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Created by dipity on Feb 22, 2009
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...you guys using Twitter for the Oscars tonight? It's not a GOP debate, but still... coreymintz Can we get the Ford Bros. & The Oscars to live-tweet each others' shows & leave us out of it? donnabrazile What's on your menu? Block party to celebrate the Oscars,...
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The Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.fr/2012/02/26/oscars-suivre-la-84e-crmo_n_1302267.html
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...anticipation will, as usual, fill the theater at the world's top film awards, but this year movie fans can relax. Watch 2012 Oscars online. After years of trying to jazz up the Academy Awards with flashy, hip hosts, emcee Billy Crystal is returning for a ninth...
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Parenting
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...off too. Enter the Oscars' second-screen experience. On the day of, the "Backstage Pass" feature launches on Oscar.com and the Oscars App, through which views can pick and tune into more than 20 live cameras placed everywhere from the red carpet to backstage...
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SecondAct.com
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...Celebuzz has put together our favorite ensemble pieces as a prelude to the 2012 Oscar fashions. Will lace dominate the 2012 Oscars as seen last year? Will purples and reds be a top choice for this year’s nominees? Or will we see more earthy tones? Check out...
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Celebuzz
http://www.celebuzz.com/2012-02-23/fashion-flashback-best-dressed-at-the-2011-oscars-photos/
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...Users can also use the app's interactive ballot feature to predict winners and share their picks on Facebook. Download the free Oscars App in the iTunes App Store. Second-screens Let's face it, simply viewing the show isn't enough anymore. Today, people want...
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Entrepreneur.com
http://www.entrepreneur.com/blog/222863
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...start a countdown to the Oscars at 8am and will report from the red carpet from noon to 2pm. Sky Movies will start with the Oscars countdown at 2pm, with the ceremony beginning at 2.30pm. Or you can follow our bloggers Moata Tamaira and Chris Philpott as they...
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Stuff.co.nz
http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/6463433/Pick-the-Oscars-winners-and-win
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...a U.S. judge ruled, while declining to decide whether the bankrupt company's name should be taken down before the Feb. 26 Oscars ceremony. Kodak has the right under bankruptcy law to reject the remainder of its 20-year naming rights commitment for the Kodak...
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Reuters
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The producers of this year's Oscars ceremony have revealed that The Help star Emma Stone has been added to the list of presenters at the 84th Academy Awards. 1 of 1 Emma Stone joins Oscars presenters Brian Grazer and Don Mischer announced that Stone, who
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RTE Interactive
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(AP) — Passengers on United Airlines Flight 531 from Chicago to Los Angeles didn't just get to travel with a world-famous celebrity, they also had their picture taken with him. The affable celebrity was Oscar — as in the Academy Awards statuette — who ro
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ChicagoBusiness.com
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So I have a plan for the Oscars that, well, requires Epi readers to do most of the work. Here's how it goes: Moët & Chandon, which is supplying the champagne for the event, it holding a cocktail-recipe contest to see what will be served at the show. To q
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Epicurious
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They may not be as noble as the Nobel Prize or as rare as Olympic gold, but the Oscars, which are three weeks away, are the apex of glamour-monkey congratulation spectacles. But what are we to make of all those other, more obscure award announcements tha
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Globe and Mail
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Garcetti Wants Spotlight to Continue to Shine on the Now-Named Kodak Despite rumors to the contrary, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has not begun venue negotiations for the Oscars beyond 2013, according to a statement from the Academy. T
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Park Labrea News Beverly Press
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Being the movie geek that I am, the day that the Oscar nominations come out is always a fun day for me. I love to obsess over the commentaries and argue on behalf of my favorites, and I compulsively add any nominees I haven't seen yet into my queue. And
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AFP - Silent film "The Artist" added 10 Oscar nominations to its Hollywood haul on Tuesday -- and is part of a distinctly Gallic flavor to the Academy Awards shortlists this year. The French-directed film, which has won a string of US awards over the las
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France 24
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..., who will be co-hosting the ceremony this year. The Daily Mail ... Jan 10, 2011· Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes may boycott the Oscars, as they are reportedly upset with Anne Hathaway, who will be co-hosting the ceremony this year. Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes...
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FOX Sports
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...and JPMorgan Chase took the top spots at the annual Thomson Reuters Extel awards, known as the UK financial industry equivalent of the Oscars, on Tuesday. Swiss bank UBS picked up the key award of leading pan-European broker for equity and equity-linked...
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Economic Times
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international-business/UBS-JPMorgan-win-UK-finance-industrys-Oscars/articleshow/6051299.cms
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...evening in New York, a lavender carpet is rolled out for guests attending the 28th CFDA awards, fashion's equivalent of the Oscars. This year the Council of Fashion Designers of America bestowed the best womenswear prize upon Marc Jacobs, saluted Michael Kors...
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Guardian Unlimited
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/jun/09/who-won-fashion-oscars
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...whom they can rub shoulders: Henry Selick and Penelope Spheeris have been named as presenters for the ceremony, the 37th Student Oscars that AMPAS has presented. Selick (left), who was nominated for two Student Academy Awards while studying animation at CalArts,...
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The Wrap
http://www.thewrap.com/ind-column/selick-spheeris-present-student-oscars-18105
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...publicity. The MTV Movie Awards are, appropriately enough, now 18 years old, and have evolved in that time from a prankish anti-Oscars into everything the Oscars should be, but aren’t. Imagine if you will an Academy Awards ballot nominated and voted on by...
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Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/television/article/819989--salem-forget-the-oscars-i-want-my-mtv-awards
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...said: “We would have been pleased to collect just one of these prestigious titles but to collect the top three awards at the ‘Oscars’ of the house building industry is an outstanding achievement for the entire Millgate team to whom I would like to dedicate...
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Bracknell Forest Standard
http://www.getbracknell.co.uk/business/s/2071709_oscars_victory_for_millgate_homes_property_team
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...dance sequence thing was shiiiit. hopefully, they pay up. he may never work again and he'll obviously never get nominated for anything at the Oscars, so it's all a lose-lose situation for an actor: nervous system damage is common in hollywood though. ...
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Perez Hilton
http://perezhilton.com/2010-04-23-actor-sues-the-oscars-for-false-imprisonment
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...hit with a $50 million lawsuit from a Hollywood newcomer, who alleges he and his wife were falsely imprisoned at this year's Oscars ceremony. Michael AvMen, who is set to star opposite Kate Bosworth in the upcoming film Straw Dogs and in Michelle Rodriguez's...
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ABC4.com (KTVX)
http://www.abc4.com:80/content/news/Entertainment/story/Actor-sues-Oscars-bosses-for-false-imprisonment/VvjO7QAbc0m926yARBtSxQ.cspx?rss=25
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...more offensive blue Jesus-aliens in it than anything else. Why does Sigourney Weaver think that Avatar fared so miserably at The Oscars – simple, it’s because James Cameron doesn’t have a vagina. Obviously. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is...
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Heckler Spray
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...Bazaar favorite Gabourey Sidibe was over the moon ecstatic about her sapphire Marchesa dress -- and her first turn at the Oscars. 2010 oscar dresses, 2010 oscars, 2010 academy awards, mariah carey mariah carey Mariah Carey showed just the right...
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Harper's Bazaar
http://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/party-snaps/oscars-2010-red-carpet-0310?src=rss
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Published March 06, 2010 02:58 pm - LOS ANGELES — Too predictable. That's the persistent complaint about the Academy Awards, whose drama generally is sapped by a glut of earlier award shows that spell out what films will win at the Oscars before
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The Herald Bulletin
http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/entertainment/local_story_065145905.html
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...for the Oscars, as does The Academy Page but neither Page goes out of its way to promote it. There’ s also the Official 2010 Oscars iPhone application, allowing users to predict winners, view trailers, get extra information on each film and make predictions...
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Inside Facebook
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...that make it easier for you to follow coverage of the Oscars on Yahoo! Search. On Yahoo! Image Search, just search for “Oscars 2010” and you’ll see our Oscars image carousel, with the latest image search results of the nominees and photos of the event. While...
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Yahoo! Search Blog
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...in "Crazy Heart," has voiced ads for the Korean automaker since 2007. Hyundai, the only auto company advertising during the Oscars for a second straight year, will air seven ads during the show and one beforehand. Most will feature the company's Sonata and...
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KansasCity.com
http://www.kansascity.com/2010/03/01/1782476/hyundai-skips-jeff-bridges-voiceovers.html
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...Alice Tully Hall. The event, for which tickets start at $150, will be the culmination of a weeklong celebration to salute the Oscars through cultural events and programs running March 1-7. "Great New York stories are told through the movies," said Karen...
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Hollywood Reporter
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thr/awards/~3/B-YqXN5g9eE/e3i0ff61901827d0c7f6219aa92ac10bb1c
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THE race for the Oscars goes into overdrive when nominees for Hollywood's most coveted awards are unveiled, with the best picture battle shaping up as a David and Goliath showdown.
The identities of Oscars contenders will be revealed before hundreds of
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The Daily Telegraph
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...show producers, Adam Shankman and Bill Mechanic. “We think the team of Steve and Alec are the perfect pair of hosts for the Oscars,” “Hairspray” director Shankman and “Coraline” producer Mechanic announced in November of 2009. “Steve will bring the experience...
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CTV
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20100129/oscars_hosts_100201/20100201?hub=EntertainmentV2&s_name=
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...of America (DGA) Awards in Los Angeles. The DGA honor is regarded as a virtual passport to a best director statuette at the Oscars. On all but six occasions since 1948 the winner of the award has gone on to win the Oscar. Veteran awards season commentator...
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The Independent
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...Oscars make us want to flee the room. With that in mind, here are the top 10 reasons we'd rather watch the Globes than the Oscars any day: 1. They're shorter Every year the Oscars seem to be longer, not to mention slower, while in the tradition of good journalists...
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New York Daily News
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...movie star Martin, who is currently on tour in support of his latest banjo album, said he was "happy to co-host the Oscars with [his] enemy Alec Baldwin." The Father Of The Bride actor has hosted the show twice before, in 2001 and 2003. The duo both...
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Daily Express
http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/138193/Steve-Martin-Alec-Baldwin-unveiled-as-Oscars-co-hosts/
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...my enemy Alec Baldwin." Baldwin volleyed back, "I don't play the banjo, but I'm thrilled to be hosting the Oscars." The 82nd Oscars will be held March 7 and broadcast live from ABC at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland. Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin...
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Hollywood Reporter
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thr/film/~3/h3eEjiD1jFA/e3i4eef19a7bf70315d397ca2c8ec81ea66
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...a few more suggestions: 1. Think Emmys. I know we still have to pretend that film is more important than television and so the Oscars must somehow have more heft than its small-screen counterpart, but this year's Emmys, which opened with a song, was exactly...
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Los Angeles Times
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/entertainment/~3/uBVAEs3mVSo/la-et-oscar-letter-oct24-link,0,3586477.storylink
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- "Hairspray" director Adam Shankman and former 20th Century Fox studio boss Bill Mechanic have been named producers of the Academy Awards, saying they hope to inject more fun and restore TV ratings glory to Hollywood's biggest party.
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The Orange County Register
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OSCAR_PRODUCERS_CAOL-?SITE=CAANR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
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...Picture Arts and Sciences (emphasis on the "Sciences") has released its short list of nominees for the Science and Technical Oscars. The list includes some of the best known names in computer animation and special effects, like Pixar and Industrial Light and...
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Popular Science
http://www.popsci.com/entertainment-amp-gaming/article/2009-09/academy-release-short-list-technical-oscar-nominees
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...a Best Actress nomination at the 2009 ceremony for Doubt, is favourite to pick up her third Academy Award next February. An Oscars insider tells Britain's Daily Express, "It's only just dawning that there's a distinct lack of potentials in the Best Actress...
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IMDB
http://www.imdb.com/rg/rss/news/news/ni0954116/
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...It was, therefore, unfair for such an influential cinema not to have its own category at Oscars. Foreign Language Film Award at Oscars, where only one picture was accepted from each country, did not do justice to such a large industry, Zed added. Be the first...
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OneIndia
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...in Nevada (USA), said that India had the largest film industry in the world and thus it deserved at least one category in Oscars where its movies could compete among themselves. This gesture would bring more credibility to Oscars also in the international...
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Merinews
http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=15781731&catID=6&category=Entertainment
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...controversy, Streep, who has every chance of getting nominated again next year for Julie & Julia , went on to suggest that the Oscars be moved to the beginning of the season. “I think the Academy should move it up to 1 January and pre-empt everybody else,”...
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Irish Times
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/0814/1224252541755.html
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...in supporting for "Kramer vs. Kramer") to chat about the whole derby. Apparently, La Streep believes it's a shame that the Oscars are the finish line and that ponies like her must endure so many other, earlier races to reach it. "As time has gone on, so many...
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Los Angeles Times
http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2009/08/julie-julia-meryl-streep-julia-child-film-news-951806274-story.html
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...is that the Academy Awards come too late in the season. “As time has gone on, so many other televised award shows precede the Oscars, and I do think that’s diluted their importance,” she said. “Certainly, everybody seems exhausted by the time the same people...
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Entertainment Weekly
http://feeds.ew.com/~r/ew/popwatch/~3/H6hVzkhvus4/
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...Miessner, the motion picture academy's devoted "Keeper of the Oscars" who each year donned his signature white gloves to get the golden statuettes ready for their closeup before a worldwide audience, is dead at age 48. Miessner died at his home on Wednesday...
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Hollywood Reporter
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...Miessner, the motion picture academy's devoted "Keeper of the Oscars" who each year donned his signature white gloves to get the golden statuettes ready for their closeup before a worldwide audience, is dead at age 48. Miessner died at his home on Wednesday...
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PhillyBurbs.com
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...is going to alter how the Oscars look at music. On the other hand, I support the decision to remove the honorary awards from the Oscars telecast and devote them to a separate, non-televised event. Depending on who is being honored, these awards can really...
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SILive.com
http://www.silive.com/entertainment/tvfilm/index.ssf/2009/06/the_oscars_are_singing_out_of.html
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...film that is the favorite will STILL win, and why do commercial favorites have to be nominated? That's not the point of the Oscars! The biggest problem I had with the latest Oscar telecast was that they limited the Best Song category to three... possibly because...
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Entertainment Weekly
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...meanwhile said the increase could allow for documentaries, foreign language or animated films to enter the running for the Oscars' top honor. "Having 10 Best Picture nominees is going to allow Academy voters to recognize and include some of the fantastic movies...
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7 Days
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...of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) president Sid Ganis said the expansion was a throwback to the early years of the Oscars. For more than a decade during the 1930s and 1940s, the best picture category featured more than five films, and in nine years...
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