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Oscar liveblog: Original screenplay finally offers some drama

By Steven Zeitchikwriter 

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6:13 pm: Nice presentation of original screenplay with the Fey-Downey chemistry. This award will be interesting... And Mark Boal takes it for ‘The Hurt Locker.’ A favorite, but barely. We bet that vote was pretty close. Boal’s speech is short, and he comes off as likable: ‘You honor me and humble me with this. I was a reporter back from Iraq with the idea for a story about these men on the front lines.’ He thanks many, including Kathryn Bigelow, and dedicates the award to troops, though not one Sgt. Sarver.

--Steven Zeitchik

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Steven Zeitchik

Steven Zeitchik is a former Los Angeles Times staff writer who covered film and the larger world of Hollywood for the paper from 2009 to 2017, exploring the personalities, issues, content and consequences of both the creative and business (and, increasingly, digital) aspects of our screen entertainment. He previously covered entertainment beats at Variety and the Hollywood Reporter, has contributed arts and culture pieces to the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post and the New York Times and has done journalistic tours of duty in Jerusalem and Berlin. While at The Times he has also reported stories in cities ranging from Cairo to Krakow, though Hollywood can still seem like the most exotic destination of all.

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