Academy Awards

The Academy Awards is the annual ceremony where the American motion picture industry honors the top achievements in film for the year. Awards are handed out in numerous categories — including the top prizes for best motion picture, best director, best actor and actress, and best supporting actor and actress — by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences.

The awards, called Oscars for short, are the highest honor that a film can receive. The history of the Oscars reads like a veritable history of Hollywood royalty.

Each year, the nationally televised Oscars show is seen by millions of viewers, and draws some of the years biggest television ratings. Many tune in hoping just as much to see the outrageous antics of Hollywood celebrities on the red carpet — and who is wearing or saying what — as they do to cheer on their favorite movies and actors. For Hollywood itself, its biggest night is marked as much by glitzy parties as it is by the awards themselves.

In the blogosphere, Oscar is also a very big deal. Some bloggers will log their awards predictions, while others follow the action at the parties.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Academy Awards”

• The Blind Side Movie Review: A Shot at Oscars?

  
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  In The Blind Side , Sandra Bullock pulls off her second box office feat of the year and writer/director John Lee Hancock exceeds expectations with one of the most satisfying drama-comedies of the year. The movie, about the story of NFL football player Michael Oher, is one the entire family can enjoy, even if none ...
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• Presenting Sir Peter Jackson Sponsor: http://www.luktagott.nu

  
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  It was announced yesterday that Peter Jackson , acclaimed director of The Lord Of The Rings , will be receiving the honor of knighthood in the new year. Peter called the news an “incredible moment” and explained, “I didn’t think anything would surpass the 2004 Academy Awards, but I was wrong.” Congrats ...
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• Meet Your 2010 Oscar Hosts!

  
  RadarOnline.com — Authority: 741
  We’re predicting it here first—the 82nd Academy Awards will go down in history! First, the Best Picture category is now opened up to ten nominees. That’s a whole lotta movies to get in before the show airs on Sunday, March 7th, 2010. But that’s not what we’re most excited about. We can’t wait to watch the ...
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• MERYL STREEP – EMBRACING ACTOR INSECURITIES

  
  Hollywood Outbreak — Authority: 562
  Meryl Streep stars as Julia Child in "Julie & Julia." Is n’t it great to be a star; knowing generations of fans appreciate your work? Well, that’s not the world Meryl Streep lives in. The actress has garnered critical and professional acclaim, not to mention holding the record for ...
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• Oscars: Dave Karger predicts the nominees

  
  ShowHype - Top Movies News, Videos, and Blogs — Authority: 170
  After scouring all the critics awards , Golden Globe and SAG nominations , I’ve come up with my predictions for who’ll get nominated in the eight main Oscar races on Feb. 2. My Best Picture picks are immediately below; the other seven categories are after the jump. In the acting races, I stuck ... In Contention ...
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• Weinstein Co. Sticking By Nines Theater Count

  
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  The Weinstein Company is determined to make Nine the next Chicago, even if it kills them. And it just might. The studio remains determined to keep the adaptation of the Broadway musical, which has generated a lot of awards buzz but little box ... Read more Filed under: Movie News , Oscar News , Golden Globes ...
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• Sony Not Supporting Moon For Oscars, Duncan Jones Tweets His Displeasure

  
  ShowHype - Top Movies News, Videos, and Blogs — Authority: 170
  We last reported on the grassroots campaign to earn Sam Rockwell an Oscar nomination for his… er… role in Moon back in October. “Sony Pictures Classics isn’t likely to put money into an awards campaign” said Peter at the time . Today, Duncan Jones has been all of ... NPR Blogs: Monkey See found this 3 ...
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• Nine Soldiers On Despite Apathetic Reaction, Returns

  
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  I really wanted to like Nine , and it felt as though everything could align in its favor. Look at the cast, the source material, and the director, who previously won an Oscar for Chicago . However, it just didnt work out very well. Still competently made, beautifully photographed, and featuring a couple knock ...
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• Angelina and Jen: face-to-face again!

  
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  It was the moment everyone watching the 2009 Oscars had been waiting for. When Jennifer Aniston walked onstage to present an award, she stood just 12 feet from her ex-husband, Brad Pitt , and her archrival, Angelina Jolie , who were sitting in the front row. Now, as Brad and Angie celebrate ... Cele|bitchy found ...
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• Sir Peter Jackson finds being knighted better than Oscars

  
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  Wellington, Dec 31 (ANI): Film director Peter Jackson has revealed that he finds being awarded a knighthood better than winning an Oscar.Jackson, 48, who is a winner of more than a dozen Academy Awards, was made a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the New Year Honours.“This is an incredible ...
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• Secrets of the Oscar Ballots

  
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  By Steve Pond Here are some things you might not know about those Oscar ballots, which began arriving in Academy members’ mailboxes this week: The 11 different ballots come in 11 different colors, and cover 15 of the 24 Oscar categories. For the most part, each ballot deals with a single category. The two ...
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• Oscar 2010: Oscar Balloting “Secrets”

  
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  Penelope Cruz in Broken Embraces (Emilio Pereda & Paola Ardizzoni / El Deseo / Sony Pictures Classics)At The Wrap, Steve Pond offers some cool insights into the Oscar ballots. For instance, in all but one category, voters are supposed to write down the name of the film — not the talent — on the ballot. So, if ...
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• Why Inglourious Basterds will win best picture at the Oscars (part 2)

  
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  Now that Ive outted some Oscar pundits cited below for not taking " Inglourious Basterds " seriously early this derby season, a few are scrambling to insist that no, no, no -- they always thought it might be nominated. Really! They just didnt think it could win. Oh, rubbish. A few weeks ago virtually all ...
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• Oscar winning director Peter Jackson becomes a knight

  
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  Wellington, Dec 31 (DPA) Movie director Peter Jackson, whose final film “The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King”, won 11 Oscars in 2004, was named a knight in New Zealand’s New Year honours list, released Thursday.Jackson, who becomes Sir Peter as a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, said it ...
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• BEN WHISHAW’S “CRASH COURSE” IN KEATS PROVED POETIC

  
  Hollywood Outbreak — Authority: 562
  Well, wow!…We’re a little late to the party on the latest JANE CAMPION film, BRIGHT STAR, but so glad we’ve finally caught up. ABBIE CORNISH and BEN WHISHAW play doomed lovers FANNY BRAWNE and poet JOHN KEATS in what is one of the most quietly dynamic films of this year’s awards season. A tragic love story ...
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• MORGAN FREEMAN – THE BEST MAN FOR THE JOB

  
  Hollywood Outbreak — Authority: 562
  Mo rgan Freeman has his preferences and he prefers to work with directors who trust him. That’s why Clint Eastwood has been a favorite filmmaker for the actor. Freeman says Eastwood does his research while choosing the cast, then gets out of the way while allowing the actors to do the ...
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• Baldwin on Letterman

  
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  This is from the holiday episode, which aired 12/23.  Early in the interview they touch on the Oscar hosting gig and later, of course, there’s “It’s Complicated” talk.  And a great story mid-way through about when Baldwin met Burt Lancaster in an elevator.  Hilarious stuff.  Here’s part one, part two ...
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• Oscar derby update: Avatar battles Up in the Air and Inglourious Basterds for best picture

  
  Gold Derby — Authority: 619
  Just two weeks ago an esteemed Oscarologist crowed to me over the phone, "I am proud to say that I have never, never wavered in my prediction that Up in the Air will win best picture. It obviously is the one film in the race that has the pedigree." Then, last week, he switched his prediction to " Avatar " — ...
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• Meet Your 2010 Oscar Hosts!

  
  RadarOnline.com — Authority: 741
  We’re predicting it here first -- the 82nd Academy Awards will go down in history! First, the Best Picture category is now opened up to ten nominees. That’s a whole lotta movies to get in before the show airs on Sunday, March 7th, 2010. But that’s not what we’re most excited about. We can’t wait to watch the ...
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  A crisis has erupted in the Republican state government of Georgia. The speaker of the house, Glenn Richardson resigned amidst allegations of an affair with a lobbyist after attempting suicide by swallowing pills. Another lawmaker who could have potentially succeeded the speaker came under public scrutiny after the ...
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