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OSCAR 2012, Academy Awards Nominees News, Feb 07, 2012

The 31st Oscar nominess 'class photo'
Variety
The democratic seating arrangement gives first-time nomineesthe chance to rub elbows with AMPAS governors and Oscarveterans. "This is the last time you will be rooting for each other," Academy prexy Tom Sherak joked in his opening remarks.
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Variety
Academy Award nominees lack stand-out performance
The Stylus
Recent years have shown that Golden Globes winners do not necessarily take home Oscars at the Academy Awards. Despite the clear one-sided winners of past years, this year lacks a dominating film that stands out as the clear winner.
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Oscar nominees luncheon: The top moments
USA TODAY
By Bryan Alexander and Claudia Puig, USA TODAY The 84thAcademy Awards nominees luncheon at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Monday was filled with priceless moments. By Dan MacMedan, USA TODAY Artists behind 'The Artist': Director Michel Hazanavicius, ...
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USA TODAY
Oscars Yank Performances by Best Song Nominees (Again)
Spin Magazine
By Devon Maloney on February 7, 2012 11:56 AM Comment To punctuate how little the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences cares about music this year, Deadline reports the Oscars will not allow the twonominees for Best Original Song — Bret ...
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The 2012 Academy Awards nominees lunch: What they wore
Telegraph.co.uk
BY Olivia Bergin | 07 February 2012 With less than three weeks to go until Oscar night, the Academy Awardscommittee held their annual luncheon for the nominees in Beverly Hills yesterday. While frothy frocks weren't the order of the day, ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Oscar nominees 'The Artist', 'Iron Lady' cross $20 mn
IBNLive.com
Los Angeles: Two of The Weinstein Company's contenders for Academy Awards - 'The Artist' and 'The Iron Lady' - surpassed the $20 million mark at the box office this weekend. The company's 'WE', directed by Madonna, meanwhile, ...
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Gary Oldman, Finally An Oscar Nominee, Reflects On His Long Career
Moviefone
Maybe it's to his credit that it took Gary Oldman this long to earn an Oscarnomination. In a career that has spanned 30 years, he's gone punk, donned wizard robes, thrashed around as a Russian terrorist and slipped into the trench coat of a reluctant ...
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Oscar Nominees Luncheon: Rooney Mara Talks Super Bowl, George Clooney Enjoys ...
E! Online
If the Oscars are just a little over two weeks away, it must mean it's lunchtime. The Beverly Hilton hotel was packed earlier today for the Academy's annual nominees luncheon. What went down and what was everyone talking about?
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E! Online
Emotion Could Propel Lead Actress to Top in Oscar Race
Voice of America
February 07, 2012 Emotion Could Propel Lead Actress to Top in OscarRace Veteran Meryl Streep faces fierce competition from first-time nomineeViola Davis for Hollywood's top honor Penelope Poulou Five leading ladies are competing for the Oscar for ...
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Michelle Williams: Hit Or Miss at Oscar Nominee Luncheon
TooFab.com
Being an Oscar nominee definitely has its perks. Obviously, there's the chance that you'll win the highest honor that can be given to someone working in film ... but also, you get to attend a lot of really cool parties! The annual Oscar Nominee ...
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OSCARS REVIEW: Meryl Streep, The Ironclad Oscar Nominee
Neon Tommy
With Oscar campaigns in full effect it is easy to get carried away with the illusory tempting mirage of the studio marketing campaigns and forget about what the Oscar nomination should really be about: the performance. In the words of the Iron Lady,...
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Neon Tommy
OSCAR NOMINEES ARE LOSERS AT THE BOX OFFICE
U-T San Diego
By MICHAEL CIEPLY & PAULA SCHWARTZ NYT News Service No matter how you slice the numbers for this year's best-picture nominees, they look the same: dismal. The year's nine nominees, according to the charts from boxofficemojo.com, have taken in about ...
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George Clooney, Viola Davies and Jean Dujardin share their excitement ahead of ...
TelegraphTV
As the 84th Annual Academy Awards approaches, Oscar nominees George Cloony, Viola Davis and Jean Dujardin share their thoughts on acting, meeting each other and the big night.
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Stars come out at the Oscars luncheon (1:47)
Washington Post
Impromptu songs and Clooney's haiku as nominees attend the 84th AnnualAcademy Awards luncheon. (Feb. 7) (/The Associated Press) Correction: Clarification: SuperFan badge holders consistently post smart, timely comments about Washington area sports and ...
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'Harry Potter' and the Continuity Question
New York Times (blog)
2012 Oscar Ballot: Cast your votes, create your own Oscars pool and challenge your friends. But the Bagger managed to speak to one who wasn't doing either. Stuart Craig, an Oscar nominee for the art direction of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: ...
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New York Times (blog)
Oscar News: Nominated Songs May Not Be Performed Live; Milla Jovovich Will ...
Collider.com
Hit the jump for more Oscar news, in which Milla Jovovich hosts the technical awards and the nominees assemble for a group photo. Marisa Tomei, Elizabeth Banks, Jessica Biel, Jessica Alba, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Rachel McAdams, Scarlett Johansson,...
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Collider.com
The other Academy Awards
College Times
Last month the Academy announced their award nominees, but you likely didn't hear about it. Later this month, they'll host a red-carpet awards show, but chances are you won't be watching. While the Academy Awardsfeatures all of the fanfare and glitz ...
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ShowBiz Minute: Chris Brown, Jay-Z, Oscar Lunche
The Associated Press
Chris Brown to perform at the Grammys; Jay-Z plays Carnegie Hall;Academy Awards nominees gather for Oscar Luncheon. (Feb. 7)
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Awesome Animators Photo-Bomb 2012 Oscar-Nominee Group Picture
Movieline
I had a feeling this was coming: Two years after songwriter Ryan Bingham photo-bombed his own Oscar-nominee luncheon group photo, the customary portrait once again met its match with animators Brandon Oldenburg and William Joyce. Good for them!
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Oscars 2012 nominees get a taste of the awards - in pictures
The Guardian
Asian-inspired hors d'oeuvres and Atlantic salmon was dished up to 150 guests at the annual knees-up for contenders at this year's Academy Awards. No snaps of the nosh, but here are some of the hungry arrivals.
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Michelle Williams Wears Another Victoria Beckham Dress
Hollywood Reporter
The 'My Week With Marilyn' star stepped out in her second dress by the British designer at the Oscar nominees lunch Feb. 9. Michelle Williams chose a Victoria Beckham dress for the 84th annual Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon.
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Hollywood Reporter
DVD Review: Rachel Weisz Delivers Oscar-Caliber Work in 'The Whistleblower'
HollywoodChicago.com
CHICAGO – I have a sneaking suspicion that if The Weinstein Company had acquired this film and released it during the 2011 awards season, Rachel Weisz would currently be an Oscar nominee. After playing an assortment of vulnerable, photogenic damsels ...
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Amy Adams Starring in, Producing 'Object of Desire'
Reuters
The Oscar-nominee will partner with Maven Picture to bring the story of a social-climbing gallery dealer to the screen. The part is far removed from the nice girls that Adams made her reputation playing in films like "Enchanted" and "Doubt" -- although ...
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Embracing the Digital Divide in a Dazzling year for Cinematography
Below the Line
Usually there is some overlap between the Oscar and ASC nominees. This year four of the five DP's nominated for the two awards were the same. Oscar nominee Kaminski however did not make the ASC list. The ASC's fifth nominee was Hoyte Van Hoytema, ...
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Below the Line
Oscar frontrunner 'The Artist' mostly worth the hype (podcast)
al.com
Starring MMA fighter Gina Carano, the film has enough style and action to appeal to Soderbergh novices. The guys wrap it up with a discussion on the biggest Oscar snubs and surprises upon the announcement of the 2011 nominees. The Artist . jpg.
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al.com
Picture of the day: Glenn Close at the Oscars nominees lunch
The Guardian (blog)
And doesn't she look relaxed posing for pictures at the Oscarsnominations luncheon in Hollywood? One final thought on the look: it could not be in starker contrast to the costumes she wears in Albert Nobbs, the film in which Close plays a woman ...
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The Guardian (blog)
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Boston Herald (blog)
I just love Oscar season! The ridiculous gift bags, the endless movies, the dead people montages- it's just so fun. Thenominees for the 2012 Oscars appeared at their NomineeLuncheon today, and as usual, everyone was taking themselves VERY seriously.
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Boston Herald (blog)
From The Garage To The Red Carpet Academy Award Nominees
PaddockTalk
Automotive expert James Bell, will be dressed in his best as Oscar host to “drive” you through some of the best movies where the car has reached ultimate stardom in Hollywood. This year, there are many cars that have made the coveted list. Nominees ...
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Graham King on 'Hugo's' box-office woes: 'It's been painful'
Los Angeles Times
Last weekend I hosted a panel at the Santa Barbara Film Festival that featured five producers whose films were Oscar best picture nominees. At one point I asked everyone how many shooting days they had to make the film. After everyone else answered, ...
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Reader input needed: Who are your Oscar winners?
Chanhassen Villager
by Eric Kraushar Have you seen any of the nine Best Picture nominees for the Oscars? Or loved or hated the performance of one of the five actress and actor nominees? Even the Best Director category? An Oscar preview will run in our Let's Go Section Feb ...
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Jimmy Kimmel live show follows the Oscars
Examiner.com
Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady), George Clooney (The Descendants) and Martin Scorsese (Hugo) are Oscar nominees this year. This year's nominees gathered for the annual Academy Awards luncheon on February 6. Academy Awards luncheon for nominees - pictures.
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Academy Awards Nominations Luncheon: Viola, Octavia, Rooney
Gather Celebs News Channel
The Fashion Court IDed the Oscar nominee's Juan Carlos Obando dress. The a-line skirt number was a great fit on Viola. Although, she could have gone for something more leg-lengthening than those multi-strap peep-toes by Jimmy Choo.
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Glenn Close Dresses Up in 'Albert Nobbs'
Patch.com
By Noah Golden “I think you are the strangest man I've ever met,” cheerful chambermaid Helen (Mia Wasikowska) tells Albert Nobbs (recentOscar-nominee Glenn Close) during a long walk in the park. On one hand, she is absolutely right.
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LIST | 2012 Juno Award nominees
CBC.ca
Traditional jazz album: Aspects of Oscar, Dave Young Quintet; Verge, David Braid; Deep Shadows, Kirk MacDonald Orchestra; Still Rollin', Mike Murley Septet; Live In Baden, Oliver Jones. Instrumental album: Cats & Dogs, Andrew Collins; ...
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Kristen Wiig On 'Portlandia': Crazed Stalker Kidnaps Fred And Carrie (VIDEO)
Huffington Post (satire)
Kristen Wiig -- sorry, Oscar nominee Kristen Wiig -- visits "Portlandia" in this week's episode, playing exactly the type of character she naturally would inhabit in the Portlandia universe: A crazed stalker obsessed with Cat Nap, a band comprised of ...
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Karen Thompson Walker's THE AGE OF MIRACLES Acquired by River Road
The Daily BLAM
By Eric Whitman The production company behind Best PictureOscar-nominee The Tree of Life has optioned the rights to the unpublished existential apocalyptic novel by Karen Thompson Walker. 'It is never what you worry over that comes to pass in the end.
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Hébert: Radio-Canada's days as talent incubator may be over
Toronto Star
... of cabinet ministers and MPs — converged on the Ottawa's National Arts Centre at the invitation of federal heritage minister James Moore Monday night for a special screening of Monsieur Lazhar, Canada's 2012 Oscar nominee for best foreign film.
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Thomson: How Iran Produced the Best Film of 2011—and What Americans Can Learn ...
New Republic
It is one of the Academy Award nominees for Best Foreign Picture, but by any sense of justice in any nation (let alone the self-assessed greatest in the world) it would have been nominated for Best Picture before anything else.
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New Republic
Training your f/x eye
Variety
By David S. Cohen S ome inside the Acad's vfx branch once worried that if there were five visual effects nominees, the general membership would vote the Oscar to "the wrong movie." That argument will be tested this year, as there are five vfx nominees ...
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Variety
All the Laureus Sports Awards nominees
Jacaranda 94.2
The Laureus Sports Awards, the "Oscars" of the sporting world, takes place in London on Monday evening. Laureus World Sportsman of the YearNominees: Usain Bolt; Novak Djokovic; Lionel Messi; Dirk Nowitzki; Sebastian Vettel; Cadel Evans.
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The 31st Oscar nominess 'class photo' - Entertainment News, Oscar ...
Luncheon took place Monday at the Beverly Hilton.
www.variety.com/article/VR1118049817/
The 31st Oscar nominess 'class photo'
The democratic seating arrangement gives first-time nominees the chance to rub elbows with AMPAS governors and Oscar veterans. "This is the last time you ...
www.variety.com/article/VR1118049817.html
The 31st Oscar nominess 'class photo' | Movies With Butter
1958 Oscars - Winners and Nominees ... or the people as a whole as distinguished from any particular class. More... Uncategorized News. AMC Entertainment ...
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Take A Look At The Oscar Short Animated Film Nominess, Won't ...
We have clips, trailers, and even a full animated short. Is this the category in which Pixar will earn its Oscar this year?
www.screened.com/news/take-a-look-at-the.../3401/
Oscar nominees Glenn Close and Janet McTeer shine in 'Albert ...
Oscar nominees Glenn Close and Janet McTeer shine in 'Albert Nobbs'. Published: Thursday, January 26, 2012, 12:00 PM Updated: Friday, January 27, 2012, ...
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