Oscars race becomes more international than ever
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Clint Eastwood, that most American  of actors and directors, has a film nominated for a  best-picture Oscar, "Letters from Iwo Jima," that is in  Japanese, a language he doesn't speak, and was shot in Iceland  because it looks a lot like Iwo Jima but was cheaper.
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LOS ANGELES  - The awards race is on. Not the race to position films for year-end awards consideration -- that dance has been going on since at least the September trifecta of the Telluride, Venice and Toronto film festivals, if not before. No, the current race is the rush by film organizations and critics' groups to be among the first to anoint the best films of 2006.
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With nearly six months until Hollywood's biggest party, everyone already is thinking about the Academy Awards. Not many will admit that the thought of winning an Oscar crosses their mind, though.
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Movies from 49 countries are in competition for the foreign-language prize at February's Academy Awards, among them the film festival hits "House of Flying Daggers," "Nobody Knows" and "Kontroll."
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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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An Australian movie about life before Europeans arrived triumphs at the country's top awards.
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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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LOS ANGELES  - Fatih Akin is riding two horses as the Oscar race for foreign-language feature rounds the far bend, heading to the January 22 announcement of Academy Award nominations.
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The Golden Globe nominations, seen as an early steer for the Oscars, are due to be announced in Hollywood.
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Deepa MehtaÂs Water is headed to the Oscars but no it is not IndiaÂs entry but rather CanadaÂs official
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Hollywood's annual Oscar race heats  up this week with a key group of U.S. movie awards and  nominations that is expected to narrow contenders for the  world's top movie awards.
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden  - In a tradition that has become as venerable as the 103-year-old Nobel Prizes themselves, the guessing game over who will take home the world's most coveted awards next week has entered full swing.
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Oscar is on the move again, as it emerged yesterday that a potential scheduling clash with the 2006 Winter Olympics has prompted Academy Award organisers to move that year&#39;s ceremony back to the traditional March slot.
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.  - The race for Hollywood's  top film honors, the Oscars, turned into a three-way contest on  Sunday when "The Aviator," "Sideways" and "Million Dollar  Baby," took top Golden Globe Awards.
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Each year, January and February bring an escalating rush of red-carpet excitement with the Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild Awards and Oscars.
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LOS ANGELES  - The Oscar hopefuls have  begun to march out to a steady drumbeat.
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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.