By: Claudia Corner | 2010-02-03 | Movies On Tuesday, "Avatar" by James Cameron and "The Hurt Locker" by Kathryn Bigelow were announced in the Oscar nominations on Tuesday Feb.2. The two movies were nominated with 9 awards including the Best read more
By: John Stevens | 2010-09-27 | Movies The Academy Awards or the Oscar is known as an accolade by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. It is awarded to directors, actors and writers for their excellent achievement in the film industry of the year. Along with the Grammy Awards, Tony Awards and Emmy Awards, the Oscar is one of the most prominent award ceremony in the media. The prize of the Oscar is the Oscar statuette which is officially called the Academy Award of Merit. The statue is made of gold-plated britannium on a black metal base. It is described to depict a knight rendered in Art Deco style. He holds a sword and stands on a five-spoke reel of film. Each spoke represent the original branches of the Academy including directors, actors, writers, technicians and producers. In measurement, the Oscar statuette is 34 cm tall and weighs 3.85 kg. In general, Oscar statuettes are carefully manufactured at R.S. Owens & Company in Chicago, Illinois. Martin Vega is mainly responsible for producing these s read more
By: | 2010-04-17 | Satellite TV Every year, Hollywood's storied Academy takes a deep breath and examines the films of the past year. The nominations are laid out and eventually the Oscars are presented in March. For critics, there is a similar period of evaluation every year, but the real test is which films shine years after their release. Having closed out the decade spanning 2000-2009, it is time to review the best films of this era. Satellite TV networks are now featuring these 5 films which stood heads above the rest in the 2000-2009 period. read more
By: tianli | 2011-03-30 | Outsourcing www.bingcrosby.com Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby (May 3, 1903 October 14, 1977) was an American popular singer and actor whose career stretched over more than half a century from 1926 until his death read more