Get ready for the Oscars!

The Academy Awards are just around the corner (this year's ceremony will be held on the 24th February) but how much do you remember about last year's winners? Take this short quiz and find out!

The Golden Globe Awards

The 2008 movie awards season starts on January 13 with the Golden Globe Awards. Seen by many as a preview of who might eventually win an Oscar a month or so later, the GGs are, however, a bit different from the Academy Awards: movies and performances are divided into two main categories - drama and musical/comedy - and TV productions are also contemplated. Here are the nominees for next year's edition. And here is a reading (scanning) activity to help you practise finding information in a text.

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Alejandro Iñárritu talks about his film, Babel

The Mexican film director Alejandro González Iñárritu talks about his latest film Babel, the challenge of making a film spoken in four languages, and about people's need to communicate.


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