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February 15, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Academy's New York Oscar® Night Celebration to Benefit Filmaid International Beverly Hills, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and humanitarian aid organization FilmAid International will host an Oscar® Night event at the '21' Club in New York City in celebration of the 84th Academy Awards® on Oscar Sunday, February 26. Since 1990, the Academy has hosted a New York Oscar celebration for its East Coast members, many of whom are previous Academy Award® winners or nominees. This year's event marks the first time the New York party will benefit a charity. That organization, FilmAid International, uses the power of film and video to reach the world's most vulnerable communities and refugee camps with messages that inspire, address critical shared needs and effect social change. "Giving back is always close to the Academy's heart, and in FilmAid International, we have the perfect partners," said Acade...

24 Jan 2012 17:52 Africa/Lagos Oscars Betting Suggests The Artist Will Sweep the Board, Report Sky Bet LONDON, January 24, 2012/PRNewswire/ -- Leading online betting firm Sky Bet has unveiled its full list of Oscars betting [http://www.skybet.com/betting/tv-and-film-specials/oscars/t10003442.html ] markets following the announcement of the 84th Academy Awards nominations on Tuesday. Black and white silent movie 'The Artist', which last week picked up the Producers Guild Award and also won the Golden Globe for Best Comedy/Musical, is Sky Bet [http://www.skybet.com ]'s clear favourite to win Best Picture at 2/7, with the odds having been cut from a pre-Christmas 2/1. The French tribute to the silent movie has ten Oscar bids, although it was beaten by Scorsese's 3D charmer 'Hugo', which received 11 nods. This augurs well for its Best Picture hopes as the most nominated film has taken the top prize 15 times in the last 20 years and Sky Bet make 'Hugo' a 10...

There is stiff competition for this year's Oscars. But the winners of the 2012 Golden Globes should give us hints on what to expect on Sunday, February 26, 2012, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®. Can you make some predictions? For the best actor Oscar, it is either George Clooney in “The Descendants” or Jean Dujardin in “The Artist”. For the best actress Oscar, I will vote for Meryl Streep in “The Iron Lady”. Click here for more details Tweet

Viva Riva, Beyond the Nollywood Fever and Palaver This weekend as the Congolese gangster thriller Viva Riva opens in theatres in Los Angeles, U.S.A, it should be a wakeup call to Nollywood that what matters most is not the quantity of your movies, but the quality in Art and craft of filmmaking beyond the get-rich-quick syndrome of churning out cheap home videos of Nigerian comedies and tragedies from Idumota to Onitsha. When Djo Tunda Wa Munga’s "Viva Riva" beat the best Nollywood movies at the 2011 African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), many of the Nigerian filmmakers were humbled. But how many of them learnt the real lessons of the event? They preferred to rush back to their business as usual in Nollywood and having premieres of their amateurish flicks at the Silverbird Cinemas where their posing and posturing on the local red carpet is the best they have been able to achieve so far, while the man from the war torn Democratic Republic of the Congo has gone ahead of them to...

Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan arrives on the red carpet for the screening of the film "Sleeping Beauty", in competition at the 64th Cannes Film Festival, May 12, 2011. Twenty films are competing in the May 11 to 22 cinema showcase, with a roll call including major screen stars, revered "auteur" directors and relative newcomers. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler (FRANCE - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT) As Hollywood and Bollywood stars shine at the premiere of the sexual drama "Sleeping Beauty" the toast of the Cannes Film Festival , nothing to show from Nollywood the so called second largest movie industry in the world. The celebrated movie stars from Hollywood, Bollywood and other notable film industries from other countries are participating and competing for the coveted prizes and other attractions of the film festival. Nigeria has a pavilion at the festival, but no Nollywood movie is in competition or even out of competition. Nollywood stars are simply unknown h...

Actress Natalie Portman (R), winner of the award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for 'Black Swan', poses in the press room during the 83rd Annual Academy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre on February 27, 2011 in Hollywood, California. Photo Credit: Zimbio . The leading lady of the silver screen Natalie Portman won the Oscar for Best Actress to add to the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role, the BAFTA Award for Best Actress for her classic performance as "Nina Sayers" in Black Swan . "I want to thank my parents ... for giving me my life," she said with a smile. "And for giving me the opportunity to work." Actor in a Leading Role Colin Firth in “The King's Speech” Actor in a Supporting Role Christian Bale in “The Fighter” Actress in a Leading Role Natalie Portman in “Black Swan” Actress in a Supporting Role Melis...

More news reports and features on Nigeria and the rest of the world by Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima Many visitors to the Nigerian Times are not aware of my coverage of the most notable events, incidents and other matters on Nigeria. I reported the news, current affairs and features on the 2007 April polls in Nigeria as I have been reporting on the American presidential campaigns since 2007 to date. The following is the long list of my previous news articles and features already published on Google News and many of them were breaking news reports on Nigeria. Article Nigeria: Tinapa, Africa's Premier Business-Tourism Resort Opens Monday April 2 MichaelChima 20 3 days 14 hours ago News Article Nigeria: Who Killed Sheikh Jafar Adam Before The Elections? MichaelChima 2 8 weeks 4 days ago News Article US: The Bald Eagle Blog Endorses Hillary Clinton for President MichaelChima 0 9 weeks 5 days ago News Article US: Hillary Clinton Now Leads In Iowa After Last Debate MichaelChima 1 12 week...

Call For Nominations For The 2008 Br!ck Awards « on: Today at 01:57:05 AM » “The Oscars of youth service awards…”-CNN. Since 1996, The BR!CK Awards have honored the nation’s finest young world-changers. Winners represent the best in their field or issue and are rewarded with a huge community grant and a special televised award ceremony. Know how athletes have the Olympics and singers have the Grammy’s? It’s about time world-changers have their special night too. The goal of the BR!CK Awards is to shine the spotlight on these amazing leaders and give them the recognition and applause normally given to athletes, actors, and certain “personalities” or socialites who will remain unnamed…You could say that The BR!CK Awards ARE THE ANTI-AWARD SHOW. Instead of asking “who are you wearing?” the show asks “what are you doing?” Celebrities are included as presenters, not honorees. Former winners include a homeless teenager-turned lawyer who sued New York City for failing to provide adequate supp...