Oscars 2013: The 85th Annual Academy Awards

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What You Didn't See At The Academy Awards()  

Actress Jennifer Garner has been at her husband Ben Affleck's side throughout the award show season.

February 25, 2013 NPR's Sam Sanders and Mandalit del Barco were backstage in the press room during the Oscars. Here's a roundup of what they saw that you didn't see, in senior superlative form.

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Oscar Party @NPR: Red Carpet, Live-Blog And You()  

Oscar statues stand ready to great those who enter the red carpet outside the Kodak Theatre as preparations continue for the 82nd Academy Awards in Los Angeles, Ca., on Saturday, March 6, 2010. The Academy Awards will be held on Sunday. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)

February 24, 2013 NPR's Linda Holmes and NPR Music's Stephen Thompson team up with entertainment writer Marc Hirsch to live-blog the 85th Annual Academy Awards. Plus off-kilter commentary from the red carpet, courtesy of Wait, Wait ... producer Ian Chillag. Your comments encouraged, too!

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Music, The Food Of 'Amour'()  

Emmanuelle Riva in Michael Haneke's Amour.

February 23, 2013 The Best Picture nominee about two musicians nearing the end of life uses music sparingly but crushingly.

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Behind The Camera With Short-Doc Oscar Nominees()  

King's Point is an Oscar-nominated short documentary.

February 24, 2013 The directors of the five films nominated for best documentary short talk to NPR's Audie Cornish about the stories they tell in their films: tales of illness in Africa, can collectors in New York, lonely retirees, an artistic homeless teenager, and a salon-side view of cancer.

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The Four Biggest Best Picture Oscar Upsets, Statistically Speaking()  

The cast of Crash celebrates after its surprise upset of Brokeback Mountain for best picture, at the 78th Academy Awards in 2006.

February 23, 2013 As the Directors and Producers Guild Awards go, so does the Academy. At least most of the time.

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EW's Oscar Guy: Predictions, Backstage Tales()  

Anthony Breznican is a senior writer at Entertainment Weekly and its chief Oscars correspondent.

February 23, 2013 At this Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony, Entertainment Weekly's Anthony Breznican will be watching from an enviable location: behind the scenes with the stars. He joins NPR's Jacki Lyden to share his winner predictions and favorite backstage moments.

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Monkey See

Best Original Song, Least Original Category()  

Randy Newman performs "We Belong Together," his Academy-Award-winning entry in the Best Original Song category from the 83rd Annual Academy Awards. Newman has been nominated 15 times for the award.

February 22, 2013 Nick Andersen says that the Academy Awards would be a lot more interesting with a few tweaks to one of the categories best suited, but least used, for showmanship.

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Despite Dark Themes, A Big Oscar Bounce()  

Despite its dark themes (slavery and the Civil War are hardly feel-good topics), Lincoln, like other Oscar nominees, has done very well at the box office. Disney has spent about $10 million campaigning for the best-picture prize, hoping for a payoff down the line.

February 22, 2013 At the Oscar ceremony on Sunday night, there'll be lots of talk about excellence — the movie industry honoring its own. But as NPR's Bob Mondello notes, there has always been another side to the Oscars: money.

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And The Academy Award Goes To: Great Reads About The Silver Screen()  

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February 22, 2013 In honor of Oscar weekend, we dig into the NPR Books archives for four stories about Oscar-nominated books and actors, from Cary Grant to Cormac McCarthy.

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Hollywood Jobs

For Publicist Marvin Levy, It's All About Eyeballs()  

Spielberg's Schindler's List will mark its 20th year in 2013. Levy was in charge of the publicity campaign for the film and still has his original press kit.

February 22, 2013 A publicist is responsible for making a movie known — in a good way, with any luck. It's a multifaceted job, but what does he or she really do? NPR's Susan Stamberg continues her annual Hollywood Jobs series with a story of one prolific publicist and the director he serves.

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'Argo' Is The Best Picture Frontrunner, But Why?()  

John Goodman, Alan Arkin and actor-director Ben Affleck in Argo.

February 21, 2013 Ben Affleck's tense, humor-tinged thriller is being talked up as the Best Picture favorite. But what does that even mean?

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Real-Life Shipwreck Survivor Helped 'Life Of Pi' Get Lost At Sea()  

Steven Callahan survived for 76 days adrift in an inflatable life raft. This 2002 photo shows Callahan with an improved life raft he designed after his ordeal. While enduring shark attacks, rain and helpless drifting, Callahan dreamed of a better survival vessel. Once he returned to land, he spent almost two decades designing this one, featuring a rigid exterior, a removable canopy and a sail.

February 24, 2013 Thirty years ago, Steven Callahan survived a shipwreck and spent 76 days adrift on the Atlantic. Alone in a life raft, he fished and drank rainwater to survive. As a consultant on Life of Pi, he used his experiences to help director Ang Lee add authenticity to the film.

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