Oscar race watchers put spotlight on "Sunshine"
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Hollywood's Oscar race for best film appears to be wide open heading into its final month with several award watchers on Tuesday giving comedy "Little Miss Sunshine" a slight edge over "The Departed" and "Babel."
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NEW YORK  - The Academy Awards are not only a big spectacle for the Hollywood crowd, but also for Madison Avenue folks.
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HollywoodÂs tight-knit community of Oscar voters may find itself facing a difficult dilemma in the coming weeks: Will they consider Mel GibsonÂs ÂApocalyptoÂ for an Academy Award?
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The third annual Screenwriting Expo in Los Angeles last weekend offered neophyte outsiders the chance to become Oscar-track insiders.
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Road comedy "Little Miss Sunshine" and crime thriller "The Departed" won top film awards from the Writers Guild of America on Sunday, setting up a showdown between the two movies at the Oscars in two weeks.
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After they run the red carpet gauntlet and collect their trophies, Oscar winners do the media scene behind the scenes
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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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The hit road comedy "Little Miss Sunshine" and the acclaimed drug-addiction drama "Half Nelson" led the list of contenders on Tuesday for the Independent Spirit Awards, the American art-house world's version of the Oscars.
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The hit road comedy "Little Miss  Sunshine" and the acclaimed drug-addiction drama "Half Nelson"  led the list of contenders on Tuesday for the Independent  Spirit Awards, the American art-house world's version of the  Oscars.
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Optimism was in the air Monday 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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Music from politically themed films  scored top Oscars on Sunday, while the winners used their  moment of glory to push issues ranging from global warming to  gay marriage.
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"Juno" landed four Oscar nominations on Tuesday, including best picture, completing its late-breaking ascent and securing its reputation as this year's "Little Miss Sunshine."
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This year's Academy Awards has something it hasn't had in ages: A neck-and-neck race for Best Picture.
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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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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 first Oscar nomination for a South African film will boost the burgeoning industry and grab the attention of Hollywood, the film's director said on Tuesday.
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Six weeks from today the nominations for the 77th Academy Awards will be announced and the race now has a clear front-runner, Alexander Payne&#39;s &quot;Sideways&quot; from Fox Searchlight.