United States as far away as Michigan and Kansas.
The designers have translated the concept of the Florida room in a wide variety of styles some classical, some contemporary and some in-between, he said.
The exhibit will show that this idea is really malleable to any style of architecture and interior design, he said. Youll see seagrass in one or two of the rooms, but in other rooms, youll see more formal furniture. The idea of the Florida room is more of an attitude or approach to design.
Not only will the exhibit showcase the work of the design community, but it will demonstrate that interior design is an art form, too, said Nichole Hickey, the cultural councils manager of artist services.
Our team thought this would be a fabulous idea during season, she said. People coming in would be inspired, and everything would be for sale, so they can acquire a decorative vase, a carpet, etc.
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Reimagining the Florida room
A short circuit is suspected to have caused a fire that damaged a home on Bergen Drive on Sunday, officials report.
According to West Milford Fire Commissioner Ed Steines, at approximately 5:23 p.m. on Jan. 26, a structure fire was reported at 34 Bergen Drive, which is located off Union Valley Road.
When they arrived, firefighters "found heavy fire coming from the rear of the garage area and rear exterior of the house," said Steines.
Firefighters from township fire companies 4 and 6, under the direction of Co. 6 Chief Wayne Morrissey, attacked the fire and were able to knock it down before the fire could reach the home's interior, but not before the inside of the home sustained heavy smoke damage, said Steines.
Power also had to be shut off to the home, he said, because the fire caused some wiring to become exposed.
There were no reported injuries resulting from the fire, and assistance was rendered at the scene by firefighters from companies 1, 3 and 5, as well as the West Milford First Aid Squad personnel, said Steines.
Steines said both he and Fire Marshal Vinny Corsaro of Jefferson investigated the fire, and believe it was caused by a short circuit in an outside lighting fixture.
Bryan La Placa
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Bergen Drive home in West Milford damaged by fire
