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3 Comments So you think you know about the Oscars Academy awards?
The Annual Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, recently ended its 81st run. The films nominated this year were just as exciting to watch as other years. There were the usual favourites among the nominees, as well as some surprise wins. Check out the official 81st Annual Academy Awards website for all the information you need to know about the award.
In case you are wondering whose the best (and worst) dressed celebrities, happenings at the backstage and other juicy news, you can also check out this link from MSN SG website.
** All websites last accessed 26 Feb 2009
Also, you can easily search for online newspaper articles regarding this year’s Oscars from NLB’s online electronic database “Factiva” from NLB’s e-Resources page. This Factiva can either be remotely accessed from home (with retrieval access restrictions) or onsite at any of NLB’s 22 Public Library branches located islandwide in Singapore.
Indeed, this year’s Oscars had came and gone.. And already I’m looking forward to the 82nd run with anticipation..
** Above image was extracted from http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archives/oscars.jpg on 26 Feb 2009.
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Mr Justin Tan
Librarian
Adult and Young People’s Services
well the slumdogmillionaire was really awesome i liked it … nominated in 10 categories and get 8 awards thats huge.
The Oscar statuette is made of gold-plated britannium on a black metal base, and depicts a knight rendered in Art Deco style holding a crusader’s sword standing on a reel of film with five spokes. The five spokes each represent the original branches of the Academy: Actors, Writers, Directors, Producers, and Technicians
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