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The Award Shows

Sandra Bullock, who won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in The Blind Side may be the first actress ever the win an Oscar and a Razzie (for All About Steve) in the same year. Sandra looked incredible too. Her golden beaded and lace Marchesa dress was the perfect outfit to wear when your accessory is a little gold statue.

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The big show is just a few hours away and I am getting ready for my friend Elle’s annual Oscar Soiree. She has the best Oscar party ever. Lots of good food and drinks and we love to have our very own red carpet fashion critique. But more on that tomorrow.

Here are my personal picks [...]

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Ideally, I would like to say that I saw every movie that was nominated in this year’s Best Picture Oscar race, but I cannot tell a lie. There are some I just didn’t see. Let’s be honest, this blog is called Just Chick Flicks. I have my hands full trying to see movie that fit [...]

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Post image for Just Chick Flicks’ Oscar Countdown: District 9

Being a fan of Chick Flicks, perhaps you missed this nominee for Best Picture. District 9 is not your typical science fiction movie. Director Neill Blomkamp filmed this movie in a style that resembles a documentary. What makes District 9 worthy of a Best Picture Oscar nomination?

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Post image for Just Chick Flicks’ Oscar Countdown: The Blind Side

In her role as tough as nails southern housewife, Leigh Anne Touhy, Sandra Bullock gives the most acclaimed performance of her career. The Blind Side gives Sandra Bullock a chance to show us another side of her talents. The Blind Side is one of those movies that enjoyed big word of mouth success and Sandra’s performance has won her a Golden Globe and SAG Award for Best Actress.

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Not to discount any of the performances by the other actresses nominated in this category, but I would not be the only person who would be surprised if Mo’Nique did not win an Academy Award this year.

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This year five actresses have been nominated for their roles as the bored wife of a diplomat who learns to cook and changed the way we see food, the wife and muse of a famous author, an outspoken Texan who reaches out to a stranger and changed not only his life, but hers as well, an overweight, abused teenage mother who learns more than reading and writing from her teacher and a young girl who learns more about life by living it than she learns in the classroom.

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