International locations have played a role in the stories of countless Oscar-winning pics.

I've got screenplays on the brain this week. It's partly thanks to the point of the Oscar race we're in-- there's still nothing to talk about but Precious , even though critics are starting to see Nine and The Lovely Bones can't be too far away either.

FOR MOST Americans, the next few weeks constitute the holiday season. In the land known as Hollywood, though, it's the Oscar season.

Paramount will release Vega$: The First Season, Volume 2 on 9 February. This hit Robert Urich show's second DVD edition will arrive with 1.33:1 transfers, mono sound mixes, and a set of episode promos.

The director of "An Education" recently lamented, good-naturedly, that she was tired of producers thinking of her for stereotypically female projects.

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Ben Foster has been attracting attention for some time thanks to his intense portrayals in action flicks like X-Men: The Last Stand , 3:10 to Yuma , Hostage , and 30 Days of Night .

Today is Veteran's Day. It is a time when we step back for a moment to honor the bravey and the sacrifices of our nation's soldiers.

It's an unenviable task, making films about the war on terror for audiences that don't want to sit through dramatizations of the same bad news they get for real out of Iraq and Afghanistan.

Every week between now and February 2, when the nominations are announced, movies and stars will help themselves - or, sometimes, hurt themselves - in the Oscar race.

The 12th annual Savannah Film Festival, hosted by the Savannah College of Art and Design, closed tonight, Saturday, November 7 after a full week of special screenings and award presentations.

Saturday, 7:15 p.m.: "The Hurt Locker": Iraq War drama/action thriller about an elite Army bomb disarming squad.

The 13th Canberra International Film Festival runs from 28 October until 12 November.

This Sandra Bullock/Bradley Cooper comedy will arrive with a 1080p transfer, a DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio sound mix, a commentary with screenwriter Kim Barker, Bullock, Cooper, Thomas Haden Church, Ken Jeong and director Phil Traill, som featurettes, a blooper reel , and some deleted scenes.

I know we've still got a good two months left in the year and most of the heavy-hitting films haven't even been seen by anyone yet, but it's never too early to talk about the Oscars.

With the riveting news that Peter Berg is hopping off Dune and Paramount's search for a new director comes the names Neill Blomkamp and Neil Marshall being tossed around.

Modesto native Jeremy Renner edged closer to a possible Oscar nomination as he took home one of the first honors of the award season: the Hollywood Awards.

A new crop of Oscar prospects crammed the red carpet at what is widely considered Tinseltown's award-season starting gate: the Hollywood Awards.

'Hurt Locker' and 'Big Fan' favorites at the indie awards. Nominations for the 19th annual Gotham Independent Film Awards were announced giving everyone a good reason to start making their early Oscar predictions and rally around the movies that should have been seen.

Patricia Clarkson, Woody Harrelson, Ben Foster, Emmy Rossum, Jeremy Renner and Hugh Dancy will be honored during the 12th annual Savannah Film Festival, which runs Oct.