Special to AMFM Magazine by Jimmy Willden The Academy Awards are now three days away, so, for me that means stocking up on chips, salsas and queso, beer and champagne, and printing out my list to compare (and possibly yell at the screen over). Last year, I succeeded in predicting 12 out of the 14 (86%) categories I covered correctly; this year, I’m covering 20 categories – … [Read more...]
THE OSCARS: ‘GRAVITY’ AND ‘HER’
By Jimmy Willden Awards-season fervor is at its peak since the 2014 Academy Awards nominations were announced on Thursday, Jan. 16. Now with the Producers Guild of America (PGA) Awards crowning both 12 Years a Slave and Gravity as their top films, the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards crowning Gravity's Alfonso Cuaron as the best director of the year, and the Writers … [Read more...]
‘THE HEAT’ INTERVIEW WITH SANDRA BULLOCK AND MELISSA McCARTHY
Paul Salfen passes muster and is allowed to interview Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy for the Drew Pearson Show (on FOX in Dallas, TX) FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn (Sandra Bullock) is a very skilled and effective investigator, but is despised by her fellow agents for her arrogance and condescending attitude. Hale (Demián Bichir), Ashburn's boss at the … [Read more...]
