Oscars 2012

• What time are the Oscars? Despite what you may see online, the 84th Academy Awards show starts at 5:30 p.m. Pacific on ABC. Yet on the academy site and ABC.com, the promos clearly state: Live Oscar Sunday Feb. 26 7e | 4 p.
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• Not every Academy Awards winner is met with praise and cinematic glory. Some past winners have come as surprises and even major disappointments to the audience, and among these, a handful will go down in history as outright injustices.
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• LOS ANGELES — The director of "A Separation" dished that the biggest diva on the set of his Oscar-nominated film was none other than his daughter.
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• (CNN)-- As I ride to the Oscars on my compañero Demián Bichirs coattails this Sunday, I will be mindful of some ironies. Will the canapés passed around to the guests arriving in black tie and gowns be served by documented workers? Hard to say.
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• LOS ANGELES — The Oscar ceremony has much to prove Sunday, including whether a blockbuster-free field can draw a TV audience and if Billy Crystal's host routine remains a crowd-pleaser.
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• For the most part, the Best Director nominees for this years Academy Awards are a delightfully eclectic but expected bunch, save for a much-discussed alleged snub of industry legend and three-time Oscar winner Steven Spielberg for War Horse.
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• The lengthy buildup to the Oscars can often be more fun than the main event itself. All the odds-making, goofy alternate award shows and good-natured bets between film buffs can make the actual show something of a letdown.
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• (CBS) The winners wont be the only ones getting Oscar gold on Sunday.
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