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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; 2007 Oscar</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/2007-oscar/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog</link> <description>The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:29:41 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>Alan Arkin, Peter O&#039;Toole, Eddie Murphy: Oscar Veterans 2006</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/alan-arkin-peter-otoole-eddie-murphy-forest-whitaker/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/alan-arkin-peter-otoole-eddie-murphy-forest-whitaker/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 13:05:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26380</guid> <description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/alan-arkin-peter-otoole-eddie-murphy-forest-whitaker/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Bill Condon&#039;s DREAMGIRLS: Biggest Oscar Snubs #3c</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/dreamgirls-the-dark-knight-oscar-snubs-449/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/dreamgirls-the-dark-knight-oscar-snubs-449/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2011 02:55:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20760</guid> <description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/dreamgirls-the-dark-knight-oscar-snubs-449/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2007 Performers: Beyoncé, Melissa Etheridge, James Taylor</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2007-performers/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2007-performers/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 20:45:45 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/archives/2007/02/21/oscar-2007-performers/</guid> <description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2007-performers/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2007 Presenters</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2007-presenters/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2007-presenters/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 20:26:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/archives/2007/02/21/oscar-2007-presenters/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Catherine Deneuve in The Umbrellas of Cherbourg AMPAS has announced the &#8212; supposedly complete &#8212; roster of presenters at the upcoming Oscar ceremony, which will be held next Sunday, February 25, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood &#38; Highland Center. The updated list consists of: Ben Affleck, Gael Garcia Bernal, Jessica Biel, Jack Black, Cate Blanchett, Emily Blunt, Abigail Breslin, Steve Carell, George Clooney, Daniel [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2007-presenters/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2007: &quot;Shorts!&quot; in New York City</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2007-shorts-west-bank-story/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2007-shorts-west-bank-story/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 03 Feb 2007 01:42:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/archives/2007/02/02/oscar%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cshorts%e2%80%9d-to-screen-in-new-york-city/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Maestro by Geza M. Toth (top); West Bank Story by Ari Sandel (middle); Too Few of Us by Borja Cobeaga (bottom) The New York City version of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' annual "Shorts!" program, featuring the year's Oscar-nominated narrative short films, will be presented on Saturday, February 17, at 12 p.m. and 4 p.m. at the Academy Theater. The screenings will [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2007-shorts-west-bank-story/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2007: Makeup Symposium in Hollywood</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-makeup-symposium-in-hollywood/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-makeup-symposium-in-hollywood/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2007 11:58:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/archives/2007/02/02/oscar-makeup-symposium-in-hollywood/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Doug Jones in Pan's Labyrinth (top); Mel Gibson's Apocalypto (middle); Christopher Walken in Click (bottom) The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will for the first time present the 2007 Oscar nominees in the makeup category at a special symposium at 2 p.m. on Saturday, February 24, at the Academy's Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. The Makeup Symposium will be hosted by Makeup Branch [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-makeup-symposium-in-hollywood/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2007: Helen Mirren and the Academy Luncheon</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/helen-mirren-at-the-2007-oscar-luncheon/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/helen-mirren-at-the-2007-oscar-luncheon/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2007 10:09:45 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/archives/2007/02/02/helen-mirren-at-the-2007-oscar-luncheon/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Following a wild &#8212; but unfulfilling (see how bored she looks?) &#8212; lifetime of food, sex, and murder, Helen Mirren settles down after being elected Queen of England. More than 100 individuals nominated for the 2007 Oscars &#8212; including 16 of the 20 nominees in the acting categories &#8212; are expected to attend the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' annual nominees luncheon at [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/helen-mirren-at-the-2007-oscar-luncheon/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2007: Nominated Shorts Screening</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2007-nominated-shorts-screening/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2007-nominated-shorts-screening/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2007 07:15:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/archives/2007/01/30/oscar-nominated-shorts-to-screen-at-ampas/</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Little Match Girl (top, &#169; Disney Enterprises); West Bank Story (bottom) The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present the program &#34;Shorts!,&#34; featuring the ten Academy Award nominees in the Animated and Live Action Short Film categories. The screening will be held on Tuesday, February 20, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Hosted by producer-director Taylor Hackford, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2007-nominated-shorts-screening/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2007: Nominated Producers</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/academy-awards-2007-nominated-producers/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/academy-awards-2007-nominated-producers/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 27 Jan 2007 00:05:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/archives/2007/01/26/academy-awards-2007-nominated-producers/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Toni Collette, Abigail Breslin, Alan Arkin, Paul Dano, Steve Carell, Greg Kinnear in Little Miss Sunshine Not everyone will fit into the 2007 Academy Award's van. The Academy's Producers Branch Executive Committee has announced the final roster of producers nominated in this year's Best Picture category. They are: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jon Kilik and Steve Golin for Babel Graham King for The Departed Clint Eastwood, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/academy-awards-2007-nominated-producers/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2007: Best Documentary Short, Animated Short</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2007-best-documentary-short-animated-short/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2007-best-documentary-short-animated-short/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2007 01:28:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=16960</guid> <description><![CDATA[Oscar 2007: Best Cinematography, Music Achievement in makeup Apocalypto (Buena Vista) Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano Click (Sony Pictures Releasing) Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso * Pan's Labyrinth (Picturehouse) David Marti and Montse Ribe Best documentary short subject * The Blood of Yingzhou District A Thomas Lennon Films Production Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon Recycled Life An Iwerks/Glad Production Leslie Iwerks and Mike Glad Rehearsing [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2007-best-documentary-short-animated-short/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2007: Best Cinematography, Music</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2007-best-cinematography-music/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2007-best-cinematography-music/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2007 01:27:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=16961</guid> <description><![CDATA[Oscar 2007: Best Film, Acting Achievement in cinematography The Black Dahlia (Universal) Vilmos Zsigmond Children of Men (Universal) Emmanuel Lubezki The Illusionist (Yari Film Group) Dick Pope * Pan's Labyrinth (Picturehouse) Guillermo Navarro The Prestige (Buena Vista) Wally Pfister Achievement in film editing Babel (Paramount and Paramount Vantage) Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise Blood Diamond (Warner Bros.) Steven Rosenblum Children of Men (Universal) Alex Rodríguez [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2007-best-cinematography-music/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2007</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2007-academy-awards-2007/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2007-academy-awards-2007/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2007 01:26:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2007-academy-awards-2007/</guid> <description><![CDATA[2007 Academy Awards 2007 Academy Award nominations: January 23, 2007 2007 Academy Award winners: Kodak Theatre at Hollywood &#38; Highland in Los Angeles on February 25, 2007 (&#34;*&#34; denotes the winner in each category) Photos: &#169; AMPAS &#160; Best motion picture of the year Babel (Paramount and Paramount Vantage) An Anonymous Content/Zeta Film/Central Films Production Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jon Kilik and Steve Golin, Producers * [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2007-academy-awards-2007/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2007 Nominations: British Talent</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2007-nominations-british-talent/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2007-nominations-british-talent/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:49:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=17140</guid> <description><![CDATA[Oscar 2007 Nominations: Part I Among those foreign invaders from across the Atlantic are best direction nominees Stephen Frears (for The Queen, which is also up for a best film nod) and Paul Greengrass (for United 93); best actress nominees Helen Mirren (right, for The Queen), Kate Winslet (for Little Children), and Judi Dench (for Notes on a Scandal); best original screenplay nominee Peter Morgan [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2007-nominations-british-talent/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2007 Nominations</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/oscar-nominations-2007/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/oscar-nominations-2007/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:48:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/archives/2007/01/23/oscar-nominations-2007/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Penélope Cruz told Academy members to vote for her &#8212; or else. Pedro Almodóvar should have used the same vote-getting technique. &#34;There's so many Mexicans!&#34; exclaimed Mexican actress Salma Hayek, too excited to conjugate her verbs properly, upon announcing &#8212; along with Academy president Sid Ganis &#8212; some of the nominees for the 2007 Academy Awards. Indeed. Best supporting actress nominee Adriana Barraza (for Babel); [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/oscar-nominations-2007/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2007: Best Foreign Language Semi-Finalists</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2007-oscar-foreign-language-film-contenders/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2007-oscar-foreign-language-film-contenders/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2007 05:14:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/archives/2007/01/16/oscars-foreign-language-film-potential-contenders-2nd-round/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Cécile De France in Avenue Montaigne (top); Mads Mikkelsen in After the Wedding (middle); Carice van Houten in The Black Book (bottom) The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has narrowed down to nine titles the list of potential 2007 best foreign-language film nominees. They are (listed in alphabetical order by country): Algeria, Days of Glory, Rachid Bouchareb, director Canada, Water, Deepa Mehta, director [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2007-oscar-foreign-language-film-contenders/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2007: Best Makeup Longlist</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2007-best-makeup-longlist/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2007-best-makeup-longlist/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:20:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/archives/2007/01/10/oscar-07-makeup-longlist/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ivana Baquero, Doug Jones in Pan's Labyrinth (top); X-Men: The Last Stand (middle); Martin Short in The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (bottom) The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the seven films up for the 2007 best makeup Academy Award. They are (in alphabetical order): Apocalypto Click Pan's Labyrinth Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest The Prestige The Santa [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2007-best-makeup-longlist/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2007 Poster</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2007-poster/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2007-poster/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 29 Dec 2006 02:47:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/archives/2006/12/28/oscar-2007-poster/</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#169; A.M.P.A.S. Chico&#8212;Diane&#8212;Heaven! Personally, Veda's convinced me that alligators have the right idea. They eat their young. I vant to be alohhhn. None of the above quotes, all three from movies nominated for a best picture Academy Award &#8212; the last quote actually comes from an Oscar-winning film &#8212; are to be found in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' poster celebrating the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2007-poster/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2007: Visual Effects Longlist</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2007-visual-effects-longlist/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2007-visual-effects-longlist/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2006 08:03:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/archives/2006/12/18/seven-films-considered-for-visual-effects-oscar/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Eragon (top); Ben Stiller in Night at the Museum (middle); Poseidon (bottom) The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that seven films are &#34;in consideration&#34; for the 2007 visual effects Academy Award. They are: Casino Royale Eragon Night at the Museum Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Poseidon Superman Returns X-Men: The Last Stand Apparently, the visual effects found in Pan's [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2007-visual-effects-longlist/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2007: Sherry Lansing to Receive Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/sherry-lansing-jean-hersholt-humanitarian-award/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/sherry-lansing-jean-hersholt-humanitarian-award/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 15 Dec 2006 00:18:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/archives/2006/12/14/sherry-lansing-to-receive-jean-hersholt-humanitarian-award/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sherry Lansing, the former Paramount chairman and an advocate for cancer research, has been voted the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Lansing will receive the award at the 2007 Academy Awards ceremony on February 25, 2007. The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award is named after Danish-born actor Jean Hersholt, who played leads and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/sherry-lansing-jean-hersholt-humanitarian-award/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2007: Ennio Morricone to Receive Honorary Academy Award</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/ennio-morricone-to-receive-honorary-academy-award/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/ennio-morricone-to-receive-honorary-academy-award/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 14 Dec 2006 07:26:15 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/archives/2006/12/14/ennio-morricone-to-receive-honorary-academy-award/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Over his 45-year career, prolific composer-conductor Ennio Morricone has created more than 500 scores for both films and television &#8212; including my all-time favorite movie score, the Once Upon a Time in the West ballad. He will finally be given his Oscar due on February 25, 2007, when he'll be picking up an Honorary Academy Award for his contributions to film art. More than a [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/ennio-morricone-to-receive-honorary-academy-award/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2007: Best Song Longlist</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2007-best-song-longlist/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2007-best-song-longlist/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2006 21:49:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/archives/2006/12/08/56-songs-vying-for-2006-oscar-nomination/</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that 56 songs will be considered in the original song category for the 2007 Academy Awards. On Tuesday, January 16, the Academy will screen clips featuring each song, in random order, for Music Branch voting members in both Beverly Hills and New York City. According to the Academy's press release, &#34;to be eligible, a song [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2007-best-song-longlist/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2007: Foreign-Language Film Submissions</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/61-foreign-language-oscar-submissions/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/61-foreign-language-oscar-submissions/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2006 22:52:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/archives/2006/10/19/61-foreign-language-oscar-submissions/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Fifty years after the creation of the Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award category, a record 61 countries have submitted films for consideration for the 79th Academy Awards. As per the Academy's press release, Kazakhstan appears to be the sole newcomer. (Addendum: It isn't. Kazakhstan submitted Ardak Amirkulov's Gibel Otrara / The Fall of Otrar back in 1992. I found a mention of this on [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/61-foreign-language-oscar-submissions/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2007: VOLVER, TEN CANOES Submitted</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/volver-ten-canoes-oscar-2007/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/volver-ten-canoes-oscar-2007/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2006 07:09:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/archives/2006/09/28/almodvars-volver-is-spains-submission-for-the-2006-oscars/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Pedro Almodóvar's Volver, winner of the Best Screenplay Award and of an ensemble Best Actress Award at this year's Cannes Film Festival, has been chosen as Spain's submission for the 2006 Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award. The family drama stars Penélope Cruz and Lola Dueñas as sisters whose mother's ghost (played by Almodóvar veteran Carmen Maura) shows up so as to bury the (figuratively [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/volver-ten-canoes-oscar-2007/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
