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The Oscars, also called the Academy Awards, is the annual ceremony where the Academy of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences hands out awards honoring the best in American film for that year. The dozens of prizes include the awards for best motion picture, best director, best actor and actress, and best supporting actor and actress .

Receiving an Oscar represents the top of the mountain for any aspirant filmmaker, actor, or director. There are your Golden Globes and SAGs, but there is only one Oscar. The history of the Oscars reads like a veritable who's who of Hollywood royalty.

Each year millions of viewers tune in to watch the nationally televised Oscars show, drawing some of the years biggest television ratings. Many tune in to see the Hollywood celebrities on the red carpet — and who is wearing or saying what — as they do to cheer on their favorite movies and actors. You never know quite what to expect, hence the mass appeal of Hollywood's biggest night.

In the blogosphere, the Oscars are also a very big deal. Some bloggers will log their awards predictions, while others follow the action at the parties.

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The rise of independent films and their impact on the Oscars.

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Why War Horse should win the best picture Oscar

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Brett Ratner Getting Hollywood To ‘Come Out Of The Closet’ In GLAAD Campaign Video

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Oscar Envy

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If anybody is planning to be in the Philadelphia area on February 26th, let me know, because I WANT TO HAVE AN OSCARS PARTY SO BAD, YOU GUYS, and you all will be invited. Everybody else can have their Christmas and their Girl Scout Cookie time, but for me, the “awards season†is the most wonderful time of the ...

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OSCARS 2012: Streep versus Davis for Best Actress

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Awards season 2011-12: All the major nominees and winners, including Baftas

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The 2011 awards season is hotting up. In the run-up to the Oscars, track the key nominees and winners here; can you predict who will triumph this year? • Get the data The Baftas have been given out and were only a step away from discovering who will win the Oscars in two weeks time. The Artist continues its ...

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Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer on Black Artists and Image.

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All the news thats fit to scroll

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