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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences is reportedly going to consider moving up the air date of 2011 Academy Awards to January!
According to a source:
“The awards season is too long currently. This will shorten and reduce the amount of campaigning. Also, it will make the Oscars the definitive awards show again. The Globes [...]

This is surprisingly early for such a big decision to be made. In fact, the earliest that the producers and director of the Academy Awards telecast have been chosen in recent years. But Academy of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences President Tom Sherak just told me that he made up his mind last year to fill the two positions early before any of his candidates were already committed to other gig. Sherak did have a conversation with last year’s producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman  but “they wanted time off… that show is tough,” Sherak noted. As for the reasons behind his selections, well, Don [...]

Kristen Bell may not have quite the T&A of some other chicks, but she’s cute and seems genuinely nice, so that’s good enough for me.
And her legs are nice, too.
She attended the Academy of Country Music Awards (ACM) for whatever reason.
Photos by Bauer-Griffin

Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes at the 81st Annual Academy Awards in 2009 Kate Winslet and her husband, Academy Award-winning director Sam Mendes (American Beauty), are splitting up. I guess that’s what happens when your wife catches you wearing… …read full story

Bar Refaeli at the 2010 Academy Awards If you’re like me, when you think of the Academy Awards, one thing comes to mind: hot Jewish supermodels. Such as Bar Refaeli above. While she made most actresses on the red… …read full story

Presenter Jennifer Lopez arrived at the 2010 Academy Awards in Armani Prive. JLo never disappoints, especially at the Academy Awards. …read full story

One of the producers of the Oscar nominated war flick, “The Hurt Locker” will not be allowed to attend Sunday’s Academy Awards, because of e-mails which he sent urging academy members to vote for his movie.
But if indeed “The Hurt Locker” takes home a Best Picture award, Nicolas Chartier will have to receive his trophy [...]

So let me get this straight; Nicolas Chartier who financed The Hurt Locker and is one of the 4 officially credited producers can’t attend the Academy Awards because he sent a mass email that never even mentioned Avatar by name? And the Oscars governing body thinks his badmouthing is so much worse than what nearly everyone in the Best Picture category has done year after year? I find it ludicrous that the Academy of shame has made a decision so lame. So I must ask: is it mere coincidence that Academy president Tom Sherak (at one time a bigtime Fox movie exec), Oscars producers Bill Mechanic [...]

UPDATES ‘Hurt Locker’s Nicolas Chartier Admits Sending Private Emails About ‘Avatar’
UPDATES Academy May Discipline ‘The Hurt Locker’
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