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He won a canine version of the Palme d'Or at last year's Cannes Film Festival -- and Uggie the dog was back in the spotlight as "The Artist" scooped top prizes at the Oscars on Sunday.

2012-02-27T23:17:17ZAFP Global Editionby Leila Macortag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/27/Silent_film_The_Artist_crowned_5762

Silent movie "The Artist" crowned its spectacular awards season success by winning five Oscars including the coveted Best Picture prize at the 84th Academy Awards.

2012-02-27T06:17:42ZAFP Global Editionby Michael Thurstontag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/26/The_Artist_wins_Oscar_best_d213

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - French silent movie "The Artist" won the Oscar for best picture on Sunday.

2012-02-27T04:38:35ZReuters US Online Report Entertainment NewsBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/27/Jean_Dujardin_wins_best_actor_cd3c

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Jean Dujardin won the best actor Oscar on Sunday for silent film "The Artist," becoming the first Frenchman to win the coveted accolade and beating out Hollywood frontrunners George Clooney and Brad Pitt.

2012-02-27T04:19:53ZReuters US Online Report Entertainment News Tim Reidtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/28/Michel_Hazanavicius_wins_directing_Oscar_99d4

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Frenchman Michel Hazanavicius won the Oscar for best directing on Sunday for "The Artist," a homage to Hollywood's silent era that starred the filmmaker's wife.

2012-02-27T03:56:44ZReuters US Online Report Entertainment News Alex Dobuzinskistag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/26/Factbox_look_Oscars_history_2632

(Reuters) - The 84th Oscar ceremony, hosted for the ninth time by Billy Crystal, will be televised on Sunday from Hollywood, just steps from the historic Grauman's Chinese Theatre. The awards are given out by the Beverly Hills-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

2012-02-26T16:20:15ZReuters US Online Report Entertainment NewsBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/26/The_Artist_wins_best_film_da11

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Silent romance "The Artist" won five Oscars on Sunday including best film, and Martin Scorsese's "Hugo" also took five of the world's top movie honors on a night where stories about movies felt the love of Hollywood.

2012-02-26T13:51:45ZReuters US Online Report Entertainment News Bob Tourtellottetag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/27/The_Artist_paints_golden_picture_6e0e

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood showed some love for its history at the Oscars on Sunday, giving its best film award and four others to silent movie "The Artist" in a ceremony that recalled why cinema is special to so many people.

2012-02-26T13:51:45ZReuters US Online Report Entertainment News Bob Tourtellottetag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/24/The_Artist_shines_French_film_024f

Silent movie "The Artist" shone at home on Friday, netting best film and a string of other awards at France's annual Cesars, held two days before the Oscars in which the black-and-white film is a top favourite.

2012-02-25T00:22:23ZAFP Global Editionby Emma Charltontag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/23/Foxtrot_rumba_romance_scoring_The_5da0

With no pesky dialogue to get in the way, scoring a silent movie like "The Artist" may sound like a musician's treat -- but in many ways it's harder, says the Oscar-nominated composer Ludovic Bource.

2012-02-23T13:01:27ZAFP Global Editionby Emma Charltontag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/16/Artist_star_Dujardin_keeps_head_e52d

Hollywood's new darling Jean Dujardin, the French actor tipped for an Oscar for "The Artist", said Thursday he was simply getting on with work and had put the prize out of his thoughts.

2012-02-16T17:11:30ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/02/Oscar_frontrunner_Dujardin_French_sexism_a5ae

Hollywood's new darling Jean Dujardin was in trouble back in France Thursday after the Oscar frontrunner's face appeared on the streets of Paris between a woman's legs in a poster denounced as sexist.

2012-02-02T19:51:10ZAFP Global Editionby Rory Mulhollandtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/02/Silent_classic_Sci-Fi_classic_Godly_6ceb

Oscar Winner, Emmy Winner, and Salvation winner?. Silent classic, Sci-Fi classic, and Godly message come to Blu-ray By Jim Bray TechnoFile.com Three Blu-rays that have debuted over the past couple of weeks deserve mention, but for three very different reasons. One looks back, one looks ahead, and the third looks up for heavenly guidance. The trio are Wings, Star Trek: the Next Generation, and Courageous, very different discs with different reasons to be compelling. Flyboys, V1? Coincidental to all the Oscar buzz about "The Artist," a modern day silent film we're told is a new masterpiece, Paramount Pictures has released onto Blu-ray a true silent classic ? the first film to ever win the Best Picture Oscar. It's "Wings," a 1927 World War One epic that features gripping flying scenes, convincing special effects (all things considered) action, romance, and a compelling story that even includes some major angst about friendly fire (or was it really?). And other than the fact that even on B

2012-02-02T00:00:00ZTechnoFileJim Braytag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/01/Silent_movie_gets_Made_Hollywood_568c

Silent movie "The Artist" was given yet another Hollywood award -- though this one not from the Oscars or Golden Globes organizers, but from city fathers in Tinseltown itself.

2012-02-01T06:25:45ZAFP American EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/01/29/Christopher_Plummer_Octavia_Spencer_awards_b6e5

Veteran Canadian actor Christopher Plummer won the award for best supporting actor at the Screen Actors Guild, one of the key preludes to the Oscars next month.

2012-01-30T03:35:53ZAFP Global Editionby Leila Macortag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/01/29/Hazanavicius_The_Artist_scoop_award_b9f8

French filmmaker Michel Hazanavicius won the top honor Saturday from the Directors Guild of America for "The Artist," an award that has traditionally been a strong indicator of Oscar glory.

2012-01-29T17:59:49ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/01/25/The_Artist_star_hits_red-carpet_b12a

Which one to choose for the red carpet? All eyes were on Oscar contender Berenice Bejo, co-star of the French silent movie "The Artist", as she sat front row at Elie Saab's haute couture show Wednesday.

2012-01-25T18:18:35ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/01/24/Scorseses_Hugo_silent_Artist_Oscar_167b

Martin Scorsese's lavish 3D adventure "Hugo" earned 11 Oscar nominations, just ahead of hotly-tipped silent movie "The Artist" with 10 nods for Hollywood's top awards.

2012-01-25T02:17:39ZAFP Global Editionby Michael Thurstontag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/01/24/Oscars_snub_Uggie_dog_true_a120

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - He steals the show on the red carpet, his co-stars regard him as a solid actor, and his director believes he is an essential character in "The Artist."

2012-01-24T20:27:36ZReuters US Online Report Entertainment News Jill Serjeanttag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/01/24/Scorseses_Hugo_silent_Artist_Oscar_73f3

Martin Scorsese's lavish 3D adventure "Hugo" won 11 Oscar nominations Tuesday, just ahead of hotly-tipped silent movie "The Artist" with 10 nods for Hollywood's top awards.

2012-01-24T16:38:13ZAFP Global Editionby Michael Thurston