WTTR likely to be more prominent at the Spirits than the Oscars

Deadline Hollywood has released their assessment of this year’s Oscar contenders and hopefuls and ‘Welcome to the Rileys’ gets a mention:

“Fine acting from James Gandolfini, Melissa Leo, and Kristen Stewart highlight this drama about the effect that a young runaway has on a married couple. Oscar Chance: This quiet and effective drama was a Sundance success. But it’s likely to be more prominent at the Spirits than the Oscars”
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Anna Nominated for Oscar

Anna Kendrick has been nominated for an Oscar in the Actress in a Supporting Role category for her role in the movie Up In the Air.

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Roger Ebert predicts 'Twilight' and 'Up in the Air' star Anna Kendrick will receive Oscar nomination

Roger Ebert, famed long-time film historian and critic, has just issued his predictions for this year's Oscar nominations (which are due Tuesday), and guess who was on it?

Yep, that's right: Anna Kendrick.

Kendrick (who portrays "Jessica Stanley" in The Twilight Saga: New Moon and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse) has definitely been vetted by a critic or two for her work as "Natalie" in Up In The Air over the past few months, and Ebert's assessment of her potential for film's highest honor is due, he says, to the fact that she is "so young and earnest in the same film."

Anna Kendrick has been nominated for a great many awards over the past few months, including a SAG Award, a BAFTA, and a Golden Globe.

Of course, her most formidable competition at these shows has been Precious star Mo'Nique, and Ebert predicts that she, too, will receive a nod from the Academy.

With the Oscar nominations announcement coming down next week, speculation on this matter will soon become reality.

The same is true for other Twilight-related nomination opportunities (not the least of which is Lykke Li's "Possiblity" from the New Moon soundtrack, which was an early entry for "Best Original Song"), so Tuesday's nomination news will certainly be something for Twilight fans to watch for!


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Kristen and Anna: Too Good for Twilight?

Twilight darlings Kirsten Stewart and Anna Kendrick are quickly breaking out of their vampire coffins. We're all aware by now that Anna has received tons of acclaim for her performance alongside George Clooney in Up in the Air, and Kristen was the talk of Sundance town.

Got it?

That's why we think yesterday's item about Kristen and Robert Pattinson was totally fair game. We're not "pitting them against each other," as so many Twi-screamers say, but pointing out R and K both have the opportunities with their upcoming flicks to become major players in this entertainment biz.

Heck, while Ashley Greene is shooting some horror movie in Germany and Kellan Lutz is losing Barbarian roles, Kendrick is picking out her Oscar gown! And According to people who have worked with Kristen, she, too is already headed for Oscar's stage—and we don't mean as a presenter:

"Kristen's got this innate quality, that gift, that not everyone has," Welcome to the Rileys director Jake Scott told us. "She's magic. I can see it happening. I can see her becoming a major star. She's grounded, which is important to say about her. She's really grounded. She's a cool chick."

Oscar-nominated actress Melissa Leo, who costars with K.Stew in Welcome, was eager to throw in her experienced two cents on Kristen's potential.

"I'm sure she'll be up there on that stage one day, I'm positive."

Leo, whose performance in Frozen River last year put her in a gown alongside Meryl Streep and Kate Winslet, says she sees a lot of herself in young K.Stew.

"Something happens with actors who are committed to what they do. We enjoyed each other because we were so serious about work; we adored each other."

Dang, if we were Kristen, we'd not only have suck faced with R.Pattz in public 232 years ago, we'd be nervous about acting out possibly two more of Melissa Rosenberg's movies. After what seems like a lot of successful reviews post-New Moon, it doesn't sound too fun to go back to your not-very-well-written roots.

We all know Anna Kendrick's thinking the same damn thing, right?

Everyone in town is expecting A.K. to get a nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

Now that she's been catapulted to the major leagues, we bet this petite cutie is counting her blessings that she has maybe two lines in all the Twilight flicks. It actually wouldn't surprise us if Annie wanted to finagle her way out of the franchise, seeing as movie offers are pouring in for her now, but she strikes us as the type to stay loyal to her fans, à la Kristen.

Stewart would never leaver her Twi-fans high and dry (as if Summit would let her), but it'll be interesting to see if K.Stew is as eager about two Breaking Dawn flicks as she might have once been.

Come on, Stephenie Meyer, let's do one more movie. For all our sake, yeah?


eonline.com via Twilightish

Anna Kendrick in Life Magazine’s Oscar Hopefuls Portraits

Anna is featured in Life’s series of portraits of Oscar hopefuls for 2010. Nominations haven’t been announced, but there’s a good chance Anna will get nominated for her role in Up in the Air.
Anna Kendrick, ‘Up in the Air’
A revelation as a motormouthed high-school debater in the little-seen Rocket Science and fine as Bella’s best friend in Twilight, Kendrick comes fully into her own onscreen as corporate stooge Natalie Keener. She’s every aging worker’s nightmare: a prim, young, impersonal innovator happy to please her bosses by making hordes of workers redundant. But instead of playing Natalie as a harpy, Kendrick makes her vulnerable. She shouldn’t be unemployed as an actress anytime soon. (For Your Consideration: Best Supporting Actress)

Sv: Anna är med i Life's  porträtt serie av Oscar förhoppningar för 2010. Nomineringar har ännu inte avslöjats, men det finns en god chans Anna kommer att bli nominerad för sin roll i "Up in the Air".

Anna Kendrick, "Up in the Air"
 En uppenbarelse som motormouthed high-school debattör i den föga sett Rocket Science och fin som Bellas bästa vän i Twilight, kommer Kendrick helt i sin egen roll som bolagsjuristen/ nickedockan Natalie Keener. Hon är varje åldrande arbetsgivares mardröm: en Prim, ung, opersonlig innovatör glad att behaga hennes chefer genom horder av övertaliga arbetstagare. Men istället för att spela Natalie som harpy gör Kendrick henne sårbar. Hon borde inte vara arbetslös som skådespelerska någon gång snart. (: Bästa kvinnliga biroll)

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