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Spain selects post-Pinochet film for Oscars

The Spanish Cinema Academy on Tuesday selected a film set in Chile after the Pinochet dictatorship as the country's nomination to compete for the Oscar for best foreign language film. "El Baile de la Victoria" (Dance of Victory) w [...]

Posted On : Oct, 02 2009 | Comments : 0

Venice Film Festival proven starting post for Oscars derby

Last year, "The Wrestler" took the top prize of the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. While Mickey Rourke who played the title character did not win the best actor award – that went to Silvio Orlando in "Giovanna [...]

Posted On : Sep, 03 2009 | Comments : 0

Oscar winner among plans to attend LACMA 'popcorn summit'

When Michael Govan, the director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, sits down with angry film buffs next month to discuss the fate of the museum's screening series, he'll have to contend with a three-time Academy Award winner sitting [...]

Posted On : Aug, 28 2009 | Comments : 0

BART police badly botched call that led to Oscar Grant killi...

BART police responding Jan 1. to a fight on a train headed to the Fruitvale station an incident that ended when Oscar Grant was shot in the back while lying facedown on the platform badly botched the call, according to a report from a law f [...]

Posted On : Aug, 19 2009 | Comments : 0

Kate Winslet takes on her first post-Oscar role

After taking a few months off to lay low and recover from awards season mayhem, Kate Winslet is returning to the big - or rather small - screen. The Oscar winner, who accepted the 2009 Best Actress statue for her role in The Reader, wil [...]

Posted On : Aug, 18 2009 | Comments : 0

Post-Oscar Kate Winslet Headed for the Small Screen

Oscar winning actress Kate Winslet has taken the lead role in a TV series, her first job since she won the Academy Award earlier this year for "The Reader". The TV miniseries is based on the novel "Mildred Pierce". Th [...]

Posted On : Aug, 17 2009 | Comments : 0

Films - Is Oscar A Popularity Contest?

The Oscar. It is the most prestigious award in the film industry. It is given out as a symbol of excellence. The best of the best are supposed to be the ones who get these little statues. But is it really like that in real life? Do the most [...]