"No Country," "Blood" lead grim Oscar field
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BEVERLY HILLS, California  - The gritty dramas "No Country For Old Men" and "There Will Be Blood" scored eight Academy Award nominations each on Tuesday, leading a somber field in an Oscar season overshadowed by the Hollywood writers' strike.
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"No Country for Old Men" and "There Will Be Blood" led with eight Academy Awards nominations each Tuesday, among them best picture and acting honors for Daniel Day-Lewis and Javier Bardem Â but it remained in doubt whether any stars would cross striking writers' picket lines to attend the ceremony.
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The success of Martin Scorsese's "The Departed" at the Oscars caused some Hollywood hand-wringing on Monday over whether months of costly Oscar campaigning truly pays off.
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The stars showed up and the likes of Atonement, No Country For Old Men and There Will Be Blood took the major awards
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This year, controversial films overshadowed the red-carpet arrivals of Brad Pitt, Russell Crowe, Kate Winslet, and even Borat.
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LOS ANGELES  - There's no official starting gun to the annual Oscar race, and the finish line for the 80th Annual Academy Awards isn't until February 24. But a number of races already have begun -- some quietly, some not so quietly.
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Deepa Mehta's Water loses out to The Lives of Others in the best foreign film category at the Oscars.
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The two Oscar-snubbed filmmakers don't like each other.
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Tales of tragedy and struggle will vie for Oscar attention on Tuesday as an unusual awards season overshadowed by the Hollywood writers strike heads into its final stretch.
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Meryl Streep and Judi Dench got  nasty. Kate Winslet stripped and Penelope Cruz padded her rear.  But it is Helen Mirren and her prim silver curls who looks  likely to reign on Oscar night.
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Meryl Streep and Judi Dench got nasty. Kate Winslet stripped and Penelope Cruz padded her rear. But it is Helen Mirren and her prim silver curls who looks likely to reign on Oscar night.
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âNo Country For Old Men,â âThere Will Be Bloodâ and âMichael Claytonâ are among the leading nominees.
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The stars showed up and the likes of Atonement, No Country For Old Men and There Will Be Blood took home the major awards
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Oscar voters proved to be a fickle bunch on Sunday giving early awards both to winners expected, such as supporting actress Jennifer Hudson, and unexpected, like supporting actor Alan Arkin.
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LOS ANGELES  - There just might be blood. The domestic boxoffice will feature a kind of midwinter mayhem this weekend, as strong holdover films are joined in a competitive fray by four wide-release debutants and Oscar-rejuvenated titles.
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Tales of tragedy and struggle will  vie for Oscar attention on Tuesday as an unusual awards season  overshadowed by the Hollywood writers strike heads into its  final stretch.
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It's awards season in Hollywood,  with all red carpets leading to the Oscars. But winning that  prestigious award can sometimes lead to nothing more than bad  roles and even oblivion.