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AMPAS Sets Rule for Oscars' Original Song Category
The governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) approved a rule change for the Oscars late Tuesday. The new rule states that the number of original songs that can be nominated from a single movie will now be limited to two. Continue →
Academy Awards – Oscar Winners For 2007
The Writer’s Strike ended and we got the only awards show that anyone in Hollywood really cares about anyway – the Academy Awards (otherwise known as the Oscars). Jon Stewart did a fair job hosting but I doubt this will go down in anyone’s book as one of the better Oscar ceremonies. The awards themselves [...] Continue →
The 2007 AML Movie Awards!
It’s time for the first annual AML Movie Awards for the films from 2007! There is something fun about doing the “first annual” anything, because in my experience, there is rarely a “second annual” for some reason. I know, we’re all sick of award shows and we still have The Oscars coming on Sunday. If [...] Continue →
‘Falling Slowly’ still eligible for an Oscar
The song Falling Slowly was nominated for an Oscar back on the 22nd of January, a much-deserving tribute to the movie Once, one of my favorites of 2007. Yet there was apparently some controversy over it since the song was first seen by the public in mid-2006. The album, “The Swell Season“, which was recorded [...] Continue →
Academy Award Nominations for 2007
The 2007 Oscar nominations for the Academy Awards were announced today at a press conference in Los Angeles in the wee hours of the morning. Overall, my initial impression is that the nominations are pretty dang good and for the most part, make me MUCH happier than I’ve been with the other junior awards, like [...] Continue →