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1. A perfect fit: three film ensembles that stood out in 2009

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A Serious Man (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, The Hurt Locker (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, Arts and entertainment industries, Business
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All actors worth their salt know you're often only as good as the person acting opposite you. The Screen Actors Guild recognizes this, and its SAG Awards is the rare [...]

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2009

2. Queen of the world! How one woman crashed the boys' club and made Hollywood history

Author

Johnson, Brian D.

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The Hurt Locker (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, Filmmakers -- Achievements and awards -- Works, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
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Barbra Streisand couldn't contain herself. It was obvious she'd been tapped to present the Oscar for Best Director because it was expected to go to a woman for the first [...]

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2010

3. 'Hurt' so good: director Bigelow makes Oscar history as Iraq War saga is named best picture

Author

Kilday, Gregg

Subjects
Academy Awards, The Hurt Locker (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, Filmmakers -- Achievements and awards, Arts and entertainment industries, Business, Business, international
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LOS ANGELES -- By reinstituting lo best picture nominees, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences set out to shake up its 82nd annual awards show and, in the [...]

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2010

4. Rarefied 'Air' at SAG noms: pic's three stars lauded, but not the cast; 'Precious,' 'Basterds' also big

Author

Kilday, Gregg and Andreeva, Nellie

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The Hurt Locker (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, Up in the Air (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, Precious (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, Motion pictures -- Achievements and awards, Motion picture actors and actresses -- Achievements and awards, Arts and entertainment industries, Business, Business, international, Screen Actors Guild -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations
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LOS ANGELES -- The 'Up in the Air' troika of George Clooney, Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick all received nominations for the 16th annual SAG Awards, announced Thursday morning. Paramount's [...]

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2009

7. 82nd Academy Awards: Hurt Locker Sinks the Avatar

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Academy Awards, Crazy Heart (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, The Hurt Locker (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, Business, general
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The winners of the 2010 Oscar were announced at the 82nd Academy Awards on March 7, 2010, ending the speculation, prognostication, and debate. The nominees, which were announced on February [...]

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2010

8. She,COs the One; Kathryn Bigelow breaches the Hollywood treehouse

Author

Podhoretz, John

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Academy Awards -- 2010 AD, The Hurt Locker (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, News, opinion and commentary
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Byline: John Podhoretz Aa Poor Barbra Streisand. Maybe you didn't know it, given how rich and famous and garlanded she is, but she is an abused victimeCoa victim of Hollywood. [...]

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2010

9. Whoopi: Loud and Proud

Author

Lippert, Barbara

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Academy Awards, The Hurt Locker (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, Filmmakers -- Achievements and awards, Law
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When Kathryn Bigelow won the Best Director Oscar for The Hurt Locker -- her raw, unsentimental film about an American bomb-disposal squad in the Iraqi war -- she was the [...]

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2010

10. Hollywood's New Battle Tactic: Make War Personal

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Iraq War, 2003- -- Portrayals, The Hurt Locker (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, Green Zone (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, War films -- Achievements and awards -- Market share, War in motion pictures -- Achievements and awards -- Market share, Company market share, General interest
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To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124595146 ROBERT SIEGEL, host: Earlier this week, 'The Hurt Locker,' about a bomb squad in Iraq, won the Academy Award for Best Picture. [...]

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2010

11. Hurt Locker' Wins Best Picture, Director

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Academy Awards -- 2009 AD, The Hurt Locker (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, Filmmakers -- Achievements and awards, General interest
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To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124445849 STEVE INSKEEP, host: Let's take a backstage look at last night's Oscar presentations. Without any doubt, the biggest winner was 'The Hurt [...]

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2010

12. Nobody's bombproof

Author

Guider, Elizabeth

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Academy Awards, The Hurt Locker (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, Avatar (Motion picture), Motion pictures -- Achievements and awards, Arts and entertainment industries, Business, Business, international
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LOS ANGELES -- It was the Little Engine That Could against the Big Kahuna that couldn't. In what will go down as one of the more controversial Academy votes for [...]

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2010

13. 'Locker' one for the books: summit hits a peak

Author

McNary, Dave

Subjects
The Hurt Locker (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, Motion pictures -- Achievements and awards, Arts and entertainment industries, Business
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Three years after reinventing itself as a U.S. distributor, Summit Entertainment has achieved a level of prestige that comes only from winning Oscars. With 'The Hurt Locker' winning best picture [...]

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2010

14. 'Hurt Locker' choice is sound

Author

Engelbrektson, Lisa

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The Hurt Locker (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, Motion picture sound -- Achievements and awards, Sound motion pictures -- Achievements and awards, Arts and entertainment industries, Business
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'The Hurt Locker,' a film combining quiet moments with intense sound, won laurels for sound mixing in motion pictures at the Cinema Audio Society's annual kudos on Saturday night. 'Hurt [...]

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2010

15. 'Locker' bursts with BAFTA wins

Author

Jaafar, Ali

Subjects
The Hurt Locker (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, Motion pictures -- Achievements and awards, British Academy Film Awards
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Kathryn Bigelow's 'The Hurt Locker' stormed the BAFTAs with six awards, including best film and director. In a night of surprises that saw James Cameron's 'Avatar' shut out of the [...]

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2010

16. WGA pencils in 'Hurt Locker,' 'Up in the Air'

Author

Fernandez, Jay A. and Szalai, Georg

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The Hurt Locker (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, Up in the Air (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, Trade and professional associations -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Arts and entertainment industries, Business, Business, international, Writers Guild of America -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations
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Mark Boal was handed the WGA Award for best original screenplay during the weekend for his explosive drama script 'The Hurt Locker.' The journalist-turned-movie scribe spun his harrowing time embedded [...]

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2010

17. Cuckoo kudos season: 'Locker' tops PGA's 10

Author

McNary, Dave and Siegel, Tatiana

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The Hurt Locker (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, Motion pictures -- Achievements and awards, Arts and entertainment industries, Business, Producers Guild Of America Inc. -- Achievements and awards
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Topping the first slate of l0 contenders, 'The Hurt Locker' has won the Producers Guild of America award for best feature in a portent of an increasingly competitive awards season. [...]

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2010

18. 'Hurt Locker' makes biggest noise at PGAs

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Kilday, Gregg

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The Hurt Locker (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, Trade and professional associations -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Arts and entertainment industries, Business, Business, international, Producers Guild Of America Inc. -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations
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HOLLYWOOD -- Summit's battle-hardened 'The Hurt Locker' scored another victory Sunday as it took home the Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures at the [...]

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2010

19. 'Locker' keeps ticking with b'cast critics nod

Author

Kilday, Gregg and Kit, Borys

Subjects
The Hurt Locker (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, Filmmakers -- Achievements and awards -- Works, Arts and entertainment industries, Business, Business, international
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LOS ANGELES -- Summit's 'The Hurt Locker,' the tale of a bomb-disposal unit in Iraq, topped a field of 1o nominees to win the best picture prize at the Broadcast [...]

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2010

20. Will blue be the color of money for Oscar?

Author

Bart, Peter

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Academy Awards, The Hurt Locker (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, Avatar (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, Motion pictures -- Achievements and awards, Arts and entertainment industries, Business
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LET'S BE BLUNT ABOUT IT: It looks like Jim Cameron will save old Oscar yet again. 'Avatar' is the betting favorite to win best picture. Since it takes a populist [...]

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2010

21. Society of Film Critics latest to laud 'Locker'

Author

Kilday, Gregg

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The Hurt Locker (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, Filmmakers -- Works -- Achievements and awards, Arts and entertainment industries, Business, Business, international, National Society of Film Critics -- Services
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LOS ANGELES -- Iraq-set drama 'The Hurt Locker' set off fireworks as the National Society of Film Critics voted Sunday. The last major critics organization to check in with its [...]

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2010

22. A 'Hurt' spurt: 'Locker' adds awards heft

Author

Thielman, Sam

Subjects
The Hurt Locker (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, Motion pictures -- Achievements and awards, Arts and entertainment industries, Business
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Kathryn Bigelow's 'The Hurt Locker won the, New York Film Critics Circles award for best picture of 2009 on Monday, with Bigelow taking directing honors as well. The awards marked [...]

Published
2009

23. N.Y. critics feel the 'Hurt'

Author

Kilday, Gregg

Subjects
The Hurt Locker (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, Motion pictures -- Achievements and awards
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LOS ANGELES -- The New York Film Critics Circle selected Summit's Iraq-set war drama "The Hurt Locker" as its film of the year at its annual voting meeting Monday. It […]

Published
2009

24. L.A. critics in 'Locker' room

Author

Honeycutt, Kirk

Subjects
The Hurt Locker (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, War films -- Achievements and awards, War in motion pictures -- Achievements and awards, Arts and entertainment industries, Business, Business, international
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LOS ANGELES -- 'The Hurt Locker,' a tense drama about a U.S. Army bomb-disposal unit in Baghdad that explores how the experience turns a young sergeant into an adrenaline junkie, [...]

Published
2009

25. 'Locker' the bomb at Gotham Awards: nods for best feature, ensemble from indie org

Author

Kilday, Gregg

Subjects
The Hurt Locker (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, Independent films -- Achievements and awards, Arts and entertainment industries, Business, Business, international
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LOS ANGELES -- As the awards-season skirmishes begin, Summit's 'The Hurt Locker' has scored an early victory, picking up two trophies Monday night at the Independent Film Project's 19th annual [...]

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2009

26. 'Hurt Locker' bags 6 Oscars in win for Kingdom

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The Hurt Locker (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, Business, General interest, Business, regional
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Byline: Taylor Luck Mar. 9--AMMAN -- The 82nd Academy Awards proved a big win for the Kingdom, with 'The Hurt Locker' receiving six Oscars, including Best Picture. On one of [...]

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2010

27. ACADEMY AWARDS; SANTA FE PRODUCER MYSTIFIED BY FILM'S SUCCESS

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Academy Awards, The Hurt Locker (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
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Byline: ROBERT NOTT Tony Mark says garnering top Oscar was 'beyond our imagination' By Robert Nott The New Mexican Like its main protagonist -- a hell-bent-on-getting-the-job-done-despite-the-odds demolition expert -- The [...]

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2010

28. Oscars: Six on Nine for 'The Hurt Locker'

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The Hurt Locker (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, The Blind Side (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, News, opinion and commentary
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'The Hurt Locker' sweeps six Oscars at the 82nd Academy Awards including Sound Mixing, Film Editing, Original Screenplay, Direction and Motion Picture. THE WINNERS... Best Picture: ' The Hurt Locker' [...]

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2010

29. A director first

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Academy Awards -- 2010 AD, The Hurt Locker (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, Filmmakers -- Achievements and awards -- Works -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
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Byline: JOHANNA SCHNELLER FAME GAME / WOMEN AT THE OSCARS jschneller@globeandmail.com *** The producers of Sunday night's Academy Awards show obviously were counting on Kathryn Bigelow to win best director [...]

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2010

30. A World of 'HURT'

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The Hurt Locker (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
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Byline: COLIN COVERT; STAFF WRITER The biggest glass ceiling in Hollywood came tumbling down at the Oscars Sunday. Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win a best directing award [...]

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2010

31. Winners

Author

Puig, Claudia

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Academy Awards -- 2009 AD, The Hurt Locker (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, Supporting actors -- Achievements and awards, Motion pictures -- Achievements and awards, Filmmakers -- Achievements and awards, Motion picture actors and actresses -- Achievements and awards, News, opinion and commentary
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Best picture The Hurt Locker Actor Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart Actress Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side Supporting actor Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds Supporting actress Mo'Nique, Precious: Based on the Novel [...]

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2010

32. Out of obscurity: 'The Hurt Locker' is a case in study

Author

Bowles, Scott

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Academy Awards -- 2009 AD, The Hurt Locker (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, Supporting actors -- Achievements and awards, Motion pictures -- Achievements and awards, Filmmakers -- Achievements and awards, Motion picture actors and actresses -- Achievements and awards, News, opinion and commentary
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Byline: Scott Bowles LOS ANGELES -- For all the trumpeting of a newfangled Oscars that would celebrate populist films, Sunday's Academy Awards went as they often do. With the exception [...]

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2010

33. Kathryn Bigelow and 'The Hurt Locker' make Oscar history

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Academy Awards, The Hurt Locker (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, Avatar (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, Business, General interest, Business, regional
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Byline: Carrie Rickey Kathryn Bigelow made history Sunday night at the 82d Annual Academy Awards, becoming the first woman to win best director, for 'The Hurt Locker,' which captured six [...]

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2010

34. 'The Hurt Locker' Wins Big in Split Night at Oscars

Author

Cieply, Michael and Barnes, Brooks

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Academy Awards -- 2009 AD, The Hurt Locker (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, Avatar (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, Filmmakers -- Works -- Achievements and awards, Motion picture actors and actresses -- Works -- Achievements and awards, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

''The Hurt Locker,'' a little-seen war film with big backing from the critics, pushed past ''Avatar'' and other crowd-pleasers to win the best picture Oscar at a Sunday night ceremony [...]

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2010

35. The ex factor: He triumphed at the Golden Globes, she at the Baftas. Tonight James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow go head to head at the Oscars. Clarence Tsui takes a look at the rival directors, who were once married, and the films behind their success

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The Hurt Locker (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, Avatar (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Clarence Tsui There's a scene at the start of 1995 film Strange Days in which Lenny Nero, a jaded peddler of 'wire trips', which allow users to 'live' experiences [...]

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2010

36. Best Picture award is least predictable of tonight's gongs

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The Hurt Locker (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Could this be the year for boldly going where no Oscar has gone before? On a night of potential firsts, James Cameron's Avatar has a shot at breaking one of [...]

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2010

37. The Oscars will go to ... Blade movie critic Kirk Baird picks his Academy Award winners

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The Hurt Locker (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, Avatar (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, Business, General interest, Business, regional
Abstract

Byline: Kirk Baird Mar. 7--Picking Oscar's Best Picture winner this year is like tracking down a celebrity at a rehab center: Does it get any easier? Bet the farm on [...]

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2010

38. Oscar casts its glow on a regular guy

Author

Barnes, Brooks

Subjects
Academy Awards, The Hurt Locker (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, Screenwriters -- Achievements and awards, Motion picture industry -- Officials and employees -- Achievements and awards, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

LOS ANGELES HOLLYWOOD'S awards marathon, a seven-month series of cocktail parties and prize banquets culminating with the Oscars, does not come with a survival guide. If it did, one entry [...]

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2010

40. An Oscar title bout for the ages

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Academy Awards -- 2010 AD, The Hurt Locker (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, Avatar (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

You could be forgiven for thinking we were on the eve of a big boxing bout, writes Geoffrey Macnab. In the run-up to the big night, the underdog's team has [...]

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2010

42. Front: Art imitates life, life sues art: bomb expert blasts The Hurt Locker for stealing story: Oscar favourite accused of exploiting veterans Behind-the-scenes battle for top awards intensifies

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The Hurt Locker (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, Avatar (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Ed Pilkington New York It is one thing to put your life on the line every day as a bomb disposal expert in the US military, working in hugely [...]

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2010

43. 'THE HURT LOCKER' TAKES HOME 7 MORE AWARDS

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The Hurt Locker (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

One week before the deadline for Academy Awards ballots, The Hurt Locker boosted its best picture chances at two major awards shows. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts [...]

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2010

44. Baftas go to Hollywood

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The Hurt Locker (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, A Single Man (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Britain swept the board at last year's film awards, and triumphant headlines echoed screenwriter Colin Welland's cry from 1981: 'The British are coming.' What a difference a year makes: critics [...]

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2010

45. Oscars! Oscars! Oscars!

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Crazy Heart (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, The Hurt Locker (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Shea Conner Feb. 15--My Oscar predictions weren't too far off, although my hopes for 'The Hangover' getting some kind of recognition were completely destroyed. Let's review my forecast. BEST [...]

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2010

46. OSCAR'S TOP 10; THE ACADEMY AWARDS OPEN UP THE BEST PICTURE FIELD TO 10 FILMS. IS YOUR FAVORITE NOMINATED?

Author

Persall, Steve

Subjects
Academy Awards, The Hurt Locker (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, Avatar (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: STEVE PERSALL; TIMES FILM CRITIC Oscar poked his shiny head out of a hole this year and saw his shadow, predicting five more weeks of debating 2009's best movies [...]

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2010

48. A first for a female director - unless her ex-husband wins

Subjects
Academy Awards, The Hurt Locker (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, The Blind Side (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

IT WILL be both a battle of the sexes, and a battle of the exes: James Cameron and his former wife Kathryn Bigelow are preparing to share the spotlight at [...]

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2010

49. The Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea column: Bigelow, Cameron tied at 9 for Oscar

Subjects
Academy Awards, The Hurt Locker (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, Business, General interest, Business, regional
Abstract

Byline: Steven Rea Feb. 3--It could be a reality TV show: A divorced couple compete for prizes before an audience of millions. And that, in fact, is what's going to [...]

Published
2010

50. Waterford native Geoffrey Fletcher on his Oscar nom: 'It's still sinking in'

Subjects
Crazy Heart (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, The Hurt Locker (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, Up in the Air (Motion picture) -- Achievements and awards, Business, General interest, Business, regional
Abstract

Byline: Kristina Dorsey Feb. 2--Geoffrey Fletcher, who grew up in Waterford, was nominated today for best adapted screenplay for his work on 'Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' By Sapphire.' [...]

Published
2010

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