How good are the Oscar-winners? Please read survey of all the movies that have won Best Picture from 1929 to the present.
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Oscar History: Best Actress–Diane Keaton in Annie Hall (1977)
January 9, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Diane Keaton won the 1977 Best Actress Oscar at her first nomination for Woody Allen's semi-autobiographical comedy "Annie Hall." The other lead nominees that year were: Anne Bancroft and Shirley MacLaine, both for "The Turning point," Jane Fonda for "Julia," and Marsha Mason for "The Goodbye Girl."
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Pete Postlethwaite: Oscar Nominated British Actor Dies at 64
January 3, 2011 by Leave a Comment
January 3, 2011–Pete Postlethwaite, the brilliant British actor, has died at the age of 64. He had been suffering from cancer. He was Oscar nominated for supporting actor in political picture "In the Name of the Father," playing one of four men wrongly accused of planting an IRA bomb.
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Oscar 2010: Social Network Is Critics Choice
December 12, 2010 by Leave a Comment
"The Social Network" won the best picture award from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. Sony's drama also took the director award for David Fincher, who shared the prize with Olivier Assayas for "Carlos."
Read our review of the Best Picture of the Year.
Halloween in Movies We Love: Meet Me in St. Louis
Louis B. Mayer, MGM head, wanted to excise the Halloween sequence in this cult movie. Director Minnelli was flabbergasted–the Halloween scene was the main reason he wanted to do the picture in the first place.