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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.
Despite this being a rather ordinary show that was largely unspectacular, there were many worthy winners at this year's Oscars.
An overview of the nominees, and my predictions for the winners of the 80th annual Academy Awards
Critical favorites "No Country for Old Men" and "There Will Be Blood" lead the pack of Oscar nominees, along with a few surprise guests.
Read acceptance speech highlights, and find a complete list of all Academy Award winners and Oscar nominees. Biggest winners were No Country for Old Men, The Bourne Ultimatum and La Vie En Rose and There Will Be Blood.
No Country for Old Men, There Will be Blood and Atonement Lead the Oscar nominations.
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.
Use this valuable information to impress friends, win money, and enter Oscar pick contests!
All of Hollywood is buzzing with the 80th Academy Awards nominations.
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.
The much awaited Academy award nominations were made this morning by Academy President, Sid Ganis.
Here are the Oscar nominees for 2008, just announced this morning, from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
My predictions for the winners among the recently announced nominations for the 2008 Academy Awards.
The official Oscar nominations will not be announced until tomorrow. People are anxiously awaiting the announcements for the nominations in the top Oscar categories.
Some say it is a return to form for the brothers after their last two movies. But the one thing that "No Country For Old Men" proves is that they never lost their touch to begin with, and who are we to think that they ever did? I mean really!
It's time for the makeup sex... according to comedian/talk show host Jon Stewart.
The Coen Brothers are known for oddball comedies, but they always make very intelligent films. With No Country they apply their talents to the thriller and western genres for a great ride.
A review of the latest Coen brothers film, no spoilers in the text, just an overview.
The Coen brothers could easily have retired, having already created their masterpiece with "Fargo." They haven't though, and we are much better because of it.
A slicing look at the Coen brothers' latest film.
Relentless in method, challenging in presentation, and unforgettable in execution, the Coen Brothers' adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's acclaimed novel glimpses upon pure genius in its characters and suspenseful build
What about the story? It was predictable. I knew what was going to happen. Not all the time is predictability annoying but this time it was because it wasn't suppose to be. It was set up not to be.
My Oscar Predictions for 2008
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.
A list of the Oscar Predictions for 2007
The Golden Globes have set the stage for the big event Hollywood has been waiting for.
Joel and Ethan Coen's "No Country for Old Men" earned four gold statuettes at the 2008 Oscar Ceremony.
This article shares information on the 2008 Oscar nominations along with some predictions about possible winners.
Every year, the excitement mounts to see who will gain recognition within the film industry. As always, a few surprises, snubs, and no-brainers have been released.
This article shares information on the 2008 Golden Globe Award winners.
This article shares the outcome of the 2008 Oscars.
My top ten picks for the best movies of 2007, as well as some honorable mentions.
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.
When the Oscars are awarded many people aren't familiar with the winners because they weren't aware of the movie when it was at the theaters. Well here is a preview of possible upcoming Oscar nominees so you can see them at the theaters.
The 13th Annual Critics Choice Awards at the Santa Monica Civic Center went off without a hitch on Monday, January 7, 2008 at 9 p.m. on VH1. No picket lines were present at this awards show, so actors felt no guilt about showing up.
I have around a 75% rate of predicting the nominees in the six major Oscar categories. These are my theories about who will get in this year.
The Oscars were given out tonight at the 80th Annual Academy Awards at Kodak Theater in Hollywood. Check out the winners!
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announced the 2008 Oscar nominees
A summary of this year's Oscar nominations along with a complete list
Here is a complete list and overview of the 2008 Oscar Nominees.
The Oscars tend to recognize certain kinds of actors, performances, and movies over and over. Who fell under those Oscar friendly trends this year?
It appears each of the major categories have clear cut favorites. Will that take the suspense out of the Oscars?
Javier Bardem won an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for "No Country for Old Men"
No Country for Old Men didn't hold back on the pints of blood in the murder scenes, so don't take grandma to see it but if you want a great date movie or if you love horror that is based in reality, see No Country for Old Men.
It requires special directorial talents to bring the works of a talented writer like Cormac MacCarthy to the big screen. When they are, booksellers like Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Borders Books sell thousands of copies of the original novels.
Mr. Lawrence reviews the astonishingly good film, "No Country for Old Men," in this movie review.
The G-man was utterly disappointed in the Coen Brothers' Oscar wining film "No Country for Old Men".
A Texan's comments on "No Country For Old Men."
No Country For Old Men is a great movie full of masterfully worked suspense, drama, and a powerful cast.
A movie review for a Cohen Brothers film
The critics' darling is a grisly, sparse and baffling movie.
Oscar Predictions for Best Picture, Best Actress and Best Animated Film in 2007.
The biggest Oscar race of all could come down to two of the bleakest and most uncompromising Oscar nominees in some time. Find out how "No Country" and "Blood" could both win and lose.
"No Country for Old Men" became the 80'th Oscar winner for Best Picture, as the Coen Brothers, Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Javier Bardem, and Tilda Swinton were also huge winners.
The Oscars are just around the corner. Here are predictions for which films, Actors, and Actresses will take home Academy Awards
The 80th Academy Awards was hosted by the normally funny Jon Stewart; however, tonight he wasn't even remotely funny.
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.
Sunday in Hollywood all the stars were out and shining for the biggest event, the 80th Academy Awards!
The Academy managed to get everyone together to congratulate each other in Hollywood after all.
A look at the 89 version of the academy awards show. Highlights of performances and quotes from host Jon Stewart.
Not to diminish the acting, writing or directing of the nominees announced this week, but some seriously remarkable work went unacknowledged.
The nominations are in. Come February 24th, 2008, we'll find out who wins.
Even with the ongoing Writer''s Guild of America strike, awards season carries on with the Oscars. Here is a list of probable nominees in the 6 major categories for the 80th annual Academy Awards
Here are the 2008 Academy Award winners and how the top category winners compared with my predictions. There were several surprises for me.
The movie Atonementis leading the pack with seven Golden Globe nominations, based on the release of the nominees today. Charlie Wilson's War, Sweeney Todd, Michael Clayton and No Country for Old Men also scored big with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association
With the winners of the Golden Globes fresh in people's minds, who will be nominated for Oscars in 2008? These 2008 Oscar predictions offer some of the best bets for who'll be nominated, and who will ultimately walk away with the the prize.
"No Country," "Blood" and Cate Blanchett are the big winners on Oscar nominating day,
The list of nominees for the 80th Annual Academy Awards contained a sizeable number of snubs and surprises.
The announcement of the Academy Award nominees for calendar year 2007 was made on January 22, 2008.
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 list of the films nominated for an Academy Award
A brief summary of who I am rooting for to take home golden statues.
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.
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.
Have you ever watched the Oscars and thought, "I didn't see any of these movies?" Well check out some of the possible upcoming nominees so you can be sure to catch their movies.
Continuing a look at my three part series on the Golden Globe Awards, here is a look at the awards in the 1990's.
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.
The 2008 Academy Awards won't be without surprises, as the list of Oscar nominations was unveiled this morning at 5:30 AM PST.
A rundown of the top contenders to be nominated for best supporting actor at the 2007 Academy Awards....
A brief overview of the 2008 Academy Awards, including the nominees and winners.
Have you ever watched the Oscars and thought, "I've never heard of these movies!" Well watch some of these supporting actors' movies and you'll probably be familiar with the nominees this year.
Hollywood woke up at the crack of dawn this morning to watch the unveiling of this year's Oscar nominations at 5:30 PT/8:30 EST.
Who will win the major Oscars in 2008
A look at the 2008 Oscars, some strange moments and a look at pre-show predictions versus post show results.
An analysis of the Golden Globes movie categories- whether or not they announce their winners on time in front of a TV audience.
This is a count down of the ten best films from this past year.
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.
This year's Academy Awards is sure to be controversial. We will have some surprises in store.
If you've ever watched the Oscars and thought, "I've never even heard of these movies" then make sure to see the Oscar nominees ahead of time but checking out my predictions for possible Oscar nominees.
Sure, it's a little close to the bone, giving my predictions just a few hours before the show...but what the hell!
The 13th Annual Critic's Choice Awards will air on Monday, January, 7, 2008. Which films and actors will win?
The 80th Annual Academy Awards will be held live on February 24, 2008 at 8 p.m. EST. Actor and actress Oscar nominees attend the awards in hopes that they will be receive golden statue of success - the "Academy Award of Merit".
Many expected winners did actually take home the golden statue, but there were a couple surprises!
Spanish actor Javier Bardem won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for "No Country for Old Men"