Category Archives: Oscars

Liz Taylor celebrates 79th birthday in hospital

By doris | Published: February 28, 2011

Full Story atTODAY.msnbc.msn.com LOS ANGELES — A spokeswoman for Elizabeth Taylor says the two-time Oscar winner will spend her birthday watching the Academy Awards in a Los Angeles hospital room, where she’s recovering from treatment for congestive heart failure. Sally Morrison says Taylor will be rooting for “The King’s Speech” to win Hollywood’s highest honor. [...]

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Hollywood shines up for the Oscars

By doris | Published: February 27, 2011

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com Hollywood polished up its golden boy statue, the Oscar, for its glittery awards ceremony on Sunday with “The King’s Speech” and “The Social Network” leading the field for the world’s top movie honors. The presentation will feature two youthful co-hosts, actors James Franco, 32, and Anne Hathaway, 28, marking the first [...]

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A rich night for best picture ‘Slumdog Millionaire’

By doris | Published: February 23, 2009

Full Story At  CNN.com “Slumdog Millionaire,” the little film that overcame tremendous odds simply to earn an American release, won eight Oscars Sunday night at the 81st annual Academy Awards, including best picture. “Most of all we had passion and we had belief, and our film shows if you have those two things, you have [...]

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Commentary: Oscar picks are mostly OK

By doris | Published: January 23, 2009

Full Story At CNN.com CNN) — The first round of voting is over, and the nominations are in. But in this election, there will be no debating between the nominees, and campaigning will be restricted to photo spreads, red-carpet interviews and the Hollywood cocktail party circuit.“Slumdog Millionaire” received 10 nominations and is considered a front-runner [...]

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Oscar Surprises In The Cards?

By doris | Published: January 21, 2009

Full Story At CBS News CBS) With Oscar nominations being announced Thursday, many wonder if Heath Ledger will win best supporting actor or if this will be the year for Kate Winslet or Mickey Rourke. Tom O’Neil, a writer for the Los Angeles Times and its awards’ Web site, The Envelope, shared his predictions with [...]

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Patrick Goldstein on the collision of entertainment, media and pop culture

By doris | Published: December 29, 2008

Full Story At  Los Angeles Times This is, of course, the Oscar season, the one time of year when moviegoers are suddenly deluged with adult-oriented Academy Awards contenders. I guess that’s what makes it even more depressing to peruse the holiday weekend box-office results–and hardly see an Oscar contender in the bunch. If there were [...]

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