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	<title>Alternative Film Guide &#187; Ellen Burstyn</title>
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		<title>Genie Awards 2009: PASSCHENDAELE Wins Best Picture</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 07:29:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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In a bizarre twist, the Canadian Academy of Film &#38; Television chose Passchendaele, Paul Gross&#8216; flag-waving World War I melodrama about Canadian valor,  as the best Canadian film of 2008. I say bizarre because even though Passchendaele was in the running for a best film Genie Award, neither its screenplay nor (writer-)director Gross had even been nominated (though Gross, who didn&#8217;t attend the ceremony as he was filming in Los Angeles, managed to get a best actor nod). 
Passchendaele won five other awards: best art direction, costume design, sound, sound editing, and a special prize for the most (financially) successful Canadian film of the year.
Passchendaele has been hailed by some as a Canadian blockbuster to rival Hollywood productions, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Genie Awards 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 01:11:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator>
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2009 Genie Awards
2009 Academy of Canadian Cinema &#38; Television&#8217;s Genie Award nominations: Feb. 10, 2009
2009 Genie Award winners: Ottawa, April 4, 2009
(&#34;*&#34; denotes the winner in each category)
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BEST MOTION PICTURE / MEILLEUR FILM
  Amal &#8211; David Miller, Steven Bray
  Ce qu&#8217;il faut pour vivre / The Necessities of Life &#8211; Bernadette Payeur, René Chénier
  Normal &#8211; Andrew Boutilier, Carl Bessai
*   Passchendaele &#8211; Niv Fichman, Francis Damberger, Paul Gross, Frank Siracusa
Tout est Parfait / Everything is Fine &#8211; Nicole Robert
 BEST DOCUMENTARY / MEILLEUR DOCUMENTAIRE
INFINIMENT QUÉBEC &#8211; Jean-Claude Labrecque, Yves Fortin, Christian Medawar
MY WINNIPEG &#8211; Guy Maddin, Phyllis Laing, Jody Shapiro
* UP THE YANGTZE &#8211; Yung Chang, Mila Aung-Thwin, John Christou, Germaine Ying-Gee Wong
BEST DIRECTION [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Martin Scorsese&#8217;s Oscar Nominated Actors</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jan 2007 14:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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Martin Scorsese 
20 Acting Nominations
(s) supporting category
(*) Academy Award winner
Martin Scorsese: Top Oscar Directors for Actors
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1974

Ellen Burstyn Alice Doesn&#8217;t Live Here Anymore * 
Diane Ladd (s) Alice Doesn&#8217;t Live Here Anymore
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1976

Robert De Niro Taxi Driver
Jodie Foster (s) Taxi Driver
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1980

Robert De Niro Raging Bull *
Joe Pesci (s) Raging Bull
Cathy Moriarty (s) Raging Bull
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1986
Paul Newman The Color of Money *
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (s) The Color of Money
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1990
Joe Pesci (s) Goodfellas *
Lorraine Bracco (s) Goodfellas
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1991

Robert De Niro Cape Fear
Juliette Lewis (s) Cape Fear
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1993
Winona Ryder (s) The Age of Innocence
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1995
Sharon Stone Casino
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2002

Daniel Day-Lewis Gangs of New York
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2004

Leonardo DiCaprio The Aviator
Cate Blanchett (s) The Aviator *
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2006
Mark Wahlberg (s) The Departed

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		<title>Oscar&#8217;s Comeback Nominees</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2006 03:10:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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Ellen Burstyn in Requiem for a Dream (top); Roman Polanski, Adrien Brody in The Pianist (middle); Diane Lane in Unfaithful (bottom)

Since the 1960s, nearly every year has had at least one Oscar comeback in the acting/directing categories. Some were veterans getting their first chance at the Oscars;  others were Oscar veterans getting their first nod in years. 
Below  are a few examples in the last 10 years. As per this list, Oscar&#8217;s comeback veterans  hardly ever win.



2005
 William Hurt, nominated as best supporting actor for A History of Violence.  Hurt has three previous best actor nominations;   the last one in 1987 was for Broadcast News. He  won in 1985 for  Kiss of [...]]]></description>
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