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Academy Awards - Live Thread 79th Oscar Awards
25 February 2007
| DollyCali
Posted on 02/25/2007 2:29:29 PM PST by DollyCali
Peter Morgan's "The Queen" is nominated for six Academy Awards, including one for best picture.
Under Martin Scorsese's directing, "The Departed" is nominated for five Oscars.
"Babel" is nominated for seven Oscars, including best picture and director.
"Letters" is nominated for four Academy Awards, including best director and best picture.
"Sunshine" is nominated for four Academy Awards, including best picture
Nominated for his role in "Blood Diamond," this is Dicaprio's third nomination.
Nominated for "Half Nelson," this is Gosling's first Oscar nod.
This is veteran actor Peter O'Toole's eighth Academy Award nomination.
Whitaker is nominated for playing the brutal dictator Idi Amin in "The Last King of Scotland."
Smith is nominated for an Oscar for the second time for his roll in the film "The Pursuit of Happyness."
Cruz, nominated for "Volver," plays a woman whose life is thrown into chaos.
Winslet plays a discontented wife in "Little Children," earning her fifth nomination.
Helen Mirren played royalty in "The Queen," earning her third Orcar nomination.
No stranger to the Academy, this is Dench's sixth nomination.
Streep played a well-dressed, outrageously demanding editor in "The Devil Wears Prada."
In "The Departed," Wahlberg explores the underbelly of the Boston police force.
No one plays a heroin-addicted Grandpa like Alan Arkin, nominated for "Little Miss Sunshine."
"Dreamgirls" was a box office hit, and earned Eddie Murphy his first Oscar nomination.
Nominated for "Little Children," this is Haley's first Oscar nod.
This is Huonou's second nomination -- this time, for "Blood Diamond."
Kikuchi, up for "Babel" in which she plays a deaf teenager in Tokyo.
Nominated for "Dreamgirls," this is Jennifer Hudson's first Oscar nod.
This is young Breslin's first nod, for "Little Miss Sunshine."
This is Blanchett's third Oscar nod -- this time, for "Notes on a Scandal."
This is Barraza's first nomination, for Amelia in "Babel."
Eastwood is also nominated for Best Picture for "Letters From Iwo Jima."
Inarritu is nominated for directing "Babel."
Scorsese is a familiar face at the Oscars -- this is his eight nomination.
Frears got the nod in 1990. This time, it's for directing "The Queen."
Greengrass is up for "United 93," his first nomination.
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To: april15Bendovr
Oscar (the one in the garbage can... ala Sesame Street)
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posted on
02/25/2007 4:32:35 PM PST
by
DollyCali
(Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)
To: beaversmom
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posted on
02/25/2007 4:33:32 PM PST
by
DollyCali
(Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)
To: daisyscarlett
Daniel Craig.. hmmmm..
did you see Casino Royale?
He did well, very well.
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posted on
02/25/2007 4:34:17 PM PST
by
DollyCali
(Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)
To: DollyCali
Al and Tipper have arrived...Tipper has aged and has not colored her hair...there are gray streaks in it...
To: daisyscarlett
You're right....bless her heart...
...there's some reason she keeps doing this...
..and I feel guilty for having said it :(
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posted on
02/25/2007 4:36:05 PM PST
by
Guenevere
(Duncan Hunter for President....2008!...)
To: All
Will Smith next on Barbara Walters.
I like him!
Really love the Men in Black flicks
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posted on
02/25/2007 4:36:22 PM PST
by
DollyCali
(Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)
To: Fledermaus
I would love to see Al Gore not win anything! It would definitely make my week if this really did happen!
To: DollyCali
Yeah I saw Casino Royale and loved Casino Royale...
Did you know that they had the Raspberry Awards recently and they did not give one to the new Rocky movie for the first time ever...all other Rockies have won Razzies...they said this one was just too good for a razzie..
To: daisyscarlett
Is she all clear of the breast cancer at this point?
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posted on
02/25/2007 4:37:43 PM PST
by
DollyCali
(Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)
To: daisyscarlett
yes, S. Stallone was wonderful..
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posted on
02/25/2007 4:38:25 PM PST
by
DollyCali
(Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)
To: Guenevere; cardinal4
I've seen more movies in 2007 than I have in the previous few years. "The Queen" was by far the best, followed closely by "Breach." Looking forward to the Idi Amin one, too.
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posted on
02/25/2007 4:39:50 PM PST
by
Ax
(The Congress of the United States is now in enemy hands.)
To: daisyscarlett
PENELOPE CRUZ:
To: Ax
I saw Breach last night.. good movie
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posted on
02/25/2007 4:41:15 PM PST
by
DollyCali
(Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)
To: DollyCali
awk..
Eddie Murphy NOT Will Smith (as she hangs her head in embarrassment)
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posted on
02/25/2007 4:42:06 PM PST
by
DollyCali
(Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)
To: DollyCali; All
To: daisyscarlett
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posted on
02/25/2007 4:43:02 PM PST
by
DollyCali
(Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)
To: DollyCali
Layer Cake is also a good movie that Daniel Craig is in.
To: DollyCali
Jennifer Hudson:
Nicole Kidman is here and she is in red and looks stunning..
To: DollyCali
I like Daniel Craig...
..did you see Michael Sheen earlier?....(Tony Blair in Queen)
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posted on
02/25/2007 4:45:25 PM PST
by
Guenevere
(Duncan Hunter for President....2008!...)
To: Guenevere
Didn't he play a remarkable roll? He looked & sounded so much like TB
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posted on
02/25/2007 4:47:22 PM PST
by
DollyCali
(Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)
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