June 25, 2009–The governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences approved the rules for the 82nd Academy Awards at their June meeting last week. The most significant change was made in the Music–Original Song category.
Oscar 2009: New Academy Rules
June 26, 2009 by
Oscar 2009: 10 Films Nominated for Best Picture
June 24, 2009 by
June 24, 2009–There will be 10 Best Picture nominees starting with the 82nd Oscar ceremony, scheduled for March 7, 2009 at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood.
Oscar Actors: Basinger, Kim–L.A. Confidential (As Prostitute)
April 20, 2009 by
Kim Basinger received the Best Supporting Actress Award in 1997 for her role in Curtis Hanson’s critically acclaimed film L.A. Confidential, based on the James Ellroy classic crime novel of the same title.
Oscar Movies: Pinky (1949)
April 11, 2009 by
“Pinky,” Kazan's interracial melodram was nominated for 3 Oscars: Best Actress for Jeanne Crain
Supporting Actress for Ethel Waters, and Supporting Actress for Ethel Barrymore
Oscar Awards: None
Oscar Context:
In 1949, the winner of the Best Actress Oscar was Olivia De Havilland for William Wyler's literary adaptation “The Heiress; it was De Havilland's second Oscar after winning for “To Each His Own” in 1946.
Water and Barrymore probably cancelled each other out, and the Supporting Actress winner was Merceded McCambridge for “All the King's Men,” which swept the Best Picture and other Oscars.
Oscar Movies: Black Orpheus (1959)
April 10, 2009 by
In 1959, the fourth year of the foreign-language Oscar category, the five nominees were: “Black Orpheus” from France, which won, “The Bridge” from the Federal Republic of Germany, “The Great War” from Italy, “Paw” from Denmark, and “The Village on the River” from the Netherlands.
