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Writers Guild Awards: 'Midnight In Paris,' 'The Descendants' Win Top Honors

Meryl Streep isn't the only Hollywood star sitting on nearly three decades of Academy Awards losses. Woody Allen has been nominated nine times in the Best Original Screenplay category since his last Oscar win ("Hannah and Her Sisters" at the 1987 ceremony) and eleven times overall. If you take stock in the Writers Guild Awards, however, Allen may break his streak of futility at next Sunday's 84th annual Academy Awards.

 

Unmasking the Academy: Oscar voters overwhelmingly white, male

Oscar Voters

An L.A. Times study of Oscar voters finds that their demographics are much less diverse than the moviegoing public. Academy leaders say they want to diversify. When the names of winners are revealed on Oscar night, months of suspense give way to tears, smiles and speeches.

 

Listen up, Oscars: We want singing Muppets!

Oscars Best Song

If the Academy Awards hate the best song category so much, why don't they just dump it completely? First, only two songs were nominated, and now Deadline.com is reporting that neither will be performed at the ceremony.

 

84th Academy Awards Nominees: The Full List

84th Academy Awards

The nominations for the 84th Academy Awards are out and below is the full list. This year, nine films are contending for BEST PICTURE instead of the usual five. Hugo leads all contenders with 11 nominations; The Artist has 10 nominations; Moneyball and War Horse both have 6 noms; The Descendants and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo tie with five noms; The Help and Midnight in Paris have four each.

 

Jennifer Lawrence to announce Oscar nominations

Jennifer Lawrence

Jennifer Lawrence will help announce this year's Academy Awards nominees. The 21-year-old actress will join Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak at the nominations announcement on Jan. 24. Lawrence earned her first Oscar nomination last year for "Winter's Bone." She stars in the anticipated adaptation of "The Hunger Games," set for release in March.

 

Oscar race hasn't come into focus yet

Oscars Race 2012

'The Artist' gains momentum as critics' and indie groups hand out early citations. As the fall season's first wave of film awards and nominations roll in, the Oscar picture continues to be a murky mass of contenders and question marks.

 

Media Decoder Blog: Billy Crystal to Host Oscars

Media Decoder Blog: Billy Crystal to Host Oscars

One day after Eddie Murphy stepped aside as host, the Academy named a replacement with Oscar experience, moving quickly to fill another key role that had been vacated this week.

Senh: That was fast. The Academy doesn't wait. Billy Crystal has plenty of experience. Maybe he should do it every year.

 

Brett Ratner Resigns: Oscar Producer OUT

Brett Ratner Resigns: Oscar Producer OUT

Brett Ratner is out as producer of the 84th Academy Awards show. It's been a tumultuous several days for Ratner, who, amongst several offenses, used a gay slur when asked a question about filmmaking. The director said that "rehearsing is for fags" in a Q&A session following a screening of his new film, "Tower Heist," at L.A.'s Arclight Cinemas.

Senh: D'oh! That's what you get for making a gay slur. As a celebrity, you gotta be careful about what the words coming out of your mouth.

 

France to send 'La guerre est declaree' to Oscars

France has chosen "La guerre est declaree" ("War is declared") to represent it at next year's Oscars.

 

Eddie Murphy named host of 84th Academy Awards

Eddie Murphy named host of 84th Academy Awards

The rumors became a reality Tuesday: Eddie Murphy will host the 84th Academy Awards, which will be telecast Feb. 26 on ABC, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced.

Senh: Ok, it's now official.

 

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