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Danny Boyle Tackles Mountaineer Survival Story in 127 Hours

It’s official. Danny Boyle has signed on to direct the harrowing story of Aron Ralston, a mountaineer who was trapped under a boulder on a Utah mountain for five days in 2003. He survived by amputating his arm with a dull camping knife and climbing down to safety....  read more

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Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin to Host 2010 Oscars

Nothing makes four hours fly by like comedy. Clearly, this is the philosophy behind the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences’ choice of hosts for the 82nd annual Oscars. On Tuesday, MPAAS announced that Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin would host 2010’s awards show....  read more

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Watch the Trailer for Invictus: Is This the Next Best Picture?

It’s a movie about the transformation of the racial culture of South Africa. Directed by Clint Eastwood. Starring Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon. Anybody else feel like they know where this is headed?...  read more

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Do the New Oscar Rules Really Mean More Diverse Movies Will Be Nominated?

When the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced last summer that it planned a radical change in the best-picture category (10 films will now vie for the prize under a new vote-counting system), arguments typically ran down two paths....  read more

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Tyler Perry's Precious Wins Top Award at Toronto Film Fest

Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire won the Toronto Film Festival's top honor this past Saturday, their People's Choice Award, which is voted on by filmgoers....  read more

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Michael Cera, Tyler Perry, Other Unlikely Folks Invited to Join Academy of Motion Picture Arts

Michael Cera, Seth Rogen, James Franco, Paul Rudd and writer-director Tyler Perry are some of the more unlikely of the 134 people invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences this year, according to a list released by the Academy....  read more

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Oscars Announce More Changes

Just last week, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences told us that they'd be altering the best picture category for the award ceremony's 82nd year. Now, they're letting us know two more changes will be made to the 2010 Oscars: one to the best song category and another to the presentation of the various testimonial awards....  read more

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Oscars to Nominate 10 Movies for Best Picture Rather than Five

In an extraordinary shakeup of Oscar convention, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will now nominate 10 movies for best picture rather than the traditional five, its president announced....  read more

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Salman Rushdie critiques Slumdog Millionaire

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Although Slumdog Millionaire won eight Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay, Bombay-born novelist Salman Rushdie was not impressed with the film, stating during a lecture at Atlanta's Emory University that it "plies impossibility on impossibility."...  read more

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Slumdog Millionaire wins big at Oscars

What were some of the big surprises in last night's 81st Annual Academy Awards? In short, none, and that's partially because there weren't really any big nomination surprises to begin with. Here's a quick guide to all the major winners:...  read more

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