latimesblogs.latimes.com - 2/23/2009
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I guess reinventing the Oscars is harder than it looks. The academy gave the gig this year to producers Larry Mark and Bill Condon, two classy industry veterans who've been involved with all sorts of admirable films over the years....
justjared.buzznet.com - 2/18/2009
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justjared.buzznet.com —
Check out these exclusive shots of Hugh Jackman
rehearsing for the 2009 Oscars , which is THIS
SUNDAY. According to E! ’s Marc Malkin , the 40-year-old triple threat will be joined on stage by Beyoncé , High School Musical stars and real-life couple ...
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atomicpopcorn.net - 2/24/2009
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Do the Oscar's Matter? Hollywood continued to shine
(on a slightly smaller budget) at the Kodak Theatre
for the 81rst Academy Awards. Hosted by the multi-talented Hugh Jackman, this star studded event went underway on Sunday evening while producers crossed their fingers, hoping that the ...
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Awards Roundup: That’s All Folks
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With the 81st Academy Awards only a memory now, this year’s award season is officially over.“Slumdog Millionaire” won eight awards , Sean Penn beat Mickey Rourke, and we can no longer say Kate Winslet needs an Oscar. Meanwhile, the internet is abuzz with day after reporting before Oscar blogs officially close up shop and wait for September to begin yet another round. In brief: It looks like Oscar ratings are up; Patrick Goldstein didn’t like the show , Roger Ebert really, really did (calling it “the most entertaining and innovative Oscarcast I’ve ...
Oscar Complaints. Today in Film Bloggery 02/23/09
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... Patrick Goldstein, of The Big Picture, is thoroughly negative: “From Jackman’s strangely self-conscious low-rent opening musical number to Ben Stiller’s very inside-the-Beltway spoof of Joaquin Phoenix’s recent appearance on David Letterman’s late-night show, the awards had a tone problem–they tried to be something for everyone, coming off like a movie script that had its edginess and guts airbrushed out by too many studio notes. It was hard to find any focused narrative for the awards, which were busy veering wildly from making fun ...
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getthebigpicture.net 2/12/2009 — Somehow, the producers thing that not telling us who the presenters are and showcasing clips of some 2009 movies is going to get more people to watch the Oscars.
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Film Gecko: Live-Blogging the Oscars!
filmgecko.com 2/22/2009 — The Oscars are the place to be tonight, and I’m live-blogging the event right here on Film Gecko .
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A Small Oscars
carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com 2/23/2009 — It looks like they might bring this one in at under three hours, so I'll curb my complaining. And I'll close by noting that this seemed not only like a relatively brief Oscar ceremony, but a small one. Maybe this is a harbinger of things to come.
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