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I’m delighted to see that Ratatouille has won best animated feature. Pixar make great films and Ratatouille was absolutely fantastic. Brad Bird‘s acceptance speech was quite amusing: I want to thank the Academy and I also want to thank my junior high guidance counselor for a meeting we had where he asked me, “What do […]

Tonight is Oscar night 2008. Due to the time difference between Ireland and Los Angeles (8 hours) I won’t be able to “live blog” the awards! Maybe next year if I’m in the right timezone Related Posts:No Related Posts

This morning’s news in Los Angeles is dominated by the announcement of this year’s Oscar nominees. As happens every year there are some names on the list that won’t come as a surprise, while others may be seen as strange choices. The full list is as follows: Performance by an actor in a leading role […]

The Oscars will be held next month in Los Angeles and the nominees are due to be announced in the coming weeks. So which films do you expect to see take awards? Will 300 sweep the boards or is Transformers likely to pick up the lion’s share? What of smaller budget productions like The Wind […]