Brad Renfro Excluded From Oscar Tribute

Blogs were buzzing with discussion of why Brad Renfro was left out of the Academy Awards tribute to Hollywood figures who died in the past year.

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Austria's 'Counterfeiters' Wins Oscar

"The Counterfeiters," the Austrian tale of a master forger forced to work for Nazis in a concentration camp, won the foreign-language Oscar on Sunday.

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'Great Debaters' Tops Image Awards

Denzel Washington's "The Great Debaters" and Tyler Perry's TBS series "House of Payne" took top honors at Thursday night's NAACP Image Awards.

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Grammys a Ho-Hum Affair for TV Viewers

Amy Winehouse, Herbie Hancock and Kanye West didn't provide quite enough drama to enthrall television viewers. Preliminary estimates indicate the Grammy Awards telecast was watched by 17.5 million people.

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Winehouse Dominates Grammys From Afar

Amy Winehouse, Herbie Hancock and Kanye West didn't provide quite enough drama to enthrall television viewers. Preliminary estimates Monday indicate the Grammy Awards telecast was watched by 17.5 million people.

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Alba Wows Geeks at Oscars' Tech Fest

At the first Academy Award presentations of the year, 20 computer geeks graciously accepted honors for their work on particle flow simulation technology — stuff that makes water scenes in the movies look more realistic.

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'Frozen River' Best Drama at Sundance

For the third year in a row, a movie revolving around immigrants won the grand-jury prize for best U.S. drama at the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday. Only this time, they come from the north.

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Redford to Take on 'A Walk in the Woods'

With the Sundance Film Festival nearly over, Robert Redford is going for "A Walk in the Woods."

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Parties and Paparazzi Flood Sundance

Film takes place, Sundance told us in its motto this year.

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Quaid Chokes Up Talking About Babies

Dennis Quaid says his new movie shows "life imitating art." The actor, whose newborn twins were given an overdose of blood thinner in November, choked up with emotion at the sight of himself holding two healthy babies in the final shots of "Smart People."

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'Hamlet 2' Is Big Buy at Sundance Fest

Steve Coogan is the toast of Sundance. The British actor stars in the biggest acquisition of the film festival, "Hamlet 2," a bawdy comedy directed by Andy Fleming that takes politically incorrect jabs at inspirational teacher flicks like "Mr. Holland's Opus."

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Elle Fanning Stars in 'Wonderland'

Elle Fanning follows in her older sister Dakota's precocious footsteps with a star turn in the film "Phoebe in Wonderland."

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Filmmakers Look to Sundance Buying Spree

The same writers strike that transformed the Golden Globes into a news conference might bring smiles to the faces of agents and filmmakers gathered in this snow-covered ski town.

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No Pressure for AFI Awards Winners

Talk of the writers strike buzzed around a Four Seasons ballroom Friday as George Clooney, Javier Bardem and other stars gathered for a no-pressure awards lunch hosted by the American Film Institute.

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Gracenote Expands to Cover Video

Gracenote Inc., whose database supplies song names when you pop a CD into your computer, is branching into video.

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UP DOWN LEFT RIGHT: Strange Portables

In this week's "Up Down Left Right," RYAN PEARSON samples a few of the odder offerings for portable gaming systems.

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Akon Performs at Early New Year's Party

A day after earning four Grammy nominations, Akon performed at a New Year's Eve party. "Wattup! Happy New Year!" the singer called out to a young crowd decked out in party hats and "2008" glasses.

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New Miss California Crowned After Mix-Up

In the business of crowning beauty queens, there's one thing you'd think they'd get right: crowning the right beauty queen.

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Holiday Consumerism Targeted by Humor

Buy Nothing Day is getting a Jesus jolt. Performance artist Bill Talen assumes the persona of Reverend Billy, often accompanied by a gospel choir, to use the histrionics and cadences of a televangelist (think Jimmy Swaggart) in an anti-consumerism effort to convert people to his "Church of Stop Shopping."

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'Beowulf' Defies Animation Label

The tagline for Disney's upcoming "Enchanted" could well be the motto for the latest push in animation: "The real world and the animated world collide."

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Comics Publishers Cautiously Go Online

Marvel is putting some of its older comics online Tuesday, hoping to reintroduce young people to the X-Men and Fantastic Four by showcasing the original issues in which such characters appeared.

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Stars Present Their Films at AFI Bash

Warren Beatty leaned down to chat face-to-face with Kirk Douglas. Sylvester Stallone chomped on pineapple and glanced across the bar at Clint Eastwood. Angela Lansbury gawked at Jack Nicholson. Julie Andrews laughed with Billy Crystal.

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Robin Williams Monkeys Around in New Pic

After spending two months ensconced quietly in an Oregon rehab program, Robin Williams is back making laughs onscreen.

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