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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







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Academy Awards

The Queen

Peter Morgan's "The Queen" is nominated for six Academy Awards, including one for best picture.

Academy Awards

The Departed

Under Martin Scorsese's directing, "The Departed" is nominated for five Oscars.

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Babel

"Babel" is nominated for seven Oscars, including best picture and director.

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Letters From Iwo Jima

"Letters" is nominated for four Academy Awards, including best director and best picture.

Academy Awards

Little Miss Sunshine

"Sunshine" is nominated for four Academy Awards, including best picture



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Academy Awards

Leonardo DiCaprio

Nominated for his role in "Blood Diamond," this is Dicaprio's third nomination.

Academy Awards

Ryan Gosling

Nominated for "Half Nelson," this is Gosling's first Oscar nod.

Academy Awards

Peter O'Toole

This is veteran actor Peter O'Toole's eighth Academy Award nomination.

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Forest Whitaker

Whitaker is nominated for playing the brutal dictator Idi Amin in "The Last King of Scotland."

Academy Awards

Will Smith

Smith is nominated for an Oscar for the second time for his roll in the film "The Pursuit of Happyness."



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Academy Awards

Penelope Cruz

Cruz, nominated for "Volver," plays a woman whose life is thrown into chaos.

Academy Awards

Kate Winslet

Winslet plays a discontented wife in "Little Children," earning her fifth nomination.

Academy Awards

Helen Mirren

Helen Mirren played royalty in "The Queen," earning her third Orcar nomination.

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Judi Dench

No stranger to the Academy, this is Dench's sixth nomination.

Academy Awards

Meryl Streep

Streep played a well-dressed, outrageously demanding editor in "The Devil Wears Prada."



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Academy Awards

Mark Wahlberg

In "The Departed," Wahlberg explores the underbelly of the Boston police force.

Academy Awards

Alan Arkin

No one plays a heroin-addicted Grandpa like Alan Arkin, nominated for "Little Miss Sunshine."

Academy Awards

Eddie Murphy

"Dreamgirls" was a box office hit, and earned Eddie Murphy his first Oscar nomination.

Academy Awards

Jackie Earle Haley

Nominated for "Little Children," this is Haley's first Oscar nod.

Academy Awards

Djimon Huonsou

This is Huonou's second nomination -- this time, for "Blood Diamond."





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Oscar

Rinko Kikuchi

Kikuchi, up for "Babel" in which she plays a deaf teenager in Tokyo.

Oscar

Jennifer Hudson

Nominated for "Dreamgirls," this is Jennifer Hudson's first Oscar nod.

Oscar

Abigail Breslin

This is young Breslin's first nod, for "Little Miss Sunshine."

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Cate Blanchett

This is Blanchett's third Oscar nod -- this time, for "Notes on a Scandal."

Oscar

Adriana Barraza

This is Barraza's first nomination, for Amelia in "Babel."



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Academy Awards

Clint Eastwood

Eastwood is also nominated for Best Picture for "Letters From Iwo Jima."

Academy Awards

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Inarritu is nominated for directing "Babel."

Academy Awards

Martin Scorsese

Scorsese is a familiar face at the Oscars -- this is his eight nomination.

Academy Awards

Stephen Frears

Frears got the nod in 1990. This time, it's for directing "The Queen."

Academy Awards

Paul Greengrass

Greengrass is up for "United 93," his first nomination.



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To: tiredoflaundry

Thank you. The other thread might be "fun" for those who hate movies, stars etc.. but many of us don't & I wanted a place for those of us like that to drop in. NO offense if my friends are in the other "camp" & that is what makes FR so great, the diversity ...now, if we all just had a little more tolerance!


61 posted on 02/25/2007 3:23:42 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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To: DollyCali
..prediction: Al Gore wins an Oscar--then announces he's running for President to save the planet

I could be wrong...

62 posted on 02/25/2007 3:26:24 PM PST by WalterSkinner ( ..when there is any conflict between God and Caesar -- guess who loses?)
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To: DollyCali
There is a thread for everyone!

Is it me , but is "midnight blue", one of my fav colors, the color of the evening so far?

63 posted on 02/25/2007 3:28:19 PM PST by tiredoflaundry (Congress to our troops , it's called "Murder by Congress")
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To: beaversmom

Well, I thought Venus movie was good.. not outstanding or worth seeing again.. O.toole was outstanding.

I went with one of my "older" friends (he is 81) and LOVED The concept of the young babe involved with the "mature guy"(old goat?)

Amazing grace is a great movie IMHO


64 posted on 02/25/2007 3:28:56 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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To: tiredoflaundry

OH geeze.. I haven't even turned on the TV yet. And due to the power outages we had (brief ones) the channels will need to be reset & I still have to feed pets & mom.

(and me)

I better get busy here!


65 posted on 02/25/2007 3:30:14 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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To: DollyCali

Not only won't I waste my time, but I won't waste my electricity to watch tonight's Oscars. Have you ever noticed how many awards programs there are? (Oscars, Tony Awards, Emmy Awards, People's Choice Awards, Grammy Awards, Golden Globe Awards) What a self-absorbed lot. Not my cup of tea. I'll pass, thank you.


66 posted on 02/25/2007 3:32:01 PM PST by freedom4me ("Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom."--Ben Franklin)
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To: WalterSkinner

If that all happened wouldn't it be interesting if there were boo's

Not all of Hollywood likes him. They put him in same category at Clintons & they have fallen far from the grace of the moguls/stars


67 posted on 02/25/2007 3:34:38 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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To: MplsSteve

You're not alone. I haven't seen any of the movies up for award either. I watched Helen Mirran in Elizabeth I, and will watch The Queen when it comes out on DVD. I enjoy her work.


68 posted on 02/25/2007 3:35:26 PM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway~~John Wayne)
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To: DollyCali

I'm watching Joan and Melissa. The one time a year I watch the TV guide channel. Joan can be annoying, but I for some reason I find her entertaining. Plus Ryan Seacrest on E! is even more annoying!


69 posted on 02/25/2007 3:39:33 PM PST by frankjr
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To: DollyCali
Afraid I won't be watching. The Oscars lost me many years ago when it veered even more left. Today it is the ultimate in Political Correctness and with Ellen hosting it is definitely a non event for me.
The great years of Oscar are long gone like the stars who were there and hosted it.
Where oh where is Bob Hope when you need him to Host???????
70 posted on 02/25/2007 3:39:41 PM PST by Captain Peter Blood
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To: DollyCali

I can't bring myself to watch a bunch of left-wing self-absorbed narcissistic jackasses who put on what seems like a dozen award shows a year. They are the experts of NOTHING... yet they pontificate as though they are moral and intellectual authorities on all issues.


71 posted on 02/25/2007 3:41:44 PM PST by CurlyBill (Democrats: Weak on defense, soft on crime, tough on your wallet)
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To: Sprite518

Bingo. I am proud to say that I have seen none of these movies - I hate the subsidization of any institution that is anti-American, anti-values, anti-Christian, and anti-morality. But that's probably just me...


72 posted on 02/25/2007 3:42:43 PM PST by DennisR (Look around - God is giving you countless observable clues of His existence!)
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To: DollyCali

BTW ---- I'm not trashing the thread. I'll probably be spending time in good company here... but I'm not sure I can watch the crap that is about to air tonight.


73 posted on 02/25/2007 3:43:51 PM PST by CurlyBill (Democrats: Weak on defense, soft on crime, tough on your wallet)
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To: frankjr

Joan to the Libs, "Oh, grow up!"


74 posted on 02/25/2007 3:45:19 PM PST by Crawdad (I cried because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no class.)
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To: CurlyBill

Hi Bill.. how about the "ghosts at the Oscars"

I read something about that a few months ago & meant to forward to you but never bookmarked it.. it was one of those things that I wasn't looking for but it came up on the way to something else


75 posted on 02/25/2007 3:48:50 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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To: DollyCali

It looks like many missed the link to the Heckle Thread.


76 posted on 02/25/2007 3:49:48 PM PST by frankjr
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To: DollyCali

Isn't Al Gore in for anything?


77 posted on 02/25/2007 3:50:49 PM PST by The Raven
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To: frankjr

Yes, I am chuckling to myself as I count them!

lol


78 posted on 02/25/2007 3:57:29 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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To: DollyCali

Hi Dolly! Do you have a live link to the awards? :o)


79 posted on 02/25/2007 4:01:27 PM PST by NRA2BFree (Duncan Hunter for President '08 - A genuine "Reagan Republican" for America!)
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To: The Raven

I just posted the major categories.. yes he is up for best documentary & song.

BTW.. Have you ever heard of a beer called "the Poet"?

obviously reference to Poe as there is a Raven on the label.

It is an oatmeal stout from Holland Mich.

I am sipping that after finishing my left over Thai food.


80 posted on 02/25/2007 4:02:40 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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