What To Expect From The Oscars Tonight
The Oscar movies this year may be small, but they’re packing a lot of drama. When the 87th Academy Awards kick off Sunday night at 8:30 EST, the Dolby Theatre…
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Cara Buckley makes educated Oscar guesses. We put together a ballot composed of all the prediction-market favorites. You can tweak it as you like. The service analyzed messages surrounding Oscar…
The Oscars red carpet rule that helps ABC
The deal allows ABC’s rivals to have spots along the red carpet and to broadcast and stream live interviews. CNN, the owner of this website, airs a red carpet special…
‘Envelope, please’: 6 things you may not know about the Oscars envelope
The shining Oscar statuette is a celebrated symbol of the Academy Awards, but there is another icon on the Oscars scene. Weighing a quarter of a pound and seen by…
‘Envelope, please’: 6 things you may not know about the Oscars envelope
The shining Oscar statuette is a celebrated symbol of the Academy Awards, but there is another icon on the Oscars scene. Weighing a quarter of a pound and seen by…
‘Envelope, please’: 6 things you may not know about the Oscars envelope
The shining Oscar statuette is a celebrated symbol of the Academy Awards, but there is another icon on the Oscars scene. Weighing a quarter of a pound and seen by…
Oscars 2015: What to watch for
Just kidding. Well, at least about the number of words. We can’t promise anything about the rest. But that’s the thing about the Oscars. So much of what they present…
Oscars 2015: What to watch for
Just kidding. Well, at least about the number of words. We can’t promise anything about the rest. But that’s the thing about the Oscars. So much of what they present…
‘Deliverance’ Director John Boorman: I Felt ‘Tarnished’ Watching ‘American Sniper’
Veteran film director John Boorman, known for classics like 1972’s “Deliverance,” disagrees with the critics when it comes “American Sniper,” an Oscar Nominee for Best Picture. – Sign up here…
Wienermobile Crash: 27-Foot Hot Dog-Shaped Vehicle Slams Into Pole
An iconic Oscar Mayer Wienermobile has crashed into a pole in central Pennsylvania. Officials say the giant hot dog on wheels slid off a road and slammed into a pole…
Keeping the Oscar de la Renta Name Alive
Peter Copping’s appointment as the successor to Oscar de la Renta was announced to the world last year on Oct. 13. Seven days later, Mr. de la Renta died.rn Mr….
Reeva Steenkamp: Model and law graduate with ‘wicked’ sense of humor
Four days after she posted that message, neither did she. The 29-year-old model was shot dead by her boyfriend at his house in Pretoria. She died on Valentine’s Day last…
Rory Kennedy’s ‘Last Days Of Vietnam’ Draws Attention To A ‘Very Dark Moment In Our Nation’s History’
Rory Kennedy’s “Last Days Of Vietnam,” an Oscar contender in this year’s Best Documentary category, zeros in on the final events of the Vietnam War, highlighting the often overlooked fall…
Russian Movie ‘Leviathan’ Gets Applause in Hollywood but Scorn at Home
MOSCOW — In many ways, the movie “Leviathan” is Russia’s greatest cinematic accomplishment in years, maybe decades. The Golden Globe winner this month for best foreign film, it provides an…
Weekend Scrambles Top Oscar Prospects
LOS ANGELES — An unexpected double win for Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s “Birdman,” at the expense of Richard Linklater’s “Boyhood,” jolted the Oscar race over the weekend, even as Harvey Weinstein…
Dame Helen Mirren On Why It’s Better To Be Attractive Than Beautiful
It’s safe to say Dame Helen Mirren knows a thing or two about beauty. Not only is the Oscar winner the face of cosmetics company L’Oreal Paris, she’s known for…
‘Birdman’ Wins PGA Award In Upset Over ‘Boyhood’
Maybe this is an Oscar race after all: At Saturday night’s Producers Guild of America Awards, “Birdman” producers Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole won the Darryl…
Jennifer Aniston’s Legs Grace The Cover Of The Hollywood Reporter
Jennifer Aniston is doing just fine, in case there were any doubts. Aniston appears on the Jan. 20 cover of The Hollywood Reporter, wearing a chunky cable-knit sweater and a…
‘Whiplash’ Star J.K. Simmons To Host ‘Saturday Night Live’
J.K. Simmons will host the Jan. 31 episode of “Saturday Night Live.” The actor, who’s been a mainstay of the industry for years with roles in projects like “Law and…
Why ‘American Sniper’ is a smash hit
The movie drew huge crowds across the moviegoing and political spectrum, from left-leaning cities to conservative small towns. Its audiences included large percentages of women and older viewers, two groups…
The 17 Movies We’re Most Anticipating At The 2015 Sundance Film Festival
Oscar season has kept the buzz alive for “Boyhood” and “Whiplash,” two of the biggest smashes at last year’s Sundance Film Festival. Those features join a long list of beloved…
‘Foxcatcher’ Subject Mark Schultz Takes Back Criticism, Calls Film ‘A Miracle’
Now that “Foxcatcher” is a five-time Oscar nominee, the subject of the film, Olympic wrestler Mark Schultz, has renounced his previous criticisms of the project and director Bennett Miller. “I…
Chelsea fire up title challenge with easy win at Swansea
With less than a minute on the clock, Oscar fired the table toppers into the lead to ignite the goal rush. Diego Costa — the leading scorer in the EPL…
‘Selma’ screening at White House on Friday
The movie still cinched two nominations, for best picture and best original song, but director Ava DuVernay and lead actor David Oyelowo’s portrayal of Martin Luther King didn’t get an…
Is this why ‘Selma’ was snubbed?
A best picture nomination is not exactly nothing. Many would argue that it’s just about everything. Yet there was brush-fire-level rage on and off the Internet — see #OscarsSoWhite —…
5 things we learned from the Oscar nominations
But not all esteemed films did so well at the Oscar nominations Thursday morning. Complete list of Oscar nominations Here are 5 things we learned: 1. Fifty years after the…
Who’s going to get those Oscar nominations?
It’s a strange year for the Academy Awards, where the divide between blockbusters and critic-friendly movies continues to grow. Of all the likely major-category nominees, only “Gone Girl” and “Into…
Venezuelan President seeks prisoner swap with U.S.
“The only way I would use (presidential) powers would be to put (Leopoldo Lopez) on a plane, so he can go to the United States and stay there, and they…