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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: DennisR
Amazing Grace, which just came out, is suppose to be a great movie for Christians and conservatives. Patricia Heaton ("Everybody Loves Raymond") is one of the producers and she's a pro life conservative.
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posted on
02/25/2007 4:03:14 PM PST
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peggybac
(Tolerance is the virtue of believing in nothing)
To: NRA2BFree
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posted on
02/25/2007 4:04:54 PM PST
by
DollyCali
(Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)
To: freedom4me; CurlyBill
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posted on
02/25/2007 4:05:22 PM PST
by
STARWISE
(They (Rats) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)
To: DollyCali
oh my goodness Dolly...
Joan Rivers is on the Red Carpet on another channel!...
..You have got to see her latest facelift....(tell me who she looks like now, and I'll tell you if you're right, LOL)
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posted on
02/25/2007 4:06:50 PM PST
by
Guenevere
(Duncan Hunter for President....2008!...)
To: LS
Babel will probably win more Oscars than it deserves. Movies that are very strange and not understood by the majority of people often do very well at the Oscars. I will be happy if Will Smith does end up winning an Oscar for Pursuit of Happiness, but I really don't see Forest Whitaker not getting an Oscar for his effort. They both did an excellent job in their roles. I'm hoping that the Departed does very well so that it also indirectly helps boost the sales of Howie Carr's book about the Boston Mafia: The Brothers Bulger! Good luck, and Cha-Ching!
To: Guenevere
I dont have cable so am locked into Network. I right now Barbara W is interviewing Ellen DeGeneres. I like the red carpet though.. wish I could see it
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posted on
02/25/2007 4:09:53 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
Sorry but I rather ingest thallium than watch the Academy Awards.
Ah for the days of Oscar when Bob Hope was the host and stars who loved AMERICA received the honors!!
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02/25/2007 4:10:34 PM PST
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PISANO
To: Guenevere
Oh gee--Joan's had another facelift? I've got her on, but I've been busy posting I haven't looked at her.
To: DollyCali
I saw The Queen and The Devil Wears Prada (both good movies) and it's a close call between Helen Merrim and Meryl Streep but I'm rooting for Helen on this one. Her acting was outstanding playing the Queen.
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posted on
02/25/2007 4:12:53 PM PST
by
MotleyGirl70
(Hunter '08! FReepmail Antoninus to be added to the Duncan Hunter ping list.)
To: johnthebaptistmoore
The Departed was a great & intense movie. Will Smith did a great job in Pursuit. Babel is a layered movie... like many others that are hard to sort out with the multiple stories, all interwoven to a degree. Like I said it is a good movie.. not a warm fuzzy movie for sure.
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posted on
02/25/2007 4:13:27 PM PST
by
DollyCali
(Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)
To: MotleyGirl70
The Queen does really look like a good movie.
To: Guenevere
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posted on
02/25/2007 4:14:16 PM PST
by
MotleyGirl70
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To: beaversmom; DollyCali
The Catwoman!....Right!...One facelift toooooooo many!
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posted on
02/25/2007 4:14:21 PM PST
by
Guenevere
(Duncan Hunter for President....2008!...)
To: DollyCali
Will Smith on Joan's show with his little boy and wife. Little boy is a cutie.
To: PISANO
I loved Bob Hope in about everything. He has to also be my favorite host.
Stay off the thallium. go to the "other" thread...
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posted on
02/25/2007 4:14:41 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
Did you see PUrsuit of Happiness? He played Will's son in the true story movie
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posted on
02/25/2007 4:15:26 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
can you do a screen cap of Joan?
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posted on
02/25/2007 4:16:33 PM PST
by
DollyCali
(Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)
To: MplsSteve; beaversmom
I am planning on seeing "The Queen" though.It's very good--you won't be disappointed.
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posted on
02/25/2007 4:17:03 PM PST
by
MotleyGirl70
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To: All
Jennifer Hudson (Idol 1st runner up) and star of Dream girls next to be interviewed by Barbara Walters. ABC
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posted on
02/25/2007 4:17:33 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
Did you know that the Director for United 93 did all that he could do to find actors and actresses that looked as close as possible to the people that they played and then had them meet in person with the surviving family members prior to making the film? It's shown in part as supplementary material on the DVD of the film.
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