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'Brokeback' Named Best Independent Film (AP)

March 4, 2006

Actor Heath Ledger, right, arrives for the 2006 Independent Spirit Awards with Michelle Williams Saturday, March 4, 2006, in Santa Monica, Calif. Ledger is nominated for best male lead for his role in 'Brokeback Mountain,' and Williams for best supporting female in 'Brokeback Mountain.' (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - The cowboy love story "Brokeback Mountain" won best picture and its creator Ang Lee was named best director Saturday at the Independent Spirit Awards, which played out as a potential prelude to the Academy Awards.


Voight: Ring From Pope Movie Inspires (AP)

March 4, 2006

Oscar-winning actor Jon Voight talks at a news conference in Warsaw about the challenges of playing the late Pope John Paul II in a U.S. movie that opens in cinemas in Poland, the Pope's homeland, on Friday, March 3, 2006. The ring Voight kept from his role playing the late Pope John Paul II helps him be a better person, he said. ( AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)AP - Jon Voight says the ring he kept from his role playing the late Pope John Paul II helps him be a better person.


Director Lee Struggled at Home in Taiwan (AP)

March 4, 2006

Taiwanese director Ang Lee arrives for the 2006 Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday, March 4, 2006, in Santa Monica, Calif. Lee is nominated for best director for his work on 'Brokeback Mountain.' (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - There are no horses. Men don't wear cowboy hats. And pickup trucks don't rumble down dusty roads. Director Ang Lee's southern Taiwan hometown is worlds away from the panoramic American West on display in "Brokeback Mountain" — the film favored to win him an Oscar for best director on Sunday.


Lovett Will Receive Soundtrack Award (AP)

March 4, 2006

Singer Lyle Lovett smiles during batting practice prior to the start of Game 4 of the World Series between the Chicago White Sox and the Houston Astros Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2005 in Houston. A new soundtrack award honoring artists for their contributions to Texas film will be presented to Lyle Lovett, the Austin Film Society announced Thursday, March 2, 2006. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)AP - A new soundtrack award honoring artists for their contributions to Texas film will be presented to Lyle Lovett, the Austin Film Society announced.


Gibson to Speak Ancient Tongue at Oscars (AP)

March 4, 2006

Actor and director Mel Gibson, pulls on his beard during a news conference held in Veracruz, Mexico, Friday, Oct. 28, 2005 where he announced the shooting of his new film called Apocalypto spoken in an obscure mayan dialect and set 500 years ago in Central America. (AP Photo/David Hernandez)AP - Mel Gibson will give audiences a preview of the ancient language spoken in his upcoming movie, "Apocalypto."


Rappers Three 6 Mafia Make Oscar History (AP)

March 4, 2006

Crunchy Black, left, DJ Paul, center, and Juicy J, of the rap group Three 6 Mafia, pose in front of an Oscar statue as they arrive at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, Thursday, March 2, 2006, for radio interviews in advance of Sunday's Oscars. Three 6 Mafia are nominated for an Academy Award for best song for 'It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp' from the film 'Hustle and Flow.' The group will also perform the song during the 78th Academy Awards telecast making it the first rap song ever performed at the Oscars. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)AP - Hookers and hustlers populate the gritty corner of 7th Street and North Memphis. A seductive brunette gyrates against a street lamp. A fight breaks out between two would-be johns. Nearby, in a shabby room soundproofed by cardboard drink holders, a few locals with hip-hop dreams try out their new rap song.


Small Films May Draw Small Oscars Audience (AP)

March 4, 2006

Jose Danner helps secure an Oscars banner on Hollywood Boulevard, Friday, March 3, 2006, in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles in preparation for the 78th Academy Awards. The Oscars are scheduled to be handed out on Sunday. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)AP - No matter who wins Sunday, Hollywood can both brag about an unusually daring crop of Academy Awards films and hang its head in embarrassment that hardly any came from the studios that dominate the movie business.


Want to party crash the Oscars? Take a lobster (Reuters)

March 4, 2006

Workmen lay the red carpet for the 78th Academy Awards outside the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood March 1, 2006. The Oscars will be presented Sunday. REUTERS/Max MorseReuters - If you want to crash the glitziest party of all, the Oscars, here's a tip from a professional: Show up at the theater, dressed as a chef carrying a live lobster, looking really concerned.


Can Jessica Alba Save the Oscars? (E! Online)

March 4, 2006

Don't feel bad if you don't feel locked in yet with the Oscars. Up until a few days ago, neither did the host.E! Online - Don't feel bad if you don't feel locked in yet with the Oscars. Up until a few days ago, neither did the host.


Will Small Films Draw Big Oscars Audience? (AP)

March 4, 2006

A worker sweeps the red carpet next to an Oscar statue Friday, March 3, 2006, in Los Angeles in preparation for the 78th Academy Awards which will be presented on Sunday, March 5. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)AP - Teresa Lady, a secretary in Indianapolis, has seen only one of this year's five best-picture Academy Award nominees — "Brokeback Mountain." Luckily, she has other reasons for tuning in to Sunday night's Oscarcast.


Travolta cast as mother in musical "Hairspray" (Reuters)

March 4, 2006

John Travolta speaks at a news conference in Florida July 15, 2005. Travolta has been cast as Edna Turnblad, the mother of an aspiring teenage dancer, in an upcoming feature film adaptation of the Broadway hit musical 'Hairspray,' which was based on the 1988 cult movie of the same name, distributor New Line Cinema said on Friday. REUTERS/Rick WilkingReuters - He was the teenage prince of disco in "Saturday Night Fever," the dreamy leader of a high school gang in "Grease" and a mob hit man in "Pulp Fiction." Now John Travolta will be playing a mom.