Alan Menken looks for his fifth Oscar
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.  Â If it truly is a pleasure just to be nominated for an Oscar, Alan Menken must be Hollywood's happiest man.
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Will there be any kind of recognizable Oscars show if the writers strike continues?
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The following is a complete list of the Oscar nominations announced on Tuesday.
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IN what is widely regarded as the curtain-raiser to Oscar season, a movie about the creator of Peter Pan, author JM Barrie, has been named Best Film by the US National Board of Review.
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Forty years after their  "Closely Watched Trains" won the Oscar for best  foreign-language film, director Jiri Menzel has adapted another  novel by the late Bohumil Hrabal, and history could well repeat  itself when Academy members get to see "I Served the King of  England," which screened here in competition.
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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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LONDON  - Cate Blanchett has two more honours to add to her Oscar nomination.
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This yearâs Academy Award nominations are being announced this morning. The list will be posted here.
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The Oscars have a piece of the Rock. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Thursday announced Chris Rock will host the next Academy Awards telecast.
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LOS ANGELES  - If the opinions of the nation's critics are anything to go by, Daniel Day-Lewis can pretty much pick up his best actor Oscar right now.
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[Hollywood News]: London, Oct 28: Oscars might be months away but the rumour mill has already started rolling. A film about the life of Ray Charles, Ray that is yet to be released, is in news, with the leading man, Jamie Foxx,in race for the Oscars.
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After weeks of relentless Oscar  campaign ads, talk-show interviews and red-carpet events,  members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have  made up their minds. The next step is to count their votes.
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Ang Lee's Lust, Caution is among the five titles nominated for the Bafta 2008 foreign film award.
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And the Oscar for Hollywood's word  of the year goes to "pinot," as in pinot noir, the wine variety  of choice in "Sideways," one the five films nominated this year  for a best picture Academy Award.
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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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Nominations for the 77th annual Academy Awards are to be announced in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
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Forest Whitaker deserves his Best Actor Oscar.