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• Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Praise and Products | ArticlesBase.com

  
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  When all was said and done, the film trilogy was highly acclaimed, wining 17 of 30 Academy Award nominations and becoming one of the highest-grossing films of all time; that goes for all three! The media spent a lot of energy praising the cast and the movie editors for their innovative and practical special effects ...
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• Hellboy 2 The Golden Army Action Figures Series 1 Action Figure Prince Nuada

  
  Most-Gifted-Toys.com — Authority: 156
  Hellboy 2 The Golden Army Action Figures Series 1 Action Figure Prince Nuada Mezco returns for round two of Hellboys big screen adventures. Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, written and directed by the Academy Award Winning director, Guillermo del Toro. The 1st wave will include 6 all new ultra articulated figures from ...
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• 10 Animated Short Films Advance In 2009 Oscar® Race

  
  IMOOVIZINE — Authority: 126
  “The Cat Piano,” Eddie White and Ari Gibson, directors (The People’s Republic of Animation) The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that 10 animated short films will advance in the voting process for the 82nd Academy Awards®. Thirty-seven pictures had originally qualified in the category. ...
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• Roman Polanski granted bail at a bond of $4.5 million

  
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  Zurich, Nov 25 (THAINDIAN NEWS) At last, noted director and filmmaker Roman Polanski has been granted bail from the Swiss Jail where he is lodged in connection with the rape case that he did decades ago in the US. The bail for him has reportedly been set at 3m Euros (£2.7m; $4.5m) for the [...]
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• Jim Henson’s “Time Piece”

  
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  I first saw Jim Henson’s experimental art film “Time Piece” in 2001, during the first (and only) Muppet convention in Santa Monica. (MuppetFest was awesome, so shut it !) Started as a personal project, Henson would go on to storyboard, write, direct and star in the film in spring of 1964. It premiered in May ...
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• Marc Shaiman Named Music Director For 82nd Academy Awards

  
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  MARC SHAIMAN NAMED MUSIC DIRECTOR FOR 82ND ACADEMY AWARDSBeverly Hills, CA Oscar-nominated composer Marc Shaiman will serve as music director for the 82nd Academy Awards, telecast producers Adam Shankman and Bill Mechanic announced today.“With Marc on board, we are sure to have some great musical and, hopefully, ...
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• Tom Wujec demos the 13th-century astrolabe at TED

  
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  Rather than demo another new technology, Tom Wujec reaches back to one of our earliest but most ingenious devices — the astrolabe. With thousands of uses, from telling time to mapping the night sky, this old tech reminds us that the ancient can be as brilliant as the brand-new. Tom Wujec demos the 13th-century ...
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• The "Precious Blind Side"

  
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  The “Precious Blind Side” By justinwashingtontheblogger Seeing these two movies one day apart was a major juxaposition — a clash of what the world can be in two completely different ways. “Precious” is a deeply dark and depressing world; a huge, young, black, underaged girl who finds herself pregnant for the ...
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• ON THIS DAY IN SHOW BIZ: GOLDIE HAWN BORN

  
  Hollywood Outbreak — Authority: 595
  On this day in 1945, a ctress Goldie Hawn is born in Washington, D.C. The daughter of a musician and a dance-studio owner, Hawn began training as an entertainer at age three, when she took her first dance lesson. By age 16, she was acting professionally, playing Juliet with a regional theater company. After studying ...
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• Alec Baldwin Not Feeling Academy Awards Pressure

  
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  Alec Baldwin isn’t nervous about next year’s Academy Awards. The 30 Rock star is co-hosting next year’s ceremony with Steve Martin and believes there are higher expectations on the comic actor. “It is all on Steve. Steve Martin has done this before, while for me it is the first time. All the pressure is ...
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• Oscar documentary scandal: The real reason that too many good movies got left out

  
  The Movie Critics — Authority: 512
  The 15-film “short list” for this year’s Best Documentary competition in the Academy Awards has provoked more than the usual shock and outrage, and with good reason. Every year, there’s a certain level of white-noise griping about Oscar “snubs.” This year’s list, though, isn’t just lackluster — ...
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• ‘My Cousin Vinny’ with director Jonathan Lynn

  
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  Title : My Cousin Vinny (PG-13) Written by : Dale Launer Directed by : Jonathan Lynn Starring : Joe Pesci as Vinny Marissa Tomei as Mona Lisa Fred Gwynne as Judge Chamberlain Ralph Macchio as Billy Mitchell Whitfield as Stan Austin Pendleton John Gibbons Lane Smith as Jim Trotter III Bruce McGill as Sheriff ...
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• The Film Geek’s Weekend Round-Up: 11/20/09

  
  MnDialog — Authority: 110
  Hello Everyone and welcome to the weekend! It’s a very big weekend for me cause BLACK DYNAMITE is finally being released! Also, we have the second installment of the Twilight Saga, NEW MOON. Then there’s PLANET 51, THE BLIND SIDE, the oscar bait PRECIOUS, and opening at the Uptown is (UNTITLED). There are also ...
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• 10 Tips for a Sustainable Thanksgiving

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 626
  wild turkey by stevevoght, Flickr Creative Commons Since I wrote last year about tips for a sustainable thanksgiving meal, much has transpired in the food movement. We now have a First Family that regularly toils in their backyard to grow and harvest organic produce. The hit documentary, Food, Inc. was released ...
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• Some of These Documentaries Will Be Nominated for an Oscar

  
  [CinemaRatty] Latest Articles — Authority: 169
  Specifically, five of them.The preliminary fifteen documentaries that will be cut down to the five that will be Academy Award nominees have been announced. So, uh, here they are:-"The Beaches of Agnes," Agnès Varda, director-"Burma VJ," Anders Østergaard, director-"The Cove," Louie Psihoyos, director-"Every Little ...
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• 15 Documentaries Tapped for Oscars

  
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  The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that, of the 89 films that had qualified in the Documentary Feature category, 15 have been selected to advance in the voting process for the 82nd Academy Awards®. * “The Beaches of Agnes,” Agnès Varda, director (Cine-Tamaris) * “ Burma VJ ,” ...
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• Oscar Documentary Shortlist Announced

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 626
  The list of films that might get nominated for Oscar’s Best Documentary prize have been announced and I have some very exciting news, both Food, Inc and The Cove are on it! The shortlist consists of 15 films and will eventually be whittled down to the 5 actual Oscar nominees. I am so happy that both ...
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• 15 Documentaries Make the Oscar Cut

  
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  I’m sure if you analyze and dissect the rules for eligibility, you’ll find some kind of loophole that kept films like CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY, ANVIL!: THE STORY OF ANVIL, and CRUDE off this list of finalists for Best Documentary Feature. Maybe it’s not based on eligibility at all.  Maybe those movies just ...
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• 15 Documentary Features Continue in 2009 Oscar(R) Race

  
  IMOOVIZINE — Authority: 126
  “Every Little Step” James D. Stern and Adam Del Deo As award season heats up, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Wednesday announced the 15 films in the Documentary Feature category that will advance in the voting process for the 82nd Academy Awards®. Eighty-nine pictures had originally ...
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• Hamish Hamilton to Direct 2009 Oscar® Telecast

  
  IMOOVIZINE — Authority: 126
  Hamish Hamilton will direct the 82nd Academy Awards® telecast, show producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman announced on Wednesday. It will be Hamilton”s first time directing the Oscar show. “Hamish is a first-rate live-show director who will bring enthusiasm, experience and a fresh eye to the table,” said ...
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