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2008 OSCAR PREDICTIONS  

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 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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

There were some major Oscar snubs this year by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. A number of deserving actors, directors and films did not receive Oscar nominations. There were also a couple of nice surprises for unsuspecting actors.

A recap of the 2008 Oscars

Forget about the Oscars. Who is going to win a Razzie Award this year?

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

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

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

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

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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.

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

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.

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

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.

My predications for the 2008 Oscars.

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

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.

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

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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.

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

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?

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

Now I haven't been to a movie for a while but I can tell if a film is going to be good or not by watching the previews and looking the film up on the Internet.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

Thw Writers Guild of America, locked in bitter contract negotiations

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

The 2008 Spirit Awards, which celebrate independent films, will be given out on Sunday, February 23, 2008, 2008 at t 5:00pm EST on the IFC (Independent Film Channel). Who is nominated and who will win?

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

Cinematographer Haskell Wexler has won two Oscars for his photography on motion pictures. He remains a committed political progressive.

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?

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

There were two reasons why the Academy Awards were conceived.

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.

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.

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

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

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 2008 Oscar nominations went pretty much according to plan, with a few minor surprises and one bona fide shocker.

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

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

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

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.

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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 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.

Here are the 2008 Academy Award winners and how the top category winners compared with my predictions. There were several surprises for me.

A profile of Oscar-winning filmmaker Sydney Pollack

No Oscar nominations would be complete without a fair share or snubs. Whether it's your favorite actress, a Golden Globe nominated or winning film, or an Academy favorite, snubs are often the talk of the town when the Academy Award nominations are announced.

This article shares the outcome of the 2008 Oscars.

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

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.

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.

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.

In a year of groundbreaking film and breakout performances, the Oscar nominations went to old favorites and left out several deserving nominees.

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

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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.