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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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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New stars such as Ellen Page of  "Juno" and veterans like Hal Holbrook from "Into the Wild"  bathed in the Oscar spotlight on Monday with little difference  between generations when it came to being nominated for the  world's top film honors.
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The hit road comedy "Little Miss  Sunshine" and the acclaimed drugs 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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[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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Viewers may think some of the nominees for best picture at next week's Academy Awards are dark, but they pale in comparison with the movies competing for the coveted Oscar for best documentary.
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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.
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LOS ANGELES  - The Oscar hopefuls have  begun to march out to a steady drumbeat.
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Smack in the middle of  the summer&#39;s CG-heavy, massively budgeted tentpole  blockbusters, Fox Searchlight is boldly going where few have  gone before. On Friday (July 20), the specialty films  distributor launched the sci-fi thriller &quot;Sunshine.&quot;
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The road-trip romp "Little Miss Sunshine" and the gritty classroom drama "Half Nelson" led contenders Tuesday for the Spirit Awards honoring independent films, each earning five nominations, including best picture.
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As Hollywood closes in on Oscar night with its attendant round of awards galas, politicians are popping up everywhere but the podium.
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The hit road comedy "Little Miss Sunshine" and the acclaimed drugs 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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Academy Awards contenders demurely say it's nice just to be nominated. In this wide-open Oscar season, just about any nominee could end up winning.
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Anyone taking a road trip to follow the Hoover family's route in the Academy Award-nominated "Little Miss Sunshine" should be forewarned: The movie shows the family driving hundreds of miles out of their way.
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A classic Hollywood cliffhanger will conclude Sunday's Academy Awards, and organizers hope the suspense of an up-for-grabs best-picture race will be enough to keep TV audiences tuned in through the finale.
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When the Academy Award nominations are announced next month, no one should be surprised if the Oscar race is led by two middle-age guys on a wine-tasting bender and Howard Hughes.
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India's entry for the Oscars tells a touching tale.