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2013 Oscar winners

Actor Jack Nicholson, left, presents the the award for best picture to producer/director Ben Affleck for "Argo" during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday Feb. 24, 2013, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

BEST PICTURE “Argo”   BEST ACTOR Daniel Day-Lewis, “Lincoln”   BEST ACTRESS Jennifer Lawrence, “Silver Linings Playbook”   BEST DIRECTOR Ang Lee, “Life of Pi”   BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Christoph Waltz, “Django Unchained”   BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Anne Hathaway, “Les Misérables”   BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Chris Terrio, “Argo”   BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Quentin Tarantino, “Django [...]

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‘Amour’ wins Oscar for best foreign language film

Actress Emmanuelle Riva arrives at the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday Feb. 24, 2013, in Los Angeles. Photo by Todd Williamson/Invision/AP

Michael Haneke’s brutal depiction of an aging couple, “Amour,” has won the Academy Award for best foreign language film.

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Stars hit red carpet as Oscar time approaches

Actress Kristen Stewart arrives at the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday Feb. 24, 2013, in Los Angeles. John Shearer/Invision/AP

Hollywood’s glitziest night is under way as Academy Awards nominees in their finest gowns and tuxes hit the red carpet for Sunday’s show, with nominees Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Adams and Charlize Theron among the more statuesque arrivals.

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Adele, ‘Les Miserables’ cast sing on Oscar stage

From left, actors Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway and Eddie Redmayne pose during the photo call of the film Les Miserables at the 63rd edition of the Berlinale, International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. AP

It was an extra starry, musical day at the Dolby Theatre as Adele took the stage first Friday, followed by the cast of “Les Miserables,” singing together for the first time.

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Could 9-year-old win youngest best actress Oscar?

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Photo dated February 4, 2013 shows actress Quvenzhane Wallis attending the 85th Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon at The Beverly Hilton Hotel  in Beverly Hills, California. Quvenzhane Wallis was five, and the filmmakers were only auditioning girls at least six years old.  But they believed her fib and tried her out -- and were blown away, giving her the starring role in low budget film "Beasts of the Southern Wild" over 4,000 other hopefuls.  And now she could become the youngest ever winner of the best actress Oscar, at the 85th Academy Awards, the climax of Hollywood's annual awards season, next weekend.    AFP PHOTO / Robyn Beck / FILES

She landed the part by lying about her age: Quvenzhane Wallis was five, and the filmmakers were only auditioning girls at least six years old.

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‘Metro Manila’ wins at Sundance Film Festival

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British filmmaker Sean Ellis’ “Metro Manila” wins the World Cinema Dramatic Audience Award at the Sundance film fest which ends in Utah Saturday (Sunday Manila time), according to Filipino actor John Arcilla who attended the event.

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Oscar snubs leave Globes with also-ran nominees

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Actress Megan Fox (L) and actor Brian Austin Green arrive at the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 13, 2013 in Beverly Hills, California.   Jason Merritt/Getty Images/AFP

Hollywood’s Golden Globes features quite a different cast than next month’s Academy Awards.

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‘No’ Oscar nomination boosts Chile’s film industry

In this May 12, 2010 file photo, actor Gael Garcia Bernal, arrives at the premiere for the film "Robin Hood" at the 63rd international film festival in Cannes, southern France. Chile gets its first shot at an Oscar for best foreign-language film with the Academy's nomination of “No.” The Mexican actor stars in "No," which revisits a publicity campaign that helped oust Gen. Augusto Pinochet from power after 16 years of his brutal regime. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, File)

Chile is getting its first shot at an Oscar for best foreign-language film, along with global attention and a boost to its thriving film industry with the nomination of “No.”

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‘Lincoln,’ ‘Les Misérables’ early favorites for Oscar’s best picture

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Crusaders for good, old-fashioned Western democracy look to be the key figures vying for this year’s Academy Awards.

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Philippines’ Oscar hope is drama on aging gay man

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Filipino writer and director Jun Robles Lana. AP FILE PHOTO

An independent drama that explores the loneliness and missed opportunities of an ailing, 70-year-old gay man is testing Philippine sensibilities about sexuality and hoping to advance in the Academy Awards’ foreign-language film competition next year.

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Oscar nod for West Memphis 3 film angers parents

The parents of two of three Arkansas boys who were murdered in 1993 said they are disappointed that a documentary about the killings and the three men convicted, known as the West Memphis Three, was nominated Tuesday for an Academy Award.

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Glenn Close pines for Oscar nod

US actress Glenn Close, reacts after she receives the Donostia Award by Colombia film director, Rodrigo Garcia, unseen, at 59th San Sebastian Film Festival Cinema in San Sebastian northern Spain, Sunday Sept. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

SAN SEBASTIAN – Glenn Close picked up a lifetime achievement award in Spain on Sunday but said she’d really like to get an Oscar nod for her role as “Albert Nobbs”, a woman who poses as a man. Close, probably best known as the deranged stalker in “Fatal Attraction”, received the San Sebastian film festival’s [...]

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