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Academy to Presenters:
Skip the Oscars Red Carpet

Presenters won't be seen until they present

Feb 11, 09 10:39 AM CST
(Newser) - After Oscar ratings hit historic lows last year, the Academy is taking a bold step: It’s asking presenters to skip their preshow jaunts down the red carpet, the LA Times reports. The Oscar honchos reckon that’ll force fashion-obsessed viewers to watch the actual envelope-opening parts of the... More »

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fashion • Academy Awards • awards • award show • red carpet • Oscars

(Newser) - The Reader is an “incoherent, exculpatory film” that offers false redemption for "ordinary Germans" involved in the Holocaust through a tired trope and far too much nudity, Ron Rosenbaum writes in Slate. The industry has already erred deeply by nominating the film and Kate Winslet’s performance... More »

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Academy Awards • film • Holocaust • Kate Winslet • The Reader • Oscars • Best Picture • redemption • Stephen Daldry

(Newser) - The Oscars are coming up, but that orgy of self-congratulation doesn’t celebrate what really matters in Hollywood: money. Forbes crunched the numbers for 2008 and selected the winners of a different award: the Rainmaker.
  • Best Actor: Robert Downey Jr. returned $52.60 to Paramount for every dollar
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Academy Awards • film • awards • award show • Paramount Pictures • box office • Robert Downey Jr. • Meryl Streep • Juno • Jason Reitman • movies • blockbusters • Iron Man • Mamma Mia! • return on investment

Sans Blockbusters, Oscar Scrambles to Build Buzz

Broadcast's ratings decline isn't helped by snub to Dark Knight

Feb 2, 09 9:49 AM CST
(Newser) - Producers of the Academy Awards are scrambling to add twists to a broadcast whose ratings decline won’t be helped by the lack of a blockbuster among the best-picture nominees, the New York Times reports. With the five nominees totaling less than half the box office of snubbed Dark Knight,... More »

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Academy Awards • award show • The Dark Knight • Kodak Theatre • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button • Slumdog Millionaire • Oscars

 Meet the Men Who Make Oscars 

Spotlight misses Chicago workers behind Hollywood's most coveted trophy

Feb 1, 09 7:13 PM CST
(Newser) - Come Feb. 22, Hollywood will be fêting the stars who take home the Oscars—but there’s little chance any of the acceptance speeches will thank the guys who made the statues. From Martin Vega, who melts pewter alloy for the hardware, to Eladio Gonzalez, who gives Oscar his... More »

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Brad Pitt • Academy Awards • award show • gold • fabrication • copper • Oscar statue • Bette Davis • silver • Oscars • Alloy

 Family Thrilled by 
 Heath Oscar Nod 

Still-grieving kin celebrate Joker nomination

Jan 23, 09 4:36 AM CST
(Newser) - Heath Ledger's three sisters are still struggling with the loss of their brother, but they are grateful for the legacy he left behind, they tell the Sydney Morning Herald. His death a year ago "seems like nearly yesterday, and we are all nursing broken hearts," said sis Kate,... More »

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Academy Awards • awards • nomination • award show • The Dark Knight • Heath Ledger • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences • Oscars

 Brangelina Just
 Happy to (Both)
 Be Nominated 

Pitt's Benjamin Button scores 13 Oscar nods; Jolie scores for Changeling

Jan 22, 09 4:01 PM CST
(Newser) - Oscar was kind to Brangelina today, with both halves of the power couple landing nominations, People reports. Brad Pitt received a best actor nod for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, while Angelina Jolie is in the best actress running for Changeling. “I’m especially happy for David Fincher,... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Brad Pitt • Academy Awards • award show • Meryl Streep • Brangelina • Changeling • Kate Winslet • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button • Oscars

 Ledger, Rourke Nab Oscar Nods 

Benjamin Button, Slumdog lead the pack

Jan 22, 09 8:16 AM CST
(Newser) - Exactly a year after his death, Heath Ledger has been nominated for an Academy Award, AP reports. Ledger's Supporting Actor nod was the only nom for The Dark Knight, while The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Slumdog Millionaire rose to the top with 13 and 10 nominations respectively. Other... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Brad Pitt • Academy Awards • awards • nomination • award show • Heath Ledger • nominee • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button • Slumdog Millionaire • Oscars

opinion

He's a Fine Wrestler, Not
So Great Texter

Rourke's errant message trashing
Penn is a hoot

Jan 2, 09 12:11 PM CST
(Newser) - Oh, Mickey. Though Mr. Rourke is back from the dead and getting Oscar buzz for his turn in The Wrestler, he still can't quite shake his "primitive" instincts, writes Marina Hyde in the Guardian. She takes great joy in his recent phone text miscue, in which he trashes the... More »

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Academy Awards • feud • text message • Sean Penn • Mickey Rourke • Oscars

OPINION

Critic's Confession: Seeing Oscar Movies Is a Big Pain

Getting to the theater a problem

Jan 2, 09 11:15 AM CST
(Newser) - There are 7 weeks left until the Oscars, and if you start now, and get to the theater every other day, you might just be able to see all the contenders. Hollywood has made being an Oscarphile tough work, writes David Carr of the New York Times. After months... More »

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Academy Awards • award show • movie industry • movies • movie theaters • Oscars • prestige movies

 Final Chapter for 
 Mystery Writer 
 Westlake 

Donald E. Westlake dies of heart attack

Jan 2, 09 3:57 AM CST
(Newser) - Prolific mystery writer Donald E. Westlake, who wrote hundreds of novels, stories and screenplays under his own name and a posse of pseudonyms, died from a heart attack on New Year's Eve while vacationing in Mexico. He was 75. One of his characters, downsized executive turned killer Burke Devore, stands... More »

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Academy Awards • Mexico • heart attack • author • Donald E. Westlake • Grand Central Publishing • Burke Devore • The Ax • The Grifters

Cash-Strapped Studios Spend Big on Oscars

Pricey ads run for contenders despite industry layoffs

Dec 20, 08 10:00 AM CST
(Newser) - America's financial crisis hasn't stopped studios from dropping big money in their quest for Oscars, Nikki Finke writes on Deadline Hollywood Daily. Amid layoffs and cutbacks, Paramount took out 7 full-page ads for Revolutionary Road in the New York Times, and Disney spent $675,000 for a Wall-E insert in... More »

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Academy Awards • award show • Paramount • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences • movies • Wall-E • Revolutionary Road • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button • Oscars

Jackman to Host
Classed-Up Oscars 

Hugh has 'style, elegance, and a sense of occasion': producers

Dec 12, 08 4:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Australian hottie Hugh Jackman will host the next Academy Awards, but don't expect Jon Stewart-style wisecracking or mugging à la Robin Williams, Deadline Hollywood Daily reports. The ceremony's producers "were looking for Cary Grant or Clark Gable," they said today, and tapped People's "Sexiest Man Alive,"... More »

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Hollywood • Academy Awards • awards • award show • Jon Stewart • host • Robin Williams • Hugh Jackman • Oscars

(AP) - The Screen Actors Guild plans to send strike authorization ballots to more than 100,000 union members on Jan. 2, a date that leaves the Golden Globes safe but puts Oscar night in danger of a potential boycott. Votes will be counted on Jan. 23, nearly two weeks after the... More »

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Hollywood • Academy Awards • strike • Golden Globes • Screen Actors Guild

(Newser) - Warner Bros. is tiptoeing around the possible Oscar nomination for Heath Ledger, the late star of Dark Knight, writes Rachel Abramowitz in the Los Angeles Times. Hollywood insiders contend that a nod for Ledger is almost certain, but the studio must tread the line between boosting his chances... More »

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Academy Awards • film • award show • publicity • The Dark Knight • Heath Ledger • Warner Brothers • movies • Oscars

OPINION


 Hollywood Acts 
 That Could
 Use a
 Bailout 

MTV, Paris Hilton, the Oscars among franchises needing a makeover

Nov 26, 08 12:27 PM CST
(Newser) - Like Wall Street and Detroit, Hollywood is sinking under stagnant numbers and outdated business plans. The Los Angeles Times runs down some Tinseltown properties in need of a bailout.
  • MTV: The once counter-culture juggernaut should take a hint and develop edgy new dramas a la Gossip Girl.
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entertainment • Hollywood • Heroes • Academy Awards • MTV • Paris Hilton • Los Angeles • Law and Order • Jennifer Aniston • bailout • 90210

GLOSSIES

 Winslet's Back, 
 With Eyes on Oscar 

Actress reunites with DiCaprio, stars in two films likely to earn her some hardware

Nov 5, 08 9:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Kate Winslet isn’t a demure lady, she just plays one on the screen. The foul-mouthed, roll-your-own-smokes former “fat girl” was ecstatic to be the youngest actress with five Oscar nominations two years ago, but “you bet your (expletive) ass” she wants to actually win one this time... More »

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Leonardo DiCaprio • Academy Awards • Titanic • profile • movies • Kate Winslet • Sam Mendes • Ralph Fiennes • Revolutionary Road • The Reader

Opinion

Oscar for Ledger? You Must Be High

'Pretty good actor who did away with himself' doesn't deserve award

Aug 1, 08 1:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - It’s time to put an end to the inane campaign to give Heath Ledger an Oscar for The Dark Knight, writes Eric Lucas in the LA Times. Ledger’s much-fawned-over performance “ultimately devolves into a can-can dance of snuffling pseudo-psychopathia,” Lucas writes. “It... More »

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Academy Awards • Jimi Hendrix • The Dark Knight • Heath Ledger • James Dean • the Joker

opinion

Ledger May Not Be Dark Knight's Only Oscar Nod

Many on the crew
are no strangers to Academy Award buzz

Jul 22, 08 7:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Buzz about a possible Oscar nod for Heath Ledger's Joker has been circulating since long before last week's release of The Dark Knight, but could others behind the film be honored, too? In the Los Angeles Times, Tom O'Neil looks at past honorees involved in the film's creation.
  • Lee
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Academy Awards • The Dark Knight • Oscars

 Oscars Tweak Nominations 

Rules change in foreign language film, original song categories

Jun 20, 08 1:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - After perceived snubs in the foreign language film nominations and complaints about the way Enchanted dominated this year's original song race, both categories will undergo "formidable" overhauls, an Academy honcho tells the Hollywood Reporter. "It will ensure that that the oversight that we had this past year would... More »

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Academy Awards • award show • foreign film • Enchanted • Persepolis

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