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All Academy Awards articles – Page 67
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NewsOscars move one week later in 2010 to avoid Olympics clash
The 82nd Annual Academy Awards will take place on Mar 7th 2010, a week later than usual to avoidthe closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver on February 28.
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NewsSlumdog takes eight Oscars including best picture, best director
Slumdog Millionaire wins 8 Oscars including best picture and best director.
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NewsOscar winners - Slumdog Millionaire wins Best Picture
Winners of the 81st Annual Academy AwardsBest Supporting ActressPenelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina BarcelonaBest Original ScreenplayDustin Lance Black, MilkBest Adapted ScreenplaySimon Beaufoy, Slumdog MillionaireBest Animated FeatureWall-E, Andrew StantonBest Animated ShortLa Maison en Petits Cubes, Kunio KatoArt DirectionThe Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, Donald Graham Burt (art direction) ...
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Short sighted: Screen profiles the Oscar-nominated shorts
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECTTHE CONSCIENCE OF NHEM ENNominated three times before and an Oscar winner in 1990 for his documentary short Days Of Waiting, Steven Okazaki went to Cambodia to research and shoot The Conscience Of Nhem En. The film explores issues of conscience and complicity in the story of ...
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NewsBenjamin Button strides into major markets two weeks before Oscars
MGM/UA’s wartime thriller Valkyrie has been the leading Hollywood export through Fox International for the past two weekends and has raced past $40m, but without any new releases Fox Internationalwill look to strong holdover business to maintain momentum.
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Awards Countdown - Oscar nominations - By the numbers
MERYL STREEP'S OSCAR HISTORY1978 The Deer Hunter (supporting)1979 Kramer Vs Kramer* (supporting)1981 The French Lieutenant's Woman1982 Sophie's Choice*1983 Silkwood1985 Out Of Africa1987 Ironweed1988 A Cry In The Dark1990 Postcards From The Edge1995 The Bridges Of Madison County1998 One True Thing1999 Music Of The Heart2002 Adaptation (supporting)2006 The Devil Wears Prada2008 ...
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Four producers named in The Reader's best picture Oscar nomination
The producers branch executive committee of the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences has ruled that the late Anthony Minghella and Sydney Pollack shall be credited with producing The Reader alongside Donna Gigliotti and Redmond Morris.The executive committee convened because four producers were listed on the credits form submitted ...
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Nominees react to their Oscar nods from Mumbai to Hollywood
Nominees were celebrating from Los Angeles to Mumbai to London on Thursday as news of the Academy Awards nominations flashed around the world. Speaking from the Indian premiere of Slumdog Millionaire in Mumbai, producer Christian Colson said local celebrations over the ten nominations earned by the film - which was ...
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Benjamin Button tops Oscar nominations
Paramount/Warner Bros co-venture The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button led the pack at the 81st annual Academy Award nominations announcement in Los Angeles with 13 nominations including best picture, best director and best actor for Brad Pitt. Only two films in Oscar history - All About Eve in 1950 and ...
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Waltz, The Class, Baader Meinhof make nine-film Oscar shortlist
Matteo Garrone's Sicilian crime epic Gomorrah failed to make the cut as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announced its shortlist of foreign language Oscar contenders today [January 13].The nine films chosen from the original list of 65 qualifying submissions that will advance to the next round of ...
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Ed Catmull to receive Gordon E Sawyer Award from Academy
Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios president and Pixar co-founder Ed Catmull will receive the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Gordon E Sawyer Award 'for his lifetime of technical contributions and leadership in the field of computer graphics for the motion picture industry.'An Oscar statuette will be presented ...
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Dark Knight, Benjamin Button among seven effects Oscar finalists
The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences has announced the seven films shortlisted for the visual effects Oscar.They are: Australia, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, The Dark Knight, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Iron Man, Journey To The Center Of The Earth and The Mummy: Tomb Of The ...
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Awards Countdown - Best Director
1. DANNY BOYLE - SLUMDOG MILLIONAIREBoyle’s dazzling command of his medium was never more apparent than in Slumdog, as it is now simply known. In applying his trademark visceral style famous from Trainspotting and 28 Days Later to a cheerfully preposterous Mumbai romantic saga, he is thrilling audiences everywhere the ...
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49 songs cleared for contention at 81st Academy Awards
Forty-nine songs will vie for the best original song at the 81st Academy Awards on February 22.The original songs and the film in which they appear are listed belowin alphabetical order by song title:Another Way To Die Quantum Of SolaceBarking At The Moon BoltThe Boys Are Back High School Musical ...
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Hugh Jackman named as host for Academy Awards show
Hugh Jackman will host the 81st Academy Awards on February 22 in what will be the Australian entertainer's first time in the role.'Hugh Jackman is a consummate entertainer and an internationally renowned movie star,' Oscar telecast producer Laurence Mark and executive producer Bill Condon in a joint statement. 'He also ...
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Academy names 15 films in running for visual effects Oscar
The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences has announced the 15 films selected as semi-finalists for the visual effects Oscar that will be handed out at the 81st Academy Awards on February 22.The films in alphabetical order are: Australia, The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Cloverfield, The Curious Case ...
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Jerry Lewis to receive Academy's Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Jerry Lewis will receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the 81st Academy Awards on February 22.The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award is given to an individual in the motion picture industry whose humanitarian efforts have brought credit to the industry.'Jerry is a legendary comedian who has not only brought laughter ...
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