Check out Frank Sinatra's gleaming Grammy and Oscar awards in a display case near the hostess stand.
Everyone loves to try and figure out who is going to win the big Oscar awards next month.
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Nearly every American 18 and older is eligible to vote for president, but only the Academy's members have a say in Oscar awards.
The boxing drama, which won four Oscars had been gaining momentum ever since winning a clutch of pre-Oscar awards, including the top prize from the Directors' Guild of America.
The County Wicklow resident could soon make history by becoming the first man to win three Best Actor Oscar awards by picking one up for his portrayal of Abraham Lincoln.
"The one-page agreement that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences enters into with the recipients of Oscar awards raises enough tricky questions of property and contract law to pique the interest of property and contract scholars, " says Richard A. Epstein, a law professor at the University of Chicago.
Because of her heart-breaking rendition of the song I Dreamed A Dream in the Les Miserables movie, Hathaway practically has the Golden Globes, Oscar, SAG awards in the bag.
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The film went on to gather several BAFTA awards and Oscar nominations.
She is one of just a few to have won all four major US awards - an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy and an honorary Tony.
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The team at Studio AKA found out about the Oscar nomination by checking the Academy Awards website.
The SAG is less than 50% accurate in predicting the Best Picture Oscar winner since they started giving out awards nearly 20 years ago.
Ms Steenkamp was first spotted with Oscar Pistorius at the South African Sports Awards last November, when the model said they were just friends, South Africa's Mail and Guardian reports.
Its Oscar prospects are still uncertain because the Academy Awards are famously unkind to comedies.
Oscar-winner Silver Linings Playbook took three awards including best male and female for lead actors Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence.
For the vast majority of films up for Academy Awards on Sunday night, an Oscar nod means only a small bump in box office earnings.
For example, Ladbrokes International in London, England, creates Oscar odds by watching the results of other popular awards like the Golden Globes, then figuring the best bets.
The trio proved to be box-office gold: They were two of the highest-grossing films of their time, winning a slew of awards -- including a best picture Oscar for the latter, a tale of con men in 1930s Chicago.
Nominated for 12 Academy Awards, the film has already seen an Oscar bump at theaters.
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Waltz picked up his second best supporting actor Oscar for that role at this year's Academy Awards.
Later that evening, at the 42nd Academy Awards, John Wayne won the Best Actor Oscar for True Grit.
The World Travel Awards are considered by the industry as their Oscar night.
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Oscar night feels more like a coronation than an actual awards show.
"Zero Dark Thirty's" Bigelow, "Les Miserables' " Hooper and "Argo's" Affleck were all nominated for Directors Guild of America Awards , usually a sure sign of an Oscar nomination, but all fell short with the academy.
Its Oscar success comes after it was named best animated feature film awards at the Baftas and the Golden Globes.
The 2011 Oscar nominations will be announced on 25 January, with the awards ceremony due to follow on 27 February.
Singer, actress and double Oscar-winner Barbra Streisand is to perform at the Academy Awards for the first time in 36 years, organisers have announced.
The pair have both won Academy Awards before - Dame Helen nabbed a best actress Oscar in 2007 for The Queen, while Sir Anthony won best actor for his portrayal of Hannibal Lecter in Silence of the Lambs in 1992.
Controversial stories surrounding Oscar favourites are not unheard of in the run-up to the awards ceremony.
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