Changes and Contention Over Foreign-Film Oscar
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The Ang Lee spy thriller âLust, Cautionâ is no longer Taiwanâs entry for the Academy Award for best foreign-language film, The Associated Press reported. The academy ruled that the movieâs sponsor country did not certify that the filmâs personnel, like those involved in cinematography, costumes and music, âexercised artistic controlâ over the project, a requirement. âAn insufficient number of Taiwanese participated in the production of the film,â said Teni Melidonian, a spokeswoman for the academy. âLust, Cautionâ (with Wang Leehom, above), was replaced by Chen Huai-enâs âIsland Etude,â about a university studentâs bicycle tour of Taiwan. Stanley Hung, secretary general of the Motion Picture and Drama Association of Taiwan, has appealed the ruling on âLust, Caution.â Mr. Lee won the Oscar for best director for âBrokeback Mountain.â ... A director who challenged âEklavya: The Royal Guard,â Indiaâs foreign-language submission, withdrew her petition yesterday. Court hearings had gone on past the academyâs entry deadline. So Bhavna Talwar, the director of the shortlisted âDharm,â who had claimed bias in the selection process, said: âEklavyaâ has already gone to the Oscars, and thatâs fine. We let that go.â ... A record 63 countries will compete in the foreign-language film category, Agence France-Presse reported. The 63 will be reduced to 5 nominees for the Oscar, to be awarded at the 80th Academy Awards ceremony, in Hollywood on Feb. 24.
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Here's a look at the Oscar favourites.
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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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Hollywood has turned serious with one eye on the Oscars in February, but it is elsewhere the jury may look when choosing which of 23 competition entries at the Venice film festival wins the Golden Lion on Saturday.
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LOS ANGELES  - It's not quite deja vu all over again. But as the planning proceeds for the Academy Awards on February 24, it's worth flashing back 20 years to the last time Oscar had to deal with a writers strike.
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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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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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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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Hollywood had a wide-open horse  race on Tuesday as Oscar nominations pitted two hard-hitting  dramas by veteran directors Martin Scorsese and Clint Eastwood  against the charm of films about wine drinking, Peter Pan and  Ray Charles.
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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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The Academy Award voting now begins in earnest.
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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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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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Dec. 14, 2004 - It seems to me the most foreign aspect of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is how foreign-thinking they are.
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This yearâs Academy Award nominations are being announced this morning. The list will be posted here.
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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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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.