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Nominations for 2009 films have been announced!
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Time for another question from Oscar® U.: Four men have been nominated for playing the same role in two different films. Can you name the only woman who shares this honor? ...

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  • New feature! An analysis of the first 80 years of the Academy Awards® by studio. I've looked at 1,800 Awards and ranked the studios by the number of Awards they've won or shared in by year and by decade.

    Another new feature! Visit theOscarSite's Screening Room for a selection of trailers, shorts and film clips from Oscar®-nominated films. -- I've scoured the 'Web for links to over 2,700 films. I believe this feature is unique to theOscarSite. (You need to have the Shockwave player installed to enjoy the films. If you can view videos on YouTube, you're ready to go.)

    This week's featured Oscar® clip from the Screening Room:

    View the a clip of Peter O'Toole's performance in The Lion in Winter
    from YouTube.com.

    All the Nominees:
         · by Year
         · by Year (# of Nominatons & Awards)
         · People [6,793] & Films [4,300]
         · All the Nominated Films in one BIG list
         · by Category
              Actors
              Actors and their roles
              Animated Short & Feature Filmmakers
              Art Department
              Best Picture Nominees (by year)
              Best Picture Nominees (by title)
              Cinematographers
              Directors
              Documentary Filmmakers
              Film Editors
              Live Action Short Filmmakers
              Music Awards
              Producers
              All the Nominated Songs
              Sound
              Sound Effects Editing
              Special Effects
              Visual Effects
              Wardrobe & Makeup
              Writers

    The Oscar® Chronicle
    All the Oscar® Ceremonies
    Stolen Oscars®
    80 Years of Oscars® by Studio

    Just the Winners by Category:
              Actors
              Actresses
              Supporting Actors
              Supporting Actresses
              Art Department
              Best Picture (by yr. & title)
              Cinematographers
              Costume Designers
              Directors
              Documentary Filmmakers
              Film Editors
              Foreign Language Films
              Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
              Short Animated & Live Action Filmmakers
              Makeup
              Music Scoring Awards
              Music - Best Song
              "Other" Awards
              Scientific & Technical Awards
              Sound
              Irving G. Thalberg Award
              Writers

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