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Aussie filmmakers at Oscar's luncheon

It is the world's most exclusive lunch - 121 Oscar nominees including Meryl Streep, George Clooney, Sandra Bullock, James Cameron and a couple of Aussie blokes sitting in a Beverly Hills ballroom nibbling on potatoes filled with cavi [...]

Posted On : Feb, 16 2010 | Comments : 0

Going for (Oscar) gold!

With all the “Hollywood vs. the heartland” rhetoric that's been thrown around over the last decade, you'd hardly expect the star of one of the two most Oscar-nominated films of the year to bust out with a biblical ref [...]

Posted On : Feb, 16 2010 | Comments : 0

Hurt Locker Oscar Odds Still Even Following Award

The Hurt Locker is a second favorite after Avatar to win "Best Picture" at this year's Oscars. Hurt Locker was set at +120 odds (or near even) while Avatar sat at -250. All odds were courtesy of Sportsbook.com. [...]

Posted On : Feb, 16 2010 | Comments : 0

For Oscar Hopefuls, a Season Stretched

Traces of awards fatigue, faint but undeniable, crept into the annual luncheon for Oscar nominees on Monday in a Hollywood prize season that has been stretched by two weeks to avoid having Academy Awards night collide with the Vancouver [...]

Posted On : Feb, 16 2010 | Comments : 0

Oscar nominees attend Beverly Hills luncheon

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Monday honored more than 120 Oscar nominees with a splendid luncheon at the downtown Beverly Hilton. Fourteen of the 20 nominees in this year's Oscar acting categories attended the e [...]

Posted On : Feb, 16 2010 | Comments : 0

Oscar nominees share lunch, light and sober talk

Sandra Bullock spoke of maintaining a good work ethic for years to come. Woody Harrelson spoke of soldiers. Carey Mulligan spoke about bumping butts with Quentin Tarantino. This season's Academy Awards elite gathered Mond [...]

Posted On : Feb, 16 2010 | Comments : 0

Nominees told to prep two speeches for Oscar night

Academy Award organizers have come up with a novel idea for avoiding those boring Oscar acceptance speeches filled with "thank yous." Their solution: have the winners give two speeches. Contenders for the world's top film h [...]

Posted On : Feb, 16 2010 | Comments : 0

Hurt Locker has Oscar mojo

Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker is an extraordinarily well-crafted and emotionally devastating film. Almost everyone knows about it and its fact-based, fictional story about three American soldiers defusing bombs in Iraq. Almost no [...]

Posted On : Feb, 13 2010 | Comments : 0

Explore History Of Best Actor Oscar Winners

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has been handing out Oscars since 1929. Over the past 81 years, nine male performers have managed to snag the coveted award on two occasions, including Dustin Hoffman, Jack Nicholson, Danie [...]

Posted On : Feb, 12 2010 | Comments : 0

Gold Derby nuggets: 'Inglorious Basterds' rallies | Oscars u...

Roger Friedman reports, "the combined ages of the Hollywood elite who celebrated Quentin Tarantino’s 'Inglourious Basterds' for lunch on Wednesday was about a thousand. Famed B-movie director Roger Corman, 95-year-old [...]

Posted On : Feb, 12 2010 | Comments : 0

Oscar-Winner Jolie Heads to Haiti After $1 Million Aid Donat...

Actress and United Nations Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie came to Port-au-Prince today to visit victims of last month’s earthquake after announcing a $1 million donation to relief efforts. “She is traveling to Port-au-Pri [...]

Posted On : Feb, 10 2010 | Comments : 0

David Sheffield '11: A skeptic's response to Oscar the Cat

Human interest stories are an easy way for newspapers to fill space. They appeal to readers without having journalists spend much time with pesky fact checking. Especially as newspapers and other organizations lay off science journalists [...]

Posted On : Feb, 10 2010 | Comments : 0

A little man named Oscar

Once again, it is time for the Academy Awards. The ceremony takes place on March 3. Last week the nominees were announced, and I had to say I was quite pleased with the picks. It certainly looks better compared to last year’s, when [...]

Posted On : Feb, 10 2010 | Comments : 0

'Up' takes top Annie Awards on road to Oscars

"Up" won both best picture and director at the 37th annual Annie Awards on Saturday night. The nine-time nominee beat out all four of its competitors for best animated feature at the Oscars -- "Coraline," "Fantas [...]

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