Top Oscar contenders took a while to emerge
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One evening last  November, a handful of journalists and industry insiders eased  into the plush armchairs of a Hollywood screening room to watch  "The Golden Compass," the Nicole Kidman fantasy based on the  first novel in Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy.
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Timing isn't everything when it comes to the Academy Awards &#151; but it helps.
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.  - The long walk down the  Oscar aisle will be a lot shorter for some of this year's  Academy Awards winners -- in fact, some will not make it to the  stage.
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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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You heard it here first, folks: 2004 is the year of the romance. It&#39;s September, and while there&#39;s still the big Oscar push to go, so far the movies that have really stuck out, the movies that
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The Oscar hopefuls have begun to march out to a steady drumbeat.
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Hollywood's major studios are  parading their big Oscar contenders, but low-budget art films  and even animated movies are stealing their thunder as the  contest warms up for the U.S. film industry's top honors.
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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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Summertime in Hollywood is not as hot as it looked at the beginning.
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Hollywood is in a bleak mood this year, and the Oscar nominees announced Tuesday reflected that state of mind.
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Members of Hollywood's union for filmmakers had an interesting range of choices for their top prize this year.
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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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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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Viewers may think some of the nominees for best picture at next week's Academy Awards are dark, but they pale in comparison with the movies competing for the coveted Oscar for best documentary.
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By the numbers, the Academy Awards are roughly 50 percent less relevant than they have been the last five years. While all five candidates for the top Oscar have managed respectable ticket sales, they collectively have been seen by fewer moviegoers than any batch of best-picture nominees in 20 years.
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The list of Academy Award nominations reflects Hollywoodâs bleak state of mind.
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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.