Reuters – Don’t expect to see “The Artist,” winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture, on DVD any time soon.
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"The Artist" to be seen in more theaters this weekend
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Reuters – Don’t expect to see “The Artist,” winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture, on DVD any time soon.
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"The Artist" to be seen in more theaters this weekend
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Reuters – Meryl Streep, who holds the record with 17 for the most Academy Award nominations by any actor, won the Oscar for best lead actress on Sunday for her portrayal of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in “The Iron Lady.”
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Meryl Streep, who holds the record with 17 for the most Academy Award nominations by any actor, won the Oscar for best lead actress on Sunday for her portrayal of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in “The Iron Lady.” It was Streep’s third Academy Award, but her first since winning the Oscar for “Sophie’s Choice” in 1982. She was also honored for the 1979 film “Kramer vs. Kramer,” and had long been considered overdue for another Academy Award
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Reuters – Pakistani filmmaker and first-time Oscar nominee Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy won an Academy Award on Monday for her documentary about acid attack victims, a first for a Pakistani director.
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Pakistani director wins Oscar for film on acid attack victims
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AP – Octavia Spencer of “The Help” is the winner of the Academy Award for best supporting actress.
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Octavia Spencer wins best supporting actress Oscar
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Reuters – If “The Artist” wins the Academy Award for Best Picture on Sunday night, it will be the first film from a non-English speaking country to win the award.
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Can "The Artist" have it both ways?
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Reuters – Oscar week kicked off Tuesday night at a celebration of this year’s nominees for live action and short films, who are among the least-known of the 2012 Academy Award contenders but no less important to the movie industry.
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Short films fill tall order as Oscar nominees
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AP – The first Oscars of the year have been presented at the Scientific and Technical Awards, the motion picture academy’s annual celebration of the geeks and gizmos that make movie magic.
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Filmmaker Douglas Trumbull receives honorary Oscar
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AP – Eiko Ishioka, a bold, Academy Award-winning visual artist whose surreal and sensual costumes were worn by Broadway actors, Olympic athletes, Cirque du Soleil performers and movie stars like Jennifer Lopez, has died in Tokyo. She was 73.
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Costume designer Eiko Ishioka has died at 73
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