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1. Actress Angelina Jolie’s leg an Oscars Twitter hit: Who gives a slit?
(Entertainment/Movies)

... stunning dress that got people’s attention. It was the leg that Jolie thrust through the skirt’s thigh-high slit when she posed for photographers on the red carpet and even when she presented the Oscar ...

2. 'The Help' actress Jessica Chastain voted Oscars' 'Best Dressed' in Alexander McQueen gown
(Life/Style)

BY PAM LOBLEY NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM NOW THAT’S FUNNY According to Twitter viewers, Jessica Chastain was the best dressed woman at the Oscars. With her red hair loose and flowing, and her classy ...

3. 2012 Academy Awards Best Picture nominees had modest revenues
(Entertainment/Movies)

... vying for Oscar’s top prize. And that speaks volumes, especially since there are nine films in the running for Oscar’s top prize. The only contender this time that has made it to the $100 million mark ...

4. Oscar Roundtable 2012: Academy Award picks from the experts
(Entertainment/Movies)

... to the Oscar roundtable. JT: I found 2011 to be a great year at the movies, although less so at Hollywood movies. That gave the Academy a wealth of potential choices if it looked beyond its usual ambit. ...

5. Oscars: We want Sacha Baron Cohen, not ‘The Dictator’
(Entertainment/Movies)

... But it’s doubtful that Joan Rivers will ask the actor, “Who are you wearing?” Earlier this week, The Hollywood Reporter revealed that the actor may show up to the Oscars dressed as his character from ...

6. How to win an Oscar: Be white, male and aging
(Entertainment/Movies)

BY JOE TYRELL NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Among Oscar voters, if you're white, it's all right, provided you're also male and aging. A new survey by the Los Angeles Times on the eve of this year's Oscar ...

7. Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney and sports spending: From Olympics to the WWF
(Sports/Professional)

... Willis Reed, Earl Monroe and Walt Frazier, Bob Petit, Oscar Robertson, Nancy Lieberman-Cline, Wes Unseld, Dolph Schayes, Elvin Hayes, Nate Archibald, Julius Erving, John Havlicek, Dave Bing, Billy Cunningham, ...

8. Oscar Wilde can rest easy
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

"Eh, dude was being funny and you guys fell for it" He may have been trying to be funny...

9. 2012 N.J. Hall of Fame inductees include Michael Douglas and Christopher Reeves
(N.J./State)

... Vanity Fair and The New Yorker, besides the Star-Ledger and the Times of Trenton; actor Michael Douglas – winner of three Golden Globes and two Oscars; Olympian Milt Campbell – first African American ...

10. Opponents of natural gas drilling hand out first 'Fracky' award at N.J. Statehouse
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... and what better way to protest this elite gathering than with a riff off of another elite event - the Oscars," Jim Walsh, Eastern Region director of Food & Water Watch, said. "If there were an award ...

11. 2012 Academy Award nominations: 'Hugo' leads Oscar pack
(Entertainment/Movies)

... Malick ('The Tree of Life'). 'A Separation' scored an Oscar rarity: nominations for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Original Screenplay. Among the technical awards, 'Transformers: Dark of the Moon' ...

12. George Lucas' 'Red Tails' honors Tuskegee Airmen, breaks new barrier
(Entertainment/Movies)

... Airmen. Surviving airmen Herbert Carter, 94, and Oscar Gadson, 91, were in the Governor’s office for the signing. Carter flew 77 combat missions. He called Red Tails “outstanding.” According to the Philadelphia ...

13. Was Ricky Gervais too nice to Golden Globes winners and nominees?
(Entertainment/Movies)

... saying his material was too tame. Feel free to be your own judge. EW.com provides a few samples: About Eddie Murphy quitting as Oscars host: “He walked out on them. Good for him. When the man who said ...

14. Divas
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

Meryl may be headed for another Oscar nod for the Iron Lady but she’s never looked better than on the Zombie Walk of Fame as a featured diva at http://dregstudiosart.blogspot.com/2011/10/00-countdown- ...

15. Top 10 lead actor performances of 2011
(Entertainment/Movies)

... had a banner year, and although his performance in “Moneyball” will likely nab him an Oscar nomination, it's his role in Terrence Malick's “The Tree of Life” that deserves recognition. As a strong, sometimes ...

16. The best fictional films of 2011
(Entertainment/Movies)

... recommendations at the end... of the year. After all, the world may well look significantly different come Oscar time. In keeping with New Jersey Newsroom's metaphysics, what follows is a list of only ...

17. Meryl Streep hopes Margaret Thatcher finds 'The Iron Lady' respectful
(Entertainment/Movies)

... surrounding her role, Streep, a native of Summit, N.J. and two-time Oscar winner, has gained a great deal of respect for Britain's first and only female Prime Minister. While the film centers on Thatcher’s ...

18. 'War Horse' movie review, trailer: Spielberg goes by the book
(Entertainment/Movies)

... sound, light and action. Except for Joey’s, the performances, while adequate, won’t garner any Oscars; the performers don’t have much to work with in the way of dialogue, and star that he is, Joey has ...

19. 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ movie review, trailer: Fincher’s version shifts focus
(Entertainment/Movies)

...  ‘Carancho’ movie review: Crashing the Oscars ‘Poetry' movie review: A Cannes best screenplay  ...

20. Taissa Farmiga on ‘American Horror Story’ finale: ‘It’s really, really twisted’
(Entertainment/Movies)

... there are two reasons. First her older sister is Oscar-nominated actress (for “Up in the Air”) Vera Farmiga and there is a strong physical resemblance. And secondly, Taissa recently played a younger version ...