Wide open Oscar race highlights range of favorites
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Hollywood award watchers on Monday picked comedy "Little Miss Sunshine" and thriller "The Departed" as clear Oscar front-runners, but cautioned several races remained wide open two weeks ahead of the world's top film awards.
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Some of this year's most  interesting Oscar battles revolve around what Academy Award  voters hear -- rather than see.
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is giving some lucky movie buffs the chance to see their favorite stars up close at the Oscars next year.
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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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The films have been shortlisted for the prestigious awards.
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Gwyneth Paltrow joins the growing list of stars lining up to present a coveted Academy Award.
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A look back at some of the more memorable elements of Oscar broadcasts past.
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Quite a few categories in this yearâs Oscar race bring all of the challenge of the wading pool. While some head out to the deep end.
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The nominations for the 77th Academy Awards are just six weeks away, and critics are buzzing about Alexander Payneâs film, Sideways.
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The Academy Awards nominations are out. Richard Corliss picks the likely winners, his own favorites and the biggest snubs
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LOS ANGELES  - Oscar front-runner "No Country For Old Men" picked up two awards during the weekend as the countdown to the Academy Awards entered its final week.
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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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Hollywood's awards season kicks off before clear front-runners have emerged, though Golden Globe voters have no shortage of fine films and performances to choose from when nominations are announced Thursday morning.
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Optimism was in the air Monday among Academy Awards nominees Â both on their films' prospects and the chances that Hollywood's crippling writers strike will end in time for the Oscars show to go on as planned.
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LOS ANGELES  - Academy members' eagerly  awaited choices for best picture suggest a tight Oscar race  rivaling the suspense of the 1999 derby, when "Shakespeare in  Love" enjoyed a shock triumph over "Saving Private Ryan."
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Long considered the favorite to take home the coveted Oscars statuette, Mirren fought off stiff competition from Penelope Cruz , Meryl Streep and fellow Britons Judi Dench and Kate Winslet .Comment
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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.