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By Drew Grant 2/26/12 4:37pm

The New York Observer’s Oscar Live Blog

Join Drew Grant and Daniel D’Adderio as they discuss the Academy Awards in real time! Who will win? Brad Pitt? George Clooney? Meryl Streep??! It’s all so exciting! Read More

By Daniel D'Addario 2/22/12 11:23am

The Oscars

Sacha Baron Cohen, out of costume (Getty Images)

Sacha Baron Cohen Cannot Advertise His New Movie at the Oscars

The Academy has warned Sacha Baron Cohen not to show up to the Oscars in character as “the Dictator,” the title character from his upcoming fantasia on Middle Eastern themes. As Mr. Cohen’s films rest somewhat on the tension between his invented characters and shocked but credulous citizens, and as he’s run out of citizens Read More

By Daniel D'Addario 2/19/12 8:45am

The Eight-Day Week

To Do Sunday: Dratch Entertainment

Sure, going out on a winter Sunday is a drag—but who wants to watch 60 Minutes when Rachel Dratch is saluting the writer of Hugo? Tonight’s Writers Guild of America Awards are simultaneously going on at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles (fancy!) and the B.B. King Blues Club in New York City (sure!). Ms. Read More

By Daniel D'Addario 1/24/12 11:25am

The Oscars

The Most Exciting Oscar Races

Best Actress

In the past few weeks, this race–long led by Viola Davis–got a lot more interesting with Golden Globe wins for Meryl Streep and Michelle Williams. Ms. Williams’s film may feel too slight, but she’s gone on the PR offensive with an in-character GQ cover; Ms. Streep’s film has its detractors, and Read More

By Daniel D'Addario 1/24/12 9:23am

The Oscars

Hugo Leads Oscar Race With 11 Nominations

This morning, thousands upon tens of New Yorkers are realizing they have to go see Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, as that film was announced as one of nine Oscar Best Picture nominees.

Big surprises of the morning included that film’s nomination for Best Picture, the inclusion of Best Actor nominees Demian Bichir and Gary Read More

By Daniel D'Addario 1/23/12 8:45am

The Oscars

Michelle Williams--who will be nominated. Who else will join her? (Getty Images)

A Big Morning for ‘The Artist’ and More Oscar Nomination Predictions

Tomorrow morning will bring that early-morning announcement of this year’s Oscar nominees–with the attention-desperate wrinkle that no one knows how many nominees there will be. Herewith, our predictions, for last-minute entries into your office pool (if yours is the sort of office at which Oscar nominations are the subject of a pool. Ours is not, Read More

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The New York Observer’s Oscar Live Blog

Sacha Baron Cohen Cannot Advertise His New Movie at the Oscars

To Do Sunday: Dratch Entertainment

The Most Exciting Oscar Races

Hugo Leads Oscar Race With 11 Nominations

A Big Morning for ‘The Artist’ and More Oscar Nomination Predictions

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