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05:38 PM, Feb 25, 2013
New Delhi: The best moments from the 84th Academy Awards, Hollywood's biggest night of love for a shared movie-going experience, were ones which were sentimental, nostalgic and drew the audience in with a sense of easy familiarity. For most Indians who made the effort to wake up at 6 AM to catch the live telecast, the comparisons with our own awards functions were inevitable, and almost bile-inducing. When the handsome...
09:08 AM, Feb 28, 2012
Los Angeles: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences handed out Oscars, the film industry's top honor, at the 84th annual Academy Awards on 26 February, 2012. Following is a collection of memorable quotes from the show: Meryl Streep, winner, Best Actress, 'The Iron Lady': "When they called my name, I had this feeling I could hear half of America going, 'Oh no. Come on...Her, again?' You know. But,...
12:42 PM, Feb 27, 2012
Los Angeles: The Oscar telecast takes hours, but it's the moments we remember. Just a few of them, of course - ones that are so emotional, funny, or bizarre that they'll stand out in our collective memories, candidates for future Oscar montages, of course, but also for office watercooler talk. Here's a running look at some of the Oscar moments we may be talking about in the morning: AND HE'S...
09:33 AM, Feb 27, 2012
Los Angeles: Making his much-anticipated comeback as Oscar host after an eight-year absence, comedian Billy Crystal poked fun on Sunday night at his own reluctance to return as he paid light-hearted tribute to leading nominees for the 84th annual Academy Awards. In his ninth appearance as Oscar master of ceremonies, Crystal, 63, opened the show with one of his signature film montages, inserting himself into footage from the biggest and...
09:27 AM, Feb 27, 2012
Los Angeles: Academy Awards voters have spoken up for 'The Artist,' the first silent film to triumph at Hollywood's highest honors since the original Oscar ceremony 83 years ago. The black-and-white comic melodrama took four prizes on Monday, including best picture, actor for Jean Dujardin and director for Michel Hazanavicius. Not since the World War I saga "Wings" was named outstanding picture at the first Oscars in 1929 had a...
07:36 AM, Feb 27, 2012
Los Angeles: Even the hundreds of photographers, TV cameras and webcams around the Hollywood & Highland Center can't capture every starry moment of Sunday's 84th annual Academy Awards. Celebrities reunite on the red carpet, mingle during commercial breaks and experience impromptu star-crossings in the wings - and we've got our eyes and ears trained on those moments. From arrivals to after-parties, here's a running account of what you didn't see...
06:37 AM, Feb 27, 2012
Los Angeles: The 84th Oscar ceremony, hosted for the ninth time by Billy Crystal, will be televised on Sunday from Hollywood, just steps from the historic Grauman's Chinese Theatre. The awards are given out by the Beverly Hills-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Here is a look at the Oscars: EARLY DAYS: When the first Academy Awards were handed out on May 16, 1929, movies had just begun...
06:27 AM, Feb 27, 2012
Los Angeles: The Academy Awards are a big deal - even to A-listers. That's why a parade of stars came through the theater at the Hollywood & Highland Center Saturday to run through their lines and prepare to address their peers in front of a worldwide audience of millions. Muppet rehearsal: Even celebrities of the felt variety took time to practice their lines. Though Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy...
04:21 PM, Feb 26, 2012
Los Angeles: It's only the 84th year of the Academy Awards, yet the nostalgia factor feels as though Hollywood is celebrating a centennial of some sort. Film itself has been around for well over a century, and Sunday's Oscar nominees span every decade of the last hundred years, with an unusual emphasis on the history and artistry of cinema's earlier days. Oscar show producer Brian Grazer says that the Hollywood...
06:31 PM, Feb 24, 2012
Los Angeles: Ricky Gervais says he wants to improve on his controversial performance at the 2011 Golden Globe Awards -- by being even more outrageous the next time around. The British comedian said his third time hosting the annual Hollywood awards ceremony in January 2012 would definitely be his last. But he is aiming to got out with a bang. "They must be mad. Not sure if I'm flattered that...
03:26 PM, Nov 18, 2011
Los Angeles: Oscar organisers on Thursday brought back funnyman Billy Crystal to host the film awards after recent days of turmoil that led to the departure of one producer and his handpicked emcee Eddie Murphy. Crystal, who has hosted the widely-watched Hollywood telecast eight times previously, announced his new job on Twitter with a post: "Am doing the Oscars so the young woman in the pharmacy will stop asking my...
12:48 PM, Nov 11, 2011
