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If you want to predict Oscar winners, here's what UCLA researchers say are the strongest factors in making Oscar predictions and forecasting Academy Award winners!

Like Christmas, the annual Academy Awards season seems to kick off earlier every year, with studios pitching for Oscar success months before the big night in February.

Only three songs are in the running for the 81st Academy Awards: "Down to Earth" from "Wall-E," and "Jai Ho" and "O Saya" from "Slumdog Millionaire."

Thelma Ritter was the wonderful character actress who held her own in scenes with lead actresses such as Bette Davis.

A gay politician, a man who ages backwards and a slumdog are all subjects of some of the 2009 Oscar nominees for best picture. Who deserves the statuette on Feb. 22?

Broadway actress Claudette Colbert, the movies' unflappable heroine of romantic comedies, also performed in classic dramatic roles.

Marie Dressler was celebrated as one of the finest performers of her generation, and for three years was the most popular movie actress.

A brief biography containing his film history and work for the environment.

An anticipated Oscar nomination for Golden Globe winner Heath Ledger would make him the seventh posthumous nominee.

Susan Hayward was a remarkably talented actress who specialized in portrayals of strong women who fought to overcome adversity.

Farewell to one of the great tough guys of stage and screen.

Despite being one of American history's most enduing figures, Abraham Lincoln has been absent from movie screens for years. Conditions today may reverse that trend.

Bill Murray is a favorite among comedy fans, and his brief appearance in Zombieland serves as a tip of the hat to them.

Carla Gugino has stayed busy in the past year. With 2008's Righteous Kill and now the Watchmen movie, this actress is poised to break out. Here are 5 of her best roles.

Dennis Hopper, Academy Award nominated actor, has been making movies since 1955. He worked with James Dean, Peter Fonda, Francis Ford Coppola and Jack Nicholson.

Two strong women, both estranged by husbands, must fend for themselves and their children by smuggling illegal aliens across the U.S.-Canada border.

Wrapped in a science fiction premise, this heart-wrenching tale explores the essence of being human.

Many actors start to wind down their career when they hit their mid-50s, but this isn't the case for Irish Actor Liam Neeson, who is showing no signs of slowing down.

Politics and art combine for musician M.I.A. who can take credit for igniting an international movement blending rap music with hip hop and the twang of bhangra.

This CD has all the elements of an essential Counting Crows album. The melodies, the introspective lyrics and the added thematic concept of indulgence and regret.

The Reader is a moving film about a woman's ties to the Holocaust and her affair with a young boy.

On September 23, 2009 The Wizard of Oz returns to theaters in over 400 cities nationwide.

Her novel won the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 but she never published another book.

Australian Heath Ledger passed away on January 22nd 2008. He will be sadly missed by family, friends and fans the world over.

The telekinetic main character turned her high school prom into a bloodbath.

Benjamin Button is a beautifully produced and involving movie--but is it a faithful adaptation of its original source material?

Screenwriter Andrew Davies makes a timely connection in the BBC drama Little Dorrit as Charles Dickens' rags to riches novel premiered on Masterpiece Classic in 2009.

An excellent technical transfer and insightful behind-the-scenes material can't change the fact that greed and/or laziness kept this DVD from going all the way.

The director, crew, and actors involved with the new George W. Bush biopic performed extensive research to get the facts right.

Speaking truth and humor, Fifty Words is a hair-raising roller-coaster ride to the heart of modern marriage.

This article examines the differences between the two movies based on the book by Fannie Hurst.

A review of Breaking the Waves, Lars Von Trier's 1996 film about a girl with a special connection to God.

The Silence of the Lambs is an unlikely success. An Academy Award winning thriller that is equal parts horror film. Iconic, bleak and perfectly pitched - it's a classic.

In the last few decades, methods and control of food production, treatment of workers and animals, and emphasis on speed and profits have left the consumer at risk.

Frost/Nixon highlights one of the most famously referenced interviews in the history of American media, but according to filmmakers it fictionalizes some scenes.

Re-released on DVD, this film pokes fun at, while simultaneously praising, wedding beliefs and traditions.

Austrailian-born actor, Heath Ledger was awarded posthumously the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor for his role as The Joker in The Dark Knight.

The Dark Knight has one of the most prominent and successful viral campaigns behind its release. An overview of the online buzz surrounding summer's hottest film.

Bill Plympton's Idiots and Angels could have been his masterpiece, but the movie doesn't fulfill its promise. 6/10.

In a throwback to the old Hollywood years, the Academy Awards are going back to ten nominees in the Best Picture category.

Since 2001, the New Hampshire Film Festival has screened groundbreaking independent films, attracting top sponsors, industry experts, and an eager New England audience.

Vietnam, Woodstock, The Summer of Love... the 1960s was a decade of immense change, reflected in - and likewise changing - the films of the decade.

Thomas Mitchell was one of those amazing actors during Hollywood's Golden Age who could take on any role and make audiences believe in his character.

Glamour, unlike beauty, is something women have to work at rather than being born with. If you get it right, it can turn a plain woman into a goddess, whatever your age.

J. Lee Thompson isn't exactly a household name in cinemas or video stores. But his long, workmanlike career is respected by many actors, crewmen, and moviegoers.

Jack Lemmon was a versatile actor who made audiences laugh heartily, and feel his characters' anguish and anger.

Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, and Rosalind Russell climbed over the hill back to the top. Angela Lansbury tread the boards of Broadway. Lucille Ball became beloved on TV.

Has any city been the target of more ridicule than Detroit? Because of a generous film incentive package, however, movies are fast replacing autos as the city's identity.

Clark Gable died in 1961 but his body of work ensures that the charistmatic movie star is recognised as a great by the cinema going public almost half a century on.

A deeper look into the shocking death of the talented Lo-fi musician, Elliott Smith.