Hollywood is ready for its big day -- the Oscars
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The limousines have been charged up, the hairdressers and stylists have worked their magic and the stars are ready to stroll down the red carpet in dresses that have been begged, borrowed or -- perish the thought -- bought.
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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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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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It is Oscar week in Hollywood, and  after three months in the dark winter of a bitter labor strike,  the movie industry finally has something to celebrate --  itself.
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LOS ANGELES  - With the holidays just  one week away, everyone in Hollywood is about to shut down for  a fortnight -- everyone in Hollywood, that is, except for those  awards season campaigners whose job it is to fret about Oscar  nominations, since nominations ballots will be mailed Dec. 27.
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In the 80 years since the first Oscars were handed out, it has taken a war or a flood or an assassination to drastically alter or delay the celebration surrounding the film industry's highest honors.
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Producers take heart: It just got a little easier to put your hands on an Oscar.
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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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Hollywood braces itself for the Golden Globe winners list which is being announced at a news conference later.
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Fashion Wire Daily - After a four hour-plus Oscar awards ceremony at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles, the winners, the nominees and the rest of the entertainment world elite headed to Morton's in West Hollywood for the annual Vanity Fair Oscar party to extend Hollywood's biggest night a few hours more.
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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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LOS ANGELES  - It's not quite deja vu all over again. But as the planning proceeds for the Academy Awards on February 24, it's worth flashing back 20 years to the last time Oscar had to deal with a writers strike.
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The countdown to February's Oscars begins as ballot papers are posted to the Academy Awards' 5,829 voters.
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Hollywood is fearing that the writers' strike, supported by many actors, may prove disastrous for the   Oscars, just as it has forced a big paring down of the Golden Globes Awards ceremony scheduled Jan   13.
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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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Film fans around the world eagerly await the 79th Academy Awards in Los Angeles.
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As hope grows the Oscars will escape  the Hollywood writers' strike, experts at New York Fashion Week  are split among some saying the industry needs red carpet  events and others not bothered by their absence.