Awards
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Halle Berry Film Answers Oscar Eligibility Questions
Film was on Academy’s eligible list in 2009, but emails and the Academy confirm it didn’t actually qualify that year
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Spirit Awards Return to Saturday at the Beach
After relocating for a year to downtown L.A., the show goes back to its traditional tent in Santa Monica, on Feb. 26
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Doc Awards Go to Online Viewing, Voting
Hot-button topic, which the Oscars may need to implement someday, adopted by International Documentary Association
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Good Morning Oscar, October 26: Cover Your Eyes
The stars come out, and James Franco offers advice to the faint of heart
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WGA Bulletin: ‘We Must Improve Our Current Contract’
From basic cable to new media, guild brass uses org-wide memo to outline progressive agenda for upcoming negotiations, in contrast to the “moderate” tone of other entertainment unions
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Jean-Luc Godard to Academy: Thanks, but I Still Won’t Show Up
The honorary Oscar recipient will not attend the Academy’s November Governors Awards ceremony, AMPAS reports
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Good Morning Oscar, October 25: The Rom-Com Bias
One actress works the room, and another fights that prejudice against romantic comedies
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L.A. Critics to Honor Paul Mazursky
Director and indie film pioneer to receive Career Achievement Award from Los Angeles Film Critics Association
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Oscar Animated Field Inches Toward Magic Number
“Summer Wars” enters the fray, leaving the category two films shy of the magic number
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Good Morning Oscar, October 22: Fests & Deals & Blood
Summing up a few days worth of film festivals, awards announcements and deals
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‘Carlos’: A Monumental Film, an Awards-Season Puzzle
Three-part film is “an epic piece of cinema” — and a pain to market and position in awards season
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Inconvenient Truths About Oscar’s Documentary Process
Why great non-fiction films like “Exit Through the Gift Shop” and “Joan Rivers” might not make the cut but “Inside Job” will
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Good Morning Oscar, October 21: A Little Bit Country
Gwyneth Paltrow pulls a Jeff Bridges, while other actresses look for those elusive Oscar attributes
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Academy’s Nicholl Fellowships Go to Local Writers
$30,000 screenwriting prizes awarded to four Southern Californians, one Texan
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Good Morning Oscar, October 20: Madness & Illness
The supporting actor race may expand to let in a mad hatter and a corporate raider