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James Franco and Anne Hathaway’s Opening Monlogue For The Oscars (VIDEO)
James Franco and Anne Hathaway’s Opening Monlogue For The Oscars (VIDEO)
James Franco and Anne Hathaway’s Opening Monlogue For The Oscars (VIDEO)
James Franco and Anne Hathaway were certainly outside-the-box picks to host the 83rd annual Academy Awards.  And after a pre-taped opening in which they tried to elicit advice from last year's host Alec Baldwin by channeling his dreams, “Inception” - style, the duo weren’t required to do a whole lot of heavy lifting in their opening monologue. In it, they made reference to how their youth was inte
The Oscars’ ‘Inception’-Style Opening Sequence (VIDEO)
The Oscars’ ‘Inception’-Style Opening Sequence (VIDEO)
The Oscars’ ‘Inception’-Style Opening Sequence (VIDEO)
This year's opening sequence of the Academy Awards featured hosts James Franco and Anne Hathaway trying to tap Alec Baldwin's dreams for Oscar hosting advice. The skit featured a bunch of this year's nominees for best picture, and a surprise appearance from an iconic film of yore.  Read on to check it out.
Oscar Winners: ‘The King’s Speech’ Reigns, Portman Soars
Oscar Winners: ‘The King’s Speech’ Reigns, Portman Soars
Oscar Winners: ‘The King’s Speech’ Reigns, Portman Soars
There weren't a whole lot of surprises at the 83rd Academy Awards -- as expected, "The King's Speech" took the big prize as Best Picture. The film about King George VI overcoming his stutter also garnered a Best Actor statue for Colin Firth and a Best Director win for Tom Hooper.
This Year’s Biggest Oscar Underdogs (VIDEO)
This Year’s Biggest Oscar Underdogs (VIDEO)
This Year’s Biggest Oscar Underdogs (VIDEO)
While the press always thinks they know who the Academy Award winners will be, an underdog or two usually manages to snatch a statuette away from the favorite. Just last year, little-seen indie film "The Hurt Locker" upset James Cameron's blockbuster "Avatar" for Best Film. In 2002, 29-year-old Adrien Brody upset Oscar perennials Jack Nicholson and Daniel Day-Lewis to win Best
Oscar Nominees’ Surprising First Film Roles (VIDEOS)
Oscar Nominees’ Surprising First Film Roles (VIDEOS)
Oscar Nominees’ Surprising First Film Roles (VIDEOS)
How do you get to the Academy Awards ceremony? Practice, practice, practice. Before the acting nominees reach the A-list of the film industry, they have to pay their dues by taking any role they can get. There are a number of younger actors nominated this year. With their careers still budding, fans should be able to remember back to their first film roles. However, many are so surprising that mos