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The 2010 Oscars -- As It Happened

Welcome to AFP's live report on the 2010 Oscars.Despite the expanded best picture category -- from five to 10 nominees -- Cameron's 3D sci-fi behemoth "Avatar", the biggest grossing film of all time, and Bigelow's low-budget, little-watched but critically adored Iraq war ...

Mo'Nique wins best supporting actress Oscar

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Mo'Nique won the best supporting actress Oscar on Sunday for her role as an abusive mother in "Her chilling portrayal of Mary, a verbally, physically and sexually abusive mother to the title character, had an intensity unmatched by ...

The Golden Globes: Live Report

"Dexter" picks up its second Globe of the night as the show's star Michael C. Hall wins best actor in a TV drama series. Once on stage -- she also has a bit of a trek to get there -- the former ...

SAG nods cap busy week for film award watchers

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Screen Actors Guild on Thursday unveiled nominations for its widely watched film awards, giving key nods to three films including " ""It's thrilling and gratifying and pretty extraordinary from this particular filmmaker's perspective," said "Hurt Locker" director ...

Apocalypse flick '2012' swamps box office

North American film-goers embraced the apocalypse over Christmas this weekend as disaster flick " 2012" beat Disney's "A Christmas Carol" to top the box office, final figures showed Monday.The big-budget "2012" reduced its competitors to rubble as it racked up 65.2 million ...