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Box office revenues: Oscar impact?
Mar 9th 2012, 6:55 from Graphic detail
Oscar nominees' box office receipts(6)
Mohammad Ali Jawad on "Saving Face": This is happening in my backyard
Mar 9th 2012, 4:40 from Prospero
THE plastic surgeon who features in an Oscar-winning documentary about acid-attack victims on taking the skills he learned in Britain home to Pakistan(4)
Connected TV: Difference engine: See who's watching
Mar 2nd 2012, 3:00 from Babbage
Cinemas are losing out as television becomes smarter and goes online(18)
The Academy awards: We should be glad "The Artist" won
Feb 27th 2012, 10:56 from Prospero
A year ago, you wouldn’t have bet on it being released in America at all(27)
The week ahead: February 24th 2012: A West African Arab spring?
Feb 24th 2012, 10:09 from Newsbook
ELECTIONS take place in Iran and Senegal, Republican primaries are held in Arizona and Michigan, and the Oscars are awarded in Los Angeles(0)
The Economist: Digital highlights, January 28th 2012
Jan 26th 2012, 6:18 from Newsbook
Items from the digital highlights page(0)
Film awards: Phew, the Oscars are still irrelevant
Jan 25th 2012, 10:38 from Prospero
After the excitement of last year's contest, it is almost a relief to see the awards return to uninspired form(15)
Entertainment awards: Let us now praise the Golden Globes
Jan 16th 2012, 6:55 from Prospero
A little more love, a little less fuss(5)
Films, stars and prizes: First the Globes, next the Oscars
Jan 16th 2012, 6:55 from Cassandra
Last year, the Golden Globes chose “The Social Network”, while the Oscar went to “The King’s Speech”. Will there be a mismatch again this year?(2)
"The Artist" wows the world of film: An Oscar for a silent movie?
Dec 1st 2011, 5:28 from Cassandra
The film is being promoted in America by Bob and Harvey Weinstein, whose flair for Oscar campaigning helped “The King’s Speech” scoop the 2011 Best Picture award.(1)
Links: Reading material
Apr 25th 2011, 8:10 from Prospero
Where are the non-white actors in popular films? And other articles we're reading(0)
TV and the internet: Never the twain?
Mar 22nd 2011, 11:25 from Babbage
Old media firms want people to visit their websites while watching their television programmes. They have not yet succeeded(6)
The Academy Awards: Business as usual
Feb 28th 2011, 2:04 from Prospero
Hollywood's tightly scripted annual backslapping session(6)
Digital higlights: Digital highlights, February 26th 2011
Feb 24th 2011, 3:13 from Newsbook
Items from the Digital highlights page of February 26th 2011(0)
Entertainment insurance: Break a leg
Feb 24th 2011, 10:45 from Print edition
The glamorous side of insurance(0)
The week ahead: Ireland votes
Feb 20th 2011, 4:35 from Newsbook
A round-up of things to look out for in the next seven days(2)
Hollywood goes global: Bigger abroad
Feb 17th 2011, 10:44 from Print edition
Forget the Oscars. Films need foreign viewers, not American prizes(28)
Links: Reading material
Jan 28th 2011, 5:46 from Prospero (0)
The Academy Awards: What's with these Oscar nominations?
Jan 26th 2011, 4:17 from Prospero
The Academy has managed to nominate a bunch of really good films(11)
Publicity all the way from the Golden Globes to the Golden Raspberries: From Golden Globes to Golden Raspberries
Jan 17th 2011, 7:36 from Cassandra
Whatever the economic cycle or the competition from DVDs and computer games, box-office receipts are remarkably resilient. So Cassandra predicts a good year for the cinema in 2011.(1)
Calendar for 2011
Nov 22nd 2010, 5:25 from Print edition
Our selection of events around the world(1)
Oscars and elections: STV for you and me?
Mar 8th 2010, 4:58 from Democracy in America
The voting system at the Oscars produced an upset. Does it make sense elsewhere?(26)
American Oscar winners: Oscar Victor Yankee
Mar 8th 2010, 8:35 from Web-only article
American dominance of the Oscars is declining(30)
Quiz: Twelve questions for 2010
Dec 19th 2009, 10:34 from The World in 2010 (6)
A question for March: And the Oscars go to...
Dec 2nd 2009, 7:57 from The World in 2010 (0)