South Africa Hopes for Movie Boom from Oscar Nomination
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South Africa toasted its first film nominated for an Oscar on Wednesday, hoping the poignant story of a woman's battle with AIDS could help the fledgling film industry take flight.
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Optimism was in the air among Academy Awards nominees Â both on their films' prospects and the chances that Hollywood's crippling writers strike will end in time for the Oscars show to go on as planned.
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Films from 49 countries are submitted for consideration for the foreign language Oscar.
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Specialist movie awards events are held in Los Angeles ahead of Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony.
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An Australian movie about life before Europeans arrived triumphs at the country's top awards.
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The countdown to February's Oscars begins as ballot papers are posted to the Academy Awards' 5,829 voters.
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Oscar voters must whittle down 267 films to the final five which will compete for the best picture Academy Award.
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With movie makers wrapping up a  record $4 billion summer on Friday, Hollywood turned to fall  films and the Oscar hopefuls it hopes will push the annual box  office beyond last year's $9.5 billion.
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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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Viewers may think some of the nominees for best picture at next week's Academy Awards are dark, but they pale in comparison with the movies competing for the coveted Oscar for best documentary.
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Los Angeles, Aug. 18 : The Academy Awards may be more than six months away, but Columbia Pictures is already trying to lure Oscar voters into the Spider-Man 2 web.
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LOS ANGELES  - Hollywood offers  moviegoers a choice this weekend: two new thrillers and a  handful of films laden with Academy Award nominations.
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The Oscar race appears to be off to a slow start this year as many early hopefuls have met only limited success at film festivals and in wide release, leaving award watchers hoping the best films are yet to come.
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Film fans around the world eagerly await the 79th Academy Awards in Los Angeles.
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The films have been shortlisted for the prestigious awards.
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The race for the Oscars is heating up, with Martin Scorsese's 'The Aviator', Clint Eastwood's 'Million Dollar Baby' and the road movie 'Sideways' dominating Hollywood's awards chatter.
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The Golden Globe nominations, seen as an early steer for the Oscars, are due to be announced in Hollywood.