Newman ready to face Dreamgirls on Oscar night
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Randy Newman has heard the  conventional wisdom about the best original song competition in  this year's Academy Awards: With three of the category's five  nominations, "Dreamgirls" will split the vote, leaving the race  between Newman's "Our Town," from "Cars," and Melissa  Etheridge's "I Need To Wake Up" from the Al Gore documentary  "An Inconvenient Truth."
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LOS ANGELES  - Ask composer Thomas Newman to discuss the inspiration behind his Oscar-nominated score for "The Good German," and he avoids the obvious answer.
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"Dreamgirls" and three other films scored seven nominations each on Tuesday for the Broadcast Film Critics Association awards, putting the highly touted musical among the favorites vying for Oscars.
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Stars including Kanye West, Alicia Keys and Usher gear up to do battle at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.
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LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK  - With the threat of picketing writers having passed, Oscar organizers on Thursday unveiled presenters and performers for their upcoming telecast.
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The stars are getting ready to walk down the red carpet that leads to the 79th Academy Awards. Depending on who gets a golden statue, this year's award ceremony could make history in a number of ways.
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From a plug-in hybrid car to the sexy electric Tesla Roadster, celebrities wanting to make a green statement on the way to the red carpet of the Oscars will have plenty of environment-friendly rides this Sunday.
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The Oscars won't be given out until Sunday night, but show producer Laura Ziskin noted Friday that there's already been a winner &#151; diversity.
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The Aviator and Million Dollar Baby's producers will be told if they are up for Oscars after a credits crackdown.
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With the Oscars days away,  Hollywood is primping for its annual red-carpet fashion parade  where stars like Penelope Cruz and Nicole Kidman are expected  to dazzle fans in elegant gowns of bold colors.
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Recent Oscar winners Jennifer Hudson and Forest Whitaker were looking to keep their streaks going at the 38th annual NAACP Image Awards.
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Eddie Murphy has been loved, hated and ignored but now he is back with Hollywood heavyweights rallying around him for his career-redefining turn in "Dreamgirls," a role that may win him an Oscar.
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Oscar beckons: The  musical "Dreamgirls" is the odds-on favorite to take home best  picture honors. Clint Eastwood is again in the driver's seat as  a best director nominee for "Flags of Our Fathers."
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Vanessa Carlton, Rosario Dawson and Susan Sarandon will participate in an event aimed at getting young, single women to vote in the upcoming presidential election.
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Kevin Costner, Ashton Kutcher and Sela Ward are among the stars expected to attend the premiere of "The Guardian" at the Uptown Theater this week.
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The Producers Guild of America  unveiled nominees for its film awards on Monday picking a range  of movies including comedy "Juno" and legal thriller "Michael  Clayton" in a key hurdle in Hollywood's Oscar race.
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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.