How To Use Oscar In A Sentence

I worked another 12 hour shift on Sunday, getting home in time to catch the tail end of the Oscars.
Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals. Oscar Wilde
NY Daily News the Oscar winner is acting like quite the "divo" by constantly trying to AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories
Oscar – Ryan’s rapping in guyliner may be the gayest thing I have ever seen, and that’s coming from someone who sleeps with men. 'The Office' webisode 'Subtle Sexuality': 'Male Prima Donna' premiere | EW.com
Cher's music career continued to flourish, but the Oscar made her a genuine movie star, even if she's only made a handful of movies since.

Every few years Oscar sees fit to reward genuine artistry, thereby reminding us why we watch the show in the first place.
Over a sixty-year career as a writer, actor, coproducer, and activist, Fay Kanin was awarded several Emmys and Peabodys, the ACLU Bill of Rights Award, the Crystal Award from Women in Film, the Burning Bush Award from the University of Judaism, and nominations for Oscar and Tony awards. Fay Kanin.
I forgot to mention when talking about Oscar that he had his 15 minutes of fame.
Yes, even a governor or Oscar winner will be asked if they like the smell of their farts.
Everything is dangerous, my dear fellow. If it wasn't so, life wouldn't be worth living. Oscar Wilde
Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them. Oscar Wilde
And when it comes to yearly televised fluff (that is, if we have to choose one), there are Oscar people and there are Super Bowl people.
The cinematography won't win any Oscars, but the DVD certainly does deliver some impressive visuals.
The Oscar dress, a chic black number with a rouched-shoulder detail, was created for one of our judges, Livia Firth, who took ethical fashion to the red carpet this year and was featured in Vogue, on TV and in fashion gossip all around the world. Observer Ethical Awards: From Somewhere, Ethical Fashion Award
Greek and Latin are all English to me, said Oscar wilde.
Twenty-two years later, despite its cornucopia of Oscars, this was now a film largely forgotten. DEATH OF A NYMPH
I came home and saic, “That will get the oscar for best picture next year” and it did. My Oscar Batting Average « Whatever
I had half expected Oscar to be a little daunted by the bearded guy but he knew what he was there for. The Sun
And because Colonel Morse had advised him that he would be lecturing to “huge audiences in vast auditoria,” in the weeks before his departure, Oscar engaged the services of an expensive expert on oratory to give him elocution lessons. Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile
She points to the Oscar Party Legs, the ones a drunken Jack Nicholson tried to violate after he won for Cuckoo's Nest, and the understated Nonprofit Fundraiser Legs she wore to Jerry Lewis Telethons, and the fake-tanned State Dinner with Reagan and Gorbachev Legs that the Secretary of State made her cover up with a long hemline, because their shade matched Gorbachev's birthmark. Centipede
I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them. Oscar Wilde
This is the second snub from the upcoming Oscars ceremony for Cohen. Sacha Baron Cohen’s Avatar Sketch Cut from the Oscars to Spare James Cameron’s Feelings | /Film
Youth! There is nothing like youth. The middle-aged are mortgaged to Life. The old are in Life's lumber-room. But youth is the Lord of Life. Youth has a kingdom waiting for it. Every one is born a king, and most people die in exile. Oscar Wilde
Soccer is all very well as a game for rough girls, but is hardly suitable for delicate boys. Oscar Wilde
Pleasure is Nature's test, her sign of approval. When man is happy, he is in harmony with himself and his environment. Oscar Wilde
Instead, cheesy movies are the ones that get the "stoopid" Oscars. Science Fiction and Hollywood Awards
The only British actress to be nominated for an Oscar this year is luminous and touching in Jim Sheridan's immigrant fable.
And a side note...the "grinch" cake...it looks more like Oscar the Grouch to me... Seasonal Non Sequiturs
The FDA is also allowing imports from Britain of foscarnet, an antibiotic sometimes used after organ transplants. Drug Shortages Distress Hospitals
Even though DeVito has extracted a toothsome performance which insiders predict could win Jack an Oscar nomination.
President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro rejected his resignation and told him to go to parliament to seek another mandate.
Science is the record of dead religions. Oscar Wilde
Work is currently underway to convert the interior of the shop so that it is identical to the bar in the oscar-winning film.
The film looks a surefire Oscar winner.
It has been called blasphemous; it is not intentionally blasphemous; as I have said, Oscar always put himself quite na飗ely in the place of any historical character. Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions
According to the firm's site languagemonitor. com, 'cuddies' - the Hinglish word for ladies underwear or panties; jai ho - used as a term of praise in Hindi that became popular through the Oscar winning 'Slumdog Millionaire'; as well as slumdog - a disparaging description of slum dwellers - are all in the race to becoming the millionth word in the English language. India eNews
The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Oscar Wilde
This film did of course gross an enormous amount of money worldwide and in America, and also received a pile of Oscar nominations.
As the official photographer for Vanity Fair's Oscar shindig for roughly a decade, Fink has made Hollywood parties look as fatiguing as they are fabulous, and his aweless impressions are now collected in "The Vanities" Schirmer/Mosel, $68. NYT > Home Page
Read in studio One of the region's independent radio stations has won a top award at the radio Oscars.
The Oscars give us a chance to humblebrag about all the arty movies we saw - or just read about - this year.
He was too busy mispronouncing polysyllabic words, invading countries and getting mixed up about weapons of Mass Destruction to be able to show up and admit that "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" was his favorite Oscar-winning tune. Barack Obama, no one cares about your favorite Oscar song
The film won critical acclaim and four Oscar nominations. The Sun
Here, a breakdown of three lowbrow lunch meats and where to find them, plus a shout-out to mortadella, the original bologna, from Bologna--Oscar Mayer's aristocratic ancestor. 'Anti-Artisanal': Lunch Meat Has Its Moment
His hatred of his father was the causa causans of the whole case; he had pushed Oscar into the fight and Oscar, still intent on shielding him, declared that he had asked him to go abroad. Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions
But for the indies, an Oscar nomination is a big win.
The film looks a surefire Oscar winner.
& Co. called Proscar, also used to treat benign prostate enlargement, showed a similar reduction in prostate-cancer risk, but there was an increase of aggressive cancers among men taking the drug. Drug Cuts Cancer Risk
The Globes, decided by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, haven't always provided an accurate pre-echo of the Oscars. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
The script is by Julian Fellowes, probably the first Oscar-winning writer to have been ennobled — he was made a life peer by being given a barony in the honors list published in November. Peerless Titles
Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), raising questions Oscar Cruz yesterday slammed the Arroyo administration for continuously invoking executive privilege over what he called dubious government contracts, the latest WN.com - Articles related to New Treatments Hold Hope for Failing Eyes
Michael Caine, who is up for best supporting actor for his role in The Cider House Rules, has been tipped as a dead cert in a poll of Oscar voters by The Wall Street Journal.
The Oscars are about quality about recognising the 'best', they aren't popularist awards and if they where I doubt many Hollywood movies would get a look in as Bollywood and Asian Cinema get 10x the amount of viewings simply because they play to bigger audiences. Avatar Fans Blue Over Oscar Loss
To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance. Oscar Wilde
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The company has led the field to such an extent, and has produced so much good work over the last decade that has not been rewarded with Oscars, that I thought it a little sad that the first award went to the upstarts.
Mr. Puck is also on a first-name basis with many of Hollywood's glitterati and each year cooks up dreamy delights such as Kobe burgers, artichoke salad and tomato confit and cassis gelle for a host of celebrities at the post-Oscars Governors Ball. Wolfgang Puck's Kitchen Adventures
The cyclist's own record and a study made in March last year demonstrate that Oscar has a sensitivity in his bronchioles which is greater than that of the average of the population, and that causes him to have to take medication if he presents symptoms that might justify it. French doping agency studying explanation from Tour runner-up Pereiro
His hatred of his father was the "causa causans" of the whole case; he had pushed Oscar into the fight and Oscar, still intent on shielding him, declared that he had asked him to go abroad. Oscar Wilde His Life and Confessions
unless shaking your boobage, pouting your lips, and giving faintly dead eye stares is acting, Scarlett Johannsson needs to find another line of work..unless its with Woody Allen because the man can take a talentless hack and make her an Oscar winner Mira Sorvino anyone? Jessica Biel Is Wonder Woman, To Some Extent
All the oscars need to do to improve is stop the broadway-like production numbers, forget the interpretative dance choreography, and for god's sakes fire Bruce Vilanch as head writer. kencosgrove Oscars Producer Gives a Ceremony Post-Mortem | /Film
The film —tautly directed by horror-meister Sam Raimi —is almost assured an Oscar nomination.
That performance earned her an Oscar as Best Actress.
He's a curious figure - Oscar Wilde meets an Andy Warhol superstar with a punk-rock haircut, a coiffure he inflicted on himself the day after Joe Strummer died.
Before all that, Simon had been obliged to reason with Matthau, who initially insisted that he wanted to play the impossibly particular Felix rather than the slovenly Oscar because, he said, that would involve real acting.
CBS They call sprinter Oscar Pistorius the "Blade Runner," for the j-shaped prostheses he wears. Breaking News: CBS News
He has an impressive record of screenwriting, including an Oscar nomination.
Time and again Mr. Casey introduces interesting people—the fellow who rowed so hard with him in the two-man master's scull that he ripped the tendon off his hip bone in mid-race; the young coed who accompanied him on a 50-kilometer, midnight hike to celebrate his 50th birthday; the fellow named Oscar who proved a rock when the going got tough in Outward Bound. Extracurricular Activities
Lean was nominated for Oscars for directing, adapting and editing the film, and in June 1984 he was knighted.
Warner Brothers has bought the rights to the animated Oscar winner.
Now under the influence of a homemade hallucinogenic substance, Oscar is making another impression altogether whether he's singing and smiling gleefully, which is spooking the guests at such a somber affair, or threatening to jump from the rooftop (while naked, of course) because he mistakenly thinks that Elaine is cheating on him. Crosswalk.com - Home
The British director Anthony Minghella was the toast of the Academy in 1996, when his film The English Patient bagged no less than nine Oscars.
Some time in the spring we watched the Oscars ceremony on the television.
Babe G A best picture Oscar nominee.
My friend was an English major back in the day, and the ceremony was filled with extended readings — some in Middle English — from First Samuel and First Corinthians, Plato, Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde and William Meredith, as well as traditional and popular music from when the two of them were young. A wedding like any other
Bixby's set-up and delivery of crucial punchlines would have surely earned him an Oscar nomination had the rest of the film been better than it was.
If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all. Oscar Wilde
A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks. Oscar Wilde
Style and fashion was all the rage this week as the Oscars took place last Sunday night.
At the ripe age of 20, Kate married Oscar Chopin, another wealthy Creole and successful cotton broker in Louisiana.
While the Oscar felt more like a lifetime achievement award, the role invested Hepburn with the kind of humanity and concern for family that helped contradict her late-career screen image.
I spent the morning tidying away the bits and bobs he'd left behind, but I'll do the real clean tomorrow when Oscar and his litter tray have gone, too.
So how does one attach figures and probabilities to something as capricious as the Oscars? Times, Sunday Times
If anything, the Oscar nominations debunk the idea that this was a great year for women.
Savouring her 1,440-vote capture of the Tory marginal, the double Oscar winner said yesterday her acting career was over.
One of the long ? living Oscar winners cited was Sir John Gielgud.
This was an unusual year for the Oscars: No single film dominated the field and swept the board.
Princess Grace of Monaco - also known as the Oscar-winning actress Grace Kelly - topped the list, with a 91 per cent approval rating, closely followed by Queen Rania of Jordan, on 90 per cent.
He responds with a pitch perfect performance that really justifies all the media buzz about a potential Best Actor Oscar nomination.
The producer at a small Glasgow television and film studio has become the first Scot to scoop a news and documentary Emmy, the TV equivalent of an Oscar in the US.
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I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them. Oscar Wilde
From her Oscar-nominated turn in Lorenzo's Oil in 1992 to her Mrs March in Little Women and, more recently, in Stepmom and Anywhere But Here, Sarandon emanates a maternal warmth on screen that few others can touch.
In a morning message to the Discovery crew, Mission Control sent up a cartoon showing a spacewalking astronaut — Bowen — holding an Oscar statue and giving an acceptance speech."... and I would like to thank all of the little people that made this EVA extravehicular activity happen," the cartoon spacewalker said. Astronauts tackle spacewalk tasks
Football is all right as a game for rough girls but is hardly suitable for delicate boys. Oscar Wilde
All That Jazz won four Academy Awards and earned Fosse his third Oscar nomination for Best Director.
In context 2 and context 3, Oscar's ˜water™-thoughts are about water, i.e. H2O, while in context 1 they are about XYZ. Narrow Mental Content
It's all messaging," Carie says under her breath, seeing an analogy between the gravity of her work and the airiness of Oscar week. For filmmakers behind documentary on terrorism, a strange journey to Hollywood
It was a part that captured a peculiarly repellent side of the Reagan-Thatcher era and it rightly brought Michael Douglas an Oscar for outdoing the hyperactive villains his father, Kirk, played in postwar melodramas. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps – review
Oscar's three children grew up knowing nothing of stickball in the streets or kerosene in the hair.
Rugby is a game for barbarians played by gentlemen. Football is a game for gentlemen played by barbarians. Oscar Wilde
I can resist everything except temptation. Oscar Wilde
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth. Oscar Wilde
The fete is Oscar-like, with a daunting line of photographers and smartphone-waving bloggers and fans. Fly Girls: TV series follows flight attendants at home and in the air
Pleasure is Nature's test, her sign of approval. When man is happy, he is in harmony with himself and his environment. Oscar Wilde
Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one. Oscar Wilde
In what must be the biggest news ever broken by a sound recordist in history, Oscar winner Resul Pookutty has revealed that that Joaquin Phoenix is set to return to the world of acting. Archive 2010-03-07
The fact a huge Oscar winner and his production company are backing the project means he is assured the subject matter will be respectfully handled. The Sun
At this year's Oscars, Moore, Almodovar, and others reduced the reduction and succeeded in keeping the world, or at least part of it, awake.
Producing the Oscars requires pouring your entire life into one night, only to have the fruit of your labor completely crapped upon by the media (including sites like ours). Oscars Producer Gives a Ceremony Post-Mortem | /Film
Pelite freelist autophasing pseudoscarlatina lymphoblastic; totalization stringboard embryography guise. Top Headlines from World Press Review
Kim Kirchen of Luxembourg, three-time former world titlist Oscar Freire of Spain and Scott Nydam of Sebastopol, Calif., all abandoned with undetermined injuries after crashing during the stage. Leipheimer keeps lead as Cavendish wins fourth stage
Quentin Tarantino who speaks in only one mode, passionate, gesticulated wildly button holing a rapt Peter Sarsgaard and Maggie Gyllenhaal, about his favorite moment in Lone Scherfig's An Education, a personal favorite that will sure be listed among the Oscar's Nominated 10. Regina Weinreich: Golden Globes for Beginners
Equally likely is the garishly satirical Good Christian Belles (aka GCB), which inexplicably is being held back until midseason, along with some of ABC's other best new product (including the very scary and cinematic The River, expected to get a major promotional boost during the Oscars). Critic's TCA Notebook: That's a Wrap
We are praying for Oscar whom we love and who remains our son, brother and nephew. The Sun
And because he didn't think it was an award season movie, and didn't wear his Oscar hopes on his sleeve, the master auteur is easing on down the road to an Oscar win," adds Anne Thompson. GreenCine Daily: DGA. Scorsese.
Like Oscar Wilde's Dorian Gray, she was tyrannized by her own image, driven to new levels of vanity in an endless, and ultimately foolish, pursuit of fame and immortality.
Maybe someday there will be an Oscar, but you go into it knowing this is your job and your place. Times, Sunday Times
‘I thought it was a wind-up when I got the invitation,’ said Oscar.
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Oscar is one player who has certainly changed his tune. The Sun
‘Oscar's far too old for rabbiting’ said George sharply, eyeing the flea-bitten beagle snoring in the corner of the room with distaste.
Hard to say which was headier news to them: the Oscars snub or Schools Chancellor and "Superman" star Michelle Rhee getting bounced from Washington, D.C. Richard Whitmire: 'Superman' Snub: Should The Documentary Have Been Nominated For The Oscars?
We've all perfected the wasp-wave; you flick your hand with a disinterested languor - just think Oscar Wilde dismissing a jejune insult - and the wind distracts the wasp for a second or two.
Steve Martin approached his stints as Oscar host in 2001 and 2003 like a guy who had taken a religious vow not to pander or suck up to his audience, both the star-studded one inside the Kodak Theater and the millions tuning in globally. Steve Martin: The bone-dry humor in his Oscar past just needs a little gravy | EW.com
Robert Downey Jr received acclaim, and an Oscar nomination, for his pitch-perfect performance as the great silent movie era comic Charlie Chaplin in Richard Attenborough's sprawling 1992 film.
Neighbors of "Slumdog Millionaire" child actor Mohammed Azharuddin cheering as they watch the Oscars on television in Mumbai on Monday. Slumdog Millionaire
It should be a shoo-in for many Oscar nominations.
Drugs in the class include Avodart and Jalyn, marketed by GlaxoSmithKline PLC, and Proscar, marketed by Merck & Co., as well as another Merck drug, Propecia, which is approved to treat hair loss in men. FDA Cites Cancer Risk of Some Prostate Drugs
Oscar knowing that he has sufficiently punished Black dog for the insult of biting Lady, simply strutted back home and into the yard to lick his paw and shoulder.
No, Oscar won't quit and go out of business and try out for American Idol but he may have to record another CD-aye caramba!
Reprising his Oscar winning role was a risky undertaking.
Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation. Oscar Wilde
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Dandridge was the first black to receive a best actress Oscar nomination.
IFP general-secretary at the time, Oscar Dhlomo, who said on state television Gasa's remarks to the press would "irritate" Inkatha. ANC Daily News Briefing
One of the first big Hollywood stars to play in a Chinese film and promote it, Bale, who won an Oscar this year for his role in "The Fighter", said anyone who used the word propaganda to describe Zhang's film would be wrong. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination. Oscar Wilde
I don't expect beerfest to be an oscar masterpiece and vice versa but this movie, on all levels, was just plain bad! Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Review - Back for Another Fun Adventure! « FirstShowing.net
The main feature is, of course, a trip to Caesars Palace with plenty of perks and gift certificates to smooth away the sorrow of losing the Oscar.
Moreover, in all these cases the warrants had been issued on the sworn complaints of the parties damnified or of their parents and guardians: no one had complained of Oscar Wilde. Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions
Oscar is quick to see the charm of the place. Times, Sunday Times
An on-set source tells the NY Daily News the Oscar winner is acting like quite the "divo" by constantly trying to "direct" Chris Hemsworth, who stars as the title character (and Hopkins 'son) in the comic-book-based film. AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories
Practically every movie he made was nominated for an Oscar.
On the way out, Oscar bumped into another group of guards, who gave him dark looks and elbowed past.
At the end of another match he surprised the crowd by breaking into a long speech about Oscar Wilde.
One of Oscar Wilde's most frequently quoted epigrams is "I can resist everything except temptation".
And Charlotte's successful modeling agent, Oscar, deals with the requisite disloyalties of the fashion business by affecting a leisurely shorthand in which he customarily speaks of himself in the third person. Model, Teen and Terrorist Face a Culture of Appearances
UPDATE: Oscar Penaranda also notes that "prau" a prau can be a womb as how his mother carried him during WWII as they fled Manila to return to their home in the Island of Leyte, as well as that "prau" is the provenance, according to folktale, of Princess Urduha's historical and original name. Archive 2007-02-01
If people aren't doing impressions of him in order to try and win Oscars, they're ghoulishly buying up the house where he lived for 35 years.
As a tribute to his parents, Houdini commissioned his friend Oscar Teale to design an extravagant exedra that used many tons of Vermont granite. The Secret Life of Houdini
Then he started doing movies with Ron Howard and Steven Spielberg and then the Oscars started coming.
It's hard to say what's worse: a summer blockbuster that treats death with video game flippancy or a dour bit of Oscar bait like this, pretending to legitimise ‘necessary’ violence through glamorous gunfire.
Oscar, although I've not personally had it, I believe that the pozole sold in the Pátzcuaro mercado is known as pozole batido, in which the maíz is cooked long enough and perhaps beaten so that the soup is thicker than normal. Patzcuaro Bonito!
At the Oscars we could see all the dresses, but, to our great pain, there exists nary a full photo of the first lady in a custom-made chartreuse Prabal Gurung gown. Michelle Obama Dons Prabal Gurung Dress For 2011 Governors' Dinner (PHOTOS)
Elton John was having his annual Oscar-time birthday bacchanalia at a private room in the Beverly Hills Hotel. Phil Bronstein: Elizabeth Taylor's Passion
Sondheim questioned if he should write only the lyrics for yet another show, but his mentor Oscar Hammerstein told him it would be valuable experience to write for a star.
When summering on the chain of islands, says Ulrika Arph, head of business development at Oscar Properties, a Stockholm-based real-estate company, "you are on the same spot. Summering in Style in Scandinavia
The only author the two seem to share in common is Oscar Wilde, hurling his various art-for-art's-sake epigrams at each other like barbs.
Not on Monday cos tomorrow night is the Oscars, yay!
Yes: I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world. Oscar Wilde
The Oscar-winning animator is working on designs for a permanent bronze tribute to the pair. Wallace and Gromit Statue Planned » Fanboy.com
One can survive everything nowadays, except death, and live down anything, except a good reputation. Oscar Wilde
Oscar is quick to see the charm of the place. Times, Sunday Times
Her performance in Whale Rider was a searing and yet quiet one; nothing loud or splashy, screaming, ‘I'm Oscar worthy!’
Central to the department's new orientation is the role of Oscar Roith, the DoI's chief engineer and scientist.
THE Oscars were a real damp squib this year. The Sun
The Oscar-winning pianist plays a live piano score to his own video artwork. Times, Sunday Times
Yet Midnight Cowboy became the only X-rated movie to win the Oscar for Best Picture. Favorite Film Friday: Midnight Cowboy « A Progressive on the Prairie
That '74 film scored an Oscar nomination for best adapted screenplay, and was seen as a landmark.
GET ready to go glam as the awards season comes to a glittery finale with this weekend's Oscars. The Sun
Slumdog Millionaire, which won eight Oscars across mainland China from tomorrow.
Baldwin, an Oscar nominee and the Emmy award-winning star of TV comedy 30 Rock, is a debutant as host, though he has appeared to present awards in the past.
Y'know, I think that side-on comparison above lends greater credence to those who think motion-captured performances shouldn't qualify for acting awards, such as Oscars. VES Awards: Avatar and Up Win Almost Everything | /Film
We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell. Oscar Wilde
The endemics include the highly threatened blue-eyed ground dove (Columbina cyanopis, CR), the Minas Gerais tyrannulet (Phylloscartes roquettei, CR), known only from three areas in the São Francisco valley in north and central Minas Gerais, and the Brasília tapaculo (Scytalopus novacapitalis), a passerine that is found only in a few populations in gallery forest remnants near Brasilia, and a few locations in Minas Gerais, including the Serra da Canastra National Park. Biological diversity in the Cerrado
The nicest feeling in the world is to do a good deed anonymously and have somebody find out. Oscar Wilde
Songs from the '20s, '30s and '40s represent collaboration with lyricists Oscar Hammerstein II, Ira Gershwin and others.
The only two indie films to be given Oscars this year were Iris and No Man's Land.
Who got the Oscar for best actress?
I don't know everything about Oscar Wilde but from what I remember his rapier wit was not much honed by a four-hour stopover in Kuala Lumpur.
The Oscars were once known as a showplace for new commercials, much as the Super Bowl. NYT > Home Page
I had half expected Oscar to be a little daunted by the bearded guy but he knew what he was there for. The Sun
And screenwriter Diablo Cody, a former exotic dancer, won the Oscar for best original screenplay for Juno, the hit comedy about a pregnant teenager.
Bowling for Columbine was already a success before it won the Oscar for best documentary, but the award - and Moore's controversial acceptance speech - gave the film an extra bounce.
I think that God in creating Man somewhat overestimated his ability. Oscar Wilde
Even on his very first visit to New York, in 1932, and rather like Oscar Wilde before him, Dali captivated journalists and the general public with examples of an outrageous, epigrammatic wit.
The husband-and-wife producers of the Oscar-nominated film "Precious" will be working with the author and a screenwriter to adapt the humorous heroine -- a wise-cracking third-grader -- for the big screen. News Junkies
He gave an exemplary performance yet again and had this been the Oscars he'd have walked away with bagfuls of awards and lucrative contracts.
The Oscar winner was livid when questioned about the accent when he was promoting the new Ridley Scott movie about the outlaw who robs from the rich and gives to the poor. First Look: Russell Crowe “Robin Hood” Movie
Slumdog Millionaire, the tale of an 18-year-old slumdweller who goes on to become a millionaire by winning a quiz show, has been in the limelight after its eight oscar wins. Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Views'
A record number of nominations have flooded in for the York Tourism Awards - but there is still time for you to make your selection before the gongs are finally awarded at an Oscars-style ceremony.
Oscar is one player who has certainly changed his tune. The Sun
While watching this, I thought I must have hallucinated that burning image in my mind of star Gooding, Jr. having accepted an Oscar a few years back.
In a send-up of best picture Oscar nominee "The King's Speech, " a Razzie presenter wearing a crown feigned a stammer as he read names of the worst screenplays.
There was also an Oscar nomination for best original screenplay. Times, Sunday Times
Football is all right as a game for rough girls but is hardly suitable for delicate boys. Oscar Wilde
Dan said the only male gay icons he could think of were Oscar Wilde, James Dean, Rudolf Nureyev and "that dude who shot himself in the '80s, " which made it sound like the canon didn't run that deep.
But the strike ended one week ago, and Oscar organizers are promising a traditional ceremony for a global TV audience with big stars, dazzling fashion and, hopefully, memorable winners.
Even Oscar Wilde once quipped that he would have been more impressed if the falls ran upwards; at least no one has tried that yet.

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