Monday, March 08, 2010 - Posts
Roman Polanski's wife says her husband's imprisonment in a 32-year-old sex case has diminished her carefree spirit and terrified and disoriented the couple's two children.
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AFP - An Oscar triumph tops an extraordinary year for Austrian actor Christoph Waltz, who has now won every major film prize for his portrayal of a sadistic Germany officer, but has vowed never to play such a role again.
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AFP - The director of Oscar-winning documentary "The Cove" said the recent death of a trainer at SeaWorld in Florida proved whales and dolphins should not be held in captivity.
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The Japanese fishing village featured in "The Cove," which won an Oscar for best documentary, defended its practice of hunting dolphins Monday as a part of its tradition.
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Kathryn Bigelow played field commander to bring her raw, relentless Iraq War thriller "The Hurt Locker" to the screen.
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AFP - Spectacular gowns and millions of dollars worth of jewelry lit up the Oscars red carpet here Sunday as stars opted for old-school Hollywood glamor on Tinseltown's glitziest night of the year.
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AFP - Iraq war drama "The Hurt Locker" blew away box office king "Avatar" to take six Oscars, with Kathryn Bigelow becoming the first woman to win the best director award on a historic Hollywood night.
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Talk about fantastic finishes. Just when Hollywood figured James Cameron would win the directing and motion picture awards for his super moneymaker "Avatar," it didn't happen that way.
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Hollywood finally entrusted a female director with an Oscar on Sunday.
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"Remember Me" is a smart, engaging drama about young love flourishing amid sadness and loss. The story ends on September 11, 2001, in New York, which, depending on your point of view, further underscores the sense of loss implicit in the movie's title
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By the time "The Hurt Locker" won the best picture Oscar Sunday, it seemed almost a foregone conclusion since it previously earned honors from the Producers Guild, BAFTA, Broadcast Film Critics, the National Society of Film Critics and critics groups
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It was a disappointing night for Hollywood's major studios.
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"The Hurt Locker" director Kathryn Bigelow battled her way into Oscar history books on Sunday, topping her movie's best film honor with her own Academy Award for directing to become the first woman ever to earn that distinction.
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On a night when so many changes were intended to shake up the Oscar ceremony, the winners themselves were pretty predictable, with "The Hurt Locker" taking six awards including best picture.
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The absence of Farrah Fawcett from the traditional “in memoriam” segment of the Academy Awards broadcast Sunday was causing some to scratch their heads.
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Helen A.S. Popkin will blog the Academy Awards as they happen, with all the glamour, glitz and the inevitable goofs.
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Twelve years ago, James Cameron declared he was "king of the world" when "Titanic" won the Oscar for best picture.
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John Hughes' film career may not yet be over despite his sudden death in August.
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Argentina's drama "The Secret in Their Eyes" won the best foreign-language film Oscar on Sunday in an upset that brought the South American country its second Academy Award.
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"The Cove," which chronicles the grisly business of dolphin hunting in Japan, on Sunday won the Oscar for best feature documentary.
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"The Hurt Locker" director Kathryn Bigelow battled her way into Oscar history books on Sunday, topping her movie's best film honor with her own Academy Award for directing to become the first woman ever to earn that distinction.
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The mayor of a Japanese town which conducts an annual dolphin hunt protested on Monday against the Academy Award given to "The Cove," a documentary film about the grisly slaughter.
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Domestic box-office totals through February for the most-honored films at the 82nd annual Academy Awards:
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Critical darling "The Hurt Locker" beat out blockbuster "Avatar" for the best picture Oscar Sunday night, but some msnbc.com readers disagree with the academy.
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The commentary on social media during the Academy Awards broadcast was often more entertaining than the show itself.
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Kathryn Bigelow made Oscar history Sunday night, becoming the first woman to win best director at the Academy Awards for her gritty Iraq war saga "The Hurt Locker."
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