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Sony thinks its new Michael Jackson documentary could be a contender for best picture.
Young boys climbed trees and villagers crowded rooftops in a tiny dusty village in northern India Sunday to catch a glimpse of Academy Award winner Julia Roberts shooting her new film, "Eat, Pray, Love."
Back in 1988, director Stephen Frears and screenwriter Christopher Hampton teamed up for "Dangerous Liaisons," one of the juiciest guilty pleasures ever. Reveling in high-class deception and manipulation, the film earned seven Academy Award nominations including best supporting actress for Michelle Pfeiffer, and it won three.
Sean Penn has withdrawn his petition to separate from his wife of 13 years.
The woman who was with Morgan Freeman the night of a car crash that injured both of them insists she was never romantically linked to Freeman and is suing the actor for negligence. Demaris Meyer and her lawyer, Gloria Allred, held a news conference Wednesday announcing that Meyer has filed a lawsuit against the 71-year-old Academy Award winner.
Paul Newman, the late actor and 10-time Academy Award nominee, has been honored by lawmakers as a screen legend and humanitarian.
Kate Winslet pulled off the expected Sunday night, winning the Academy Award for best actress for her quietly powerful performance in "The Reader."
Penelope Cruz won the best supporting actress Academy Award on Sunday for her fiery, funny role in "Vicky Cristina Barcelona, saying it was a sign of changing times in American film for foreign actors.
Maybe it was the adorable smile on that "Slumdog Millionaire" kid in his pint-sized tuxedo.
Seldom is one of the most crowd-pleasing films of the year an Academy Award nominee for best documentary.
In the five weeks since “Paul Blart: Mall Cop” opened, the comedy has made more than $110 million and earned the unofficial title of box-office wonder alongside those Chihuahuas from Beverly Hills. On the other hand, “Frozen River” was in theaters for 27 weeks, never played on more than about 100 screens at once, earned only $2,309,958 according to Box Office Mojo, but picked up two Academy Award nominations.
Joaquin Phoenix says there's no hoax about it: He really has given up acting to become a hip-hop musician.
The last time an actor won an Academy Award after his death it took no less than a manic, tour-de-force performance that included exhorting Americans to throw open their windows and scream, "I'm as mad as hell and I am not going to take this anymore."
A collection of facts, figures and trivia about this year's Academy Award nominees:
If filmmakers and movie stars lose sleep the night before the Academy Award nominations are announced, they are not alone.
It's been a crowded awards season, full of lavish spectacles and gripping indies. So naturally there were some surprises and snubs among Thursday's Academy Award nominations. Among them:
Complete list of 81st annual Academy Award nominations announced Thursday:
Voters for 2008's worst movies love Mike Myers. They really love him.
One of the digital wizards behind such cartoon smashes as "WALL-E," "Ratatouille" and "Finding Nemo" is getting an Academy Award.
Superheroes Batman, Iron Man and Hellboy are mixing it up with Brad Pitt, Nicole Kidman and an ancient mummy for the visual-effects Academy Award.
Both became movie heartthrobs at a relatively young age. Each has snagged three Academy Award nominations. Neither has escaped the scrutiny of the tabloid press.
Batman has a shot at an Academy Award for musical score, after all.
The next time an Academy Award winner's acceptance speech runs long, a new conductor will strike up the band to play them off.
It’s a long-established tradition in Bond movies: First, the slam-bang opening action sequence, and then a quick cut to the opening credits — almost always filled with scantily clad dancers gyrating while the theme song is belted out (most often by Shirley Bassey, who holds the record with three theme songs to her name). The Bond series has produced some of the most well-known themes in cinema history. Three received Academy Award nominations, while several more hit the Top 10 charts.
Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman has been injured in car accident in Mississippi and is in a hospital in Memphis.
Who among the actors who have won multiple Best Actor / Actress Academy Awards are your favorite? And the winners are... BEST ACTRESS Katharine Hepburn 4 Best Actress Oscars Ingrid Bergman 2 Best Actress Oscars (and 1 Best Supporting Actress Oscar) Luise Rainer 2 Best Actress Osc …
We all know there are great films, like Casablanca, Gone with the Wind, To Kill a Mockingbird, etc.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is prepared to reveal their nominations for the 81st Annual Academy Awards in less than 10 hours, honoring the best achievements in motion pictures for the 2008 calendar year.
FBI: Body of Jennifer Hudson's 7-Year Old Nephew FoundA top FBI official said Monday that a body found in an SUV is believed to be that of Jennifer Hudson's missing 7-year-old nephew, the focus of a desperate search since the Oscar winner's mother and brother were found shot to death in their home three days earlier.
I had the opportunity this past Friday, September 5 to check out the 32nd Annual Toronto International Film Festival's Gala Presentation of the Coen Brothers highly anticipated, "Burn After Reading".
Prayers for Morgan Freeman, Seriously Injured in AccidentAcademy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman was listed in "serious" condition at a Memphis hospital Monday following a late-night car crash in rural Mississippi.
Terrence Howard Blacklisted By Bill Cosby? "I was 19 and had just moved to New York from Cleveland, I got on 'The Cosby Show' on my second audition ever," Howard said, ... He explains: "I told him, 'I'm a man just like you.' He didn't like it, and the casting agent never took my calls again."
Oscar Winner Busted After Buying Crack-CocaineAcademy Award-winning actress Tatum O'Neal has been arrested after buying crack cocaine near her home in Manhattan. See more irresistible headlines
80th Annual Oscar NomineesBest motion picture of the year "Atonement" (Focus Features) A Working Title Production Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Paul Webster, Producers "Juno" (Fox Searchlight) A Dancing Elk Pictures, LLC Production Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick and Russell Smith, Produce …
Al Gore gives us a model for reinventing a life after apparent failureFirst an Oscar, now the Nobel Prize. Yet, the most important competition Al Gore won began the moment he officially lost the 2000 presidential election.
Perry's strong views on climate change can be muted at homeNone of Perry's responses since January has mentioned that he personally doubts man-made contributions to warming or that he believes that any Texas actions to gauge or regulate greenhouse gases would be premature, potentially wreaking havoc in the state that leads the nation in …
McCain: Gore shouldn't have won Nobel Prize...should have gone "to the Buddhist monks""I would have liked to see that prize go to the Buddhist monks who are suffering and dying in Burma," McCain said after a speech this morning in Davenport.
Good documentary flicks - Try ThisA list of really good political, social, and environmental documentary suggestions.
Movie Review: Reign Over MeAn uplifting and inspiring story of friendship and recovery, this moving drama tells the story of a man who re-discovers how to live life after losing his family on 9/11.
Swedish Film Director Ingmar Bergman Dies at 89Ingmar Bergman, an Academy Award-winning Swedish writer-director whose name came to define an entire genre of stark movies about the human condition, such as "The Seventh Seal," "Wild Strawberries" and "Persona," has died at his home at the age of 89, Swedish media reported Monda …
Paul Newman to retire from acting LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Paul Newman's career has included winning an Oscar, establishing a food company to fund charities, and operating a restaurant, but he said this week he is retiring from acting.
Little Known Facts About Angelina Jolie Little know facts about Angelina Jolie
The Academy Award Nominated Film, The QueenWith an excellent supporting cast, Helen Mirren portrays Queen Elizabeth II. in an account of the days following Princess Diana's 1997 death.
(Satire) "Gore Oscar In Doubt" - US Supreme Court To Review Exxon v GoreIn an unprecedented move, the Supreme Court of the United States intervened to revoke the Academy Award won by 'An Inconvenient Truth' last night at the 79th Annual Academy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center, in Los Angeles, California.
Not part of his speech: 'When do those Earth Wind and Fire tickets get in"Who will be the next alumnus of Fast Times at Ridgemont High to win an Oscar?
(Video) Gore Wins Best Documentary for "An Inconvenient Truth"Tonight, Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth won the Academy Award for Best Documentary. Gore accepted the award, saying, "My fellow Americans, people all over the world — we need to solve the climate crisis. It's not a political issue. It's a moral issue.
"An Inconvenient Truth" wins Oscar for Best Documentary FeatureI hope this encourage those who did not see the documentary to watch the DVD. I'm so excited for Al Gore, a man who's been trying to tell this story for over a generation.
Dutch Filmmaker Fons Rademakers DiesFons Rademakers, whose 1986 movie ``De Aanslag'' (``The Assault'') won an Academy Award as best foreign language film, died Thursday of emphysema at age 86, his son said.
Jennifer Hudson To Sing At Oscars JENNIFER HUDSON TO SING AT OSCARS: Plus, she plans to begin recording debut album in March.
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