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2008 OSCARS  

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

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

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.

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.

This article shares the outcome of the 2008 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.

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.

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.

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

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.

A slicing look at the Coen brothers' latest film.

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.

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

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

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.

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

The Oscars were fairly typical of the awards show that hit its 80th birthday this year.

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

Joel and Ethan Coen's "No Country for Old Men" earned four gold statuettes at the 2008 Oscar Ceremony.

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

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

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

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 look at the 89 version of the academy awards show. Highlights of performances and quotes from host Jon Stewart.

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

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

Thw Writers Guild of America, locked in bitter contract negotiations

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.

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

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...

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

A list of the films nominated for an Academy Award

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.

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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.

A recap of the 2008 Oscars

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.

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.

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

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 Screen Actors Guild is the first award show to have a true red carpet. Sure, the Critics Choice Awards had gone on without a hitch, but it's not as big as the SAGs. And the Golden Globes ended up just being pre-recorded interviews.

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.

The official Oscar nominations will not be announced until tomorrow. People are anxiously awaiting the announcements for the nominations in the top Oscar categories.

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

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

My thoughts on the Oscars...

The Oscars tend to recognize certain kinds of actors, performances, and movies over and over. Who fell under those Oscar friendly trends this year?

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!

What would you do if you discovered $2 million in untraceable, unmarked bills - drug money no one would miss? That's the question pondered in No Country For Old Men, the latest film from the Coen Brothers.

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.

A Texan's comments on "No Country For Old Men."

No Country for Old Men is an exhilerating, attention-grabbing thriller--until the last 10 minutes or so completely ruin any merit the rest of the movie had.

No Country For Old Men is a great movie full of masterfully worked suspense, drama, and a powerful cast.

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.

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

Won Four Oscars. There is a reason why.

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

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.

The G-man was utterly disappointed in the Coen Brothers' Oscar wining film "No Country for Old Men".

The 2008 Academy Award nominations were announced in Beverly Hills, California on Tuesday morning, January 22, 2008.

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

The race for Best Director could be a reflection of Best Picture, as the directors of "No Country for Old Men" and "There Will Be Blood" go toe to toe.

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

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

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

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

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

Here's my modest assessment of what you missed. I watch these shows all the way through for you, people. You're welcome.

Four films received the highest number of Oscar nominations this year: No Country for Old Men and There Will be Blood lead with eight Oscar nominations each, followed by seven nominations for both Atonement and Michael Clayton.

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

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

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

The 2008 movie season will have a long way to go to top the crop of movies from 2007. One specific area that will be hard to top is the way so many great 2007 movies ended.

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

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

There were two reasons why the Academy Awards were conceived.

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.

My Oscar Predictions for 2008

Thanks to the controversial non-end of "The Sopranos" final episode, movies like "No Country For Old Men" and "There Will Be Blood" feel free to cheat their audiences.