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The Oscars

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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 Moviegoer: Juno, Hillary and Frontlash

James Rocchi | Posted March 7, 2008 | Entertainment

Read More: 2008 Oscars, Backlash, Diablo Cody, First Female President, First Woman President, Frontlash, Hillary Clinton, Juno, Oscars, The Oscars

The past two weeks have seen two different contests with little, and much, in common: The 80th Academy Awards and the not-so-super Tuesday primaries in Vermont, Ohio, Rhode Island and Texas. Both were sold with a fair degree of hype, both had surprises and both had definitive winners....

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Gender Imbalance in Best Picture Nominated Films from 1977 to 2006

Melissa Silverstein | Posted March 5, 2008 | Entertainment

Read More: American Idol, Film Industry, Gender Imbalance, Oscar Ratings, The Oscars, Women & Hollywood

Now that this year's Oscars are over and the critics agree that the ceremony and the awards themselves are out of date (the ratings this year were lower than the first night of American Idol), the Academy will have to struggle to figure out how to make the Oscars, and...

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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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Where Has the Glamour Gone?

Steven Cojocaru | Posted February 28, 2008 | Living

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I was quite the vision: starched hair, my mug painted with shimmering terra cotta bronzer, and sporting a custom-made tuxedo shirt in periwinkle (to match the subtle shadow in the corners of my eyes). Monsieur Fashion Critic was poised on the red carpet to drool, gush, plotz, and possibly tinkle...

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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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Why Oscar is a Patriot

Lorelei Kelly | Posted February 27, 2008 | Politics

Read More: Abu Ghraib, Alex Gibney, Civil-Military Relations, Congress, National Security, Patriotism, The Oscars, The White House Project, Torture

Thanks, Hollywood. For those of us working here in D.C. on national security issues, Sunday night gave our nation a good dose of reputation rehabilitation: Spain, France, Great Britain, the Czech Republic, Canada (please let me know who I've missed). It reminded the worldwide audience that America is connected in...

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Time Sends Their Seasoned Political Reporters To Cover Oscar Fashion

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | February 26, 2008 03:22 PM

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In what may be the most bizarre deployment of reportorial "talent" I can recall, Time Magazine allowed Joe Klein and Mark Halperin to opine on Oscar fashion for fifteen separate lackwitted pages on Time.com. But there was much to learn!...

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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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The 2008 Oscars: A Review/Autopsy

Ken Levine | Posted February 25, 2008 | Entertainment

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This was Hollywood's biggest night -- when we paid tribute to this year's excellence in motion picture Oscar campaigns. The two leading contenders for Best Picture were one with a baffling ending and one that puts half the audience into a coma. Those marketing boys know how to spin a...

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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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Jennifer Garner And Laura Linney Accosted By Gary Busey On Red Carpet

| February 24, 2008 09:09 PM

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The funniest moment of the E! red carpet was when a crazy Gary Busey accosted Jennifer Garner and Laura Linney as they spoke with Ryan Seacrest. Watch Jennifer's face!...

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Oscar Red Carpet: Slideshow

Huffington Post | February 24, 2008 08:25 PM

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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...

Hollywood Abuzz With Oscar Preparations

AP | SANDY COHEN and DERRIK J. LANG | February 23, 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...

Stewart And Oscars Aim For Blockbuster Show

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | February 23, 2008

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LOS ANGELES — No matter who wins, one key prediction from Academy Awards overseers already has come true: The show will go on. It was a nail-biter for weeks as a Hollywood writers strike threatened to decimate Sunday's Oscars, with...

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