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How the Oscars suffered its very own 'Kanye' moment

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:00:00 +1200

They're calling her Lady Kanye, but she has very little in common with the eccentric hip-hop star except a healthy sense of self-righteousness and a tendency, when her hackles get raised, to flout the saccharine conventions of showbusiness.A...

A-listers, Olympians mingle at Oscar after-parties

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:56:00 +1200

LOS ANGELES - With his shaggy red hair, black leather jacket and skintight American flag-printed jeans, Olympic gold medalist Shaun White upstaged even glamourous Oscar winner Sandra Bullock at a pack of parties around town following...

Oscars: Red carpet highs and lows

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:20:00 +1200

So that was it: the Oscars 2010. After months of hype and countless column inches, the prizes have been handed out, the red carpet rolled away and now the skinny starlets can start eating carbs again.The red carpet was a bit of...

Japan's dolphin hunt town shrugs off Cove Oscar

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:18:30 +1200

TAIJI, Japan - The gala crowd in Los Angeles cheered as The Cove won the best documentary Oscar with its grisly portrayal of dolphin hunting. Half a world away, residents of the small Japanese village shown in the film abhorred...

Kiwis help save Avatar's face at Oscars

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200

A Kiwi connection helped the blockbuster Avatar save some face yesterday as its low-budget rival The Hurt Locker took out the most coveted Academy Awards.The director of The Hurt Locker , Kathryn Bigelow, battled her way...

Simplicity rules for Oscars fashion

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:54:25 +1200

Six hours since I sat down to watch my first ever full-length Oscars ceremony, I've come to a few conclusions regarding the spectacle of excess that was.We saw somewhere in the realm of a hundred incredible gowns, but what kept...

Noelle McCarthy: The Oscars that straps forgot

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:18:25 +1200

"Queenly" is the word that comes to mind for Oscar style this year.The best dresses were column shapes that flowed along the body, emphasising both femininity and strength, as modelled by Maggie Gyllenhaal, Sigourney Weaver, Katherine...

Blogger Bites Back: Bigelow stars in the Oscars' biggest twist

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:55:39 +1200

And it's a wrap, folks. This biggest twist in this year's Oscars ceremony has to be Kathryn Bigelow's Best Director gong for her work on Iraq war flick The Hurt Locker . She was the fourth woman to be nominated in that category,...

Hurt Locker earns best picture Academy Award

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:12:56 +1200

LOS ANGELES - The Iraq War drama The Hurt Locker has won best picture and five other prizes at the Academy Awards, its haul including best director for Kathryn Bigelow.Bigelow is the first woman in the 82-year history of the...

Weta Digital team scoops visual effects Oscar

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:58:00 +1200

The Weta Digital team from Wellington has won the best visual effects Oscar for the movie Avatar .Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew Jones from Weta Digital were on stage in Hollywood to accept the Academy...

Hurt Locker dethrones 'King of the World'

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:50:00 +1200

Timeout editor Russell Baillie offers a movie reviewer's take on the winners and the losers at this year's Academy Awards. So The Hurt Locker did what it threatened to do by knocking off James Cameron's King of the World crown....

Oscars live commentary

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:30:00 +1200

Celebrity news blogger Myrddin Gwynedd keeps you up to date with the glitz, glamour and gossip from the Oscars.