2005 Oscar Articles

Alan Alda in Martin Scorsese's The Aviator William Hurt: Oscar Veterans 2005 Alan Alda Alan Alda, nominated as Best Supporting Actor for Martin Scorsese's The Aviator. He lost to Morgan Freeman in Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby. That was Alda's first nomination. Best known for the long-running 1970s television series M*A*S*H, Alda has appeared in more than 30 motion pictures since his 1963 debut in [...]

2005 Academy Awards 2005 Academy Award winners: Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland in Los Angeles on February 27, 2005 ("*" denotes the winner in each category) Photos: © HO/AMPAS   Best Film The Aviator – Michael Mann, Graham King† Finding Neverland – Richard N. Gladstein, Nellie Bellflower * Million Dollar Baby – Clint Eastwood, Albert S. Ruddy, Tom Rosenberg† Ray- Taylor Hackford, Stuart Benjamin, [...]

Al Pacino, Dog Day Afternoon The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Board of Governors has chosen director-screenwriter Sidney Lumet, 80, as the next recipient of the Honorary Oscar. The award, in honor of Lumet's "brilliant services to screenwriters, performers and the art of the motion picture," will be presented at the 2005 Academy Awards ceremony on February 27. Lumet, who made his feature-film [...]

The Story of the Weeping Camel The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Tuesday, Nov. 17, a list of twelve semi-finalists for the Best Documentary Feature Academy Award. The twelve films were chosen by the Academy's documentary branch, which will also select the five final nominees. The semi-finalists are: Born into Brothels, about the children of Calcutta prostitutes; Home of the Brave, the [...]