Bookmakers back Aviator for Oscar
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The Aviator is tipped by bookmakers as the favourite to win the best film award at this year's Oscars.
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Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio has  never worked so hard on a movie, and doesn't mind admitting  that an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of American  billionaire Howard Hughes in "The Aviator" would be welcome.
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The Aviator, Sideways and Hotel Rwanda are among those nominated for the Writers Guild Awards.
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Thousands of Oscar nomination ballots were mailed out Wednesday, heralding the official start of Academy Awards season.
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.  - Veteran director Martin  Scorsese's "The Aviator" and road comedy "Sideways" earned the  top film awards at Hollywood's Golden Globes on Sunday, putting  both in front-runner positions in the race for Oscars, the U.S.  film industry's top honors.
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Kate Winslet received two best actress nominations from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, while Martin Scorsese's "The Aviator" was up for 14 awards.
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"The Aviator," Martin Scorsese's  film biography of Howard Hughes, received 11 Oscar nominations  on Tuesday, beating out Clint Eastwood's boxing tale "Million  Dollar Baby" and drama "Finding Neverland," which received  seven nominations each for the 77th annual Academy awards.
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For decades now, the Academy Award voters have been looking for an excuse to give a best-directing Oscar to Martin Scorsese, and they finally have one in &quot;The Aviator.
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Road film "Sideways," won the  award for best film comedy or musical at the "Golden Globes" on  Sunday, while Howard Hughes biography "The Aviator" was named  best dramatic film.
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Sideways and The Aviator got a big boost for their Academy Award aspirations Monday as they took the most Golden Globe nominations from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
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WITH the heavens set to open over Melbourne this morning, one of Australia&#39;s biggest bookmakers predicts a rush of money so large for Irish galloper Vinnie Roe that he will become the new favourite for today&#39;s Melbourne Cup.
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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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Snubbed at the Oscars when "The  Aviator" lost to Clint Eastwood's "Million Dollar Baby," Martin  Scorsese has assembled a dream cast for his new movie "The  Departed," setting the stage for a rematch with Eastwood.
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences kicked off its run up to the Oscars, the U.S. film industry's top awards, by honoring six fledgling screenwriters Thursday night with its annual Nicholl Fellowship and a check for &#36;30,000.
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The Howard Hughes epic "The Aviator" led Academy Awards contenders with 11 nominations Tuesday, including best picture, plus acting honors for Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett and Alan Alda and a directing slot for Martin Scorsese.
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It is a box office gamble befitting the daring aviators who star in the movie "Flyboys," which opens on
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LOS ANGELES - Oscar and the Olympics were headed for a scheduling clash, and Oscar blinked first. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Thursday said the 2006 edition of Hollywoodâs highest honors