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Who should win the Best Actress Oscar?

Who should win the Best Actress Oscar?

Barring a major upset this year, this award is essentially a two-horse race. Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady) and Viola Davis (The Help) have split the main awards leading up to the Oscars and it seems certain one will walk away with the Acad [...]

Posted On : Feb, 20 2012 | Comments : 0

Oscar race: Best Actress race spices up ho-hum year for films

Oscar race: Best Actress race spices up ho-hum year for film...

2011 wasn't a great year for movies. In fact, we don't think that any of this year's nine nominees for Best Picture will be remembered as a classic film 50 or even 25 years from now. That said, there were some admirable perfor [...]

Posted On : Feb, 16 2012 | Comments : 0

Swinton named best European actress

Swinton named best European actress

Tilda Swinton has been named best actress at the European Film Awards. The British star was honoured for her performance as troubled mother Eva Khatchadourian in gritty drama We Need To Talk About Kevin by the members of the European Film [...]

Posted On : Dec, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren still making an impressio...

Helen Mirren is still making an impression in Hollywood. The Oscar winning actress sank her feet in wet cement outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre on Monday, joining a long list of celebrity hand and foot prints in the courtyard of the [...]

Posted On : Mar, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

Oscar win for Best Actress ups divorce risk

A new study has revealed that Oscar winners in the Best Actress category are at a higher risk of divorce than nominees who do not win. A long line of best actress winners including Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Halle Berry and Kate Winslet [...]

Posted On : Jan, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

Ex-blacklisted actress vies for Chinese-language 'Oscar'

Ex-blacklisted actress vies for Chinese-language 'Oscar'

Tang Wei, an actress once blacklisted in mainland China, has been nominated for a Golden Horse Film Award, the "Oscar" of Chinese-language cinema, organisers said Friday in Taiwan. Tang Wei, 30, is up for best leading actr [...]

Posted On : Oct, 02 2010 | Comments : 0

Oscar-winning actress Patricia Neal, 84, dies from cancer

Oscar-winning actress Patricia Neal, 84, dies from cancer

Oscar-winning actress Patricia Neal, the gran of Sophie Dahl, has died after a battle with lung cancer. The 84-year-old, who was previously married to children's author Roald Dahl, passed away at her home in Martha's Vineyard on [...]

Posted On : Aug, 10 2010 | Comments : 0

Oscar Winning Actress Patricia Neal Dies

Oscar Winning Actress Patricia Neal Dies

Oscar winning star Patricia Neal, who survived several strokes to continue acting, has died aged 84. The actress, who was married to Roald Dahl for 20 years, passed away at her home on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. Neal h [...]

Posted On : Aug, 09 2010 | Comments : 0

Oscar nominated actress Lynn Redgrave dies, aged 67

Oscar nominated actress Lynn Redgrave dies, aged 67

In family photographs of her illustrious acting dynasty, Lynn Redgrave could be recognised, she once said, as “the glum one”. Redgrave, who has died aged 67, spent most of her personal and professional life in the shadow of h [...]

Posted On : May, 06 2010 | Comments : 0

Oscar Preview - Best Supporting Actress Race

Mo'Nique is the only Oscar nominee who's more comfortable doing standup than standing in front of a camera. She left her comfort zone to play an abusive mother in "Precious." Mo'Nique couldn't imagine how her ch [...]

Posted On : Mar, 03 2010 | Comments : 0

Sandra Bullock: 10 things you need to know about the Oscar nominated actress

Sandra Bullock: 10 things you need to know about the Oscar n...

Sandra is nominated for Best Actress in next month's Oscars for her role in The Blind Side. It will be her first nomination since shooting to fame with her 1994 film, Speed. 1. Born Sandra Annette Bullock in Arlington Virginia i [...]

Posted On : Feb, 18 2010 | Comments : 0

Carey Mulligan: 10 things you need to know about the Oscar nominated actress

Carey Mulligan: 10 things you need to know about the Oscar n...

English actress Carey has been nominated for Best Actress at this year's Oscars for her role as 16-year-old Jenny in An Education. 1. Carey was born in Westminster, London. 2. At the age of three her family moved to Ger [...]

Posted On : Feb, 18 2010 | Comments : 0

Oscar Winning Actress Jennifer Jones Passes Away

Oscar Winning Actress Jennifer Jones Passes Away

Legendary actress Jennifer Jones, who is known to have starred in a number of record breaking Hollywood movies, passed away on this week at her home in California. The iconic actress who died of natural causes saw 90 golden years of life, w [...]

Posted On : Dec, 21 2009 | Comments : 0

Actress Penelope Cruz 'passed out' at Oscars

Actress Penelope Cruz 'passed out' at Oscars

Spanish star Penelope Cruz almost fainted with shock at the Oscars this year and has no recollection of what happened at the prestigious award ceremony. The 35-year-old actress, who won the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award this year f [...]

Posted On : Dec, 09 2009 | Comments : 0

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