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Of the 89 documentary films eligible for Oscar consideration this year, 15 were selected for a short list of potential nominees. And Michael Moore's "Capitalism: A Love Story" wasn't one of them. Complete Story...
Academy Awards overseers have chosen an entertainment veteran to direct the next Oscar show.
Without the burden of a live worldwide broadcast, members of the film academy threw themselves a lively yet relaxed dinner party to honor the first Oscar winners of the season.
A record 20 films have been submitted for best animated feature at the Academy Awards.
Roger Corman, memorably dubbed "the Orson Welles of the Z-Movie" and "the Pope of Pop Cinema," never expected the words "Academy Award recipient" would accompany his name.
Here are the 65 foreign-language contenders for the 82nd Academy Awards, along with the names of the directors and countries of origin:
Top prize-winners from the Cannes and Berlin film festivals are among 65 movies competing for the foreign-language honor at the Academy Awards next March.
The Spanish Cinema Academy on Tuesday selected a film set in Chile after the Pinochet dictatorship as the country's nomination to compete for the Oscar for best foreign language film.
Actress Lauren Bacall, producer-director Roger Corman and cinematographer Gordon Willis are the first Oscar winners of the season.
Oscar fans can win a chance to be a part of the 82nd Academy Awards.
Academy Awards voters are going to have to put extra effort into their choices for best picture.
Tom Hanks is rejoining the board that oversees the Academy Awards.
Hugh Jackman, Seth Rogen, Oscar nominee Anne Hathaway and Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle have been invited into the exclusive Hollywood club that votes on the Academy Awards.
No Academy Award will be presented for best song at next year's ceremony if none of the tunes is considered good enough, Oscar organizers said Friday.
The Academy Awards will have 10 best-picture nominees instead of the usual five starting next year, improving the odds for films such as "The Dark Knight," a fan and critic favorite that was snubbed last time.
The Oscars will be presented a little later next year.
Gay Asians voiced indignation Wednesday after television broadcasts of the Academy Awards in their region censored the words "gay" and "lesbian" in speeches that called for equal rights for homosexuals.
An estimated 36.3 million people watched this year's Academy Awards, an increase of more than 4 million from last year's least-watched Oscars ceremony ever.
Spain gushed with pride Monday over Penelope Cruz's Oscar for best supporting actress.
Gratitude was the emotion of the Oscar day for first-time supporting actress nominees Taraji P. Henson and Viola Davis, who agreed it really was enough just to be nominated.
The glitzy, global spirit of Hollywood raged into the wee hours after the Oscars, with parties around town feting everyone from British best actress winner Kate Winslet down to the youngest "Slumdog Millionaire" star, drinking caffeine to keep up his strength.
This year, Oscar has a British accent, and an international flavor.
Time to brush off the tuxedo, yet again, for the Academy Awards.
Famed novelist Salman Rushdie apparently wasn't too impressed with the Oscar-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire," telling an Atlanta audience it "piles impossibility on impossibility."
Sunday's Oscar speeches were a balancing act, walking the line between the playful and emotional. Here are some notable moments:
Martin and Baldwin to host OscarsComedian Steve Martin and actor Alec Baldwin are to share hosting duties at the 82nd Academy Awards.
Lauren Bacall to get honorary OscarLauren Bacall, whose sultry roles in film noir movies To Have and Have Not, The Big Sleep and Dark Passage earned her Hollywood immortality, is to get an honorary Oscar.
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 …
Gosh, I have so many choices on this one, lots of films I have seen which have really moved me, or that I have seen a few times. But some definitely stay in the memory longer than others.
How do you feel today? Happy? Zippy? Valued? Neglected? Unappreciated? Depressed? Terrible?
Even if every word about global warming were the immutable gospel truth and even if we never cut down another tree the trail America is leaving behind is conspicuously a brilliant red.
The red carpet gets rolled out, and vacuumed clean. Cameras get polished. Fleets of super-stretched limousines are en route.
Anne Hathaway on Family Guy?Is Anne Hathaway off to see the Family Guy? A report claims that Oscar-nominated actress Anne Hathaway "may be better known for her serious roles, but she'll be showing off her funny bone on the small screen." Anne once appeared on The Simpson as well.
Slumdog Millionaire : A PerspectiveOscar was not welcomed as a thrilling victory for India by some.
"The Iranian nation and its revolution has repeatedly and undeservedly been attacked by Hollywood movies." Hollywood should apologize to Iran for "insults and accusations against the Iranian nation," a top aide to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told a visiting Hollywood delegation Sunday...
Joaquin Phoenix showed up to the Late Show With David Letterman looking like the extra member of ZZ Top and acting extremely odd. He was extremely taciturn and appeared to become offended and withdraw further into his shell with each joke that Letterman did.
Weeks ago, I curled up with a cup of tea to watch The Late Show With David Letterman. Not a regular viewer, I was lured by the prospect of seeing a favourite actor give what I heard might be a bizarre interview.
Heroes' welcome for Slumdog starsHuge crowds gave the child stars of Slumdog Millionaire a rousing heroes' welcome as they returned to Mumbai from LA after the film's Oscar glory. The young actors were greeted with garlands and held aloft by the crowds as they stepped out of Mumbai airport.
Life imitating Art: Slumdog Millionaire star to appear on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? The 18-year-old, from London, is in talks to appear on the ITV1 programme along with the film's director Danny Boyle. The actor hopes to win the £1m prize to raise money for British charity Railway Children, which helps youngsters living on the streets all over the world.
Slumdog Subtext " But there is another undercurrent in this film, almost a subliminal message, that is less talked about but of equal concern to Hindus.
I mean an Australian host, minories, multiculturalism, honoring hispanics, etc...it was all about change, wasn't it?
Anti-Gay Westboro Baptist Church Protests the Oscars, Sean Penn ReactsThose protesters he's referring to were seen by thousands as they passed by Sunset and Highland. It was a small group from the infamous Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church, who own hateful web domains like www.godhatesfags.com.
Is Bollywood coming to Hollywood?So, is it time for Bollywood -- as India's huge Mumbai-based film industry is called -- to come to America? "International cinema comes in cycles in the United States," said Frank Lovece, a film critic with Film Journal International. "Now, it's Bollywood's time."
Bill Maher and the gods that failedAtheist smarty-pants, professional decadent and anti-germ-theory enthusiast Bill Maher remarked at the Oscar ceremony last night:
"Benjamin Button, " Mickey Rourke Snubbed By Oscar "Benjamin Button" came undone at the Oscars on Sunday, while Mickey Rourke appeared in danger of heading back to obscurity after losing the closely fought best actor race.
How realistic is Slumdog?"It was filmed in Mumbai's Dharavi slum, the largest in Asia with a reputed population of 1m.
Oscar joy for Slumdog MillionaireHit British film Slumdog Millionaire has won the top prize at the Academy Awards, winning eight Oscars including best director and best picture.
For Entertainment Purposes Only [FiveThirtyEight's Nate Silver predicts the Oscars]As some of you may have seen, I have a feature in this week's New York Magazine in which I use a database of the last thirty years of Oscar history to predict the recipient's of this Sunday's Academy Awards.
Stars, Fans Converge on Hollywood For Oscar Night Movie fans flocked to Hollywood on Sunday to watch the stars parade up the red carpet for the Oscars, the world's top film awards.
How to Fix the Oscars: Make the Votes Public The Oscar show needs fixing — everyone agrees on that. Ratings for the Motion Picture Academy's annual rite of self-congratulation have fallen more than 40% in the past decade, from 1998, when Titanic was named Best Picture, to 2008, when No Country for Old Men won.
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