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Celebrity Pilots Flying the Friendly Skies...attempting to circumnavigate the globe. But the Oscar winner stopped shy of getting her license because the studio's insurance policy would not allow her to take her solo flight under their watch. She has said she intends to follow through... In this article: Tom Cruise, Gisele Bundchen, Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman, Steve Kroft, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Jimmy Buffet, John Travolta, and Han Solo |
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scotsman.com - Entertainment | November 09, 2009
Film Review: Amelia
...Atlantic again, this time solo. Amelia has a lot going for it a in the past Nair has made some fine films about human bonds and strong women, while Swank has won two Oscars by playing doomed rangy tomboys. She wears the flying jackets well...
In this article: Amelia, Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, Charles Lindbergh, Atlantic, Hilary Swank, Cherry Jones, and Film Review
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Miami Herald - Breaking News | November 17, 2009
'Remote Control' gameshow host Ken Ober dies at 52
...tricks and irony. Amelia (PG) -- Two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank tries for a third with this glossy, award-baiting biopic of Amelia Earhart, who disappeared in 1937 while trying to fly solo around the world. Co-starring Richard Gere...
In this article: Ken Ober, Remote Control, Barack Obama, Amelia Earhart, Mogadishu, and Somalia
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Independent.co.uk - Film & TV | November 05, 2009
Doha Tribeca Film Festival - Full of Eastern promise
...and Demi Moore at their opening night event. Bagging the two-time Oscar winner Swank was particularly cunning, given the announcement that Amelia would have its international premier in Doha. That Swank chose to grace MEIFF, where she did...
In this article: Hilary Swank, Martin Scorsese, Amelia, Mira Nair, Robert De Niro, Doha, Oscar, TriBeCa, and IM Pei
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E! Online | November 10, 2009
Bitch-Back! Trouble in Zanessa's Paradise?
...she claims, or is something else going on there? Hilary's an interesting case. She raked in kudos and Oscars galore, and then her career got just plain weird. See Amelia, if you don't believe me. And before that, she divorced her longtime...
In this article: Hilary Swank, Vanessa Hudgens, Kristen Stewart, Oscars, Vanity Fair, Amelia, and Johnny Depp
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thestar.com | October 28, 2009
Awards kick off Oscar season
...photo bit is a little scary ... but it's amazing." "I have to say it's something very surreal," noted Swank, the two-time Oscar winner who won the Hollywood Actress Award for Amelia. "But to have your work recognized? At the end of it all...
In this article: Carey Mulligan, Hilary Swank, Oscar, Hollywood, Inglourious Basterds, An Education, Amelia, Christoph Waltz, and Brad Pitt
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washingtonpost.com | October 22, 2009
Movie Review: 'Amelia'
...screwed up in cucumber-cool determination at the throttle, the film starts to feel like little more than a vehicle for advancing the two-time Oscar-winning actress's award-season chances. In the end, the biggest mystery isn't what happened...
In this article: Amelia Earhart, The Namesake, Hilary Swank, Amelia, Mira Nair, Fred Noonan, George Putnam, Atlantic Ocean, Amelia, and Oscar
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The Academy Award (Oscar) is the main national film award in the USA. The Academy Award (Oscar) are awards presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers. The formal ceremony at which the awards are presented is one of the most prominent film award ceremonies in the world. The Oscars, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences itself, were conceived by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio boss, Louis B. Mayer.
The 1st Academy Awards ceremony was held on Thursday, May 16, 1929, at the Hotel Roosevelt in Hollywood to honor outstanding film achievements of 1927 and 1928. It was hosted by actor Douglas Fairbanks and director William C. DeMille.
The 81st Academy Awards honoring the best in film for 2008 will be held on Sunday, February 22, 2009 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood with actor Hugh Jackman hosting the ceremony for the first time.
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