Oscar Nominees Urged to Attend Ceremony
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The academy says the show, regardless of the strike, will go on.
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Actor Tom Hanks is keen to see the Oscar ceremony held as usual, and urged studios to return to the negotiating table to end a writers' strike that threatens to disrupt the climax of Hollywood's awards season.
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Actor Tom Hanks is keen to see the Oscar  ceremony held as usual, and urged studios to return to the  negotiating table to end a writers' strike that threatens to  disrupt the climax of Hollywood's awards season.
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The Associated Press reports: A contingency plan that would include history, film clips and out-of-the-ordinary concepts for the 80th annual Academy Awards show is in the works, academy president Sid Ganis told The Associated Press on Wednesday. With the writers strike dragging dangerously close to the Feb. 24 telecast, the film academy is planning two Oscar shows: [...].
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The Producers Guild of America  unveiled nominees for its film awards on Monday picking a range  of movies including comedy "Juno" and legal thriller "Michael  Clayton" in a key hurdle in Hollywood's Oscar race.
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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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Optimism was in the air 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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The film awards season gets under way with Golden Globe nominations starting the countdown to the Oscars.
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The Monitor asks three experts on the Academy Awards for their reactions to this year's nominations.
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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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LOS ANGELES  - If you wanted to take a few swipes at Sunday night's Oscar ceremony, it wouldn't be that hard.
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The films and actors shortlisted for the 80th Academy Awards will be confirmed in Los Angeles later.
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It's no secret that the nomination choices for the Golden Globes have helped define the field of Academy Awards contenders. This year, a fairly wide-open awards season has yet to produce clear front-runners.
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Dame Helen Mirren is among the favourites to pick up an award at the Bafta ceremony in London on Sunday.
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An alliance of four stunt organizations is petitioning the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to create a new Oscar category, that of best stunt coordinator.
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Thousands of Oscar nomination ballots were mailed out Wednesday, heralding the official start of Academy Awards season.
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Organizers on Thursday unveiled details of this year's Academy Awards, including Oscar-presenting roles for stars such as Tom Hanks and Nicole Kidman whose presence was in doubt due to the Hollywood writers strike.