Sunday’s Oscar telecast commenced with a humorous nod to one of last year ‘s most daring and innovative movies, but by the end of the night it had turned into a celebration of the halcyon days of cinema past. While “Inception ” and ” The King ‘s Speech ” each earned four awards ,...
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Problem with the Academy Awards in a nutshell: You know the “opinions are like a-holes” analogy? Popularity of opinion is no arbiter of quality.
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Leave it to master of awkward comedy Ricky Gervais to leave his fellow stars twitching in discomfiture at Sunday night's Golden Globe Awards ceremony.
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Steve Martin is set to host the Oscars oce again (this time with Alec Baldwin). His ability to blend high art and low culture makes him the consummate host for the glitzy, often pompous, occasionally stirring Academy Awards, able to cut through the pretension of the evening with his bone-dry, self-aware humor.
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