Thursday, February 14

• Oscar presenters announced

  Now that the writers' strike is over and we know for sure that the Oscars are actually happening, the Academy has announced it's official participants--i.e., which A-listers will be handing out the awards.

  So which stars will stud the ceremony? A lot of them.

  In addition to all those up for awards, the following will be presenting: Alan Arkin, Jennifer Hudson, Helen Mirren, Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, Jessica Alba, Cate Blanchett, Josh Brolin, Steve Carell, George Clooney, Penelope Cruz, Miley Cyrus, Patrick Dempsey, Cameron Diaz, Colin Farrell, Harrison Ford, Jennifer Garner, Tom Hanks, Anne Hathaway, Katherine Heigl, Jonah Hill, The Rock, Nicole Kidman, James McAvoy, Queen Latifah, Seth Rogen, Martin Scorsese, Hilary Swank,John Travolta, Denzel Washington and Renee Zellweger.

  And for musical entertainment, each of the Best Song nominees will be performing. That includes Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova doing 'Falling Slowly' from Once, Amy Adams singing 'Happy Working Song' from Enchanted, Kristin Chenoweth and Marlon Saunders singing 'That's How You Know' from Enchanted, Jon McLaughlin singing 'So Close' from Enchanted, and Jamia Simone Nash and the IMPACT Repertory Theater of Harlem doing 'Raise It Up' from August Rush.

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  Posted 02/14/2008 by reelz

Wednesday, January 16

• Foreign Film Oscar shortlist shocker

  AMPAS released their shortlist of Best Foreign Film contenders yesterday and none of the expected high profile films made the cut!

  Several movies being put up for the Best Foreign Film Oscar were being heartily pushed by their studios for consideration, including Persepolis and 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days. But despite all the publicity and the critical praise and awards they've raked in, the sum total for these 'sure things' was a giant goose egg.

  The nine shortlisted nominees, which undoubtedly you have never heard of, are The Counterfeiters (Austria), The Year My Parents Went on Vacation (Brazil), Days of Darkness (Canada), Beaufort (Israel), The Unknown (Italy), Mongol (Kazakhstan), Katyn (Poland), and 12 (Russia).

  It just goes to show - you can't always believe the hype!!

  Source: AMPAS.

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  Posted 01/16/2008 by reelz