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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.

Determined by the Hollywood Foreign Press, the Golden Globes are considered the precursor to the Oscar nominations.

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

This article shares information on the 2008 Golden Globe Award winners.

Here are the Oscar nominees for 2008, just announced this morning, from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Oscar winner Kathy Bates (Best Actress for Misery, ) assisted with the announcements from Samuel Goldwyn Auditorium of the nominees for the 80th Annual Academy Awards early Tuesday morning in Hollywood.

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

This year's Academy Awards is sure to be controversial. We will have some surprises in store.

The Oscar nominations have been announced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills this morning and I must say I'm a little surprised at this years snubbed.

The Globes are thought to be the precursor to the Academy Awards but that is sometimes not the case. Last year, for instance, Academy Award winning Best Picture "Crash" was not even nominated for the Globe in the same category.

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.

"Eastern Promises" is the latest film from director David Cronenberg, the man who was thoughtlessly left off of the nomination list for Best Director for his work on "A History Of Violence."

Croenberg directs Viggo Mortensen and Naomi Watts in a dark and dangerous crime thriller.

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.

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

Eastern Promises, directed with the signature gross factor of David Cronenberg, is a simple story about the murder of a young Ukraine and the subsequent adoption of her child.

While the characters are mostly fleshed out and given good performances by the actors involved, "Eastern Promises" stumbles from the poor handling of its story.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences was founded by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer V.P. Louis B. Mayer to forestall unionization in Hollywood. During the height of the Great Depression, labor strife nearly destroyed the Academy and the Oscars.

Amazing visuals and beautiful acting make Eastern Promises worth seeing.

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.

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

Eastern Promises review.

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.

David "Bloodthirsty" Cronenberg weaves a Russian Mafia story with slashed throats, seedy characters and an unclad Viggo Mortensen.

Eastern Promises was the last of the movies I watched during my pre-Oscar race through nominated movies on DVD. Unfortunately, I watched it late at night and it was hard to pay attention to it.

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.

Here is a continuing look at the Golden Globe Awards, this time looking at the decade of the 1980's.

The 80th Annual Academy Award winners.

Odds to win motion picture honors at the 65th Golden Globe Awards.

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

Use this valuable information to impress friends, win money, and enter Oscar pick contests!

Russian mob, great acting, blood, full nude fighting, Cronenberg: so what disappointed me?

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

The 2008 Academy Award nominees will be announced on Tuesday, January 22, 2008. Before the official nominees are named, here's a look at my predictions for potential Oscar nominations.

A recent view of E! Entertainment's repeat broadcast of the red carpet show at the SAG Awards has caused me to reflect on my fixation with Awards shows. I have been watching awards shows for many years.

Who won Golden Globes on Sunday night?

The nominations for the Academy Awards will be announced Tuesday, January 22, 2008. These are the favorites for copping an Oscar nod!

Many fans are disappointed as the 65th Golden Globes will no longer be broadcast in its full glory tonight, January 13, 2008. Instead, we are forced to endure a one-hour news conference at 9 p.m. EST on NBC.

Celebrities at this year's Oscars wore a wide range of styles. I have summarized what I feel are the 10 best dressed women for the night.

No Country for Old Men, There Will be Blood and Atonement Lead the Oscar nominations.

The 2008 Academy Awards won't be without surprises, as the list of Oscar nominations was unveiled this morning at 5:30 AM PST.

An analysis of the Golden Globes movie categories- whether or not they announce their winners on time in front of a TV audience.

A review of the David Cronenberg movie.

The much awaited Academy award nominations were made this morning by Academy President, Sid Ganis.

The Golden Globes have set the stage for the big event Hollywood has been waiting for.

A summary of this year's Oscar nominations along with a complete list

This article shares the final results of the SAG awards for 2008 and compares them against the previously awarded Golden Globes.

The Screen Actors Guild Awards, aka the SAG Awards were handed out tonight. The SAG Awards are given to actors and actresses and ensemble casts for theatrical motion pictures and for primetime TV shows.

A list of the films nominated for an Academy Award

So here we go with part 2 of my September 2007 movie guide. If you have been anywhere near a movie theater, you'd know the prices are ridiculously high (and here I am promoting movies??).

Looking for a good movie? Here are my picks for the top ten movies to be released this fall.

Though we still don't know if the show will in fact go on, due to the never-ending Writer's Strike, the Oscars nominations will nevertheless be announced at 5:30 am PT (8:30 am EST) this upcoming Tuesday, January 22, 2008.

Critical favorites "No Country for Old Men" and "There Will Be Blood" lead the pack of Oscar nominees, along with a few surprise guests.

The 2008 Oscars are actually taking place tonight at 8:30 EST. I spent this weekend renting all of the Oscar-nominations I could get my hands on that are on DVD, because I was determined to be better informed for tonight's event. I even went to go see one in the theatres.

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

Though there is still no official statement from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, sponsors of the Golden Globe Awards, media buzz is that the awards show has been canceled as a result of the Writers Guild strike.

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

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

Are The 2008 Golden Globes and Oscars Dunzo due to the writers strike?

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.

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

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!

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

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.

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...

Writer-Director Sarah Polley won three Genie Awards for her feature film directing debut "Away From Her"

Dreamgirls and Elizabeth I get the most total Golden Globes this year. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is thanked for introducing a new category to the ceremony.

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.

David Cronenberg and Viggo Mortensen reteam for yet another examination of identity and violence, this time within London's Russian mob.

The 2007 Primetime Emmy Awards hosted by Ryan Seacrest tried to attract a younger, hipper crowd this year; however, red carpet fashion demonstrated a return to old school Hollywood glamour.

A David Cronenberg film now promises more then hard core violence (though that remains), but an honest thought provoking look at everyday life and its oddities.

The Golden Globe Nominations are out this year and have many shaking their heads and buzzing about new trends in award season possibilities.

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.

A rundown of the top 10 contenders for Best Actress Oscar nominations this year....

Why are critics afraid to call a mutt a mutt? This article lists the 25 worst or most overrated movies ever made. The list goes from box office bombs to cash cows and from obvious flops to Oscar winners.

Thw Writers Guild of America, locked in bitter contract negotiations

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

With the writer's strike over, the 80th Annual Oscar show was able to go on as scheduled. Host Jon Stewart handled the staid show with topical humor, although a couple of slip ups nearly threw John Travolta and Colin Farrel off the stage.

Every year, ESPN has their annual awards show recognizing the best in sports from that year. ESPY stands for "Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly." The first annual award show was held in 1993, and there has been one every year since.

"Little Miss Sunshine" took home four awards at the 2007 Independent Spirit Awards.

How Awards Shows seem to have lost track of what really matters

The highs and lows and downright disasters of MTV's Video Music Awards.

Nominations for the 79th Annual Academy Awards were announced early this morning. There are Golden Globe repeats and newcomers as well. Find out just how many films made the cut and how you can win a trip to L.A. with your predictions.

In 2006, when Jon Stewart first hosted the prestigious ceremony known as the Academy Awards, his performance left critics less than satisfied; two years later, Stewart has once again agreed to host the Oscars, leaving many confused as to why he would so eagerly return.

The Top 5 most hearfelt and moving speeches from this years Oscars.

It's time for the makeup sex... according to comedian/talk show host Jon Stewart.

Javier Bardem took home the Best Supporting Oscar for "No Country for Old Men," adding to 3 others the film won, but Marion Cotillard's Best Actress for portraying Edith Piaf may have been the night's upset.

A look at the 2008 Oscars, some strange moments and a look at pre-show predictions versus post show results.

My thoughts on the Oscars...

Faced with the decision of a lifetime, Jessica Lange, Joan Allen and Kathy Bates load up a 1966 Bonneville convertible, and hit the road in "BONNEVILLE", a story about three friends who "come of age" opening in theaters February 29.

A roundup of the best of the Oscars.

A brief overview of the Oscars as well as a look at the best and worst presenters of the evening.

A recap of the 2008 Oscars

Despite this being a rather ordinary show that was largely unspectacular, there were many worthy winners at this year's Oscars.