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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Oscar. In 70 years of deciding the merits and failings of film, the Academy Awards have been glorified and vilified, denounced as narrow-minded political dealings between Hollywood muckety-mucks and praised as clearly focused ideals of what is and isn't great about film-making...

Author: By Caille M. Millner, | Title: Democratizing Oscar | 3/30/1998 | See Source »

...percentage of movie-goers, have not been represented as they should be. (Anyone seen Mrs. Brown,for which Judi Dench received a Best Actress nomination? Anyone heard of Judi Dench?) We at Harvard may feel particularly left out, seeing as we were the inspiration for a disproportionate number of Oscar-nominated films this year...

Author: By Caille M. Millner, | Title: Democratizing Oscar | 3/30/1998 | See Source »

JAMES CAMERON Oscar honors, yes, but the Andrea Doria ain't no sequel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Mar. 30, 1998 | 3/30/1998 | See Source »

...White House, remember Isaac Hayes' Oscar winning theme: He's a complicated man, and no one understands him but his woman. But Shaft? He don't ever make apologies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Potato in the Jungle | 3/27/1998 | See Source »

...have predicted three hours before it happened. And for James Cameron, Monday night was certainly a fairytale finale. His $200 million epic, "Titanic," an unstoppable juggernaut with a billion-dollar gross, won best picture, best director and nine other Academy Awards. That ties "Ben-Hur" for the all-time Oscar record, just as "Titanic"'s 14 nominations drew even with "All About Eve." So the movie broke no new ground, and neither did Cameron: "I'm the king of the world!" he screamed in acceptance -- stealing the line from his leading man in absentia, Leonardo DiCaprio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cameron's Titanic Triumph | 3/24/1998 | See Source »

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