Davis or Streep: Who Will Win the Best Actress Oscar?

Davis or Streep: Who Will Win the Best Actress Oscar?

As the Oscars loom this weekend, the frontrunners to win the Best Actress Academy Award appear to be Meryl Streep and Viola Davis.

The other three nominees — Michelle Williams, Glenn Close, and Rooney Mara — are long shots to win.

Here is how the race to the Best Actress Oscar unfolded this year from the earliest critics’ award ceremony.

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Party Like a Star on Oscar Night: A Menu of Fame

Party Like a Star on Oscar Night: A Menu of Fame

The night of the Academy Awards is a time for movie lovers all over the world to celebrate great film talent with friends and good food.

To impress the guests at your Oscar party with a fun menu, try this suggestion: Whip up some memories of your favorite Academy Award-related movies associated with food, then add the name of your muse.

Here is a fun party menu tied to Oscar nominated films.

Cagney Vodka and Grapefruit Cocktail

In “The Public Enemy” (1931), Jimmy Cagney shot to stardom and shocked audiences when he pushed a grapefruit into Mae Clark’s face.  Combine one part vodka to two parts grapefruit juice and stir, all the while wondering how bad guy Cagney charmed America – read more –

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Virtual Party Tour Guide for Academy Awards Weekend in Hollywood

Martin Scorsese and the Film Foundation's Cocktails and hors d'Oeuvres pre-Oscar party will take place at the Hotel Bel-Air.

It’s that time of year again to go Oscar-party hopping in Hollywood, if one has an invitation to the balls.

While most are invitation-only, crowds still form outside these famous venues to watch the stars arrive and leave.

Here is a virtual tour of the most high-profile Oscar parties coming up on Academy Award weekend. – read more –

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Hollywood Movie Events in Los Angeles Feb. 24-March 1

The official poster of the 84th Academy Awards

It’s Academy Award weekend in Hollywood, and Los Angeles movie events continue with special screenings, Oscar-related symposiums, a free Movie Night at the Roxy, appearances by filmmakers and stars at screenings of new and old films, and so much more. – read more –

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Clooney vs. Dujardin: Who Will Win the Best Actor Oscar?

Clooney vs. Dujardin: Who Will Win the Best Actor Oscar?

The race for the Best Actor Academy Award appears to have come down to two contenders: Jean Dujardin in “The Artist” and George Clooney in “The Descendants.”

Only a split vote by members of the Academy would give the other nominees — Brad Pitt, Demian Bichir, or Gary Oldman — any chance to take the prize.

Here’s how Clooney and Dujardin came to be the frontrunners for the Best Actor Oscar this year. – read more –

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How ‘The Artist’ Came to Be Favored for Best Picture Oscar

How ‘The Artist’ Came to Be Favored for Best Picture Oscar

As “The Artist” (2011) appears to move relentlessly toward the Academy Award for Best Picture, it’s interesting to trace how it came to be the favored frontrunner.

The critics began choosing their best picture winners at award ceremonies in New York late last year, and others weighed in across the country, in Canada, and internationally.

Finally, the voting members in the industry made their choices known. Here is how it all went down. – read more –

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Is ‘This Means War’ Mindless Fun? Opening Day Quotes

Is ‘This Means War’ Mindless Fun? Opening Day Quotes

Moviegoers in Los Angeles who went to see “This Means War” this weekend had a lot of opinions on the film.

The new romantic-comedy starring Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, and Tom Hardy is about two guys who pull out all the stops to win one girl while she pours her heart out to her best friend, played by Chelsea Handler.

Here are opening day quotes from local viewers on the movie. – please click here to read more –

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Nicolas Cage’s Best Quirky, Oddball Roles

Opening in "Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance" this weekend, Nicolas Cage has had some memorable roles in other films

Nicolas Cage has made so many movies over his 30-year career, including the new “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance” (2012), it is easy to forget he earned critical acclaim for many of them.

His ability to play quirky characters with conviction earned him two Academy Award nominations and one win.

Here are the best of Cage’s most memorable, oddball roles. – please click here to read more –

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Hollywood Movie Events in Los Angeles Feb. 17-23, 2012

"Rango" - one of the Oscar-nominated Animated Feature Films that the Academy is showing this week at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

This week in Hollywood, the Academy and others present special screenings of Oscar-nominated films with hosts Bill Bird, Michael Moore, and Patton Oswalt; a “Planet of the Apes” marathon; two red carpet premieres; multiple double features with cast and crew present; and so much more. – please click here to continue reading –

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Favorite Tweets From the BAFTA Awards

The BAFTA Award

The Brits gave out the BAFTA Film Awards, their equivalent to the American Oscars, in Covent Gardens in London this year.

I turned to Twitter in the afternoon to learn the latest, and caught the Awards just starting across the sea. I settled in to get the scoop.

Tweeters from Warner Bros. felt the same way, simply announcing: “Tea and BAFTA awards time.”  Far from boring, the show opened with – read more –

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