Hollywood Readies for the Oscars
By DAVID GERMAIN
.c The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (March 24) - The Academy Awards moved into a new home Sunday with the usual glitz, plenty of head-to-head battles in top categories and some lingering antagonism over the harsh tone of the awards campaigning.
The Oscars returned to Hollywood for the first time since 1960. The new site for the 74th awards was the recently opened Kodak Theatre, just across Hollywood Boulevard from the hotel where the first Oscars were presented in 1929.
Unlike many years, when a clear favorite such as ''Titanic'' or last year's ''Gladiator'' emerged as likely best-picture winner, two main films dueled for the top Oscar. ''A Beautiful Mind,'' starring Russell Crowe as schizophrenic math scholar John Nash, and the fantasy epic ''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' split many film honors leading up to the Academy Awards.
Some Oscar analysts gave ''A Beautiful Mind'' the edge because it......
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