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

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

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

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

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.

The list of nominees for the 80th Annual Academy Awards contained a sizeable number of snubs and surprises.

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

Many expected winners did actually take home the golden statue, but there were a couple surprises!

It is really nice to see two good actors and actresses doing the same movie.

When one watches Charlie Wilson's War, a comedy starring Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, and Phillip Seymour Hoffman, one would get the impression that the Cold War was won by a Congressman whose personal habits strongly resemble those of Bill Clinton.

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.

Oscar Predictions for Best Picture, Best Actress and Best Animated Film in 2007.

The unbelievably true story of America's funding of Afghan rebels- and our future enemies- against the Soviet Union is told in a funny fashion, led by Tom Hanks and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

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

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.

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...

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Sorry folks. Sweeney Todd, Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington are not Oscar snubs. They didn't deserve them.

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.

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.

Time now for the movie edition of predictions for 2008. As with the political predictions, we shall approach them in the spirit of often in error but never in doubt.

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

Ah, Oscar Monday. For a single day, America's focus is on film as the most wondrous of art forms. Presented herein are some highlights, lowlights and trivia from the long history of the Academy Awards for you to peruse.

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.

We all know the Oscars are a joke. But sometimes the joke is especially cruel. Not all bad Oscar choices go to bad performances, however. Sometimes it's just a case of the voters not getting it right.

Charlie Wilson is a wild, hard-drinking congressman who teams up with a beautiful socialite and a slightly unorthodox CIA agent to orchestrate a covert war and have fun doing it.

Charlie's Wilson's War demonstrates with deft veracity just how futile wars can be, especially to the very people who spend countless hours and finances to fund them.

Rating: 8.5 out10

Still wondering who Charlie Wilson is and what exactly was his war?

In 1996, I went to help my buddy's granny at a fundraiser for her friend - Charlie Wilson. What I got was a surprise worthy of his sudden fame.

A review of the movie, "Charlie Wilson's War"

This congressman fights a war within himself and in a country half a world away.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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!

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

The 80th Annual Academy Award 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.

Last year I did pretty well and would have done better if there hadn't been a Dreamgirls backlash. This year seems a bit more wide open than last year so it should be tougher going.

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

2008 Oscar Predictions: Who will get the nod and who will get snubbed.

Who won Golden Globes on Sunday night?

Read my predictions for Academy Award nominations for Neil Gaiman works on the big screen, for 2008 and 2009.

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.

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.

This year's award races in the film industry heavily favor George Clooney, Gangster Themes, and Writer's Strike political correctness. An Oscar and Golden Globes wrapup.

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 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.

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

My predictions for the winners among the recently announced nominations for the 2008 Academy Awards.

All of Hollywood is buzzing with the 80th Academy Awards 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.

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

My picks for winners of the most popular categories for the 2008 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Oscar Awards.

As the year draws to a close and writers' strikes have ended many television shows early, Hollywood still managed to buzz with excitement on December 13, 2007 as the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the nominations for the 2008 Golden Globe Awards.

This article shares my predictions for the 2008 Golden Globe award winners.

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.

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

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

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

The Academy Awards are just around the corner on February 24th. For the first time in many years it appears that the acting categories may be easy to predict but there is no clear-cut front-runner to win Best Picture.

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.

My Oscar Predictions for 2008

Have Commies become acceptable villains in Hollywood films, about fifteen years after the end of the Cold War. At least two films, Charlie Wilson's War, which was recently released, and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull suggest that it is so.

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

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

A list of the Oscar Predictions for 2007

This article shares information on the 2008 Oscar nominations along with some predictions about possible winners.

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

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.

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.

A recap of the 2008 Oscars