Counting to begin on Oscar vote
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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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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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Reactions to the announcement of this year's Oscar nominees:
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The film will go as an independant entry.
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North American box-office performance as of Sunday for Oscar best-picture nominees:
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A classic Hollywood cliffhanger will conclude Sunday's Academy Awards, and organizers hope the suspense of an up-for-grabs best-picture race will be enough to keep TV audiences tuned in through the finale.
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Nine movies are in contention for the foreign-language Academy Award.
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Hollywood's month of self-congratulation is here, with a field of Oscar contenders strong enough that no clear favorite for best picture has emerged. Not that it will matter, if the writers strike bleeds into the Feb. 24 telecast.
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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'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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The nominees are scheduled to be announced for the 65th annual Golden Globe Awards Thursday morning -- and it appears to be a wide-open race.
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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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Ballots were still being tallied late Friday in a vote expected to authorize a strike by Hollywoodâs writers as early as Nov. 1.
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LOS ANGELES: The Academy Awards may be more than six months away, but Columbia Pictures is already trying to lure Oscar voters into the Spider-Man 2 web.
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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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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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LOS ANGELES  - This year&#39;s upcoming Oscars show will bring the pain -- in the form of Chris Rock. The comedian will make his Oscar hosting debut for the 77th Academy Awards in February.