Erkan's field diary

British, Spanish and French actors sweep Oscars 2008

Europe was well represented at the 80th Oscars ceremony on 24 February in LA, with wins for actors Javier Bardem, Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard and Tilda Swinton

Oscar Week: The Academy Awards, Speechifying, and the Ticking Clock

By Gregory McNamee

Getting actors to hit their marks and remember their lines can be a colossal challenge, a director will tell you. Any director of the annual Academy Awards telecast might elaborate: at the Oscars ceremony, getting anyone in the film business to stick to a script—or at least keep an eye on the clock—is more challenging than herding a pack of feral cats.

DOSSIER: The success of European cinema at the Oscars | 26/02/2008

Several European actors and films have won awards in the 80th Oscar ceremony. Each year the Oscar Academy Awards consecrate excellence in world-wide cinema. The prize-winners are honoured in the press of their respective countries.

Blogging the Oscars 2008 Part II

It turns out the Oscars show was more exciting than we expected. It's a good thing we went in with low expectations as Nikki Finke suggested. Jon Stewart was there to provide humor and save us from the lack of exciting films. No Country For Old Men won four Oscars including Best Picture. You can see a complete list of winners here. Gary Busey went crazy and tried to hog the microphone and kiss Jennifer Garner. Marion Cotillard was a surprise Best Actress winner. Here are some highlights from the blogosphere.

Blogging the Oscars 2008 Part I

There's far less buzz for this year's Oscars than there was in 2006 and 2007. The 100-day writer's strike may have helped to dampen the buzz. During the strike we weren't sure if there would even be an oscars.