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The Oscars, also called the Academy Awards, is the annual ceremony where the Academy of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences hands out awards honoring the best in American film for that year. The dozens of prizes include the awards for best motion picture, best director, best actor and actress, and best supporting actor and actress .

Receiving an Oscar represents the top of the mountain for any aspirant filmmaker, actor, or director. There are your Golden Globes and SAGs, but there is only one Oscar. The history of the Oscars reads like a veritable who's who of Hollywood royalty.

Each year millions of viewers tune in to watch the nationally televised Oscars show, drawing some of the years biggest television ratings. Many tune in to see the Hollywood celebrities on the red carpet — and who is wearing or saying what — as they do to cheer on their favorite movies and actors. You never know quite what to expect, hence the mass appeal of Hollywood's biggest night.

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

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Original Technorati articles tagged “oscars”

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “oscars”

 

• Acadamy Awards 2012

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 587
  84th Acadamy awards will honor the best film of the year 2011. It will be held on feb 26 at Kodak Theatre. As the previous year it will be shown live on ABC. The nominations where announced in january 24. The host of the show is billy crystal. Eddie murphy was supposed to host but left when the producer was replaced ...
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• Jonah Hill Is Ditching Comedy For More Dramatic Roles

  
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  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... [This is a content summary only. Visit Woo Factor for full links, other content, and more! ]
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• Jonah Hill Is Ditching Comedy For More Dramatic Roles

  
  Woo Factor — Authority: 147
  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... [This is a content summary only. Visit Woo Factor for full links, other content, and more! ]
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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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• Who will gain Oscar glory?

  
  gaelick — Authority: 116
    The Oscar nominations were revealed earlier this week and the actress categories are looking strong. It will be hard to predict who is going to go home with an Oscar this year but let’s take a look at the contenders.     Actress in a Leading Role   Glenn Close for Albert Nobbs Glenn Close gave ...
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• Miss Bala (2011)

  
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  Miss Bala (2011) Genre: Action, Drama Director: Gerardo Naranjo Starring: Stephanie Sigman, Noe Hernandez, Irene Azuela, Jose Yenque Language: Spanish, English Duration: 113 min. Rating: 7.4   Summary: The story of a young woman clinging on to her dream to become a beauty ...
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• Uggie

  
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  Counting on Kermit, Uggie to make up for Oscar omissions – The Chronicle Herald There are going to have to be some pretty wacky dresses to make the Oscars interesting this year. Notice to Marchesa: each dress should be equipped with 30 yards of tulle, 20 pounds of sequins, and dyed using the tears of the graduating ...
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• Your Weekend Justice #145: Will Somebody Save Somebody?

  
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  Its Weekend Justice: the Internets #1 audio trainwreck. Its the podcast that can go to a Dark Place at the drop of a hat. And not every listener will make it back alive. This is both warning...and promise. This podcast was engineered--some might say over-engineered--by experts to escort you from the work week in ...
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• Oscars 2012 Nominations (Complete List)

  
  YouFrisky — Authority: 113
  The award ceremony will take place at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, California, on Sunday, February 26, 2012. Here is the complete list of 84th annual Academy Award nominees: BEST PICTURE The Help Moneyball War Horse Midnight in Paris Hugo The ...
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• Theater Chain Won’t Play Lionsgate Film

  
  Deadline.com — Authority: 796
  Lionsgate-Summit Offers Discounted Tickets For Films This Weekend EXCLUSIVE: To movieogers on the coasts, the Marcus Theatre chain isn’t a household name. But people in flyover country go to the more than 50 first-run theatre locations in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, and ...
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• John Hurt gets Bafta outstanding contribution to film award

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 163
  John Hurt says he is proud to be honoured with Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award by the Baftas.
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• What is Oscars movie posters told the truth?

  
  Anorak News — Authority: 544
  WHAT if posters advertising films up for an Oscar told the truth? Let’s see: oscar_nominated_movie_posters_told_the_truth_01 ◄ Back Next ► ◄ Back ...
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• Why the American Left will hate Meryl Streeps Iron Lady

  
  News World — Authority: 111
  Hot on the heels of her Golden Globes success, Meryl Streep has received her 17th Oscar nomination, for her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady. She is the clear favourite to win Best Actress, and it will be a huge upset if she loses when the awards are announced on February 24. And [...]
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• Oscars 2012: Best picture nominees

  
  CY.TALK: VoIP, IP telephony and telecommunications news — Authority: 114
  The films competing for best picture at the 84th Academy Awards have been announced. We take a look at nine hopefuls and whats being said about them.
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• Big Names Snubbed for the Oscars?

  
  Waleg Celebrities — Authority: 423
  Where was Steven Spielberg, Leonardo DiCaprio, Charlize Theron or The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo when this year’s Oscars’ nominees were announced? The official nominees for the Oscars were released yesterday with some expected names and other surprise nominations. But were some of the biggest stars and directors ...
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• Interview: Asghar Farhadi Talks Oscar-Nominated A Separation, Life in Iran

  
  Shockya.com — Authority: 546
  Relations between the countries of Iran and the United States may be ill at ease, but Iranian cinematic import “A Separation” — just off its Golden Globe Best Foreign Language Film win and a Best Screenplay feting by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, the first such honor from the organization for a ...
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• Uggie the dog to hang up his collar and retire after the Oscars

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 162
  http://www.guardian.co.uk Uggie the dog to hang up his collar and retire after the Oscars Hollywood’s favourite canine actor, and star of The Artist, set to retire from movies after a triumphant end to his careerHe has been the canine star of awards season and looks likely to triumph at next month’s ...
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• Glenn, Viola, Rooney, Meryl, and Michelle: How the Best Actress Nominees Keep Healthy

  
  FitSugar — Authority: 651
  Glenn Close, Viola Davis, Rooney Mara, Meryl Streep , and Michelle Williams are the nominees for best actress at this years Oscars. Its standard to wonder who will win or what theyll be wearing, but were curious about how these women stay sane and fit during the hectic award season. Find out how these stellar ...
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• Name That Movie: Oscar Nominee Edition

  
  BuzzSugar — Authority: 635
  With the announcement of Oscar nominees earlier this week, weve officially got Oscar fever. But since so many films made it on the list that were curious about find out how well versed you are with the nominees. Take our quiz and see if you can identify the movies up for those coveted gold statuettes. Question ...
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• Uggie the dog to hang up his collar and retire after the Oscars

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  Hollywoods favourite canine actor, and star of The Artist, set to retire from movies after a triumphant end to his career He has been the canine star of awards season and looks likely to triumph at next months inaugural Golden Collar awards, a ceremony for Hollywood hounds. But Uggie the dogs brief stint in the ...
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