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The Complete Guide To Winning Your Oscar Pool
6:12AM Richard Lawson | Hollywood’s big gay Olympics are approaching, and the annoying “film buff” in your office is probably pestering you to enter his Oscar pool, which he’s convinced he’s going to win. We want you to beat the little nerd. Here’s how! More »
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Sandra Bullock Could Win An Oscar, And Other Predictions
5:43AM Richard Lawson | So those Golden Globes predictions we made? Um, not so accurate! As we watched Sandra Bullock collect an award and Downey Jr sweep in there for a win last night, we started thinking: WTF does this mean for the Oscars? More »
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Golden Globes Preview: Who Will Win And Who Should Win
7:42AM Richard Lawson | The Golden Globe Awards, Hollywood’s second-goldenest night (and certainly its globiest), will go down on live TV this Sunday night. Who will win? Who should win? After the jump we’ll break down the big categories to figure it all out. More »
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Your Complete Guide To Saving Seats At The Cinemas
7:14AM Brian Moylan | It’s the time of the year when hotly anticipated prestige pictures clog our cinemas. I’m laying down some ground rules about saving seats, because I’m sick of having the film ruined by you arseholes. More »
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Oscar Standings: Everyone Gets A Bump From Weekend Awards
8:33AM Richard Rushfield | Another slew of awards and nominations came in this weekend and the result is that this year’s stagnant deathmarch of an Oscar race got a tiny bit shaken up, or at least it got a bit more confusing. More »
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Up In The Air Is The Grapes Of Wrath For The Rich And Out Of Touch
4:26AM Brian Moylan | In yesterday’s New York Times, Frank Rich says the George Clooney flick Up in the Air will, “salve national wounds that continue to fester in the real world”. Did he see the same movie we did? Because he’s totally wrong. More »
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De Niro And Clooney Take On The Vampires At The Weekend Box Office
5:58PM Richard Rushfield | Hard to see anyone knocking the teenage vampires off their perch this weekend — especially as Up In the Air is only in limited release — but a few old stalwarts are reporting for duty and ready to try. More »
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Critics Say Nine Is No Oscar Game Changer
4:44AM Richard Rushfield | There were two shots left at shaking up this year’s horrifically locked in Oscar race: the musical Nine and Avatar. Well, after today’s very mixed reviews of Nine, it looks like Oscar’s only got one bullet left. More »
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Hollywood’s Feel-Bad Movie Season Is Upon Us
5:36AM Richard Rushfield | Each year, with the coming of awards season, the colours of America’s cinemas turn from bright pastels to dismal browns and greys as Hollywood strains for gravitas with their takes on the most depressing topics of the day. More »
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