Oscar-nominated movie scores push boundaries
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What is a "traditional  score," and why are they saying such terrible things about it?
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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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There aren't many  composers whose music is immediately identifiable after just a  couple of whistled notes. Such is the influence of Ennio  Morricone that all it takes is a bit of whistling to evoke the  Italian composer's masterful, genre-defying work on the  spaghetti westerns he scored for Sergio Leone -- films such as  1967's "A Fistful of Dollars," "For a Few Dollars More" and  "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly."
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LOS ANGELES  - Seven films with sequences ranging from the spy-on-spy battles in "Casino Royale" to the superhero standoff in "X-Men: The Last Stand" are on the shortlist for Oscar nominations for best visual effects.
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The Academy Award voting now begins in earnest.
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Timing isn't everything when it comes to the Academy Awards &#151; but it helps.
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Oscars organisers shake up the way nominees find out who has won and collect awards at the ceremony.
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This yearâs Academy Award nominations are being announced this morning. The list will be posted here.
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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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Academy Awards contenders demurely say it's nice just to be nominated. In this wide-open Oscar season, just about any nominee could end up winning.
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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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Producers take heart: It just got a little easier to put your hands on an Oscar.
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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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The pushy orchestra music that elbows Oscar winners off the stage has long been a trademark of Academy Awards speeches &#151; and no one has ever used it better than Al Gore.
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Films exploring an aviation visionary's flight into fame, a female boxer's long day's journey into night and two buddies bumbling through wine and romance are expected to dominate the Oscar nominations on Tuesday.
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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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The following is a complete list of the Oscar nominations announced on Tuesday.