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Oscar weekend, time to get together with friends, predict the winners, gawk at the celebrities. The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. Awarded annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since 1929 in Los Angeles, it recognizes excellence in motion picture making, such as acting, directing and screenwriting.
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Beverly Hills, CA — Two hundred seventy-four feature films are eligible for the Academy Award® for Best Picture of 2009, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today.
To be eligible for 82nd Academy Awards® consideration, feature films must open in a commercial motion picture theater in Los Angeles County by midnight, December 31, and begin a minimum run of seven consecutive days.
Under Academy rules, a feature-length motion...
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Marc Shaiman has been named music director for the 82nd Academy Awards, according to a report in The Los Angeles Times.
The composer-arranger has earned three Academy Award nominations for Original Score for his work on The American President, First Wives Club,...
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Since June, when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences opened the best picture race to 10 nominees, Oscar has been waiting for a knight in shining box office armor -- preferably a "Dark Knight": a commercial powerhouse with strong critical credentials.
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BoDog has announced the Vegas betting odds for the Academy Awards and Golden Globes. Check them out after the jump.
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Up in the Air 3/1
The Hurt Locker 7/2
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced this afternoon that Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will co-host the 82nd Academy Awards next year. Martin earned an Emmy after he hosed the 73rd Academy Awards. He the hosted the 75th ceremony. Baldwin has never hosted the show. The Oscars will be aired on ABC on Sunday, March 7, 2010, from the Kodak Theatre. As for the Golden Globes next January, Ricky Gervais will host...
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After deciding that Hugh Jackman would not be returning to host the Oscars, the AMPAS has announced today that Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will serve as co-hosts of the 82nd Academy Awards telecast on March 7th, 2010. "We think the team of Steve and Alec are the perfect pair of hosts for the Oscars," said producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman. "Steve will bring the experience of having hosted the show in the past and Alec will be a...
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Beverly Hills, CA — Sixty-three songs from eligible feature-length motion pictures are contending for nominations in the Original Song category for the 82nd Academy Awards®, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today:
“All Is Love” from “Where the Wild Things Are”
“Almost Over You” from “My One and Only”
“Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog”
“AyAyAyAy” from “The Maid”
“Back to Tennessee” from “Hannah Montana The...
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Irish filmmaker Jim Sheridan has long been known as one of the top dramatic directors thanks to his early movies My Left Foot and In the Name of the Father as well as his most personal movie, In America , the three of them having collectively garnered him six Academy Awards nominations.
Sheridan's last movie teamed him with rapper 50 Cent for the biopic Get Rich or Die Tryin' , and it must have seemed very much like a departure, but...
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Stage veterans Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will co-host the 82nd Annual Academy Awards, which will take place on Monday, March 7 in Los Angeles and be aired live on ABC-TV.
Martin has previously co-hosted the ceremony twice. He starred Off-Broadway in Waiting for Godot and is...
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So are two heads really better than one? The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences apparently thinks so. It has announced that Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will co-host the Oscar telecast next March.
“We think the team of Steve and Alec are the perfect pair of hosts for the Oscars,” said producers Adam [...]
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FROM MTV.COM: This past weekend, moviegoers across the nation had their choice of over 3,600 theaters at which they could catch "A Christmas Carol," the 3-D motion-capture odyssey starring Jim Carrey. At the same time, the indie drama "Precious" screened in just 18 places during its opening weekend. "Christmas Carol" raked in the big [...]
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In the first time of Indian History, Slumdog Millionaire won an Oscar award last year. Oscar awards have been presented by American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The 82nd Academy Awards 2010 (Oscar Awards) will telecast ...
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Beverly Hills, CA - Oscar®-nominated composer Marc Shaiman will serve as music director for the 82nd Academy Awards, telecast producers Adam Shankman and Bill Mechanic announced today. - - 'With Marc o...
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The Response, in which Kate Mulgrew portrays a Guantanamo military judge, has made the list of semi-finalists for the 82nd Academy Awards.
Ten live action short films were chosen from amongst seventy-one pictures that qualified, including: The Response, The Door, The Ground Beneath, Hotel, Instead of Abracadabra, Kavi, Miracle Fish, The New Tenants, Short Term 12 [...]
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LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Since June, when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences opened the best picture race to 10 nominees, Oscar has been waiting for a knight in shining box office armor -- preferably a "Dark ...
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Ann Arbor Film Festival scores Academy support for tribute with American avant-garde film icon Kenneth Anger. Legacies collide as the 82-year-old Anger returns to Ann Arbor, home of the longest-running independent and experimental film festival in North America./I/P
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science has announced that Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will serve as co-hosts of the 82nd Academy Awards.
"We think the team of Steve and Alec are the perfect pair of hosts for the Oscars," said Oscar telecast producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman. "Steve will bring the experience of having hosted the show in the past and Alec will be a completely fresh personality for this event."
"I am happy to...
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Beverly Hills, CA - 'Wild Ocean' and 'Hurricane on the Bayou' will screen as the final installment of Part One of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 28th annual 'Contemporary Documentaries' ...
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Apparently it takes two hosts to rival Hugh Jackman’s performance from last year’s Oscar ceremony. Jackman said he wasn’t interested in hosting two years straight and the “Tropic Thunder” duo of Ben Stiller and Robert Downey Jr. also turned down the offer, Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin have stepped up and will attempt to make [...]
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and mtvU announced their second annual "Oscar Correspondent Contest" (http://oscars.mtvu.com/), giving college journalists nationwide the chance to win a trip to Los Angeles to cover red carpet festivities and backstage activities at the 82nd Academy Awards set March 7, 2010.
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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Omelet (www.omeletla.com), a hybrid creative and entertainment agency recognized for its big ideas and innovative use of non-traditional media, announced today that it has been awarded strategic and creative duties for the marketing campaign for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards show scheduled to air on March 7th at 5PT/8ET on ABC. Omelet won the repeat business without a competitive review.
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Fifteen of the 89 film submitted in the documentary feature category will advance to the voting process for the 82nd Academy Awards.
Fifteen of the 89 film submitted in the documentary feature category will advance to the voting process for the 82nd Academy Awards.
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Beverly Hills CA Hamish Hamilton will direct the nd Academy Awards telecast show producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman announced today It will be Hamiltons first time directing the Oscar showHamish is a firstrate liveshow director who will bring enthusiasm experience and a fresh eye to the table said Shankman Hes also a m ...
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2ND UPDATE: It's now official! See AMPAS news release below.
EXCLUSIVE: This is an unexpected combination, one that surely will have Hollywood scratching its collective head. But I consider it a good choice that bodes well for AMPAS new president Tom Sherak. Both Adam Shankman and Bill Mechanic are experienced movie people, and Shankman has the added benefit of current TV experience. They were chosen by the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts...
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Looking back at the early history of the Academy Awards Best Actress award in the 20's and how the women in the first 20 years paved the way for all actresses to come and making huge strides for any actress in their day also.Contributor: Laura LovellPublished: Dec 15, 2009
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Bill Mechanic, the president and chief executive of Pandemonium Films, and "Hairspray" director Adam Shankman were named producers of the 82nd annual Academy Awards
Bill Mechanic, the president and chief executive of Pandemonium Films, and "Hairspray" director Adam Shankman were named producers Tuesday of the 82nd annual Academy Awards telecast. The...
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While the American Film Critics are handing out their awards, the European Film Academy have done there's with little exposure, and I think it does deserve some decent mentions, particularly as The White Ribbon seems to be doing so well. There's arguably a lot more quality in this list over some of the more Hollywood lists. See what you think....Visit Filmstalker for the full story. Restricted feeds to protect content.
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It was announced today before a delegation from Ontario, members of the Indian Film Fraternity and the IIFA Advisory Board that Ontario, Canada will play host to the 2011 International Indian Film Academy Awards. The IIFA Weekend and IDEA IIFA Awards ceremony will be held in the Greater Toronto Area from 16th -19th June 2011. Joined by key members of the Indian Film Industry, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty thanked IIFA for the honour of...
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"Back in 1909, projectionists would stand in the middle of a venue and hand crank 10-minute one-reelers. Some moviegoers would even sit near the projector because they liked the intermittent click-click sound of the cranking." Next week, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will re-create that experience....
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He sang. He danced. He sat in Frank Langella's lap. But Hugh Jackman won't be performing an encore at the 82nd annual Academy Awards. Jackman turned down the chance to host two years in a row, sources told Variety, because... well, he didn't want to host two years in a row. That leaves the door open for other potential hosts. We'd bump Ricky Gervais to the top of the list, but he'll be otherwise occupied with the Golden Globes. We want to know...
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TV critic Mary McNamara offers a few suggestions to the producers of the next Academy Awards. Hint: Think Emmys, George Clooney and vampires.
To: Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman, producers of the 82nd Annual Academy Awards
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In yet another testament of UTV’s HARISHCHANDRACHI FACTORY is now India’s official entry for the 82nd Academy Awards. The film has been co-produced with Paprika Media and Mayasabha Production. UTV has recently kicked off its campaign for the Academy Awards, which will include a targeted and aggressive media burst and extensive screenings in Los Angeles [...]
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and show producers Adam Shankman and Bill Mechanic have officially announced Hamish Hamilton as the director of the 2009 Academy Awards.
It will be Hamilton's first time directing the Oscar ceremony, but Hamilton has a background in live awards coverage, having previously directed both the MTV Video Music Awards and MTV Europe Music Awards. Hamilton is also slated to direct 2010's Superbowl...
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I'm so pleased to learn from IndieWIRE that five animated features will probably be in the running for a 2009 Academy Award. If fewer than 16 films are eligible, then only three films end up on the list of nominees. But the shortlist released today by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences includes 20 films eligible for Oscar nominations, assuming that all films on the list have a qualifying run in Los Angeles before the end of the...
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The films will be hand-cranked and there will be live music accompanying the silent pictures. One night will feature Mary Pickford films.
The films will be hand-cranked and there will be live music accompanying the silent pictures. One night will feature Mary Pickford films.
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The Oscars aren’t set to air until March 7th but producers of the event, Adam Shankman and Bill Mechanic, have chosen their hosts.
Funnymen Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin will co-host the 82nd Annual Academy Awards.
This will be Martin’s third time hosting and Baldwin’s first. “We think the team of Steve and Alec are the perfect [...]
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In yet another testament to UTV's unique ability to pick winners from amongst scores of scripts and movies available for production and distribution, the Company has co-produced HARISHCHANDRACHI FACTORY, which is now India's official entry for the 82nd Academy Awards. The film has been co-produced with Paprika Media and Mayasabha Production. UTV has recently kicked off its campaign for the Academy Awards, which will include a targeted and...
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It was just announced that two vets of Saturday Night Live‘s stage will combine their live audience experience to front next year’s Academy Awards.
Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin’s dual selection comes just one year after Hugh Jackman received praise for his Oscars gig. It also comes one week after Ricky Gervais was appointed to the 2010 Golden Globes post.
“Steve will bring the experience of having hosted the show in the past and Alec...
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Toronto, Canada — On the occasion of his film, PUNCTURED HOPE, being announced as Toronto Pictures’ contender for the 2010 Academy Awards, Director Bruno Pischiutta has addressed the members of his private social network in a letter that breaks down the concept of his company’s cause.
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It will be the first time since 1987 that the Academy Awards telecast will have more than one host.
Hugh Jackman may not be returning to host the Oscars, but there still could be plenty of singing and dancing at the 2010 Academy Awards.
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Washington, Nov 4 (ANI): Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will co-host the 82nd Annual Academy Awards.
“I am happy to co-host the Oscars with my enemy Alec Baldwin,” Us magazine quoted Martin, 64, as saying.
Martin previously hosted the 73rd and 75th Academy Awards.
Baldwin, 51, said: “I don’t play the banjo, but I’m thrilled to be hosting [...]
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Oscar champs Jonathan Demme ("The Silence of the Lambs"), Anjelica Huston ("Prizzi's Honor") and Quentin Tarantino ("Pulp Fiction") as well as honorary Oscar winner Kirk Douglas are the first presenters announced for the inaugural Governors Awards on Nov. 14. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences event will fete Thalberg honoree studio exec John Calley and honorary Oscar recipients actress Lauren Bacall, producer Roger Corman and...
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How good will the next Academy Awards telecast be? A lot will ride on the producers, who were named today. They are Adam Shankman, director of "Hairspray," and Bill Mechanic, chairman and CEO of Pandemonium Films and former chairman and...
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - November 13, 2009) - The Cleantech Open
announced two new speakers, Marc Stanley and Jeffrey Schaub, to its
all-star line-up for Tuesday's Grand Expo and Awards Gala at The Masonic
Center in San Francisco. Marc Stanley is deputy director of the National
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Jeffrey Schaub is the Green
Beat reporter for CBS 5 KPIX Eyewitness News.
Before coming to NIST, Stanley was...
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This year’s Cleantech Open Awards Gala (Tues Nov 17th in San Francisco) is not to be missed. Along with Bill Roth, I’ll be covering the event for TriplePundit. Last year’s event was phenomenal and this year promises to be bigger and better.
The Cleantech Open launched in 2006 and has grown tremendously since. The mission is [...]
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The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has announced Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will co-host this year's Oscar telecast. The 82nd Academy Awards ceremony will be held March 7, 2010. Martin hosted the show in 2001 and 2003....
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Hollywood vet Bill Mechanic and Hairspray director Adam Shankman (he's just announced plans to film the musical Rock of Ages) will produce the next Oscars telecast--the one with ten best picture nominees. The selection of Shankman (Mechanic is best known...
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Michigan State University can add another notch to its Hollywood belt this week, adding to such notable notches as Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell. Bill Mechanic, already well known in the industry, was named as co-producer of the 2010 Oscar show.
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As you might remember, Mechanic's production company, Pandemonium, produced Coraline, a movie that had a lot of Detroit and MSU references throughout. When he was...
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Actor Alec Baldwin and comedian Steve Martin will co-host the 82nd
Academy Awards next March, and will team up as Oscars hosts, according
to reports. Martin has hosted the ceremony twice before...
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An Education, The Last Station, Broken Embraces, Coco Before Chanel, The Damned United. There are Oscar nominees in those films, the smart money says. But will tiny Sony Classics be able to coax wins or even nominations out of that...
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Hugh Jackman delivered a rousing performance hosting the Oscars last
year but the Academy Awards will have someone new for a host this year,
according to a report from trade magazine Variety...
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- Oscar(r)-nominated composer Marc Shaiman will serve as music director for the 82nd Academy Awards, telecast producers Adam Shankman and Bill Mechanic announced today.
'With Marc on board, we are sure to have some great musical and, hopefully, hysterical moments,' said...
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Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman will produce the 82nd Academy Awards(r) telecast, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak announced today. This will be the first major Oscar show involvement for both men.
'I couldn't be happier to...
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Actor Sean Penn, winner of Best Actor Award for "Milk" and wife Robin Wright Penn attend the 81st Annual Academy Awards Governor's Ball held at Kodak Theatre on February 22, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Robin Wright Penn;Sean Penn (Getty Images)more pics »It seems like divorce even has its perks, Robin Wright Penn thinks her pending divorce Sean Penn will actually boost her...
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Films submitted in the Animated Feature Film category also may qualify for Academy Awards in other categories, including Best Picture, provided they meet the requirements for those categories. The 82nd Academy Awards nominations will be ...
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TrekWeb.comKate Mulgrew Short Film Makes the List of Academy Awards Semi-FinalistsTrekWeb.comBy GustavoLeao / 12:24, 6 December 2009 / Voyager According to TrekToday, the short film The Response, in which Star Trek Voyager star Kate Mulgrew stars as ...
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NEW YORK, Dec. 1 /PRwire-USwire/ -- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and Lighthouse International, the premier non-profit dedicated to fighting vision loss, have concluded a new agreement that will provide an East Coast office for the
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So much for my hopes of seeing Larry David's signature stare-down against the masses of Hollywood at the upcoming Academy Awards. As it turns out, the Oscars have selected a host — or hosts, I should say. The comedic duo of Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin have agreed to host the 82nd annual Academy Awards, an [...]Vulture (subscribe) : We Came Thisclose to a Steve Martin/Tina Fey–Hosted Oscar Telecast ...The PopCrunch Show (subscribe) : “Gossip...
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Films may have been silent a century ago, but the film projectors weren't. Back in 1909, projectionists would stand in the middle of a venue and hand crank 10-minute one-reelers. Some moviegoers would even sit near the projector because they liked ...
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TheWrapOSCAR ALERT - Animated Feature Entries Due November 2nd for Academy AwardsSan Francisco ChronicleI just received an alert from AMPAS (The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) explaining that filmmakers who want to qualify for the Animated ...Who's Playing Well in Oscar's House?TheWrapall 2 news articles »
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This is an unexpected combination, one that surely will have Hollywood scratching its collective head. But I consider it a good choice that bodes well for AMPAS new president Tom Sherak. Both Adam Shankman and Bill Mechanic are experienced movie people, and Shankman has the added benefit of current TV experience. They were chosen by the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences board of directors after...Vulture (subscribe) : Adam Shankman and...
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‘We wanted him to go on an adventure so he’d have to use his cane and false teeth in a fight’ After directing Monsters, Inc for Pixar, Pete Docter got together with Bob Peterson, who would eventually serve as his co-director on Up . “We ...
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Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will co-host the 82nd Annual Academy Awards, the Academy announced Tuesday....
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coho. The producers of the Academy Awards have announced that Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will serve as co-hosts of the 82nd Academy Awards. “I am happy to co-host the Oscars with my enemy Alec Baldwin,” said Martin. ...
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NEW YORK (AP) — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the 15 films vying for best visual effects consideration at the Oscars.
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Ellen DeGeneres, Chris Rock, Jon Stewart and Hugh Jackman have all had a chance to helm Hollywood's biggest party — now it's time to try one of these luminaries.
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TV News: Duo tapped for 82nd Academy Awards gig -- Adam Shankman and Bill Mechanic have been tapped as the producers of the 82nd Academy Awards.
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Tony Award-winning Hairspray composer-lyricist Marc Shaiman will be the music director for the 82nd Academy Awards, according to the Los Angeles Times.
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