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AP: Was There a 'Brokeback Mountain' Backlash?
We chatted about it, joked about it, argued about it, spoofed it. "Brokeback Mountain" was everywhere in our popular culture yet it lost the big Oscar it was supposed to win. Was there a "Brokeback Backlash," or was "Crash" just the worthy contender that came on strong in the final Best Picture stre...
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DISPATCH FROM AWARDS SEASON: "Crash" Dashes "Brokeback"'s Hopes For Best Picture at 78th Academy Awa
Four films each won three Academy Awards tonight in Los Angeles: "Crash", "Brokeback Mountain", "King Kong" and "Memoirs of a Geisha". The best picture Oscar at the 78th Academy Awards went to "Crash," which also won the award for best original screenplay and film editing, meanwhile Ang Lee won the ...
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78th Academy Award Winners
Best picture: "Crash"Directing: Ang Lee, "Brokeback Mountain"Actress: "Reese Witherspoon" ("Walk The Line")Supporting actress: Rachel Weisz ("Constant Gardener")Actor: "Philip Seymour Hoffman" ("Capote")Supporting actor: George Clooney ("Syriana")Adapted screenplay: "Brokeback Mountain"Original screenplay: "Crash"Foreign language film: "Tsotsi"Documentary: "March of The Penguins"Animated feature: "Wallace & Gromit"Art direction: "Memoirs of a Geisha"Cinematography: "Memoirs of a Geisha"Costume design: "Memoirs of a Geisha"Documentary short: "A Note of Triumph"Flm editing: "Crash"Makeup: "Chronicles of Narnia"Original score: "Brokeback Mountai...
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"Brokeback," "Capote," "Crash," "Transamerica" Honored With Spirit Awards
For the first time in memory, the Independent Spirit Awards honored a group of films that are likely to dominate the Academy Awards. Presented each year on the eve of the Oscars, the Independent Spirit Awards (presented by the recently re-branded Film Independent) honor work made outside the Hollywo...
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The Guardian: And the Award doesn't go to...
Behind every Oscar winner stands someone - unnamed, unthanked - who taught them everything they know. Leo Benedictus talks to Robert McKee, Ivana Chubbuck, Tory Metzger, and Cynthia Swartz, four of Hollywood's key backroom players.
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"Joyeux Noel" Wins Appeal of 'R' Rating
The MPAA has overturned their rating of French foreign language Oscar nominee "Joyeux Noel," giving the movie a 'PG-13' instead of an 'R'. The film's distributor, Sony Pictures Classics, and director Christian Carion, had appealed the rating. In a statement today, Carion said, "It is important this ...
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DISPATCH FROM AWARDS SEASON: The Indiewood Oscars -- Four Specialty Films (Made For $35 Million Comb
Leading up to Sunday's Academy Awards, numerous insiders and observers have quipped that this year's Oscar ceremony will be a bust with TV viewers since there are few big stars and only smaller movies nominated for the big awards. Indeed, the combined budget for the five best picture Oscar nominees ...
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On the Eve of the Spirit Awards, 4 Questions for Dawn Hudson, Executive Director of Film Independent
Chatting with Variety editor Peter Bart and film producer Peter Guber on this weekend's special Independent Spirit Awards episode of "Sunday Morning Shootout," on AMC, Spirit Awards host Sarah Silverman was asked whether she is looking forward to hanging out with indie people this Saturday at the an...
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Reuters: Israelis ask Oscars to drop suicide bomb film
A group of Israelis who lost children to Palestinian suicide bombings appealed on Wednesday to organizers of next week's Academy Awards to disqualify a film exploring the reasoning behind such attacks. The bereaved parents said they had gathered more than 32,000 signatures on a petition against the ...
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The Spirit Awards Alternative: A Survey of This Year's Nominated Docs
The Independent Spirit Awards have changed a lot since the ceremonies began two decades ago, and this year's nominees look a lot like the Oscars -- except in the documentary category, where "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room," is the only doc to be nominated for both honors. This season, the Spi...
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