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Why is an Oscar winner suing over this $100,000 photograph?
By Eriq Gardner EXCLUSIVE: Louie Psihoyos won the best documentary Oscar this year for directing "The Cove," an expose about the thousands of dolphins killed each year off the coast of Japan (bizarre acceptance speech spectacle on the right).
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog - Wednesday, August 4, 2010
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ENTERTAINMENT LITIGATION: REPRESENTING THE UNPOPULAR CLIENT
Gregory Peck won an Oscar playing the earnest, justice-seeking Finch who stands in the face of a mob to protect the wrongly accused. Last week, Matthew Belloni of The Hollywood Reporter wrote a post on his THR, Esq blog about Gibson's lawyer, Tom Hansen, staying "loyal" to Gibson -- unlike Gibson's agents who dumped him. Interesting.
Entertainment Litigation Blog - Monday, August 2, 2010
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Oscar crasher criminal charges dropped
By Matthew Belloni EXCLUSIVE: Criminal charges have been dismissed against the actor detained outside the Academy Awards in March for trying to attend without a ticket. Michael AvMen (aka Michael Avila), who filed a civil suit against the Academy in.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog - Monday, August 2, 2010
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  • Oscar Watch: Hollywood Issues
    Each February, as the Oscars approach, special Hollywood issues roll out, and party planning kicks into gear. Madonna and Demi Moore are throwing their Oscar party again.) And for some of us, Oscar fatigue sets in: how many more pieces can we read about these people? He's done way more press than Sean Penn.
    Thompson On Hollywood - Tuesday, February 10, 2009
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  • Oscar Rule Change: Ten Best Lists
    A film historian of the 60s and 70s sent me his best guesses at what ten best Oscar lists would have been between 1967 and 1979. JEAN BRODIE was a quality drama being lobbied hard by Fox for Maggie Smith's Oscar-worthy (ultimately Oscar-winning) performance -- it isn't a stretch to imagine it as a Best Picture nominee. Darn it.
    Thompson On Hollywood - Wednesday, July 1, 2009
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  • Oscar Planning
    Wednesday night, I walked on the plastic-covered red carpet on my way to Gold Derby blogger Tom O'Neill's annual Oscar party at the Max Factor Hollywood museum. I'll be posted somewhere on the Red Carpet on Sunday afternoon in my black Oscar suit, prepared to report back to you as soon as I get in front of a computer.
    Thompson On Hollywood - Thursday, February 19, 2009
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  • Oscar Pools: Jump In
    The Oscar ballots are in. But he told me his votes over the phone, and judging from his picks and my gleaning of the Oscar tea leaves, I'll be fairly close this year. You can test your Oscar mettle against professional oddsmaker Nate Silver , but the Oscars are too idiosyncratic to be statistically predicted in this way.
    Thompson On Hollywood - Wednesday, February 18, 2009
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  • Oscar Parties: Down but Not Out
    Oscar fetes are downsizing this year, from Vanity Fair at the Sunset Tower to likely big Oscar-night winner Fox Searchlight at One Sunset. Bill Higgins lays out the Oscar weekend options. Tags: Oscars Academy Awards Oscars parties Paramount and Warner Bros. aren't having any parties at all.
    Thompson On Hollywood - Wednesday, February 18, 2009
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  • Oscars: Aniston to Present
    Jennifer Aniston will present at the Oscars, announces Marc Malkin. Tags: Oscars Academy Awards Aniston Hugh Jackman Oscars As the Academy tries to beef up a show that is light on popular movies or drama, they continue to leak names of people who might draw younger audiences. That was clearly made for distribution via YouTube.
    Thompson On Hollywood - Saturday, February 21, 2009
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  • Oscar Surprises: Dark Knight Out, Reader In
    The Oscar nominations are in and The Dark Knight did not make it to best picture. late-entry in the Oscar race, The Reader was barely finished in time. But Weinstein knew he had a winner and several Oscar-watchers were telling me Golden Globes weekend that their Academy pals weren't saying they voted for The Dark Knight.
    Thompson On Hollywood - Thursday, January 22, 2009
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  • Oscar Watch: Covering the Oscars
    Reuters entertainment editor Bob Tourtelotte is covering his 10th Oscar show. Virginia Madsen tells Osborne nothing will ever equal her first Oscar show, when she was nominated for supporting actress for 2005's Sideways. And now Bolt is nominated and hopefully we'll take home an Oscar for Bolt.' The security is insane," he says.
    Thompson On Hollywood - Sunday, February 22, 2009
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  • Truth or Dare: Madonna Not in New Moon, Pattinson, Efron on Oscars, Spielberg's Lincoln
    TRUE, Zac Efron and Rob Pattinson will present on the Oscar show, but not together. And word is, new mother MIA will NOT sing on the Oscars. Here's the latest clip: Tags: Breaking News In Production Oscars Russell Crowe Steven Spielberg Twilight Madonna New Moon. Rob Pattinson Oscars Steven Spielberg Twilight Watchmen Zac Efro
    Thompson On Hollywood - Tuesday, February 17, 2009
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  • Oscar Watch: Press Bleachers
    Tags: Oscars Academy Awards Oscars red carpet
    Thompson On Hollywood - Sunday, February 22, 2009
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