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"Crash" Producer Loses Legal Fight For An Oscar

AP | March 26, 2008

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LOS ANGELES — A California appeals court has ruled that a producer of the movie "Crash" can't sue to get an Academy Award retroactively. Bob Yari was one of six credited producers for "Crash," an ensemble film released in 2005...

The Oscars: A Lesson or Just a Bad Show?

Shelly Palmer | Posted February 29, 2008 | Media

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The Oscars telecast averaged an 18.7 rating and a 29 share. That's TV-Geek-Speak for the lowest ratings since 1974, about 32 million viewers -- a 20% drop from last year. Some pundits are blaming the dismal ratings on the dark nature of the top films. Best picture, No Country for...

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Academy To Whoopi Goldberg: Whoopsi! Top 10 Most Exciting Whoopi Oscars Moments

Katie Halper | Posted February 27, 2008 | Entertainment

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Academy-Award winning and four-time Oscars-hosting Whoopi Goldberg was not part of the montage of the Academy Awards' 80 most exciting moments on Sunday. On Monday, an emotional and disappointed Whoopi received applauds and support from The View's audience and solidarity from her co-hosts. Sherri Shepherd was confused by...

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Slideshow: Oscar Looks We Love: Let's Hear It For The Mavericks

Huffington Post | February 25, 2008 06:37 PM

If you thought you were watching the red carpet for the 1984 Academy Awards, we wouldn't blame you. For some totally unforeseen and entirely inexplicable reason, one-shoulder dresses and curly, country singer ponytails (we're talking about YOU, Anne Hathaway) were...

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Oscar Thoughts

Alison Bailes | Posted February 25, 2008 | Entertainment

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My feeling about the 80th annual Academy Awards is......huh? What happened? Did we really wait out the writers' strike for this?

Everything just seemed so bland...from the dull selection in dresses, to Jon Stewart's safe hosting duties...to the expected wins. There was nothing shocking or gasp-inducing. Even Marion Cotillard's...

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Brad Renfro Cut From Oscar Montage Of Those Who Died

AP | RYAN PEARSON | February 26, 2008

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LOS ANGELES — Blogs were buzzing with discussion of why Brad Renfro was left out of the Academy Awards tribute to Hollywood figures who died in the past year. The troubled 25-year-old actor died Jan. 15 of a heroin and...

"The View" Voices Displeasure At Oscar's Whoopi Omission

Huffington Post | February 25, 2008 11:35 AM

***Update: The Oscars have apologized*** Sunday night's Oscars featured many montages, one of which was great show moments as introduced by George Clooney. It included a moment of almost every host in the show's history. But one host not included...

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Elton John Is the Belle of Oscar Parties

AP | SOLVEJ SCHOU | February 25, 2008

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LOS ANGELES — With Vanity Fair sitting out this year's celebrations, the belle of the Oscars parties was a piano playing Elton John. The 60-year-old singer's 16th annual viewing dinner and after-party benefiting the Elton John AIDS Foundation topped other...

Marion Cotillard's Oscar Speech: Best Actress's Tears And Joy

YouTube | February 25, 2008 12:03 AM

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Marion Cotillard broke down in tears when she won her Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role for "La Vie En Rose." Last year's Best Actor Forest Whitaker presented the award. Her broken English and lengthy hugs made it...

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The Etiquette Of Political Oscar Speeches

The Los Angeles Times | Tina Daunt | February 23, 2008 10:48 PM

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So the temptation to plug a winner's favorite cause often is too much to resist. Many an Oscar telecast director and academy publicist has wished they could simply eliminate politics from the show by fiat. Good luck with that one....

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Behind The Scenes Of Oscar Dressing

The New York Times | Eric Wilson | February 23, 2008 10:38 PM

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In the traditional pecking order of Hollywood, a fashion publicist would rank only a notch or two above the television commentators, makeup artists, hair stylists, tuxedo designers and spray-on-tan technicians who descend on the city during the week leading up...

Academy Awards--Best Foreign Language Film--2008

David Wallechinsky | Posted February 23, 2008 | Entertainment

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This year 63 nations entered films in the foreign language category. I managed to see 49 of these films, including all five of the nominees. One evening between showings at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater, an Academy member told me, "So many of the people here are so intent on finding...

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Oscar! Oscar! Show Rehearsals, The Opening, The Rain Prep, The Running Time, The Stylists

AP | SANDY COHEN | February 22, 2008

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LOS ANGELES — Jewels and parties. Stars and stand-ins. Rehearsals and news conferences. So much swag even Hollywood canines could rack up free goodies. The city is abuzz with all things Oscar as celebrities flock from all over the world...

The Moviegoer: Six Ways of Watching the Oscars

James Rocchi | Posted February 22, 2008 | Entertainment

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1) As a Glimpse into the Mindset of an Academy Voter

The dirty little secret of the Oscars is that while they're often derided and dismissed as the self-celebration of a liberal elite, they're actually more conservative than you might think. The average Academy voter is white, male, older...

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Madonna's Oscar Party Versus Prince: Singers Enter Vanity Fair Void

Variety, NY Daily News | February 22, 2008 10:41 AM

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When Vanity Fair canceled their annual Oscar party, before the strike ended and when the awards show weren't definite, it opened a void, furthered by Barry Diller, People and Dani Janssen canceling their annual. Elton John's annual AIDS fundraiser was...

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Jon Stewart Sprints Towards Oscars After Strike

NY Times | Bill Carter | February 20, 2008 08:20 AM

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In the bowels of the Kodak Theater, one floor below the auditorium where the elaborate set for the Academy Awards telecast on Sunday was already in place, Jon Stewart, unshaved and wearing Army boots, was sitting in his modest dressing...

Academy Awards -- Short Films

David Wallechinsky | Posted February 14, 2008 | Entertainment

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The animated and live action short film awards are usually overlooked by the general public for the good reason that few people get a chance to see the nominees. Fortunately, this year all ten of the nominees are being distributed in theaters nationwide by Magnolia Pictures. Here are the

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Academy Awards Attracting Big Star Power

AP | February 14, 2008

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LOS ANGELES — The strike is off and the star power is on for the 80th annual Academy Awards. Forest Whitaker, Helen Mirren, Jennifer Hudson, Miley Cyrus, George Clooney and Nicole Kidman will be among the presenters at the Feb....

Oscar Crew Back in Session for 'Plan A'

AP | SANDY COHEN | February 12, 2008

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LOS ANGELES — Oscar's "Plan A" is on. "It's terrific. We don't have to worry about people crossing picket lines," show producer Gil Cates told scores of Academy Awards workers Tuesday. "We don't have to worry about doing the 'B'...

"Atonement" Oscar Nominee Saoirse Ronan, 13, On Life In The Spotlight

USA Today | Donna Freydkin | February 12, 2008 07:59 AM

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In Atonement, Saoirse Ronan coolly, purposefully destroys her sister's life by accusing her lover of a rape he never committed. She's quite convincing, and the Irish actress, 13, has learned that being Briony has its own repercussions. When folks meet...

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