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Oscar organizers honour film science, technology

Los Angeles: Hosting Oscar organizers' Scientific and Technical Awards on Saturday night, actress Milla Jovovich, a veteran of effects-driven movies like the 'Resident Evil' franchise, confessed she knew little about what actu [...]

Posted On : Feb, 14 2012 | Comments : 0

Oscars 2012: Watch all 10 short film nominees on the big scr...

Canadians finally get to come up short in their Oscar pools. We get to see, for the first time in recent memory, all 10 nominees for Best Animated Short Film and Best Live-Action Short Film prior to the Academy Awards on Feb. 26. The [...]

Posted On : Feb, 09 2012 | Comments : 0

Oscar producers ask for movie memories

Facing a future where many movies will be seen in homes, Oscar organizers on Monday unveiled this year's awards show theme at an annual luncheon honoring nominees by asking fans to relish memories of why they love movies and going to [...]

Posted On : Feb, 08 2012 | Comments : 0

Oscar Nominees 'The Artist', 'Iron Lady' both cross $20 mn m...

Los Angeles: Two of The Weinstein Company's contenders for Academy Awards - 'The Artist' and 'The Iron Lady' - surpassed the $20 million mark at the box office this weekend. The company's 'W.E.', directed b [...]

Posted On : Feb, 07 2012 | Comments : 0

Original Oscar winner "Wings" soars again in Hollywood

"Wings," a World War I aerial dogfight epic made in 1927, won the first ever Oscar for best picture. Paramount Pictures, which is celebrating its centenary, has restored the classic silent action film and will present it with li [...]

Posted On : Jan, 19 2012 | Comments : 0

265 Feature Films in Contention for 2011 Best Picture Oscar

Two hundred sixty-five feature films are eligible for the 2011 Academy Awards®, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today. To be eligible for 84th Academy Awards® consideration, feature films must open in a c [...]

Posted On : Jan, 03 2012 | Comments : 0

Oscar nod a tall order for short films

When Los Angeles filmmaker Brent Roske arrived for an awards-promotion screening of George Clooney's new movie "The Descendants" on the 20th Century Fox lot in October, his chief concern was where to park. He found a pr [...]

Posted On : Dec, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Oscar Awards Race: Brad Pitt, Aaron Sorkin And Moneyball Hon...

Moneyball, the story of how Billy Beane and the Oakland Athletics revolutionized the way baseball was looked at by those in the front offices all across the league, was a fan-favorite at the box offices. As for the movie critics across th [...]

Posted On : Dec, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

More Oscars Fallout: Academy President Feels "Very Badly" fo...

Earlier this month, the 84th Academy Awards telecast was set to be produced by movie director Brett Ratner and hosted by Ratner's Tower Heist star Eddie Murphy. Then, after Ratner committed two public gaffes while out promoting Tower [...]

Posted On : Nov, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

Oscars Academy honors Vanessa Redgrave in London

Vanessa Redgrave was hailed at a Hollywood film academy tribute Sunday, praised as an actress and an activist by A-list friends including Ralph Fiennes, Meryl Streep and James Earl Jones. More than 30 years after she shocked the Oscars [...]

Posted On : Nov, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Oscar Eye: How The Gotham Award Nominations Could Influence ...

Sure, the Oscars are the main focus of this weekly column, but if you follow the awards race you know there are so, so many prizes that come first, from awards handed out by various critic's groups to independent film awards like the [...]

Posted On : Oct, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Serious Oscar nominee Jesse Eisenberg not clowning around

Classic mom line when kids complain they're bored: "Sorry, I sent my clown suit to the cleaners." In Jesse Eisenberg's case, his parent wasn't pulling any punchlines. The young Oscar nominee ("Social Network&qu [...]

Posted On : Aug, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

An Oscar for Andy Serkis

As you are obviously aware, each year your organization gives out the Academy Awards, the most prestigious film awards in the world, across several categories. It also gives out honorary Academy Awards, which celebrate achievements in fil [...]

Posted On : Aug, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Polly Platt dies at 72; Oscar-nominated art director

She was best known for her work on 'The Last Picture Show' and 'Paper Moon', both directed by former husband Peter Bogdanovich. She also was an executive in filmmaker James L. Brooks' company. Polly Platt, the Oscar [...]