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“And the Oscar goes to…”Chicago-based R.S. Owens & Company
has already applied the finishing touches to this year’s Oscar
statuettes, a contract it has fulfilled since 1982. Standing at 34
centimetres (13 and half inches in old money), and comprised of
gold-plated britannium, it signifies the highest award obtainable in
the film industry and can make, and occasionally break, careers. The
history of the awards is of course littered with upsets. John Ford was
famously overlooked for Best Director on The Searchers, arguably
the greatest film of the Western genre; Kubrick’s groundbreaking
2001: A Space Odyssey lost to Oliver!; and Star Wars was
unforgivably pipped at the post by Woody Allen’s Annie Hall. The
list of dubious winners goes on. Given how predictable the Oscars
have now become, from the saccharine acceptance speeches and
laboriously scripted parlance from forgettable hosts, to the obvious
category winners, will the 88th Annual Academy Awards actually
deliver a surprise or three? Our portentous film editor has already
forecast his predictions in this issue – who do you think will win on
Hollywood’s night of nights? Paul Jones, Editor-in-Chief
Founder Nic Short
Editor-in-Chief Paul Jones
Film & DVD Editor Scott Hocking
Music Editor Zoë Radas
JuniorWriter Alesha Kolbe
Creative Director Justin Buxton
DVD Consultant Michelle Black
Games Consultant Stuart Duncan
Music Consultants
Mike Glynn, Fleur Parker
Chief Contributors
Bob Jones,Amy Flower
Contributors John Ferguson, Graham Reid,
Michael Dwyer, Jeff Jenkins,
Emily Kelly, Simon Lukic, Chris Murray, Billy Pinnell,
Denise Hylands, Simon Winkler,
Gill Pringle, Ryan Huff, John Roebuck
Social Media Manager
Sally Carlier-Hull
PhotographerChip Mooney
Production Manager
Craig Patterson
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Tracy Kingman
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