Hugo Leads Academy Awards With Eleven Nominations
Martin Scorsese's Hugo tops nominations with 11 including best picture and director. The Artist and The Descendants contend for best picture after Globes results, as a rule change trims the field from 10 to nine. Meryl Streep adds to her record with another nod.
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Oscars Air Live February 26 With Billy Crystal Returning
The 84th annual Academy Awards will be broadcast live at 7 p.m. February 26 on ABC. Comedian Billy Crystal returns as host, bringing familiar humor to the televised ceremony.
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Follow the Oscars Live Coverage on Two Sites
The Gazette provides live Oscar coverage on TheGazette.com Life and HooplaNow.com with February 26 updates from red carpet to curtain call.
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Streep eyes Oscar as Globe win boosts bid for record
The piece notes Meryl Streep with 17 nominations, five more than Hepburn and Nicholson, and her Globe win boosts hopes to end a 12- nomination drought. It mentions Christopher Plummer aiming to become oldest acting winner at 82 if he prevails, and Jessica Tandy’s 1989 best actress win at 80.
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Oscar nominations led by Scorsese’s Hugo at 11
The Oscars feature Melissa McCarthy in Bridesmaids for supporting actress. Clint Eastwood’s J Edgar misses everywhere while Leonardo DiCaprio hoped for best actor. Also snubbed are Tilda Swinton Drive and Shailene Woodley We Need to Talk About Kevin.
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Nominees Listed for Best Picture and Actors
The ballot shows Best Picture nominees including A Better Life, The Descendants, The Artist, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Moneyball, The Help, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Iron Lady, and My Week With Marilyn. Notable actors named include Demian Bichir George Clooney Jean Dujardin Gary Oldman Rooney Mara Meryl Streep and Michelle Williams.
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Supporting actors named for Oscar contenders
Q Kenneth Branagh for My Week with Marilyn Jonah Hill for Moneyball Nick Nolte for Warrior Christopher Plummer for Beginners Max von Sydow for Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
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Actress Oscar nominees list supporting category
The list presents supporting actress contenders including Berenice Bejo for The Artist Jessica Chastain for The Help Melissa McCarthy for Bridesmaids Janet McTeer for Albert Nobbs and Octavia Spencer for The Help.
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Film Directors and Oscar Nominees Across Nations
A fragmented list highlights directors and screenwriters from Belgium Israel Poland Canada and more. Names include Michel Hazanavicius Aaron Sorkin George Clooney and Asghar Farhadi among others associated with films like The Artist Hugo Midnight in Paris and Moneyball.
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The Artist Leads Oscar Nominations Across Categories
A long list of nominees includes The Artist in multiple categories with strong showings for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Hugo Moneyball War Horse and Tintin in various technical and artistic fields. Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin and John Williams receive top recognition amid a wide spread of contenders.
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