2009 Oscar Articles

New Boy by Steph Green (top); Oktapodi by Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand (bottom) The 2009 Academy Award-nominated films in the Animated and Live Action Short Film categories will be screened as part of the program "Shorts!," presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Tuesday, February 17, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The program will [...]

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that the official 2009 Oscar poster is now available for purchase. The poster features the Oscar statuette spotlighted center stage among the bright lights of the Kodak Theatre, a representation of the point of view that Oscar ceremony host Hugh Jackman, and Academy Award winners, presenters, and performers will experience from the stage of the [...]

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that producer credits for Best Picture nominee The Reader have been determined by the Producers Branch Executive Committee: The official nominees are Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Donna Gigliotti and Redmond Morris. As per the Academy’s press release, "because four producers were listed on the credits form submitted for Oscar consideration and Academy rules allow for [...]

Domestic totals up to Jan. 20. Worldwide figures include domestic rentals. Frost/Nixon — Domestic: $8.8 million; Worldwide: $10.1 million Milk — Domestic: $20.5 million; Worldwide: $21.6 million The Curious Case of Benjamin Button — Domestic: $103.6 million; Worldwide: $117.9 million The Reader — Domestic: $7.9 million; Worldwide: $12.4 million Slumdog Millionaire — Domestic: $44.2 million; Worldwide: $61.1 million   Source: Box Office Mojo (boxofficemojo.com)