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In case you missed 'ems: Labor Day hangover edition

By: Jon Weisman
Published: Tue, September 04, 2012, 3:41 PM
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Hey, I no longer get to complain about how busy August was. Here's what's been happening amid other happenings.

-- "Amour" will officially enter the Oscar race as the selection from Austria, writes Guy Lodge at Hitfix.com, while "Barbara" is Germany's official Oscar foreign language entry. In addition, Venezuela will offer "Rock Paper Scissors," Serbia "When Day Breaks."

--Bruce Cohen, Nina Jacobson and Bryan Singer will co-chair the eighth annual Legacy Awards, honoring LGBT film Oct. 13 at the Orpheum Theatre. The event features the following milestone screening  ...

Different... The centerpiece screening at the 2012 awards will feature a special Sneak Preview screening of the Legacy Project’s most challenging restoration to date. The silent film "Different From the Others "(Anders Als Die Andern), made in 1919, is arguably the earliest surviving cinematic work made explicitly about LGBT people. Directed by Richard Oswald and co-written by famed psychologist Magnus Hirschfeld, it is believed to be the only film from a group of gay-friendly movies made during Germany’s Weimar era that escaped systematic destruction by the Nazis.

Written as part of a campaign to oppose the passage of Paragraph 175, the German law outlawing homosexuality, "Different From the Others" caused a major scandal upon release for allegedly glorifying homosexuality and endangering public order and security.  The Legacy Project restoration uses a 40-minute fragment discovered in the Ukraine — the only known film element to have survived World War II.  English-language title cards and intertitles have been created and a new negative will be struck to preserve the restored film for the future. ...-- "Lincoln" is premiering its trailer in unique fashion Sept. 14, at a Google+ Hangout. Director Steven Spielberg and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who portrays Robert Todd Lincoln, will participate in a live chat. More from the press release:

... Fans interested in participating are asked to upload a short video to their own YouTube channel with the #LincolnHangout tag explaining who they are, why they are interested in “Lincoln” and what they would like to ask Spielberg and Gordon-Levitt about the film. ...

-- Christina Aguilera will receive the 2012 NCLR Special Achievement Award at the Alma Awards, airing Sept. 21 on NBC. George Lopez and Eva Longoria will co-host for the second straight year and third time overall.

-- Short-subject docmakers have a Sept. 4 deadline to submit their works for Oscar consideration. Works must complete a weeklong commercial run in Los Angeles or New York by year's end.

-- The Writers Guild has opened the submission window for its 2013 new media (through Nov. 16) and videogame (through Nov. 30) writing awards.

-- "Rise of the Guardians" will receive this year's "Hollywood Animation Award" at the Hollywood Film Awards on Oct. 22.

Posted: Tue, September 04, 2012, 3:41 PM

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Christy GroszA native of Los Angeles raised by two parents and "Hill Street Blues," Jon Weisman ankled his scriptwriting career and began working for Variety in 2004, subsequently serving as associate editor of features and television reporter before becoming awards editor. He promises not to use this platform to retroactively campaign for Oscars for “The Misfits,” though he’d feel justified in doing so.
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