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Many top contenders for approaching Academy Awards

Finally, after 10 months of anxiously waiting (nearly recovering from the debacle that was the Hathaway-Franco hosting gig), the 2012 Oscar season is here. Although the Academy Awards aren’t until Feb. 26 of next year, the just-as-t [...]

Posted On : Dec, 05 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

Melissa Watkins Trueblood Tapped As Talent Producer For 84th...

Melissa Watkins Trueblood has been named talent producer for the 84th Academy Awards, telecast producers Brett Ratner and Don Mischer announced today. This will be her first association with the Oscar telecast. In addition, Danette Herman [...]

Posted On : Nov, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

Oscar host ever!' Eddie Murphy jokes he'll be 'horrendous' a...

He may have landed a plum gig hosting the Oscars next year, but Eddie Murphy is making sure expectations of his performance stay low. The 50-year-old actor and comic joked that people should expect the worst from him come awards night on [...]

Posted On : Oct, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Eddie Murphy to Host 84th Academy Awards on ABC in February

Comedian Eddie Murphy was named to host the 84th Academy Awards, as Oscar organizers chose a successful film and television comic after viewer losses in the previous telecast. Producers Brett Ratner and Don Mischer announced the appointme [...]

Posted On : Sep, 08 2011 | Comments : 0

'Dabangg' wins six awards at 'Bollywood Oscars'

Screen tough guy Salman Khan's corrupt cop romp "Dabangg" (Fearless) won a clutch of awards including best picture at the "Bollywood Oscars," held for the first time in North America. The film directed by Abhinav K [...]

Posted On : Jun, 27 2011 | Comments : 0

Rahman stole Oscar awards, claims Ismail

At a press conference held recently in Nagpur, music director Ismail Darbar unsealed few boxes of secret which is likely to draw few controversies in B-town in future. Ismail accused internationally acclaimed film composer, A R Rahman for [...]

Posted On : May, 31 2011 | Comments : 0

Arthur Laurents was cursed at the Oscars and Tony Awards

The Oscars and Tony Awards did not properly honor Arthur Laurents before his death Thursday at age 93. At the Academy Awards, Laurents was nominated twice — as a producer and writer of "The Turning Point" (1977), which is [...]

Posted On : May, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

'King's Speech' gets 14 nominations for UK awards

Made-in-England favorite "The King's Speech" leads the race for the British Academy Film Awards, Britain's equivalent of the Oscars, with 14 nominations, including best picture. Colin Firth is odds-on favorite for a bes [...]

Posted On : Jan, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Awards on the way to the Oscars

Oscar contenders descended on the California desert for the awards gala of the Palm Springs International Film Festival. Among attendees Saturday night were James Franco, a possible nominee for the drama 127 Hours, and cohost of the Feb. [...]

Posted On : Jan, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

WGA finds 'The King's Speech' and 'Winter's Bone' ineligible...

It happens every year, so it really should come as no surprise, but the Writers Guild of America has once again eliminated some of the year's best films for consideration for its awards because the films are not signatories to the gu [...]

Posted On : Dec, 30 2010 | Comments : 0

Gotham Film Awards gives top prize to 'Winter's Bone'

Debra Granik's "Winter's Bone," a gritty drama about an Ozark Mountain teenager who puts herself in danger in her desperate search for her meth-maker father, was named best film of 2010 at the 20th-anniversary Gotham Fi [...]

Posted On : Nov, 30 2010 | Comments : 0

Coppola, Godard win Oscars at the Governors awards

Oscar organisers began giving out film industry gold last Saturday when they bestowed honours on four movie veterans, including groundbreaking directors Jean-Luc Godard and Francis Ford Coppola. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts an [...]

Posted On : Nov, 26 2010 | Comments : 0

MTV Awards Highlights: Oscar Winner Sandra Bullock Kissed Sc...

After remaining off-air world renowned and Oscar winner Hollywood actress Sandra Bullock has astonishingly returned to the world of film industry. She was not looking emotional or hurt with all the controversy due to her rake hubby Jesse [...]