Arkin, Hudson win early awards at "green" Oscars
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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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Two controversial films that defied the odds to earn millions at the box office joined a familiar green ogre to take top honors at the 31st Annual People's Choice Awards on Sunday.
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Editor and Publisher - EVANSTON, Ill. Unlike Eddie Murphy and Alan Arkin, the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times did not go quite head to head during the Oscar season, but the two newspapers did compete on the Web with revamped sites and chatty bloggers. The home team had a built-in advantage over the national champ. Still, the results overall provide insight into how top papers can best cover drawn-out cultural events over time -- and in nearly real time.
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A list of honors the top movies are winning leading up to the Oscars:
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The Oscars won't be given out until Sunday night, but show producer Laura Ziskin noted Friday that there's already been a winner &#151; diversity.
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Variety - (Variety) Whether you're a nominee modeling haute couture, an actor promoting your next film or providing fodder for the tabloids, there's no more white-hot swatch of real estate than the red carpet at the Oscars. At last year's ceremony, clockwise from left: Renee Zellweger makes a characteristic splash prior to accepting her statuette for "Cold Mountain"; Jude Law huddles with "Alfie" co-star Sienna Miller; previous year's actor honoree Adrian Brody basks in the spotlight with Michelle Dupont; lead actress nominee Naomi Watts ("21 Grams") engages in some PDA with date Heath Ledger; "Starsky &amp; Hutch" co-stars Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson tubthump their movie; "Return of the King" star Liv Tyler looks regal; nominee Diane Keaton ("Something's Gotta Give") revives her "Annie Hall" look; Susan Sarandon is resplendent in black; and, bottom row from left to right, Actress winner Charlize Theron ("Monster"), nominee Keisha Castle-Hughes ("Whale Rider") and Scarlett Johansson prove that diamonds are a girl's best friend.
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LOS ANGELES  - There's no official starting gun to the annual Oscar race, and the finish line for the 80th Annual Academy Awards isn't until February 24. But a number of races already have begun -- some quietly, some not so quietly.
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Australians got off to a quick  start at the 11th annual Screen Actor's Guild awards on  Saturday as Cate Blanchett was named best supporting actress in  a movie and Geoffrey Rush was named best actor in TV movie or  mini-series.
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"The Departed" wins best-picture Oscar, while Martin Scorsese, Helen Mirren, and Forest Whitaker take home prizes
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Director Martin Scorsese's crime thriller "The Departed" won the Oscar for best film on Sunday in a show that turned Hollywood's biggest night into a showcase for environmental activism.
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The common complaint about Oscar fashion choices of the past few years is that stars played it too safe. Not so this year.
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.  - The race for Hollywood's  top film honors, the Oscars, turned into a three-way contest on  Sunday when "The Aviator," "Sideways" and "Million Dollar  Baby," took top Golden Globe Awards.
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Spanish actor Javier Bardem and mob drama "The Sopranos" took early movie and television awards at the Screen Actors Guild ceremony on Sunday, Hollywood's first full-scale awards show in a season marred by a bitter industry strike.
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Oscar winner West Bank Story, a short film directed by Ari Sandel of Los Angeles, was the first the first film ever profiled on MySpace Film.  West Bank Story won the Oscar for best live-action short film Sunday during the Academy Awards in Los Angeles.
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Morgan Freeman and Cate Blanchett  were named best supporting actor and actress at the 11th annual  Screen Actor's Guild awards on Saturday as the battle for Oscar  gold entered its home stretch.
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"No Country for Old Men" grabbed another award before the Oscars later this month, winning the best feature film award presented by the Producers Guild of America on Saturday.
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The stars showed up and the likes of Atonement, No Country For Old Men and There Will Be Blood took the major awards