Newman ready to face "Dreamgirls" on Oscar night
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DETROIT (Billboard) - Randy Newman has heard the conventional wisdom about the best original song competition in this year's Academy Awards: With three of the category's five nominations, "Dreamgirls" will split the vote, leaving the race between Newman's "Our Town," from "Cars," and Melissa Etheridge's "I Need To Wake Up" from the Al Gore documentary "An Inconvenient Truth."
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LOS ANGELES  - Lead or supporting actor? That is the question that various awards groups as well as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are turning their attention to as "for your consideration" season gets under way.
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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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Acclaimed comedian Chris Rock is gearing up for his most high-profile stand-up date of his career - as host of the Academy Awards.
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Matthew McConaughey and his two-time co-star Kate Hudson are among those set to present trophies at next week's Screen Actors Guild Awards.
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Nicole Kidman has emerged a strong chance of gaining her third Oscar nomination in four years after US critics praised her performance in the controversial new film Birth.
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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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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is giving some lucky movie buffs the chance to see their favorite stars up close at the Oscars next year.
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Oscar winners Reese Witherspoon and  George Clooney were set to parade up the red carpets on Friday  at the Toronto International Film Festival, setting the stage  for a weekend of star-filled, gala premieres.
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The films and actors shortlisted for the 80th Academy Awards will be confirmed in Los Angeles later.
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Eddie Murphy has been loved, hated  and ignored but now he is back with Hollywood heavyweights  rallying around him for his career-redefining turn in  "Dreamgirls," a role that may win him an Oscar.
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The 31st annual Toronto Film festival  will attract more star power than usual this year with Brad  Pitt, Russell Crowe, Jennifer Lopez, Reese Witherspoon and Sean  Penn among the Oscar winners and Hollywood heavyweights  expected to attend.
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Organizers on Thursday unveiled details of this year's Academy Awards, including Oscar-presenting roles for stars such as Tom Hanks and Nicole Kidman whose presence was in doubt due to the Hollywood writers strike.
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Russel Crowe is reportedly very excited about his new movie Eucalyptus as it has an all star cast of three Oscar winners including Nicole Kidman, Geoffrey Rush and himself.
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If all goes well for movie musical "Dreamgirls," Oscar night will be a dream come true for supporting actors Jennifer Hudson and Eddie Murphy, but if history is any indicator and things go bad, it could end up a nightmare.
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Oscar front-runner "No  Country For Old Men" picked up two awards during the weekend as  the countdown to the Academy Awards entered its final week.
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If all goes well for movie musical  "Dreamgirls," Oscar night will be a dream come true for  supporting actors Jennifer Hudson and Eddie Murphy, but if  history is any indicator and things go bad, it could end up a  nightmare.