Hollywood Thunder Is Stolen as Oscar Race Begins
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Hollywood's major studios are  parading their big Oscar contenders, but low-budget art films  and even animated movies are stealing their thunder as the  contest warms up for the U.S. film industry's top honors.
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Hollywood's annual Oscar race heats up this week with a key group of U.S. movie awards and nominations that is expected to narrow contenders for the world's top movie awards.
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Maybe it was the crippling writers' strike or the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Or was it something in the expensive bottled water in Beverly Hills where Oscar organizers are based.
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Tales of tragedy and struggle will  vie for Oscar attention on Tuesday as an unusual awards season  overshadowed by the Hollywood writers strike heads into its  final stretch.
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The Golden Globe nominations, seen as an early steer for the Oscars, are due to be announced in Hollywood.
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Arts & entertainment: The Oscars' most famous post-awards party will not go ahead this year in support of ongoing writers' strike
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Hollywood had a wide-open horse  race on Tuesday as Oscar nominations pitted two hard-hitting  dramas by veteran directors Martin Scorsese and Clint Eastwood  against the charm of films about wine drinking, Peter Pan and  Ray Charles.
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Some surprises among the Oscar nominations Tuesday:
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Oscar voters proved to be a fickle bunch on Sunday giving early awards both to winners expected, such as supporting actress Jennifer Hudson, and unexpected, like supporting actor Alan Arkin.
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Forget about sharing the stage with fellow Democrats on cable TV. Al Gore goes prime time, red carpet Sunday night at the Academy Awards before tens of millions, reviving talk of a possible presidential run.
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Labor strife has been topping the bill in Hollywood of late, yet you wouldn't have known it from the weekend's awards shows: The town's elite seemed more interested in celebrating, and "No Country for Old Men" emerged as the movie to beat at the Academy Awards.
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Oscars bosses say they are "running out of time" in the race to stop the event being hit by the writers' strike.
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With the passing of Labor Day weekend, the really big movies -- featuring household names, gigantic budgets and baring the burden of Oscar hopes and pretensions -- are just around the corner.
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Oscar organizers hope Hollywood's biggest stars will let down their hair and have fun at the Academy Awards on Sunday, giving a much-needed spark to a show that runs over three hours and can grow tiresome.
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Sets are being built. A stretch of Hollywood Boulevard is closed. Rehearsals have begun. With the writers strike finally in the rear-view mirror, round-the-clock preparations are under way for Sunday's Academy Awards.
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Clint Eastwood, Martin Scorcese, and Jennifer Hudson were the expected nominees competing for Hollywood's most prestigious prize, but Borat's Sacha Baron Cohen sneaked in a surprise as well
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LOS ANGELES  - This year&#39;s upcoming Oscars show will bring the pain -- in the form of Chris Rock. The comedian will make his Oscar hosting debut for the 77th Academy Awards in February.