Oscar Reactions - Best Picture
Written By Sam McPherson
Tom Hanks, rushed for time, strode onto the stage and announced that The Hurt Locker… won the big prize: Best Picture of
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Oscar Reactions - Best Director
Written By Sam McPherson
It was perhaps the second-closest race of the night, but Best Director finally came to a close with one of the two…
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Oscar Reactions - Best Actress
Written By Sam McPherson
After a rambling introduction by Sean Penn, who presented the award, the Academy Award for Best Actress went to Sandra Bullock for…
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Oscar Reactions - Best Actor
Written By Sam McPherson
Tonight has not really been a night of surprises, and this continues that trend. Jeff Bridges won the award for Best Actor…
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Oscar Reactions - Best Supporting Actress
Written By Sam McPherson
This was one of the gimme categories. Unsurprisingly, Mo’Nique won for her role in Precious…, in which she portrayed the terrifying
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Oscar Reactions - Best Adapted Screenplay
Written By Sam McPherson
Geoffrey Fletcher just won Best Adapted Screenplay for Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire…. I know it wasn’t what
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Oscar Reactions - Best Original Screenplay
Written By Sam McPherson
And, finally, the first disappointment of the night. Mark Boal won for The Hurt Locker…. While I’ll agree that this film
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Oscar Reactions - Best Animated Feature
Written By Sam McPherson
Like Christoph Waltz’s win before it, Up…‘s win was so obvious that they might as well have handed Pete Docter the
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Oscar Reactions - Best Supporting Actor
Written By Sam McPherson
I think we all knew this was coming, but it’s no less satisfying to see Christoph Waltz take home the statuette for…
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Oscar Predictions - Best Picture
Written By Sam McPherson
And finally, the big one. This year’s Best Picture nominees were even more numerous than ever, due to the expansion of the…
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Oscar Predictions - Best Director
Written By Sam McPherson
The first of these final two races is a clencher, due to the fact that all of the nominees are really deserving.…
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