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Oscar News

  • Eddie Murphy was announced as the host for the 84th Academy Awards next year. The Oscar nominated actor and comedian will lead the Brett Ratner produced show on February 26, 2012.
  • The lineup was announced for the 55th London Film Festival, running the middle of October. Among the films in the running are Oscar hopefuls Carnage, This Must Be the Place, Martha Marcy May Marlene and Wuthering Heights. The opening film is Alfonso Cuaron’s 360.
  • J. Edgar, the new film from Oscar winner Clint Eastwood, will have its world premier opening the AFI Fest in November.
  • Shame, the Venice and Telluride hit starring Michael Fassbinder and Carey Mulligan, was picked up for release by Fox Searchlight. There is no release date set for the graphic film.

Review Round-Up

  • Contagion, the global thriller by Oscar winner Steven Soderbergh, got solid if not glowing reviews this week. While most critics compared it to Soderbergh’s Oscar-winning Traffic, they did not have the same enthusiasm for this latest film.

Oscar Box Office

  • The Help, which spent a third week as the number one film, also held the top spot at the box office for 25 consecutive days. That is the longest streak in over 12 years, since 1999 Best Picture nominee The Sixth Sense.

Oscar Farewell

The Oscar family didn’t lose any of its members this week.

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