Mexican directors bring outsiders' edge to Oscars
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In best-picture hopeful "Babel" and two other vanguard movies nominated for Sunday's Oscars, a trio of Mexican directors is bringing an edgy outsider's viewpoint to this year's Academy Awards.
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The low-budget, Sundance  award-winning film "Quinceanera" may teach Americans more about  Latino life in the United States than any other movie -- and  they will have two white men who don't speak Spanish to thank.
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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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Wherever you turn at an Oscar event these days, you are likely to hear someone say of director Martin Scorsese: "It's his turn."
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Among the five Academy Award directing nominees, one name seems to be on everyone's lips: Martin Scorsese.
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Among hardcore film  fans, movie directors have become the equivalent of rock stars.
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The Venice film festival has a  reputation for screening obscure auteur movies.
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Wherever you turn at an Oscar event  these days, you are likely to hear someone say of director  Martin Scorsese: "It's his turn."
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While the Spirit Awards  hardly confer the same prestige as the Oscars, they are still a  valued accolade for the big fish of indie film and a crucial  point of entry for outsiders.
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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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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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They were dubbed the most  international Oscars ever, but in the end it was a group of  U.S. films and actors who pushed other filmmakers aside to grab  the world's top film honors.
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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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They were dubbed the most international Oscars ever, but in the end it was a group of U.S. films and actors who pushed other filmmakers aside to grab the world's top film honors.
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A group of Mexican artists is hoping to emulate the success of the country's filmmakers by showcasing cutting-edge works in an exhibit set to tour the United States.
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The thrid annual Screenwriting Expo in Los Angeles last weekend offered neophyte outsiders the chance to become Oscar-track insiders.
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Actors such as Tom Hanks, Robert De Niro and Bruce Willis lend star power to the Sundance Film Festival.