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TAIJI, Japan – The gala crowd in Los Angeles cheered as “The Cove” won the best documentary Oscar with its grisly portrayal of dolphin hunting. Half a world away, residents of the small Japanese village shown in the film abhorred the attention and said it won’t end Read More.. |
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TOKYO (Reuters) – 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. The film, which picked up an Oscar for best documentary feature in Read More.. |
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LOS ANGELES – Kathryn Bigelow played field commander to bring her raw, relentless Iraq War thriller “The Hurt Locker” to the screen. After her film triumphed at the Academy Awards with six prizes and made her the first woman ever to win the directing Oscar, she graduated to Read More.. |
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Hollywood finally entrusted a female director with an Oscar on Sunday. Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman in the 82-year history of the Academy Awards to take the prize as her gritty Iraq War movie “The Hurt Locker” outshone “Avatar” Read More.. |
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Sandra Bullock won the best actress Oscar, and her first Academy Award, on Sunday for her role as a suburban mom who takes in a homeless black teen and guides him to a football career in the “The Blind Side.” Bullock’s Oscar victory marks the Read More.. |
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LOS ANGELES (AFP) – 3:51pm in Los Angeles: Actor Ryan Reynolds reveals he is rooting for Sandra Bullock, the best actress favourite and his co-star from last year’s “The Proposal”. “I just think Sandy winning is a fantastic story,” the towering actor Read More.. |
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LOS ANGELES – The big day is here. Anticipation for the Academy Awards has been building all week, and finally, it’s time. The entire Hollywood & Highland complex is closed. Traffic is shut down on Hollywood Boulevard. Tourists can only get as close to the action as Read More.. |
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LOS ANGELES – Too predictable. That’s the persistent complaint about the Academy Awards, whose drama generally is sapped by a glut of earlier award shows that spell out what films will win at the Oscars before the show starts. Not this time — at least for Sunday’s Read More.. |
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DETROIT (Billboard) – Steve Lillywhite wants to “help America find the next Elvis Presley.” And that’s why the Grammy Award-winning producer — whose resume includes work with U2, the Dave Matthews Band, Jason Mraz, Morrissey, the Rolling Stones, Phish and scores Read More.. |
