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 Oscar Ratings 
 Rebound 
 From Record Low 

Viewing figures third-smallest recorded despite 13% surge

Feb 24, 09 5:03 AM CST
(Newser) - The ratings from this year's Academy Awards were up nearly 4 million from last year's record low, Broadcasting & Cable reports. At 36.3 million, however, the viewing audience was still the third-smallest recorded in the last 40 years. Audience numbers peaked around 10 pm, when Heath Ledger was awarded... More »

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Academy Awards • ABC • award show • TV ratings • Oscars

(Newser) - Hugh Jackman’s turn hosting the Oscars reversed a dip in the award show’s sagging ratings, E! Online reports—even if some critics didn’t find much substance. Early Nielsen numbers had 33.6 million viewers for last night’s telecast, up 6% from last year’s Jon Stewart-hosted... More »

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Academy Awards • award show • critic • TV ratings • Perez Hilton • Hugh Jackman • Oscars

 Stars, Photogs 
 Rip Red-Carpet 
 Restrictions 

Academy uses back entrance to boost ratings

Feb 23, 09 10:02 AM CST
(Newser) - Not everyone walked the red carpet at last night’s Oscars, and photographers were none too pleased, Variety reports. The Academy asked some stars to enter out of cameras’ reach, to keep fashion choices a secret until the telecast—in an attempt to boost ratings. Some celebs, including Jennifer Aniston... More »

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Academy Awards • paparazzi • award show • photographers • Jennifer Aniston • red carpet • Miley Cyrus • Jessica Alba • Oscars • Kevin Kline

SLIDESHOW

 Oscar Fashion 
 Hits, Flops 


Feb 23, 09 9:00 AM CST
(Newser) - The red carpet was rolled out once again—who sashayed down it and who clunked her way along? Elizabeth Snead of the Los Angeles Times snarks and sings about this year's Oscar fashion, while Christopher Muther moans about the "battle of the bland" in the Boston Globe.
  • Frozen
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fashion • Academy Awards • celebrity • award show • actor • Oscars

 Best and Worst of Oscar Night 

Funny and un-funny moments abound at ceremony

Feb 23, 09 7:12 AM CST
(Newser) - Oscar night was filled with highs and lows, from the predictably inspirational moments when Kate Winslet finally won and Heath Ledger’s family received his posthumous award, to the cheap shot of producers cutting to Angelina Jolie’s face during Jennifer Aniston’s presenter speech. More from the Los Angeles ... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Academy Awards • awards • award show • Jennifer Aniston • Heath Ledger • Ben Stiller • Sean Penn • Bill Maher • Joaquin Phoenix • movies • Jessica Biel • Pineapple Express • Kate Winslet • Hugh Jackman • Oscars • Bill Maher Grid

 Rourke Steals 
 Show at Spirit Awards 

Funny, profane acceptance speech made the evening

Feb 22, 09 10:31 AM CST
(Newser) - Mickey Rourke brought the house down with his acceptance speech last night at the Independent Spirit Awards, a 5-minute ramble that ran the gamut from thanking the Santa Monica Police ("for giving me a bed 10 years ago") to praising co-star Marisa Tomei's pole-dancing skills. Rourke praised Wrestler... More »

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Hollywood • award show • Independent Spirit Awards • acceptance speech • Mickey Rourke • The Wrestler

SLIDESHOW

 Oscar 
 Nominees 
 in Photos 

Slumdog, Benjamin Button, Milk join Reader and Frost/Nixon in best-picture fight

Feb 21, 09 1:31 PM CST
(Newser) - The countdown begins to Hollywood's night of nights, with big guns that "are easier to admire and respect than to love" competing for top honors, writes David Gritten in the Daily Mail. No doubt the tabloids are hoping for a Brangelina sweep of the Best Actor and Best... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Brad Pitt • award show • The Dark Knight • Heath Ledger • Sean Penn • Anne Hathaway • The Reader • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button • Slumdog Millionaire • Milk • Oscars

 New Oscar Tech 
 Stalks Stars 

Audiences get closer to the red carpet than ever

Feb 21, 09 7:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Thanks to the wonders of technology, you’ll be able to get closer than ever to the stars on the red carpet come Oscar night tomorrow, Variety reports. Several websites will allow users to zoom in, à la Google Earth, and magnify high-res photos up to four times. More »

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technology • Academy Awards • digital photography • celebrity • award show • red carpet • Oscars

 Oscar Win Is 
 No Career Boost 

Past winners haven't had big hits in years

Feb 19, 09 5:34 PM CST
(Newser) - That gold-plated statuette actors take home Oscar night may as well be a parting gift from Hollywood. Past winners—like Nicole Kidman, Halle Berry, and Adrien Brody—have had little luck at the box office in subsequent years, Reuters reports. The problem, says one film critic, is that the winners... More »

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Hollywood • Academy Awards • film • award show • acting career • Oscars

(Newser) - Loki, the Chihuahua who figured prominently in Mickey Rourke’s Golden Globe acceptance speech, died Monday, E! Online reports. The 18-year-old dog accompanied Rourke on the red carpet at the awards. The Oscar-nominated actor is very attached to his canine friends. “Sometimes, when a man is alone, that's all... More »

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death • award show • actor • dog • chihuahua • canines • Mickey Rourke • Loki

 What Baby? 
 Oscar Producers 
 Beg MIA to Perform 

Will bring 'large bed' on stage if necessary

Feb 18, 09 10:13 AM CST
(Newser) - The ratings-challenged Academy Award broadcast needs a boost, and producers are desperate for rapper MIA to perform her Oscar-nominated song, even though she just gave birth, MSNBC reports. “We are happy to bring some sort of fabulous bed on stage if that means MIA can be there,” they... More »

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Academy Awards • celebrity • award show • rapper • MIA • Oscars • performance

OPINION

 Nate Silver Turns 
 Crystal Ball 
 on Oscars 

After number-crunching, Slumdog is tops

Feb 16, 09 2:40 PM CST
(Newser) - FiveThirtyEight.com stats-cruncher extraordinaire Nate Silver shifts his sights from politics to the Oscars in New York magazine. He compiled data from 30 years of Academy Awards to discover the best predictors of success, and found that other awards (SAGs, Golden Globes) carry the most weight. Genre is also key;... More »

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Academy Awards • film • award show • Heath Ledger • predictions • Mickey Rourke • Kate Winslet • Danny Boyle • Slumdog Millionaire



 Winslet's 
 Oscar Bid 
 Battered by 
 Nazi Furor 


'Nazi porn' asks use to 'empathize with mass murderer'

Feb 15, 09 8:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Mounting criticism of The Reader as an apologia for the Nazis is seriously undermining Kate Winslet's chances for an Oscar, reports the Telegraph. Critics have blasted the film as "Nazi porn," and the author of a book on Hitler charged in a recent article in Slate that it... More »

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Academy Awards • Germany • concentration camp • award show • BAFTA • movies • Nazis • Kate Winslet • The Reader • films • Oscars

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

SLIDESHOW

 Grammy Fashion Mostly Boring 

Rock stars need to stop playing it safe

Feb 9, 09 8:07 AM CST
(Newser) - What happened to rock stars dressing like rock stars?, wonders Monica Corcoran in the Los Angeles Times. Last night’s Grammy Awards were “glutted with tasteful gowns,” with nominees wearing “plenty of dresses that wouldn't make a pastor flinch.” Gone are the days of the tacky,... More »

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fashion • awards • award show • red carpet • Miley Cyrus • Grammy Awards • MIA • Katy Perry • Taylor Swift

 Krauss, Plant Win 
 Big at Grammys 

Telecast short on awards, long on performances

Feb 9, 09 3:55 AM CST
(Newser) - Alison Krauss and Robert Plant boasted the highest number of Grammys last night, grabbing five awards, including honors for Album of the Year for Raising Sand, E! reports. Other big winners included Lil Wayne, who scooped up four Grammys, and Coldplay, which snagged three awards, including one for Best Rock... More »

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awards • award show • USC • Robert Plant • Radiohead • Alison Krauss • Grammy Awards • Lil Wayne • Coldplay

OPINION

 Winslet Embraces 
 Hot Accessory: 
 Cleavage 

Telegraph's Fashion Director speculates on Winselet's outfit for BAFTA

Feb 5, 09 2:38 PM CST
(Newser) - Kate Winslet's new approach to awards-season fashion hasn't escaped notice, Hilary Alexander writes in the Telegraph. "Ms. Winslet’s breasts have become so important they are starting to take on a life of their own," the newspaper's fashion director observes. The double Golden Globe winner (supply your own... More »

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fashion • Narciso Rodriguez • award show • BAFTA • Kate Winslet • Revolutionary Road • The Reader

(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
... More »

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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

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