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ew.com - 2/6/2009

'The Reader': Oscar spoiler? | Oscars 2009 | 1 | Oscars 2009 | Movies | Oscars 2009 | ...

— ew.com — Before this year's Oscar nominations were announced , the often-bloody battle for Best Picture looked more like a gentlemanly game of cricket. Danny Boyle 's Mumbai fairy tale, Slumdog Millionaire , had racked up four Golden Globes and 16 critics' ... (more) 'The Reader': Oscar spoiler? | Oscars 2009 | 1 | Oscars ...

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largeassmovieblogs.blogspot.com - 2/5/2009

The LAMB Devours the Oscars - Best Documentary Short Subject

— largeassmovieblogs.blogspot.com — Editor's note: Welcome to the seventh of a 24-part series dissecting the 81st Academy Awards, brought to you by the Large Association of Movie Blogs and its assorted members. Every day leading up to the Oscars, a new post written by a different LAMB ... (more) The LAMB Devours the Oscars - Best Documentary Short Subject

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cinematical.com - 2/4/2009

The Oscars Get "Risky"

— cinematical.com — The Oscars are going to be "truly different" this year! I swear! For reals! The Hollywood Reporter posts that Academy president Sid Ganis used this year's Nominees Luncheon to talk up changes to the upcoming ceremony. "Cinematographers, editors, ... (more) The Oscars Get "Risky"

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Carpetbagger — ... , who has been reporting on things like the Oscars long before the pageant made a permanent home at the Kodak Theater, has an article on Monday suggesting there is low level panic among Oscar folks about the show, the ratings of which have been subject to the laws of entropy. This year’s movies are fine and all, but not many people have actually seen them. That has been something of a trend, and could make for a math problem on that night of nights. The nominations of a still relatively little-seen crop of best-picture contenders — “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” ...

81st Annual Oscar Ceremony Set To Be Even More Wet, Wild And Unpredictable Than Usual; New Films To Be Sneak Peeked
:: The Playlist :: — ... Well, the New York Times has unveiled some of the big secrets. Most importantly is the fact that Bruce Vilanch, the one-liner gag writer's role has expanded from supplying his hyuck! zingers to working on an elaborate script. Stop the fucking presses. ...

Academy Promises Oscars Will Be “Different” This Year
Hollywoodtuna — ... Ganis was tight-lipped as to what “risks” might be taken in an attempt to boost sagging ratings (last year’s viewership was at an all-time low), but The New York Times has a few hints. Namely that studios have been asked to provide clips from upcoming movies, “The idea, if the clips prove watchable, is for Mr. Jackman to sign off the broadcast with fresh 10-second snippets of two dozen new movies, to run on a split screen with the end credits.” ...

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Movie Marketing Madness — OK, the Oscars broadcast opening the doors to movie commercials is one thing. But this appears to be something different altogether: Producers of the show — to be hosted by Hugh Jackman and broadcast Feb. 22 on ABC — are even trying to liven up the proceedings by asking studios and others to provide scenes from future films, according to a request sent to various companies last month. The idea, if the clips prove watchable, is for Mr. Jackman to sign off the broadcast with fresh 10-second snippets of two dozen new movies, to run on a ...

Coming soon movie montage will end the Oscars
FilmWad — The New York Times is reporting that producers of the Oscars are looking to include a closing montage of clips from movies coming soon: ...