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2013 OSCAR WINNERS POLL

Todd Anderson — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:21:35 +0000

It’s Academy Award time again! All of the Oscar Nominees have been announced and now it’s your turn to VOTE!!! Who will be the BIG WINNER for BEST PICTURE this year? Take The Poll:

The Color Purple Lost![VIDEO]

Todd Anderson — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 18:04:06 +0000

Don’t Panic! On this day in 1986: The movie “Out Of Africa” won the Academy Award for best picture. Steven Spielberg’s “The Color Purple” was nominated for eleven Oscars but was completely shutout and won none! Here’s Fantasia at the beginning of her career singing “I’m Here” from “The Color Purple” Comments?

"Diddy" Wins Academy Award!

Todd Anderson — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:45:09 +0000

Sean “Diddy” Combs now owns an Academy Award!!! ”Diddy’s” documentary “Undefeated” won an Oscar for Documentary Feature. ”Undefeated beat out “Pina”, “Paradise Lost Three: Purgatory”, “If A Tree Falls: A Story Of The Earth Liberation Front”, and “Hell and Back Again”. “Diddy” sent out an R-Rated Tweet, expressing his surprise upon winning, and also tweeted [...]

Eddie Murphy Drops $200K On Mercedes-Benz

bob.hill — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:49:08 +0000

From the nice to have money file. Congrats to actor-comedian Eddie Murphy. There’s word that Murphy bought a 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG. He was seen getting out of his luxury ride over the weekend in L.A.

Eddie Murphy In Talks To Host The Oscars

bob.hill — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 12:50:32 +0000

There’s word that superstar and comic Eddie Murphy is in early talks to host the 84th Annual Academy Awards next February. Oscar producer Brett Ratner is reportedly going to pitch members of the Academy on Murphy as the next emcee. According to deadline.com, Murphy is “showing interest.” Brett Ratner has directed the Rush Hour movies. [...]

Was The Oscar Statuette Copied?

Chris Reynolds — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:25:23 +0000

I thought I would blog this morning about the similarities between the Oscar statuette and a certain Egyptian deity named Ptah! The Oscar statue is presented as an Art Deco showing a knight holding a Crusader’s sword standing on film reel. Ptah represents the personification of the primordial mound which arose out of the [...]