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Nine movies in the running for best picture Oscar

Nine films are competing for the biggest prize in the U.S. film world — the best picture Oscar. Hugo (Eleven Oscar nominations) Oscar-winner Martin Scorsese’s first foray into 3D is a tribute to the early days of cinema. It po [...]

Posted On : Feb, 22 2012 | Comments : 0

Oscar producer Brian Grazer's 2010 gay controversy

Of the many ways it's surprising to learn that Brian Grazer is replacing Brett Ratner as Oscar producer after Ratner uttered a gay slur, there’s this: Grazer himself was involved in a controversy involving a gay slur just [...]

Posted On : Nov, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Oscars 2011: Melissa Leo and other controversies

Leo's adverts in trade magazines, asking to be "considered" may not have broken any Oscar rules, but could be frowned upon, and hand the award to others in her category, most notably Helena Bonham Carter from The King's [...]

Posted On : Feb, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

Small controversies spark Oscar chatter

From star snubs to angry Japanese fishermen to a "Kanye" moment, for a broadcast panned as dull, Sunday's Academy Awards are sure generating day-after water-cooler chatter. At the top of that chatter is an incident that' [...]

Posted On : Mar, 09 2010 | Comments : 0

Sacha Baron Cohen: Sacha’s Oscar appearance aborted, over fe...

Need we scarcely say that all you folks would have been fairly abreast of the controversial and eccentrically funny ways, of popular Comedian Sacha ‘Borat’ Baron Cohen. Indeed, over his fairly eventful career in Showbiz and E [...]

Posted On : Mar, 06 2010 | Comments : 0

Oscars thrive on controversy

Every year before the Academy Awards, a slew of negative press dominates headlines, usually attacking the best-picture front-runners. Last year, best picture winner “Slumdog Millionaire” was accused of child exploitation just [...]

Posted On : Mar, 04 2010 | Comments : 0

Miley's Oscar Gown Not A Copy

Miley Cyrus just can't seem to escape controversy these days. Twenty-four hours after she got the hearts of the fashion world racing with her unique, and breathtaking, bejeweled Oscar dress, reports surfaced that the gown was a big industry [...]

Posted On : Feb, 26 2009 | Comments : 0

Populism in the back row for this year's Oscars

Everybody loves to joke about the Oscars, and there is a lot to joke about. The campaigning, the unworthy nominees, the glitz, the cheesy back-slapping. Yet there is a hard truth about the Oscars that should be easier to admit than it is, [...]