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Killer night for Coen brothers

Actor Javier Bardem poses with his Oscar statuette after winning best supporting actor for No Country for Old Men at the 80th annual Academy Awards in Hollywood Sunday. (Photo: Mike Blake/Reuters)

No Country for Old Men takes best picture; Bardem, Day-Lewis, Cotillard and Swinton take the golden boy for their bleak roles


The 80th Academy Awards

The Globe's live Oscar blog

The Globe's Liam Lacey, Tralee Pearce and Jennie Punter share their insights on the glamour and the gaffes of the big night -- as they happen


Few flaming numbers stood out on Oscar's red carpet

Hollywood's stylists completely ignore the bright colours that exploded on spring runways in favour of plain, strapless, black dresses


Audio quiz

Thanking the Academy Popup

Test your Oscar knowledge with the Globe's acceptance speech audio quiz


Interactive

Everything Oscar Popup

Take an interactive trip down the red carpet with reviews, trailers and images from this year's top nominees


Video

It's an honour just to be nominated Popup

Stars like George Clooney and Laura Linney talk about what its like to get an Oscar nomination

Audio Slideshow

Oscars

The contenders Popup

The Globe's Liam Lacey discusses the 80th Academy Awards


Poll

Cate Blanchett

Pick the winners Popup

Vote for your Oscar favourites


In Pictures

Sweeney Todd

The nominees are... Popup

Check out who's up for what on the big night


Interactive game

Guess the dress

Guess the dress Popup

Test your Oscar fashion IQ


In Video

Daniel Day-Lewis

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Check out trailers for some of this year's Oscar nominees

 

Review Centre

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Read Globe reviews of the best picture nominees

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Oscar News 

Who will win?

Associated Press movie writers weigh in with their predictions

Coen brothers 'No Country' could make Oscar history

Pair could become first filmmakers in Oscar history to win four prizes for a single movie

Atonement score types to a different drum

Composer used typing into Oscar-nominated love story's haunting theme music

It's ‘Plan A' for Oscars

Oscar crew regroups for the big show after a settlement is reached in the Hollywood writers strike

'We leave it for the folks to go out and work on it'

Oscar-nominated animated short blends animation with 1969 recording of John Lennon

Post-strike star power set for Oscars

Clooney, Scorsese, Mirren and Miley Cyrus among presenters at this year's Academy Awards

Bright colours, sparkle to light up Oscar red carpet

Fashion preview gives fan a sneak peak at what to expect on Oscar night


Globe's nominee interviews 

Daniel Day-Lewis: Feed the fever, feed the man

Day-Lewis may not have much in common with a sociopath oil prospector, but passion is the tie that binds

Johnny Depp: A bloody good idea

Tim Burton knew Johnny Depp could sing the role of the demon barber in Sweeney Todd, writes Elizabeth Renzetti. But first he had to convince Depp

Viggo Mortensen: The promise of Viggo Mortensen

Javier Bardem: Bardem's bad-hair performance

Although Spanish actor Javier Bardem was a major star in his homeland, all he wanted to do was work with the Coen brothers. A hairdresser helped solidify his dream, Michael Posner writes

Ellen Page: The real thing

Ellen Page's director says her acting is so fine she must be 'touched by God.' Says co-star Jennifer Garner: she's 'brilliant, incredible. She can do anything.' Johanna Schneller introduces us to the tiny, 20-year-old, Haligonian destined for Oscar greatness and beyond

Julian Schnabel: Outside the box ... and the frame

Superstar painter Julian Schnabel drove his film crew wild with his unorthodox methods. Eventually, they bent to his will and the result is being hailed as a masterpiece, James Adams writes

Marcy Page: She walks tall among the shorts

Marcy Page, producer of Oscar-nominated NFB film Madame Tutli-Putli, has a knack for nurturing award-winning work, Guy Dixon writes. This time she coaxed it from a pair who had never made an animated film


Countdown to the Oscars 

Oscar countdown: Why cheerful and quirky goes home empty handed

Often in the Oscar race, the darkest horse is the lightest movie

Animators relish camaraderie, chocolate

Oscar nominees for animated short celebrate each other's work at the 18th annual Chocolate Fosca party

Missing in action

Absence of critically praised Romanian drama from foreign film nominees stirs controversy

Haven't seen the nominees? You're not alone

If you haven't seen the films, will you still watch?

Countdown to Sunday's Oscar envelopes

Not one but two sound awards ... huh?!?


Travel, Oscar-style 

Mom, Hugh Grant and me

Forget camping. Or a lumpy twin bed at grandma's house. Amy Verner spent her childhood holidays at one of Hollywood's most exclusive hotels

The latest picture show

Los Angeles screen sirens, set designers and cinematographers may generate Oscar buzz. But for insiders the real talk of the town is the city's other visual arts scene. Leah McLaren reports on a multi-million-dollar museum opening, bleeding palm tree installations and a destination poised to become America's next art capital


From the archives 

Canadians get their Oscar on

If the show takes place, Ellen Page, Sarah Polley, and two animated short-film directors will vie for Hollywood's top prizes

The Globe's Oscar short-list

Ahead of the official announcement on Tuesday, the Globe's Rick Groen, Liam Lacey and Johanna Schneller pick their candidates

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