Oscar Organizers Express Relief at Showâs Resumption
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The president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and the producer of the Oscar telecast, said they were going full steam ahead with the normal Oscars ceremony.
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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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Star power makes a welcome return  on Sunday as the Screen Actors Guild hands out its annual  awards in the glitziest ceremony of a season clouded by a  bitter industry strike.
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The Academy Award voting now begins in earnest.
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India's official entry for this year's Oscars may have failed to make it to the grade but the 80th   Annual Academy Awards will still have a couple of Indian connections.
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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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Oscar ballots have been mailed to the 5,808 voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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After two years of ceremonies emceed by anti-establishment provocateurs, the Oscars on Sunday turn to a kinder, gentler comic and TV talk show host with a flair for putting those around her at ease.
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Although the writers strike has created a swirl of uncertainty, Hollywood's awards season will be business as usual Wednesday, when the academy mails Oscar nomination ballots to its 5,829 voting members.
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LOS ANGELES  - A day after the writers strike pulled the rug out from under the Golden Globes, Oscar organizers said Tuesday that preparations for the biggest night on Hollywood's calendar are already behind schedule.
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The return of writers --  and celebrities -- to the full palette of late-night shows  comes too late for studios hoping to swell support for their  Oscar-nominated films and stars.
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Reactions to the announcement of this year's Oscar nominees:
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Oscars organisers shake up the way nominees find out who has won and collect awards at the ceremony.
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Producers of the upcoming Academy Awards are getting what they paid for when they hired sharp-tongued comic Chris Rock to host the Oscars -- a bit of pre-show controversy that could boost TV ratings.
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Its Oscar time folks! It is that time of the year whereby millions of ÂdirectorialÂ hearts broken to make one heart happy.
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The movie-going public may not think much of this year's major Oscar contenders judging by their weak box-office performances. But for US movie critics, the nominations announced amid a debilitating writers' strike and a global market meltdown were a sign that the US movie machinery is at least doing one thing right.
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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.