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It’s that time of year again! The 87th Academy Awards air this Sunday, February 22, at 6 p.m. on ABC. Check out the official website for all things Oscar: backstage videos, red carpet galleries, Oscar music moments, and more. Here’s a printable list of the nominees from Fandango or try this interactive Oscar ballot from CNN. And don’t miss the official site of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (the governing body behind the Awards) for the history behind Hollywood’s most legendary night.

All of this year’s eight Best Picture nominees are available in our catalog (or will be available shortly): American Sniper, Birdman, Boyhood, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Imitation Game, Selma, The Theory of Everything, and Whiplash.

The Library also offers a great selection of titles about the Academy Awards, including the newly updated 85 Years of the Oscar: The Official History of the Academy Awards by Robert Osborne, Bringing Up Oscar: The Story of the Men and Women Who Founded the Academy by Debra Ann Pawlak, Oscar Fever: The History and Politics of the Academy Awards by Emanuel Levy, Made for Each Other: Fashion and the Academy Awards by Bronwyn Cosgrave, and Behind the Oscar: The Secret History of the Academy Awards by Anthony Holden.

For fun fictional takes on the frenzy of Oscar season, try Best Murder of the Year by Jon P. Bloch, Murder at the Academy Awards by Joan Rivers (yes, that Joan Rivers), Oscar Season by Mary McNamara, and Celebutantes by Amanda Goldberg and Ruthanna Kalighi Hopper (Dennis’s daughter).

Don’t forget to tune in Sunday night!

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Academy Awards

by Louise Hilton

It’s that time of year again! The 86th Academy Awards ceremony airs this Sunday, March 2, at 6 p.m. Check out the official website for all things Oscar: recipe ideas for your very own Oscar viewing party, behind-the-scenes videos, red carpet galleries, an Oscar app for your smartphone, and more.

Click here for a printable list of the nominees or try this interactive Oscar ballot from CNN.

Don’t miss the official site of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (the governing body behind the awards) for the history behind Hollywood’s most legendary night.

All of this year’s nine Best Picture nominees are available in our catalog (or will be available shortly): American Hustle, Captain Phillips, Dallas Buyers Club, Gravity, Her, Nebraska, Philomena, 12 Years a Slave, and The Wolf of Wall Street.

The Library also offers a great selection of titles about the Academy Awards, including the newly updated 85 Years of the Oscar: The Official History of the Academy Awards by Robert Osborne, Bringing Up Oscar: The Story of the Men and Women Who Founded the Academy by Debra Ann Pawlak, Oscar Fever: The History and Politics of the Academy Awards by Emanuel Levy, Made for Each Other: Fashion and the Academy Awards by Bronwyn Cosgrave, and Behind the Oscar: The Secret History of the Academy Awards by Anthony Holden.

For fun fictional takes on the frenzy of Oscar season, try Best Murder of the Year by Jon P. Bloch,  Murder at the Academy Awards by Joan Rivers, Oscar Season by Mary McNamara, and Celebutantes by Amanda Goldberg.

Don’t forget to tune in Sunday night!

Fright Flicks!

Get in the Halloween spirit with these scary treats! These movies are all streaming through our IndieFlix movie service. They’re always available and all you need to get set up is your library card; no software required. These are award-winning shorts and full-length movies, a fresh independent voice in the genre.

As well as these IndieFlix titles, we also have Blu-rays and DVDs of horror movies both modern and classic. There’s everything from Bela Lugosi, Vincent Price, and Hammer Films, to Freddy Kreuger, Michael Myers, and Shaun of the Dead … if you’re not too scared, that is. Check out more ghoulish flicks in the library catalog.

Explore the Universe of Doctor Who

Whether you are a Whonatic, a Whovian, or new to the series, the library has some Doctor Who for you! Did you know we have over 150 DVDs including episodes from every single Doctor? Not to mention the Blu-rays. Oops, I just mentioned them.

We also have Doctor Who fiction from the classic Target published novels to more current stories. I’m particularly enjoying the Doctor Who audiobooks that you can download from Overdrive on my daily commute. We currently have about 40 titles. There is no better way to escape sitting in traffic than to be whisked away through time and space.

Access Video on Demand

Access Video On Demand is a new streaming video database we have to offer that has something for everyone. Subjects covered include Art and Architecture, Career Planning, Languages, Literature and Home How-To. As well as browsing and searching for videos, you can also view videos by specific producer/channel. These special collections include BBC, History Channel, TED, Ken Burns and National Geographic.

No software is required, you watch the videos in your web browser, and they are always available. You can create your own video playlists and the videos will also work on your mobile device. Each video has a table of contents so if you are looking for something specific within a video, you can jump right to it. Take a look at Access Video On Demand and you’re sure to find something of interest. All you need is your library card!