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OSCAR NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED…

Actor Forest Whitaker was up bright and early in Beverly Hills this morning to announce the nominations for the 81st Academy Awards.
And the nominees are …
BEST FILM: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon, Milk, Slumdog Millionaire and The Reader.
BEST ACTOR: Richard Jenkins (The Visitor), Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon), Sean Penn (Milk), Brad Pitt (Button), [...]

THE OSCAR PRESENTER BLACKOUT

Each year, presenters at the Oscars are strategically announced day by day preceeding the big show. But not this year.
An an attempt to keep viewers guessing this year, Leslie Unger, a spokeswoman for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, says none of the A-list presenters will be announced before the February 22 [...]

VANITY FAIR OSCAR PARTY GETS NIXED

Vanity Fair has just posted the following item:
“After much consideration, and in support of the writers and everyone else affected by this strike, we have decided that this is not the appropriate year to hold our annual Oscar party. We want to congratulate all of this year’s nominees and we look forward to hosting [...]

AND THE NOMINEES ARE….

Check out a list of 80th annual Academy Award nominations. They were announced early this morning at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in L.A. And the buzz is all about whether the Oscar show really will go on as planned. General consensus is yes!
Best Picture: Atonement, Juno, Michael Clayton, No Country for [...]