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Oscar shutouts and surprises: who defied the odds
Each year, the Oscar nominations result in a pleasure-pain split in Hollywood. There's the "You like me, you really like me!" jubilation for those whose work gets honored. Then there are the bruised egos of those who early on had been touted as Oscar...Tags: Golden Globe Awards, Richard Yates, Entertainment, Literature, Leonardo DiCaprio
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Academy nominations don't give Kate Winslet a double chance
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has forced the cruelest result upon Kate Winslet, nominating her for best actress for her indelible performance as a onetime concentration camp guard in "The Reader" but skipping over her other acclaimed...Tags: Golden Globe Awards, Screen Actors Guild Awards, Anthony Minghella, Entertainment, Social Issues
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Screenwriter David Hare on 'The Reader'
Way back in the 1950s, when the world knew of the concentration camps mainly from documentaries, film director Jean-Luc Godard made a famously provocative remark: "If ever a film is to be made about Auschwitz, it will have to be from the point of view...Tags: Entertainment, Social Issues, Massacres, Juvenile Delinquency, Jean-Luc Godard
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And the Oscar Nominees Are...
Zap2It.comGolden Globes favorites fared well at the 2009 Academy Awards nominations: Kate Winslet, who won two Globes, was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar. " Slumdog Millionaire," the Globes' darling, got the nod for two major awards (Best Picture and Best...Tags: David Fincher, Wrestling, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Mickey Rourke, Angelina Jolie
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2009 Oscar Winners Leaked?
Zap2It.comEarlier this week a blog created for the sole purpose of posting a leaked list of this year's Oscar winners did exactly that. In and of itself, this would be cause for mild interest at best, but the fact that said list has since been pulled raises...Tags: Golden Globe Awards, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (movie), The Wrestler (movie), Entertainment, Mickey Rourke
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'Slumdog' rules Oscars with 8 prizes, best picture; Sean Penn, Kate Winslet, Heath Ledger win
AP Movie WriterLOS ANGELES (AP) — "Slumdog Millionaire" took the best-picture Academy Award and seven other Oscars on Sunday, including director for Danny Boyle, whose ghetto-to-glory story paralleled the film's unlikely rise to Hollywood's summit. The other...Tags: Hugh Jackman, Man on Wire (movie), James Marsh, Fainting, Australia (movie)
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The academy does Kate Winslet no favors
Now that the Oscar nominations are out, let us tear ourselves away from that wacky Benjamin Button and consider instead the Curious Case of Kate Winslet, who cannot seem to catch a break.
Certainly, she is one of the finest actors of her generation. Over...Tags: Golden Globe Awards, Entertainment, Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep, Leonardo DiCaprio
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Movie review: The Reader -- 4 out of 5 stars
Orlando Sentinel Movie CriticIn some stories, there can be no catharsis, the German writer Bernhard Schlink Ö has said of his novel, The Reader. For some crimes, there is no forgiveness. The Reader, brought to the screen by Stephen Daldry with a script by David Hare, seconds that....Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Entertainment, Massacres, Kate Winslet, The Holocaust (1934-1945)
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'Benjamin Button' rules Oscar nominations; Batman's a bridesmaid, missing out on top honors
AP Movie WriterBEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is the Academy Awards heavyweight with 13 nominations, yet the shadow of Batman loomed large with the absence of "The Dark Knight" in the best-picture race. An epic romance that...Tags: David Fincher, David Frost, Literature, Mickey Rourke, ABC (tv network)
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SAG Awards Express 'Doubt'
Zap2It.comThe movie is called "Doubt," but members of the Screen Actors Guild seem to have few misgivings about it. The film is the leading nominee for the 15th annual SAG Awards, which were announced Thursday (Dec. 18). It picked up five nominations -- individual...Tags: Kevin Spacey, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Mickey Rourke, Literature, Paul Giamatti
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