Oscar Photos
Academy Award Coverage
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'Hurt' locks it up Photo
"The Hurt Locker," a gritty, challenging and little-seen drama about bomb disposal in the Iraq war,... more
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'Avatar,' 'Inglourious Basterds,' 'Up in the Air' fall short Photo
Never mind its handicapping by many gurus of gold as an odds-on Oscar front-runner heading into... more
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Oscars show has no sense of timing Photo
An hour into the telecast of the 82nd Academy Awards, you couldn't help but hope that somewhere... more
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John Hughes High School reunion Photo
John Hughes' film message is simple: The kids are all right. more
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Scenes from the red carpet Photo
A splatter of midafternoon rain fell on the tented red carpet for the 82nd Academy Awards, but it... more
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Some misses at Academy Awards Photo
The 82nd Oscars most likely will not win an award for smoothest-running show. more
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'Hurt Locker' wins best picture
David slew Goliath. more
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How best picture is decided Photo
Predicting the winners of the Oscars might be the most popular sport in the entertainment industry,... more
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As Oscar ceremony approaches, the picture is unclear Photo
If you write about the Oscars for a living -- which is what everyone at the L.A. Times seems to be... more
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The '09 movies that stood out Photo
If you close your eyes, you can probably conjure them up even now though it's been days or weeks... more
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Alec's ready. But is Oscar? Photo
It's a snowy day in New York City, but Alec Baldwin, like his fellow "30 Rock" cast members, has... more
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Oscar producers know they can't please everyone Photo
There were just two weeks before the Academy Awards, and the producers of this year's show, Adam... more
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The line blurs between animated and live-action films Photo
For decades, it was easy to tell the two media apart: There were real people in live-action movies;... more
