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Sandra Bullock’s triumphant return to Oscars

One year after scandal broke up her marriage and detracted from her best actress win, Sandra Bullock returned to the Academy Awards red carpet yesterday (February 27), saying she was "a better person" for all that had happened during the previous year, reports Us magazine.

Only four days after taking home the 2010 best actress Oscar for her work in The Blind Side, Bullock separated from then-husband Jesse James when news broke of his extra-marital affairs.

Bullock then quietly retreated from the movie business in order to focus on family and raising her newly-adopted son Louis.

"It’s made me a better person. I’m more patient and accommodating. I really appreciate where I am," Bullock told NBC during a red carpet interview, where the actress was on hand to present this year’s award for best actor.

"When I was presenting last time I’d only had like two hours and I don’t remember anything. I remember none of it," Bullock admitted to E!

She offered a few words of advice to Oscar novices: "Relax, doesn’t matter, you’ve made great friends along the way. Just remember it."

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Scarlett Johansson and Russell Brand at Oscars

American actress Scarlett Johansson and British comedian Russell Brand will be among the presenters at the 83rd Academy Awards at 8 p.m. ET (5 p.m. PT) on Sunday, February 27, announced Oscar producers Bruce Cohen and Don Mischer, reports People.

They will join a formidable group of Hollywood A-listers: Annette Bening, Halle Berry, Cate Blanchett, Jeff Bridges, Sandra Bullock, Robert Downey Jr, Tom Hanks, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Jude Law, Marisa Tomei, Oprah Winfrey, and Reese Witherspoon.

Musical performers include Zachary Levi, Alan Menken, Mandy Moore, Randy Newman, Gwyneth Paltrow, A. R. Rhaman, and Florence Welch from Florence and the Machine.

Opting for a younger face for this year’s Academy Awards, actors Anne Hathaway and James Franco were named as hosts. Franco’s nomination for best actor marks the first time since 1973 that an actor has hosted the award ceremony in the same year that they were nominated for an acting award.

Russell Brand shares the screen with Helen Mirren and Jennifer Garner in a remake of Arthur due out in theaters this April. Scarlett Johansson stars alongside Matt Damon in Cameron Crowe’s comedy-drama We Bought a Zoo, due out December 23. 

 

 

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Céline Dion to sing at Oscar Awards

French-Canadian songstress Céline Dion, 42, will be taking the stage at the upcoming Academy Awards this Sunday, February 27, live from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, reports E!Online.

Although the news has not yet been officially confirmed by Oscar producers, it has been announced to Radio-Canada by a reliable source, her husband and manager René Angelil at Radio-Canada.

She will sing the song Smile during the memorial tribute, Hollywood’s annual recognition of film greats who died in the previous year.

The Oscars represent Dion’s return to the stage, after the birth of her twin sons, Eddy and Nelson, last October. On March 15, she will begin her newest series of Las Vegas shows, which will be comprised of greatest hits from film soundtracks. 

 

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Reese Witherspoon to present award at Oscars

Academy award-winning actress Reese Witherspoon will be one of the presenters at the upcoming Oscar awards ceremony according to an announcement by Oscar show producers Bruce Cohen and Don Mischer, reports Deadline.

Witherspoon will join Annette Bening, Halle Berry, Jeff Bridges, Sandra Bullock, Robert Downey Jr., Tom Hanks, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow and Oprah Winfrey – who have all confirmed their participation in the star-studded event hosted by James Franco and Anne Hathaway. The Oscar ceremony will be held on Sunday, February 27.

In 2005, Witherspoon took home the best actress Oscar for her role as country music singer June Carter Cash, starring opposite Joaquin Phoenix, in the film Walk the Line.

Witherspoon, 34, will share the screen with Robert Pattinson in the film adaptation of the bestselling novel, Water for Elephants, on April 22. She also stars in the action-comedy This Means War with Tom Hardy and Chris Pine, however the release date is unknown.

 

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Incendies nominated for an Oscar

 

Today (January 25), the 83rd Academy Awards announced Oscar nominations, and Canadian director Denis Villeneuve (Polytechnique) will indeed be attending the ceremony in February. Villeneuve’s film Incendies, based on the award-winning play by Wajdi Mouawad, was nominated for best foreign language film.

Foreign language competitors includes Mexico’s Biutiful by Alejandro Gonzalez, Denmark’s In a Better World by Susanne Bier (winning the Golden Globe in this category earlier this year), Algeria’s Hors la loi by Rachid Bouchareb, and Greece’s Dogtooth by Yorgos Lanthimos.

The last time a Canadian film was nominated was in 2007 for Deepa Mehta’s Water. Before that, in 2003, The Barbarian Invasions by Denys Arcand was not only nominated, but went on to win the golden statuette.
 
Once all the nominations are tallied, The King’s Speech is leading the pack with 12 nominations, including best film, where it will compete against Black Swan, The Fighter, Inception, The Kids are All Right, 127 Hours, The Social Network, Toy Story 3, True Grit, and Winter’s Bone.
                                                                          
Best actor nominations include Javier Bardem (Biutiful), Jeff Bridges (True Grit), Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network), Colin Firth (The King’s Speech), and James Franco (127 Hours).
Nominated for best actress: Annette Bening (The Kids are All Right) Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole), Jennifer Lawrence (Winter’s Bone), Natalie Portman (Black Swan), and Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine).
 
Male nominees for supporting role include Christian Bale (The Fighter), John Hawkes (Winter’s Bone), Jeremy Renner (The Town), Mark Ruffalo (The Kids are All Right) and Geoffrey Rush (The King’s Speech).
 
Supporting role female nominees include both Amy Adams and Melissa Leo for The Fighter, Helena Bonham Carter (The King’s Speech), newcomer Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit) and Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom).
 
The competition will be very tough for directors: Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan), David O. Russell (The Fighter), Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech), David Fincher (The Social Network), and brothers Joel and Ethan Coen (True Grit) will all compete for the award.
                                               
The Academy Awards gala on Sunday, February 27th will be hosted by Anne Hathaway and James Franco, and televised live to more than 200 countries around the world.
 
For a complete list of nominations, visit the official Oscar website.

 

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Anne Hathaway and James Franco to host Academy Awards

This week, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences confirmed that actors James Franco, 32, and Anne Hathaway, 28, will be co-hosting the 83rd annual Academy Awards live on February 27, reports People.

Two years ago, Anne Hathaway received great reviews for her singing and dancing in a musical number she performed with then-host, Hugh Jackman.

"James Franco and Anne Hathaway personify the next generation of Hollywood icons – fresh, exciting and multi-talented," Oscar telecast producers Bruce Cohen and Don Mischer said Monday.

Anne Hathaway currently shares the screen with her Brokeback Mountain husband, Jake Gyllenhaal, in Love and Other Drugs. Freaks and Geeks alumni, James Franco, is getting rave reviews for his latest film, 127 Hours.

 

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Only 3 animated films to get Oscar nominations

For the category of best animated film, 15 films have just been selected by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences as possible contenders for the upcoming Oscars.

When qualified submissions number between eight and 15, it means only three films can be nominated in the Best Animated Feature category. These films can also be submitted in other categories including best film of the year.

The three films with the most votes will vie for Best Animated Feature award, and will be announced on January 25. The 83rd Academy Awards ceremony will be held February 27, 2011 in Los Angeles.

Animated films submitted for 2011 Academy Awards nominations include:

 
– Alpha and Omega
– Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
– Despicable Me
– The Dreams of Jinsha
– How to Train Your Dragon
– Idiots and Angels
– The Illusionist
– Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole
– Megamind
– My Dog Tulip
– Shrek Forever After
– Summer Wars
– Tangled
– Tinker Bell Fairy and the Great Rescue
– Toy Story 3

 

 

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Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner and Oscar

In an interview with E! Online, Kristen Stewart confirmed that she will be going to the Oscars on March 7 with Twilight co-star Taylor Lautner.

"Yeah, I’m going. Me and Taylor are going to present," she says. The actress admits she is very nervous about going to the biggest film event of the year.  She adds, "I’ve been looking at shoes. I’m trying to pick shoes that I know I won’t fall down in."

She also reveals that filming of the last Twilight instalment, Breaking Dawn, has not gotten the green light yet from the studio. The actors were told to be ready to start filming in November.

It is not known whether the last instalment will be made into one film or two. According to Stewart, it would be better to do two films because it is impossible to put it all into one.

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Canadian Film Is Oscar-Bound

Again this year, a Quebec film was selected to represent Canada in the contention of Oscar nominations.

This time, the film by Xavier Dolan, J’ai tué ma mère, could be heading to Hollywood. The love-hate story between Hubert (Dolan) and his mother (Anne Dorval) has already made waves at the Directors’ Fortnight during the Cannes Film Festival, where the young director earned three awards.

The official nominations for the Best Foreign Language Film category will be announced on February 2, 2010. The Academy Awards ceremony will take place on March 7.

Last year, the film Ce qu’il faut pour vivre by Benoit Pilon, represented Canada, but was not chosen as a finalist.

In 2003, The Barbarian Invasions by Denys Arcand won the prestigious statue.

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A Last Minute Joke for the Oscars

At the last minute, Stiller decided to dress as Joaquin Phoenix at the Oscars on Sunday (February 22).

The actor was presenting an award with Natalie Portman for Best Cinematography.  Stiller donned a beard, sunglasses and long hair, making reference to Phoenix’s recent appearance on the David Letterman Show.

Having not been too pleased with what was originally scripted for him, Stiller had a better idea in mind.  A source told the New York Post, "Ben refused to tell them what he planned until he arrived at the Kodak Theatre, and then he did that Joaquin Phoenix bit."