Oscar
Happy-Go-Lucky Sally Hawkins gets Oscar Buzz
By Christine Kearney
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Actress Sally Hawkins is relatively unknown in the United
States but an acclaimed role in British director Mike Leigh's new film may find
her on Hollywood's red carpets this awards season, a prospect she calls
"gob-smacking."
The London-born Hawkins, 32, has been gaining Oscar buzz from critics for her
role as Poppy -- a jokey, infectiously optimistic schoolteacher in Leigh's
touching comedy "Happy-Go-Lucky" that is released in the United States on
Friday.
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Posted on Wed, 8 Oct 2008 13:11:32 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Oscar's new Documentary Rules become hot Topic
By Steven Zeitchik
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - A controversy is brewing over a change to
Oscar's feature documentary rules.
Because of the change -- which required a one-week qualifying run in New York by
August 31 -- one of the year's most buzzed-about documentaries, the Israeli
animated film "Waltz With Bashir," won't be eligible for consideration. A host
of executives and festival veterans are calling on the Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences to revise the rule.
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Posted on Tue, 7 Oct 2008 06:37:23 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Dark Knight plans Re-release for Oscar Push
By Carl DiOrio
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Batman wants an Oscar. To be precise, Warner
Bros. wants a statuette -- or 10 -- for "The Dark Knight."
So the studio plans to re-release its blockbuster Batman sequel in January, the
height of Academy Awards voting season.
"It's just a matter of bringing it back as a reminder for people," a studio
insider explained.
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Posted on Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:47:50 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Oscar Winner Hudson ready for her CD Close-up
By Ann Donahue
LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Jennifer Hudson doesn't drink coffee. Doesn't like it,
she says. Doesn't need it, counters her manager, Miguel Melendez.
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Posted on Sat, 9 Aug 2008 02:02:19 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Oscar Season kicks off
By Gregg Kilday and Carolyn Giardina
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - With Pixar's newest blue-chip animated movie
"Wall-E" hitting theaters Friday, the 2008 Oscar race is finally off and
running.
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Posted on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:06:22 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Oscar-winner Cate Blanchett has third Baby
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Oscar-winning Australian actress Cate Blanchett has given
birth to her third child in Sydney, a spokesman said on Monday.
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Posted on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:29:40 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Oscar-winning ''Nuremberg'' Writer dies in L.A
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Abby Mann, who won an Oscar for writing the 1961 drama
"Judgment at Nuremberg" and devoted his career to exposing failings in the U.S.
criminal justice system, has died, the Los Angeles Times reported on its Web
site on Thursday.
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Posted on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:06:19 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Oscars draw record low TV Ratings
By Steve Gorman
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Films about psychopaths, greedy oilmen and corrupt
lawyers failed to click with moviegoers, and they proved a turnoff to U.S.
television viewers as this year's Oscars show hit record low ratings.
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Posted on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:39:36 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
Hollywood reduced to supporting Role at Oscars
By Bob Tourtellotte and Mike Collett-White
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Four European actors and the maverick Coen brothers
shared top honors at the Oscars, relegating the traditional Hollywood of big
stars and box office hits to a supporting role this year.
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Posted on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
Oscar clips ''Butterfly'' wings
By Dean Goodman
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood turned its back on a man in a wheelchair and a
woman in a Bob Dylan costume at the Academy Awards on Sunday.
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Posted on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
Javier Bardem becomes first Spanish Actor to win Oscar
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Javier Bardem became the first Spanish actor to win an
Oscar on Sunday by taking the best supporting actor award for his chilling
portrait of a psychopathic killer in "No Country For Old Men."
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Posted on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:50:10 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
Tilda Swinton wins best supporting Actress Oscar
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Briton Tilda Swinton won the best supporting actress
Oscar on Sunday for her performance as a ruthless corporate attorney in the
legal thriller "Michael Clayton."
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Posted on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:48:32 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
Oscar red Carpet is bright in Year of somber Films
By Alexandria Sage
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Gloomy movies may have seized the spotlight at this
year's Academy Awards, but it was bold, vivid red that reigned on the Oscar red
carpet and cut through the cold gray of a rare rainy day in Hollywood.
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Posted on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:46:47 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
Marion Cotillard wins Oscar for best Actress
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Marion Cotillard won the Academy Award as best actress
for her portrayal of legendary chanteuse Edith Piaf in "La Vie en Rose" to
become the first French performer since 1960 to earn an Oscar in the category.
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Posted on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:45:33 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
Austria's ''Counterfeiters'' wins Foreign Film Oscar
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Austrian Holocaust-era drama "The Counterfeiters"
won the Oscar for best foreign language film on Sunday.
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Posted on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:43:36 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
Day-Lewis completes European acting Oscar Sweep
By Jill Serjeant
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Daniel Day-Lewis won the second Oscar of his career on
Sunday for his role as a homicidal oilman in the drama "There Will Be Blood," as
foreigners completed a rare sweep of all four acting awards.
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Posted on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:41:15 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
Coen Brothers win directing Oscar for ''No Country''
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood's establishment embraced two of the film
industry's quintessential mavericks on Sunday as brothers Joel and Ethan Coen
won a joint Oscar for their work directing "No Country For Old Men."
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Posted on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:39:36 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
''No Country'' and Coen brothers win big at Oscars
By Bob Tourtellotte
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Bleak drama "No Country For Old Men" won four Oscars on
Sunday, more than any other film, including best movie, director and adapted
screenplay for brothers Joel and Ethan Coen.
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Posted on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:38:32 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
Jon Stewart opens Oscars with post-strike Humor
By Steve Gorman
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Political satirist Jon Stewart returned as Oscar host on
Sunday with a slew of jokes about the bitter Hollywood writers' strike that had
threatened the show and the grim, violent themes of many of the films.
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Posted on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:36:34 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
Dark Films and Rain Clouds loom over Oscar Night
By Mike Collett-White
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Saved at the 11th hour when writers ended their strike,
Sunday's Oscars promise plenty of glamour, but dark films, possible rain and a
lack of splashy parties threaten to dampen the mood on Hollywood's big night.
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Posted on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 01:03:13 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
Snubs, Omissions taint Oscar foreign Film Award
By Mary Milliken
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - No matter which movie wins the Oscar for best foreign
language film on Sunday, critics and fans may remember this year for work that
was snubbed or disqualified by Academy Award voters.
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Posted on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:50:13 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
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