The Academy Awards

Oscars 2010 promise open field

BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday

With three months to go before the 2010 Academy Awards, early indications suggest it will be one of the most open races in years.

Tear-jerker wins 'Chinese Oscar'

BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday

No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti, a film by Taiwan director Leon Dai, has won best feature at the Golden Horse Film Awards, regarded as the Chinese 'oscars'.

• Taiwan indie drama wins Chinese-language 'Oscars' - The Independent

Women directors eye Oscar

TO411 Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday

Female helmers have captured plenty of attention in the early days of award season and sparked optimism that, this year, more than one could land a spot on the director's list for the Oscars. It would be a landmark event: Only three women have ever been nominated for the Acad's coveted prize.

• Women director eye Oscar - Variety.com

'Oscars' night at Avon Valley

Salisbury Journal | News (Free subscription) | yesterday

THE achievements of students were celebrated at a grand ‘Oscars’ award evening.

Swell Season's Glen Hansard: Life after the Oscars and dinner with Streisand (PopWire)

PopMatters Music (Free subscription) | yesterday

Chicago Tribune (MCT) -- Swell SeasonGlen Hansard never imagined he would one day be having dinner at Barbra Streisand's place in Malibu, Calif., but there he was at Babs' mansion with his songwriting partner in the Swell Season, Marketa Irglova. It was during the run-up to the 2008 Academy Awards when Hansard and Irglova found themselves in the company of Hollywood royalty. Hansard and Irglova had...

Taiwanese tear-jerker wins 'Chinese Oscar'

Reuters (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan director Leon Dai's harsh real-life drama "No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti" won best feature over the weekend at the Golden Horse Film Awards, regarded as the Oscars for Chinese-language movies.

• Taiwan indie drama wins Chinese-language 'Oscars' - The Independent

Inside track on the Oscars' supporting-actress race

Gold Derby (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009

In the Oscars' race for best supporting actress, Mo'Nique is widely presumed to be the front-runner. However, the star of "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" portrays a monstrous ghetto mama so vile that voters may hold the role against the actress. In that case, this contest is wide open, and several of her rivals have a good shot at an upset, including Julianne Moore ("A...

Best Picture Oscar for an animated flick?

Animated News (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009

An interesting article on Hollywood.com brings up the topic of a possible Best Picture Oscar nomination for one – or even several – of the animated films that were released within the past year. The story brings up several good points as to why this might be a possibility, gesturing towards elements such as the [...]

Taiwan indie drama wins Chinese-language 'Oscars'

France24 (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009

Taiwanese director Leon Dai's low budget family drama on Saturday swept the Golden Horse Film Awards, considered the Chinese-language "Oscars," bagging the best picture and best director gongs. "I want to thank my parents, my mentor Edward Yang and the actors of the film," an emotional Dai told the audience in Taipei. His "No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti," based on the true story...

Taiwan indie drama wins Chinese-language 'Oscars'

The Age (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009

Taiwanese director Leon Dai's low budget family drama on Saturday swept the Golden Horse Film Awards, considered the Chinese-language "Oscars," bagging the best picture and best director gongs.

'Pulp Fiction' screenwriter's prison Tweets land him in higher security jail

NY Daily News (Free subscription) | yesterday

Jailhouse tweets may have cost Academy Award winning Roger Avary prison privileges.

'Pulp Fiction' screenwriter's prison Tweets land him in higher security jail

NYDailyNews (Free subscription) | yesterday

Jailhouse tweets may have cost Academy Award winning Roger Avary prison privileges.

Film Junk Podcast Episode #245: Fantastic Mr. Fox

Film Junk (Free subscription) | yesterday

0:00 - Intro 10:10 - Headlines: Creepy Old Man Bites Teenage Girl at New Moon Screening, Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye? Uncharted Movie Gets New Writers, Another Amityville Horror Reboot, Roman Polanski Gets Bail, Judd Apatow's Randy Movie, Oscilloscope DVD Club, Zemeckis Wants Mo-Cap Academy Award, Sam Raimi Signs Federico Alvarez 28:55 - Review: Fantastic Mr. Fox 53:50 - Other Stuff We Watched: Star...

Helen Mirren - Mirren To Play The Queen Again

Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | yesterday

DAME HELEN MIRREN is reportedly set to reprise her role as British monarch QUEEN ELIZABETH II in an upcoming film about INDIRA GANDHI.Mirren, who won an Academy Award for...

• Mirren To Play The Queen Again? - IMDb News

The Hartford, Hartford Stage and The Mark Twain House & Museum Kick Off Year-Long Partnership with the Return of Hal Holbrook as Mark Twain

Business Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday

HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Academy Award nominee Hal Holbrook, whose Mark Twain Tonight! has defined the image and style of the great American author for thousands of theatergoers for over five decades, will perform his much-loved portrait of the great author on Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. at the University of Hartford’s Lincoln Theater. This unforgettable, one-night-only event...

Download Away We Go Online | Watch Away We Go Free

parttmjer | 02/06/2009

Want to download Away We Go full movie online ? Away We Go is the latest blockbuster to hit the screens in US. Read on as I share with you more about the movie and where to download Away We Go . Away We Go - The Plot Directed by Academy Award winner Sam Mendes from an original screenplay by Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida, this funny and heartfelt film follows the journey of an expectant couple (John...

Robert Downey Jr. Reveals: the Secret to an Iron Body

kellya | 30/01/2009

He was recently nominated for the Oscars for his performance as a supporting actor in Tropic Thunder. This took Robert Downey Jr. under surprise as he was probably googleing himself. Downey is a hot actor who sometimes finds it hard to stick to a healthy lifestyle. His part in “Iron Man” is memorable as Downey worked very hard to get in that amazing shape. He started training five month pre-filming

Kate Winslet or How to Have a Winning Award Body?

kellya | 05/11/2008

It’s rumored Kate Winslet could take two more Oscars this year for the parts she played in “The Reader” and “Revolutionary Road”. She already won us with her new figure. The actress looks better than ever. Everybody’s talking about her diet, but what is it that she eats exactly? Kate Winslet revealed she has struggled with weight being as a child and even though she now looks great and slim, the actress

• Kate Winslet does Vanity Fair in the nude and she looks hot! - Pretty Boring
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