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Some snubs, some surprises, and a long -awaited win in this year's 79th Annual Academy Awards

Which do you consider odder: That one actor was nominted in two different categories for the same performance in the same movie, or that Kenneth Branagh got nominated for Best Screenplay for his Hamlet?

It's the 80th anniversary for the prestigious Academy Awards ceremony. Here's a list of movies than have won or been nominated for the top prizes.

The 2008 Academy Awards ceremony is scheduled to air on Sunday, February 24. But will the show go on?

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences uses proportional voting (also known as a preferential system) for the selection of Oscar nominees

A quick look at the possible Academy Award nominees for the year 2007 in cinema

My goal here is to produce a series of columns giving thoughts, predictions, commentary and information on the movie awards season leading up to the Academy Awards

A rundown of the top contenders to be nominated for best supporting actor at the 2007 Academy Awards....

There were two reasons why the Academy Awards were conceived.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announced the 2008 Oscar nominees

Born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz, John Stewart has become a major figure in the television landscape in his role on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart. In January of 2006 he was chosen to be host of the 78th Academy Awards.

David Letterman presided over the most entertaining Oscar telecast of the past thirty years. His reward? He's never been invited back, but Whoopi "Four Hours of Jokes that Bomb" Goldberg has been invited back multiple times.

The decision of the Academy Awards to give Best Picture to Crash over Brokeback Mountain got me to thinking about the last time there was an upset in the top category. So I decided to rewatch Spielberg's 1998 classic...

Continuing a look at my three part series on the Golden Globe Awards, here is a look at the awards in the 1990's.

Come and join me in publishing your own predictions. Let's make it an unofficial AC contest.

From Roberto Benigni's tour de farce in 1998 to Alfred Hitchcock's terse acceptance speech in 1967, a look back at the last 40 years of Oscar Night.

Predicting the Academy Awards may be a bit tricky but it need not be difficult. As long as you know the secrets to Oscar prognostication.

Movies with the most nominees won less awards. Big awards went to "The Departed". Scorsese final won an oscar for Directing.

Biggest Oscar Snubs: A Look At the Biggest Snubs for the 2008 Oscars

Pirates of the Caribbean A Dead Man's Chest is nominated for 4 Academy Awards

As a faithful Hollywood servant, I offer my thoughts on the big Oscar categories and who should and shouldn't have made this year's list.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences anounced the Oscar nominations for the best of the 2007 year. Cate Blanchett was nominated in both the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress categories while Keira Knightley and James McAvoy were shut out.

A fire at the Universal Studio in Los Angeles is burning and may effect the MTV Movie Awards, scheduled for tonight.

For many years I have thought it strange that I never saw the Oscars on TV. It was only two years ago that I discovered that the Academy Awards was the award show and that the Oscar is the name of the golden statuette.

Controversial comic Sarah Silverman has been officially named as the host for this year's upcoming MTV Movie Awards. The Awards will be broadcast live, a first for the annual ceremony.

Watching celebrities stroll down the red carpet in designer wear before the Oscar telecast is a guilty pleasure for worldwide fashion junkies. For this year's 80th Academy Awards, there was one color that was the night's overwhelming red carpet 2008 fashion winner: Red.

Humorous look at inspiring moments during the Oscars' presentation. Academy Awards, Jon Stewart, Diablo Cody, Robert Boyle, Hollywood, Juno, Oscars

The MTV Movie Awards 2008 were handed out tonight in a celebrity-studded show.

Proving that moving words and memorable quotes can come from the heart and a place of sincerity, Oscar winning actors came out with these memorable quotes at the 80th Academy Awards.

Javier Bardem won an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for "No Country for Old Men"

It's about how the 80th annual Academy Awards had its share of surprises, and disappointments. There were a lot of tributes to past awards ceremonies, and some mistakes repeatedly yet again.

A Top 8 countdown of the most dazzling diva's at the 79th Annual Academy Awards.

The 79th annual Academy Awards is now over as all the actors and actresses breath a sigh of relief and can begin again to enthral us with performances in hopes that next year will bring a nomination and maybe the golden man himself.

The fear in Hollywood and throughout the entertainment industry is that the writers strike will force a cancellation of the Academy Awards that mirrors the boycotted and subsequently cancelled Golden Globe Awards on January 13.

Ways in which the Academy Awards can improve its yearly telecast and perhaps attract more viewers.

The Academy Awards are over with. The show was uneven but the awards at the end made it worthwhile.

New York-area members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will celebrate the 79th Academy Awards February 25th at the St. Regis Hotel in New York City.

The Academy Awards can be a great excuse to throw a party while celebrating the biggest night in Hollywood. Besides the opportunity to hang out with friends, there are foods, drinks, and money involved…all the ingredients for fun!

It's Almost time, Oscar is about to take the stage for the 78th Annual Academy Awards. The Pinnacle of award presentations, and the only one I will be watching.

While all the focus is on the awards ceremony, the real story lies behind the scenes. The process of choosing the Academy Awards is steeped in tradition and determines who walks up on stage, and who just walks.

An overview of the nominees, and my predictions for the winners of the 80th annual Academy Awards

Sunday in Hollywood all the stars were out and shining for the biggest event, the 80th Academy Awards!

Highlights of the Academy Awards presentation, and a list of winners

A brief overview of the 2008 Academy Awards, including the nominees and winners.

If you watched the Academy Awards on Sunday and at any point during the ceremony asked yourself "what's the point?" you'll want to keep reading.

Jon Stewart hosted the 80th Annual Academy Awards live from Hollywood Sunday night, thanks primarily to the fact that writers strike had ended. The three-hour extraganza a three-hour glitz-filled, star-studded tribute to 2007's cinematic best.

"Sunrise" won the first -- and only -- Oscar awarded for "Unique and Artistic Production" at the 1927-28 Academy Awards

The 80th Academy Awards was hosted by the normally funny Jon Stewart; however, tonight he wasn't even remotely funny.

The Oscars were given out tonight at the 80th Annual Academy Awards at Kodak Theater in Hollywood. Check out the winners!