Academy Awards
Hollywood's biggest party—the Academy Awards—is alternately viewed as shameless self-promotion on the part of the movie industry and as glamour incarnate. Sponsored...
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The Envelope, Please
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was formed by Hollywood's silent-film community just as the silent film itself was about to pass from the scene. The announced goal...
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The Establishment Judges:
Academy Awards for
Best Picture
The Academy and the Industry Establishment
Founded in 1919, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences quickly became a core institution ...
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominations Tuesday
for the 80th annual Academy Awards. The Oscars, the film industry's most coveted awards, w...
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Quotes from Sunday night's 79th annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles:"I'm just here for the movies, Leo." _ Al Gore to Leonardo DiCaprio, who asked if there was anything he wan...
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It took 26 years, six directing nominations and two screenplay nominations, but Martin Scorsese finally has his Oscar.Righting one of Hollywood's biggest oversights, the Academy Awards bestowed Mar...
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The 79th Annual Academy Awards were announced last night, with The Departed bringing home the top prize for best picture of the year. The film was virtually tied with Little Miss Sunshine for the t...
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There really aren't many television events that you can build a party around. There's the Super Bowl, of course. And a friend of mine once hosted an especially dismal State of the Union gathering w...
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Several days before Oscar weekend, I was in a studio executive's office discussing a script. As the rain pounded the windows, I asked what she thought of the awards, and the fact that her division ...
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The biggest surprise during this morning's announcement of nominees for the 2007 Academy Awards was that they were able to find someone—Kathy Bates, "a good friend of the Academy"—who w...
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The Oscars are almost as much about momentum as the films themselves. Here's a list of what honors the top movies are winning this awards season:AN INCONVENIENT TRUTHBest documentary: Academy Award...
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Academy Awards
The Envelope, Please
FACTBOX-Facts about the Academy Awards
