Oscars air Sun, Mar 7: Watch our interviews with nominees

Last fall, fab magazine associate editor Matt Thomas caught up with the celebs and creative geniuses behind two Oscar-nominated films. Watch our interviews from the 2009 Toronto International Film Fest (TIFF) below.

The Academy Awards air live on Sun, Mar 7 at 5pm PT / 8pm ET. See a full list of nominees here.

Precious’s Gabourey Sidibe is up for best actress. A Single Man’s Colin Firth is nominated for best actor.

A Single Man (one Oscar nom: best actor). We caught up with director Tom Ford and actors Julianne Moore and
Firth at TIFF. Check it out:


Precious (six Oscar noms, including best picture).
We chatted with media queen and producer Oprah Winfrey,
director producer Lee Daniels, writer Sapphire, Mary J Blige, Mariah
Carey, Paula Patton and Sidibe.

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