2007 Oscar

Greg Kinnear, Abigail Breslin, Alan Arkin, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, Toni Collette in Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris' Little Miss Sunshine (top); Peter O'Toole in Roger Michell's Venus (middle); Eddie Murphy, Beyoncé Knowles, Jennifer Hudson, Anika Noni Rose in Bill Condon's Dreamgirls (bottom) Hal Holbrook, Ruby Dee: Oscar Veterans 2007 Alan Arkin Alan Arkin won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as an untactful heroin-addicted grandfather in Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris' sleeper hit Little Miss Sunshine. Arkin had been previously nominated for [...]

Jennifer Hudson, Beyoncé Knowles, Anika Noni Rose, Dreamgirls Christopher Nolan – INCEPTION: Biggest Oscar Snubs #3b In early 2007, Bill Condon's Dreamgirls suffered an Oscar fate similar to that of Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight two years later. A musical based on the Broadway show inspired by the lives and loves of The Supremes' members Diana Ross, Mary Wilson, and Florence Ballard (later replaced by Cindy Birdsong), Dreamgirls, much like The Dark Knight, received nominations from the Producers Guild and the Directors Guild. Additionally, the [...]

Beyoncé Knowles, Anika Noni Rose, Jennifer Hudson in Dreamgirls Oscar telecast producer Laura Ziskin has announced the show's musical performers at the upcoming 2007 Academy Awards. Beyoncé will perform “Listen” (music by Henry Krieger and Scott Cutler, lyric by Anne Preven), one of three Original Song nominees from the musical Dreamgirls. Jennifer Hudson will be singing “Love You I Do” (music by Henry Krieger and lyric by Siedah Garrett), also from Dreamgirls. Keith Robinson, Anika Noni Rose, and other Dreamgirls cast members will perform “Patience” [...]