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"No Country" won four Oscars, including picture, director, screenplay and supporting actor.
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• Cotillard blooms with 'Rose' win
• Oscar support swings to Swinton
• Celebrities brave rain, recent past
• N.Y. parties keep fans connected
• Night Before a smash success
• Oscar's foreign-language symposium

FILM INDEPENDENT'S SPIRIT AWARDS
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Ebony Pre-Oscar Celebration

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Oscar reception honoring Nikita Mikhalkov

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European actors dominate Oscars

Acting prizes went to Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Tilda Swinton and Javier Bardem at the 80th annual Academy Awards.

Reactions from Oscar winners

Backstage notes at the Academy Awards

Box office boost for 'Country'

Still playing, film bound for increased biz

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Strike receives little attention at Oscars

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REVIEWS:

OSCAR WINNERS
No Country
for Old Men

Tense genre filmmaking shot through with rich veins of melancholy, down-home philosophy and dark, dark humor.

Animated Feature:

Ratatouille

Foreign Language:

The Counterfeiters

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Taxi to the Dark Side

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FILM BOX OFFICE
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Weekend Estimate

February 22, 2008 - February 24, 2008 (*millions)

	FILM	GROSS
1	Vantage Point	$24,000,000
2	Jumper	$12,650,000
3	Spiderwick Chronicles, The	$12,600,000
4	Step Up 2 The Streets	$9,787,000
5	Fool's Gold	$6,270,000
6	Definitely, Maybe	$5,183,700
8	Juno	$4,100,000
8	Be Kind Rewind	$4,100,000
9	Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins	$3,989,490
10	There Will Be Blood	$2,561,000
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TV Ratings

Thursday, February 21, 2008 (*millions)

Top Show	Total
American Idol (Fox)	23.2 mil
Top Shows	A18-49
American Idol (FOX)	8.4/21
Lost (ABC)	5.7/13
Don't Forget the Lyrics (FOX)	4.8/11
Networks
FOX	6.6/16
ABC	3.4/8
CBS	3.3/8
NBC	2.5/6

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