Oscar ceremony set to make film history
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February 25, 2013, Monday
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THE Oscars rolled out the red carpet yesterday in preparation for the movie industry's biggest night, with Iran hostage drama "Argo" and presidential drama "Lincoln" in a tight race for Best Picture.
Inside Hollywood's Dolby Theatre, Academy Awards history could be re-written with Daniel Day-Lewis as US President Abraham Lincoln is considered an unstoppable force to become the first man to win three Best Actor Oscars.
And a buzz is building over a possible upset by France's Emmanuelle Riva, 86, in the Best Actress contest that would make the star of harrowing Austrian entry "Amour" the oldest person to win an acting Oscar.
"Lincoln" has 12 nominations, including a directing nod for double Oscar winner Steven Spielberg.
But its front-runner status has been dented by the six-week victory streak enjoyed at other Hollywood awards by Ben Affleck's "Argo."
"It's been an interesting year," said Matt Atchity, of movie review website Rotten Tomatoes.
"I think 'Argo' probably has the best shot. It's certainly got the momentum. It has won so many top awards, and I think it's probably the movie to beat," Atchity said.
Musical "Les Miserables," comedy "Silver Linings Playbook," shipwreck tale "Life of Pi," Osama bin laden thriller "Zero Dark Thirty," Western "Django Unchained," indie film "Beasts of the Southern Wild," and "Amour" round out the contenders for the best film of 2012.
In other categories, only Anne Hathaway is considered a sure bet to take home a golden statuette after starving herself and chopping off her long brown locks for her supporting turn as tragic heroine Fantine in "Les Miserables."
Awards pundits say Spielberg could lose out in the director's race to Ang Lee for his fantastical adventure "Life of Pi."
And the supporting actor Oscar could go to any of the five nominees - Robert De Niro ("Silver Linings Playbook"), Alan Arkin ("Argo"), Christoph Waltz ("Django Unchained"), Tommy Lee Jones ("Lincoln") and Philip Seymour Hoffman ("The Master").
Inside Hollywood's Dolby Theatre, Academy Awards history could be re-written with Daniel Day-Lewis as US President Abraham Lincoln is considered an unstoppable force to become the first man to win three Best Actor Oscars.
And a buzz is building over a possible upset by France's Emmanuelle Riva, 86, in the Best Actress contest that would make the star of harrowing Austrian entry "Amour" the oldest person to win an acting Oscar.
"Lincoln" has 12 nominations, including a directing nod for double Oscar winner Steven Spielberg.
But its front-runner status has been dented by the six-week victory streak enjoyed at other Hollywood awards by Ben Affleck's "Argo."
"It's been an interesting year," said Matt Atchity, of movie review website Rotten Tomatoes.
"I think 'Argo' probably has the best shot. It's certainly got the momentum. It has won so many top awards, and I think it's probably the movie to beat," Atchity said.
Musical "Les Miserables," comedy "Silver Linings Playbook," shipwreck tale "Life of Pi," Osama bin laden thriller "Zero Dark Thirty," Western "Django Unchained," indie film "Beasts of the Southern Wild," and "Amour" round out the contenders for the best film of 2012.
In other categories, only Anne Hathaway is considered a sure bet to take home a golden statuette after starving herself and chopping off her long brown locks for her supporting turn as tragic heroine Fantine in "Les Miserables."
Awards pundits say Spielberg could lose out in the director's race to Ang Lee for his fantastical adventure "Life of Pi."
And the supporting actor Oscar could go to any of the five nominees - Robert De Niro ("Silver Linings Playbook"), Alan Arkin ("Argo"), Christoph Waltz ("Django Unchained"), Tommy Lee Jones ("Lincoln") and Philip Seymour Hoffman ("The Master").
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