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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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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Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore took center stage at the Oscars as the big-screen adaptation of his slide-show lecture about the perils of global warming won Academy Awards for best documentary and best song.
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"No Country for Old Men" solidified its Academy Awards prospects Sunday by taking overall cast honors alongside Javier Bardem's supporting-actor prize at the Screen Actors Guild Awards
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced a rule change allowing a best picture Oscar winner to have more than three producers in rare circumstances.
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Cate Blanchett won the supporting actress honor Saturday at the Screen Actors Guild Awards for her role as Katharine Hepburn in "The Aviator." Morgan Freeman took the supporting actor prize for "Million Dollar Baby," playing a sage-like ex-prizefighter.
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The stars showed up and the likes of Atonement, No Country For Old Men and There Will Be Blood took home the major awards
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Joel and Ethan Coen won the top prize from the Directors Guild of America on Saturday for No Country for Old Men, giving them the inside track for the same honor at the Academy Awards Â assuming the Oscars go on amid the writers strike.
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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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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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For weeks, Britons Daniel Day-Lewis  and Julie Christie have looked like sure bets to win the  coveted best actor and actress Academy Awards, but in the days  ahead of Sunday's gala ceremony, momentum has shifted.
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The gritty crime drama "No Country For Old Men" became the front-runner for Oscar glory on Sunday after winning top prize at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on a night of traditional Hollywood glamour and emotion over the sudden death of Heath Ledger.
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Martin Scorsese, the creator of "Raging Bull" and "Taxi Driver", finally won Oscar recognition on Sunday but he had to share the spotlight with politician Al Gore, regal actress Helen Mirren and Cinderella story Jennifer Hudson.
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Early awards-season favorites "Into  the Wild," "Michael Clayton" and "No Country For Old Men"  scored another accolade on Sunday by making the year's top 10  list from the American Film Institute.
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Kanye West and Amy Winehouse, the two leading Grammy nominees and perhaps the night's most compelling storylines, were among the early winners Sunday, taking three and two trophies respectively in the pre-telecast ceremony.
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Oscar winners Forest Whitaker and Jennifer Hudson win awards from a US civil rights group.
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