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”

 

• Waar blijft mijn Oscar-nominatie?!

  
  De Ultieme FilmBlog — Authority: 110
  Net zoals ieder jaar kunnen we opnieuw klagen over de keuzes van The Academy, maar in tegenstelling tot de voorbijgaande jaren denk ik dat ze dit jaar de bal serieus hebben mis geslagen . Los van Rundskop (2011) die een verdiende nominatie kreeg, zijn het voornamelijk "veilige keuzes" die genomineerd werden. Ook ...
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• Jonah Hill Is Ditching Comedy For More Dramatic Roles

  
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• Jonah Hill Is Ditching Comedy For More Dramatic Roles

  
  Perez Hilton — Authority: 665
  Say it aint so! Well, its actually not a bad thing that Jonah Hill wants to do more drama considering how fantastic he was alongside Brad Pitt in Moneyball , but we hope he doesnt abandon the genre completely. The Superbad star is taking his Oscar nomination as a sign that the people want him to play ...
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• Seth Rogen Talks 50/50 And The Academy Award Nominations

  
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  Actor and producer Seth Rogen says he isn’t surprised by his movie 50/50′s lack of Academy Award nominations. For those that don’t remember 50/50, the movie stars Rogen and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Hilarious, but serious, the drama centers on Rogen’s friend and his battle with cancer. With funny scenes of shaving ...
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• Oscars 2012: Best picture nominees

  
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• Interview: Asghar Farhadi Talks Oscar-Nominated A Separation, Life in Iran

  
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• Follow-up: Oscar Nominee Surprises

  
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• The Learning Network Blog: What Are the Best Movies You Saw in 2011?

  
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  Student Opinion | Tell us what you think about the Oscar nominees this year. What were the best movies you saw in 2011, whether they made the nominations list or not?
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• Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close Is The Worst Reviewed Movie In 10 Years To Be Nominated For Best Picture

  
  Perez Hilton — Authority: 665
  The Oscars arent for another month, but Best Picture nominee Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close has already beat out every other film nominated in the same category in a much less appealing one -- the worst reviewed movie in the last 10 years to be nominated for an Oscar! Rotten Tomatoes, an internet database that ...
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• Glenn Close, Already Thanking Her Makeup Team

  
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• The Breakfast Meeting: Same Old Oscars, and Whos Missing at Davos?

  
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• Tilda Swinton isnt upset about Oscar snub

  
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• The Oscar Nominations Are Announced!

  
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  It’s time to roll out the red carpets! The Academy Award nominations were announced yesterday and some people will be feeling pretty happy. This year there are two films that seem to be leaders of the pack – Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo’ with 11 nominations and silent film “The Artist”, which is not far ...
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• The Artist Tipped To Sweep the Oscars

  
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• Oscar nominations 2012: The Artist to fight it out with Hugo

  
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• The Carpetbagger: Nine Films Vie for Best Picture

  
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