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Stretching nearly six months, awards season begins slowly, speeds up and then ends swiftly. A crush of media attention is paid to the Academy Award nominees in the week leading up to Oscar night and days after, attention wanes by the hour. As we wrap up our coverage of awards weekend in Los Angeles, a look at the Academy Awards annual Governor's Ball, with photos from AMPAS photographers. We're testing a ... 
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Meryl Streep snaps a photo at the Governor's Ball. In her sights: screenwriting Oscar Geoffrey Fletcher (middle) with Brian Siberell (right), and an unidentified guest (L). Photo credit: Richard Harbaugh / ©A.M.P.A.S. 
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Mike Dolan premieres his narrative competition film "Dance with the One," a film about a Texas family, in his home state. In it, "Nate, a skateboard-riding, small-time pot dealer, wants out of Texas. Out of his family home - broken and haunted by the tragic death of his mother. Out from sharing a roof with his father - a legendary drug dealer, who is stewed in whiskey and grief. Out from ... 
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North American rights to romantic drama "Mercy" by Patrick Hoelck have been picked up by IFC Films, the company said Tuesday. The film, starring writer/producer Scott Caan as well as Wendy Glenn, Troy Garity, Erika Christensen, Alexie Gilmore, John Boyd, Dylan McDermott, Whitney Able and James Caan, will close the 2010 Gen Art Film Festival. IFC Films' Lizzie Nastro negotiated the pact with Ben Weiss of Paradigm. "Mercy" will open Friday, ... 
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AMPAS boasted a new feature of their annual Governor's Ball this year, touting the fact that Oscar winners could have their trophies engraved with their names on-site, rather than having to ship it away. Here, engraver Alex Youst shows Jeff Bridges' engraved name plate. Photo credit: Greg Harbaugh / ©A.M.P.A.S. 
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"Avatar" visual effects Oscar winners Andrew Jones and Richard Baneham, with best supporting actor Christoph Waltz, and best actress Sandra Bullock at the Governors Ball. Photo credit: Richard Harbaugh / ©A.M.P.A.S. 
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A trio of Oscar winners smile with their trophies backstage. On the right is Best Documentary Short winner Roger Ross Williams, whose Oscar speech was strangely interrupted; Best Supporting Actress winner Mo'Nique, who noted that she avoided most campaigning; and Best Adapted Screenplay winner Geoffrey Fletcher, a winner who caught many Oscar prognosticators off guard, many thought that "Up In The Air" would win. Photo credit: Niall McCarthy / ©A.M.P.A.S. 
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?I?m glad I?m not twenty-five anymore,? Christoph Waltz told me over the summer, ahead of the opened of Quentin Tarantino?s "Inglourious Basterds." The film stirred immediate Oscar talk for Waltz after it debuted at the Cannes festival in May. Here he's hanging out with Tarantino at the Governor's Ball after winning his Oscar. Photo credit: Todd Wawrychuk / ©A.M.P.A.S. 
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"Precious" backer Oprah winner hangs out at the Oscar Governor's Ball with screenwriting Oscar winner Geoffrey Fletcher and Tyler Perry, along with her best friend, Gayle King. Photo credit: Matt Petit / ©A.M.P.A.S. 
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Hanging out here at the Governor's Ball with Best Actor Osacr winner Jeff Bridges is Fox Searchlight co-President Steve Gilula. The company took a risk with the movie, acquiring it and quickly releasing it into Oscar season rather late in the game. The gamble paid off and the film took off. Scott Cooper recently chatted with indieWIRE about the movie. Photo credit: Matt Petit / ©A.M.P.A.S. 
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