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And the nominees will be
If you're looking for suspense ahead of this year's Academy Award nominations, which take place Tuesday morning starting at 5:30 a.m. PT, you probably shouldn't bother with the best picture race.
Because of unprecedented consensus among Hollywood's major...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Martin Scorsese, Emily Blunt, Ryan Gosling, Cinema Industry
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Oscars reflect newfound diversity
Sun Movie CriticAn African-American actor nominated for his portrayal of a Ugandan madman. A best-picture category that includes a movie filmed in Berber, Arabic, Spanish and Japanese (and another shot almost exclusively in Japanese). A Mexican director whose work...Tags: Minority Groups, Awards and Prizes, Martin Scorsese, Ryan Gosling, Cinema Industry
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Broadcast Film Critics announce nominations
The Envelope"The Departed," "Babel," "Little Miss Sunshine" and "Dreamgirls" dominated the Broadcast Film Critics Assn.'s nominees for the 12th annual Critics' Choice Awards on Tuesday with seven nods each. Martin Scorsese's gangster film "The Departed" received...Tags: Television, Adam Beach, Martin Scorsese, Comedy (genre), Entertainment
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'Departed,' 'Babel' top Oscar noms
By Susan King, Times Staff Writer"Babel," "The Departed," "Letters from Iwo Jima," "Little Miss Sunshine" and "The Queen" were nominated Tuesday morning for best picture of 2006 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Though shut out in this and other marquee categories, the...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Martin Scorsese, Ryan Gosling, Cinema Industry, Pedro Almodovar
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And the 'actor' will go to...
Tom O'Neil, The EnvelopeThe Screen Actors Guild Awards have always closely resembled the Oscars, but this Sunday night's gala might truly be an early sneak peek at what the Academy Awards will be. -------------------- FOR THE RECORD: In an earlier version, it was stated that...Tags: Television, Mark Wahlberg, Awards and Prizes, Comedy (genre), Entertainment
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Anti-glitz blitz
Will this be the season Hollywood decides to ditch the bling? Thanks to Edward Zwick's new film, "Blood Diamond," there's an alternative from the activist jewelry department: a red rubber "Blood Diamond/Clean Diamond" bracelet from Amnesty International...Tags: Leonardo DiCaprio, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Amnesty International, Activism, Entertainment
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Minority report
The EnvelopeThe world is opening up, and it's taking Hollywood with it. Almost a year after the racially tinged "Crash" scored a best picture upset at the Academy Awards, deep explorations of nonwhite cultures have dominated the silver screen as have a number of...Tags: Idi Amin, Mel Gibson, Laurence Fishburne, Awards and Prizes, Entertainment
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Fast-Paised review: 'Blood Diamond'
South African diamond smuggler Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio) sees his ticket out of the dangerous terrain of '99 Sierra Leone through a huge diamond hidden by refugee Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou). Archer also sees a possible love interest in American...Tags: Organized Crime, Leonardo DiCaprio, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Michael Sheen, Sierra Leone
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Movie review: 'Blood Diamond'
Tribune movie critic3½ stars (out of four) "Blood Diamond" is a visually sumptuous, bullet-train-paced thriller with a really provocative theme. Director Edward Zwick and company give it just the kind of explosive elements it needs to hook an audience: a sympathetic...Tags: Leonardo DiCaprio, Casablanca (movie), The Amistad, Michael Sheen, Entertainment
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Movie review: Push -- 2 out of 5 stars
Orlando Sentinel Movie CriticDakota Fanning plays her first-ever drunk scene in Push, a new comic-book-inspired thriller about mind-readers and mind-benders, people with telekinetic powers given to them by the government in some demented effort to create walking, talking human...Tags: Dakota Fanning, Television, Hong Kong, Entertainment, Roger Moore
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Oscar repeats at NAACP Image Awards
The EnvelopeOscar winners Forest Whitaker and Jennifer Hudson kept their winning streaks alive Friday, while "Grey's Anatomy" star Isaiah Washington claimed a best actor prize at the 38th annual NAACP Image Awards. "Ugly Betty" took top television honors. Hudson,...Tags: Television, Minority Groups, Awards and Prizes, Comedy (genre), Entertainment
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Sparkling a debate
MetromixLeonardo DiCaprio and Djimon Hounsou dodge bullets and big-ass explosions as an ex-mercenary and a fisherman pursuing a rare pink gem in "Blood Diamond," a film by Edward Zwick ("The Last Samurai") set in conflict-ridden Africa in the late '90s. But...Tags: Leonardo DiCaprio, Refugee, Entertainment, Human Rights, Jennifer Connelly
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