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Oscars: ‘Behind the Ballot’ video series live online
For Oscar fans that just can’t seem to win their Oscar ballot pool because of that one craft category, Oscar.com today launched “Behind The Ballot,” a six-part video series that explores how Academy...
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Oscars to celebrate movie musicals –‘Les Miserables’
The Oscars will include a special celebration of movie musicals of the last ten years, the telecast’s producers announced today. “The musical as a motion picture genre has had a remarkable renaissance...
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Producer nominees for “Amour” in the Best Picture category for the Oscars
The Producers Branch Executive Committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has determined the individual nominees for “Amour” in the Best Picture category for the Oscars. They are...
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Barbra Streisand will perform on the upcoming Oscar® telecast
Two-time Academy Award® winner Barbra Streisand, who has sung on the Oscars only once before, will perform on the upcoming Oscar® telecast on February 24. Streisand last sang the love theme from “A...
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Academy to celebrate Oscars in New York
The iconic landmark restaurant Daniel will be rolling out the red carpet for New York-based members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, entertainment industry executives, and several...
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Dame Shirley Bassey will make a special appearance on the Oscars®
Dame Shirley Bassey will make a special appearance on the Oscars®, show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today. “We are thrilled to welcome the legendary Dame Shirley Bassey to our Oscar...
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‘Chicago’ Stars to present at Oscars – Richard Gere, Renee Zellweger,...
Academy Award® winner’s Renée Zellweger and Catherine Zeta-Jones will join their “Chicago” cast mates Richard Gere and Queen Latifah to present together on-stage at the Oscars®, show producers Craig...
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Hosts Named for Oscars Red-Carpet Show
Emmy® and Tony® award-winning actress Kristin Chenoweth, Entertainment Weekly Managing Editor Jess Cagle and “Good Morning America” anchor Lara Spencer today announced they will be hosting the...
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Oscar® Forecast: Look for the wealth to be spread around
If the numbers hold true, look for the wealth to be spread around at the Oscars® this year. I have created a statistical model to predict the Oscars®, using numerical data from critic scores, other...
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Disappointment over the tasteless antics of host Seth MacFarlane
By Michael Russnow In the aftermath of my review of the Oscars and that of many others who seemed to agree Seth MacFarlane’s humor was often wanting, I thought I’d offer a postscript as to why for...
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Oscars® to Celebrate Movie Heroes
The 86th Academy Awards® will be a celebration of movie heroes, producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today. Offering their first preview of the upcoming Oscar broadcast, hosted by Ellen...
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Update: Oscar Song Flap – The Spotlight
By ROBERT W. WELKOS It was only last July that Cheryl Boone Isaacs, a long-time, behind-the-scenes Hollywood publicist and marketing executive, was elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture...
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Channing Tatum Announced the “Team Oscar” winners on The Ellen DeGeneres Show...
A nice little announcement was made earlier today by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (or AMPAS), as they named the winners of the “Team Oscar” contest. This was done on The Ellen...
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Jennifer Lawrence to Present at the Oscars®
Oscar® winner Jennifer Lawrence will return to present at this year’s Oscars, show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today. The Oscars, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres, will air on Sunday,...
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Can the Oscars save CNN?
By ROBERT W. WELKOS It seems that everybody is benefiting from the Oscar season…film festivals, awards shows, broadcast and cable TV networks, entertainment magazines and websites. So, can the Oscars...
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The Oscars® were no enormous shame, a few good jokes, no great shocks
I’m a big fan of Ellen DeGeneres and her understated, often brilliant humor. This was most evident when she hosted the 2001 Emmy Awards after the horrific events in New York and Washington that year....
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Websites Offer Exclusive Hollywood Access
By ROBERT W. WELKOS “Don’t Miss this Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity to Meet Miley Cyrus.” That’s just one of the “celebrities for hire” listed on a website called Millionaire’s Concierge out of Ft....
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An Early Glimpse at some Advance Oscar Predictions
Now that we’re officially a quarter of the way through 2014, I figured I’d debut my year in advance Academy Award predictions. These are actually the ones that I came up with back in March the night...
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Motion picture, television and theater producing team Craig Zadan and Neil Meron will return to produce the Oscars for a third consecutive year, Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced today....
View ArticleThe scariest movies ever nominated for an Academy Award
Since it’s Halloween (Happy Halloween everyone), I wanted to do something horror centric but also still relating to Oscar in some way. As such, I wanted to take a look at which scary movies, to one...
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