Camera Operators recognition 'Glee,' 'J. Edgar'

Camera operators for "J. Edgar" and also the skein "Glee" stated the Society of Camera Operators' top competitive honours. Together with formerly introduced lifetime achievement honorees, the readers were recognized on Sunday in the Leonard H. Goldenson Theater in the Academy. Stephen Campanelli won the feature film award for his focus on the Clint Eastwood-helmed biopic, and Andrew Mitchell won within the TV category for that Fox series. Campanelli was formerly nommed for "Hereafter" and "The Changeling." Eastwood received the SOC Board of Governors Award. Eastwood and Campanelli happen to be collaborators for 18 years, beginning with "The Bridges of Madison County." Photos nominated for that feature category also incorporated "The Assistance,Inch "War Equine," "Cowboys & Aliens" and "The Descendants." Another nommed series were "Memphis Beat," "Bones," "True Bloodstream" and "The Closer." Paul Babin was honored using the SOC Award for Lifetime Achievement in Camera Operating. The org's first College Camera Operator of the season award acknowledging student productions visited Petr Cikhart from the AFI for his focus on "The Skull Cap." The kudos ceremony elevated funds for that Vision Core Children's Hospital La. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Oscars 2012: Why 'The Ides Of March' Deserved A Best Picture Nod

Nine films are nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards this year, begging the question: who deserved a tenth spot on that list? "Oscars 2012: 10 Spot" answers that question, as the MTV Movies team highlights some of 2011's greatest films and argues why they deserved a nod as the tenth Best Picture nominee. Though it was not received with the warmest reviews, "The Ides of March" deserved the tenth Best Picture nomination for the way it attempts to encapsulate the ins and outs modern political campaigns. The common thread that runs through most of this year's Best Picture nominees is nostalgia. Most of the films deal with the topic directly in subject matter or through the techniques by which the movie was made. With the focus of the year's Best Picture race looking so predominantly to the past, a movie that deals specifically with the challenges and problems of contemporary society could have livened up a rather stale category. The film's trailers and ads colored "The Ides of March" as a political thriller, but near the end, you begin to realize just how much of a character study it is, a surprising fact considering the star-studded cast. Ryan Gosling owns the spotlight as Stephen Meyers, a young and idealistic assistant campaign manager. And as with all idealistic characters in modern dramas, Stephen's arch may feel a little predictable (a common criticism from reviews) but the way he descends from his principled starting point makes a powerful statement about "acceptable" political compromises. Aside from Gosling's performance, the nominated screenplay is the standout here. The smart writing never condescends and takes an honest and cynical position on the work the main characters do. You don't have to be politically savvy to understand what's happening and when, but you'll feel smarter every step of the way. Instead of the easy accessible and occasionally trite nominees filling the category this year, "The Ides of March" doesn't delineate its characters or their actions into good and evil. There is no Bryce Dallas Howard character, who's just so easy to hate and do so uncompromisingly. Here, everyone has flaws and inches closer to the corrupt bastard they're trying to fight as the movie goes on. It's an easy movie to follow and understand, but just a small amount of ambiguity separates it that much from the other nominees and helps it stand out as deserving of a nomination. The MTV Movies team has the 2012 Oscars covered! Stick with us for everything you need to know leading up to the awards show, and on Sunday, February 25, tune into MTV.com at 5:30 p.m. ET for our three-hour red-carpet live stream and updates on the night's big winners.

Rankings: Cougar Town Returns to any or all-Time Low

Courteney Cox and Busy Phillips Are we able to provide the Cougar Town crew a b for trying?Regardless of the cast and producers' valiant guerrilla marketing effort for that lengthy-postponed third season, the comedy came back Tuesday to 4.8 million audiences along with a 1.8 rating within the grown ups 18-to-49 demo - both series lows.Social TV: Cougar Town creator offers ponies, drunken raves to loyal fansThe silver lining? The show experienced relatively small drops both in measures - 4 and 10 %, correspondingly - in the Season 2 finale (if this broadcast on Wednesdays after Modern Family) and published the greatest retention rate from Last Guy Standing (82 %) all season. Still, Cougar Town's premiere amounts are below individuals from the timeslot's previous (and today-canceled) residents Guy Up and Arrange It.Cbs television studios won the evening, run by NCIS, which came 19.4 million audiences along with a 3.9 rating.8 p.m.CBS: NCIS 19.4 million audiences (3.9 demo rating)ABC: Last Guy Standing 7.six million (2.2) Cougar Town 4.8 million (1.8)Fox: Glee 6.9 million (2.8)NBC: The Greatest Loser 5.8 million (2.) [8-10 p.m.]CW: Hart of Dixie (R) .7 million (.3)9 p.m.CBS: NCIS: La 16 million audiences (3.2)ABC: The Forest 4.9 million (1.7) Fox: New Girl 6.six million (3.2) Raising Hope 4.68 million (2.1)CW: Ringer 1.07 million (.3)10 p.m.CBS: Memorable 10.9 million audiences (2.)ABC: Body of Proof 6.a million (1.2)NBC: Being a parent 4.4 million (1.6)

Philip Kellogg dies at 99

Philip Kellogg, former Hollywood producer and William Morris Talent Agency movie mind, died February. 5 in Beverly Hillsides of natural causes. He was 99, per month from his 100th birthday. From 1950 to 1977, Kellogg labored in the William Morris Agency as veep responsible for the world film department and director of European procedures. His clientele incorporated thesps Angela Lansbury, Sophia Loren, Karl Malden, Robert Mitchum, Gregory Peck, Shelley Winters and Natalie Wood. Younger crowd repped helmers David Lean, Mike Peckinpah, Sydney Pollack and Fred Zinnemann. Kellogg was created to Rob Murray Kellogg and Diquita Irwin in Provo, Utah on March 17, 1912, and gone to live in Los Angeles like a baby. In 1933, he received a b -.A. in political science at UCLA, where he performed around the basketball team and offered as student body leader. For his first professional job, Kellogg authored like a special features author for Hearst newspapers and magazines. He forged personal associations with William Randolph Hearst in L.A. and San Simeon. Before his career like a Hollywood agent, Kellogg labored like a personal assistant to Irving G. Thalberg of MGM within the nineteen thirties and subsequently like a film editor for Warner Bros. His career like a repetition began within the nineteen forties for Berg-Allenberg Agency, which in 1950 merged in to the William Morris Agency. Kellogg is made it by his wife Anna, five children and five grandchildren. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com