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Writing and acting are the places where you see the most variations from the big best-picture races
She made herself available, did a lot of screenings, and in the end people really liked the movie ... The truth is, in the actor categories, there are generally one or two of those slots that are pretty open to somebody coming in and just being great.
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Oscars choose MTV awards veteran to direct show
...ANGELES (AP) — Academy Awards overseers have chosen an entertainment veteran to direct the next Oscar show.Hamish Hamilton is directing the 82nd Oscar broadcast on March 7.Hamilton's credits include directing the MTV Video Music Awards and the MTV Europe Music... |more
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Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin to host Oscar show
Two wild and crazy guys will host the Oscars - and apologies to both, but just couldn't resist: Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin were picked Tuesday to headline TV's biggest awards show, the 82nd, to be telecast March 7 from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. |more
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John Farr: It's Thanksgiving: Let's Party!
...leads and MacMurray, who’s surprisingly effective playing against type), this film snagged Best Picture at the Academy Awards, and in my estimation, stands as Wilder’s finest film. (Don’t miss the Christmas office party- it makes “Mad Men” look tame.) The... |more
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One night in September
...film won the Golden Globe Award 2009 in the Best Foreign Film Category and was nominated for the same section at the Academy Awards early this year. Waltz With Bashir, which will premiere on UTV Movies on November 29, at 8.30 p.m., is director Ari Folman's... |more
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'Tis the Season
...a columnist for the Los Angeles Times' awards site, The Envelope. Referring to the Screen Actors Guild Awards and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Oscars, he said, "There are only 2,100 members of the SAG nominating committee. There are 1,300... |more
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Oscars update: Mysterious 'Nine' and 'Lovely Bones' finally debut; Sandra Bullock ambushes derby fillies
... Here's our latest take on the recent twists and turns on the derby track. BEST PICTURE The best-picture hopes of "Up in the Air" and "The Hurt Locker" got a boost from being the only two films backed by all 20 experts forecasting the Oscar nominees at Th... |more
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Movie theme tunes: my heart will go on, even if my ears don't recover | Ben Child
... That statuette's lucky - no ears. Celine Dion backstage at the 1998 Oscars after performing My Heart Will Go On, from Titanic. Photograph: Reed Saxon/AP As the credits rolled on the first Spider-Man movie in an east London cinema sometime in May 2002, it ... |more
