Article: For the most part, Oscar has kept world events outside velvet ropes.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

Article: [1] `ENGLISH' NIGHT AT OSCARS WORLD WAR II SAGA ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  March 25, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... Patient,'' an epic romance set in Egypt and Italy during World War II, surprised no one by being named the best motion picture of 1996 at last night's 69th annual Academy Awards. The film - universally picked by Oscar handicappers to win ...

Article: `ENGLISH' NIGHT AT OSCARS WORLD WAR II SAGA WINS ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  March 25, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... won best actor, and Frances McDormand, the pregnant Midwestern cop in ``Fargo,'' was named best actress at the Academy Awards. Anthony Minghella won best director for ``The English Patient,'' and its co-star, Juliette Binoche, claimed the ...

Article: (Mel) Gibson: he has taken lives and Academy Awards ...
Esquire;  February 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Navy, as mine had been, and we fought World War II endlessly in the `woods at the end ... right about the time we left our personal World War II amid the skunk cabbage near the creek ... much about it then, as we outgrew the World War II we'd built out of the movies in ...

Article: Disabled vet Russell won 2 Academy Awards
Daily Breeze;  February 2, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Disabled vet Russell won 2 Academy Awards ACTIVIST: Oscars were presented ... Russell, a disabled veteranof World War II who won two Academy Awards for his performance in the ... The film depicted how World War II veterans handled the aftermath ...

Article: WW2 - At the Academy Awards
The Malay Mail;  August 24, 2000 ;     700+ words ...THE English Patient, released in 1996, was the biggest winning World War II film at the Academy Awards, sweeping nine out of its 12 nominations. Second highest triumph in this cinematic genre was 1953's From Here To Eternity which ...

Article: Youngster takes singing big time; Dubuque 10-year-old's choir ...
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  February 26, 2005 ;     590 words ... ... during the 77th annual Academy Awards Ceremony. The choir ... the producers of the Academy Awards. Now truth be told ... the movie in post-World War II France. Noah ... watching and taping the Academy Awards at home alone Sunday ...

Article: Tinseltown still fascinated with Second World ...
Guelph Mercury (Guelph, Ontario);  December 27, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... With no less than six Second World War-focused films out this month ... The Holocaust and the Second World War are rich landscapes for exploring ... Dirty Dealings Backstage at the Academy Awards. Second World War-themed movies have been winning ...