Re-teaming with her 'Rachel Getting Married' producers.
The French fest could predict future award-winners.
Plus, the latest epic from the Wachowskis is finally unveiled.
He'll probably be a little easier on him than he was on Zuckerberg.
The two recently worked together on 'The Silver Linings Playbook.'
Has he now surpassed Joshua Jackson on the post-Dawson's Creek'-success scale?
She'd star in an indie about the 2009 killing of a Bay Area man.
"I didn't pay attention to it," but we did!
The leading lady sits down for an exclusive interview.
That should buy a lot of milk bones for Uggie.
Hook, line and sinker.
The actress is determined to turn her life around.
But Taylor, Tebowing is so passé now.
FDR = Fun, Dramatic, Riotous!
Celebs like Emma Stone strolled the red carpet in a different outfit from the one she partied in!
A Source Award, perhaps.
The singer lashes out against haters on Twitter.
Teaming up with James Franco.
She's baaaaaaack (in the news for bad behavior)! A look back at Sean Young's greatest mishits.
How 'The Artist' star fooled the censors.
But will he be back next year?
The sizzling preview was more exciting than Angie's right leg.
Interviews with winners Jean Dujardin, director Michel Hazanavicius and more!
It's our favorite screen siren before she was famous.
Among other celebrity body parts.
'The Dictator' makes his Oscars appearance.
Learn everything you need to know about the Academy Awards.
It even has Matt Damon dressed as a bunch of grapes.
What were some of your highlights?
Let's hear it for "The Iron Lady!"
Compare the dresses and see for yourself.
People love movies about loving movies.
The Oscars get a little racy.
The statistics speak for themselves.
Join us for the conversation on Hollywood's biggest night.
This time, it's goat-related.
The beautiful redhead has always been easy on the eyes.
The actor discusses the make-up process that enhanced Serkis', Streep's and Dujardin's performances.
What were they doing before they hit the big time?
Place your bets!
Is there really a correlation between the top category and the box office receipts of its nominees?
The 'Modern Family' writer has jokes aplenty.
How will Globes fashion inform the Oscars red carpet?
What are you excited to see this year?
An all-star cast in a fun animated film.
He's a big star now.
Admiral General Aladeen has a message for the Academy
Sound off on video!
She's celebrating with surgery - win or lose.
The filmmakers discuss their inspirations for taking on the beloved novel.
Even though he starred in Best Picture nominee 'Hugo.'
There are a few females stars who seem up for the challenge.
The golden years earn the golden awards.
Even the stars need etiquette training.
Why the robot blockbuster may win big this Sunday.
Seeing is believing.
George Clooney pic grabs Best Adapted Screenplay.
The Belgian gangster flick could walk away with awards.
But still no Muppety musical performances?
'Friday Night Lights' meets 'The Blind Side' in this stirring documentary.
Why the surprise Oscar nominee is worthy of consideration.
The legendary actress garners another nomination.
Why the 'Bridesmaids' star deserves the win.
The 'Flight of the Conchords' star discusses his Oscars experience and his upcoming 'Hobbit' turn.
It's time the Academy recognized America's favorite actor.
Relive the thrill of Spielberg's adventure epic, and catch the Oscars on February 26!
Talk show legend also tells us what films he's looking forward to, and gushes over 'Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol'.
Did the Academy make a mistake?
Don't underestimate the awesomeness of a Jack Black cartoon sequel.
Joins Chris Evans, Tilda Swinton and John Hurt.
Over and over.
Kristen Wiig and Co. will reunite for next month's ceremony.
We're thinking that's pretty unlikely.
See what the Hollywood stars have to say for themselves.
And he's got some words for fellow nominee, George Clooney.
Which movies and actors turned up unexpectedly?
Along with Brad Pitt, Viola Davis, and Meryl Streep!
Bring on the subtitles!
I'm sure she's up for the job.
Sadly, 'Jack & Jill' didn't make the cut.
The Oscars are on their way.
Good news for the new actress.
Black and White is the new Color
...on Twitter. I kid. I kid. He's hosting them in real life.
How original.
Should the Academy let him?
The uber-movie producer is reportedly telling friends that he's in.
He knows the Oscars will still be good, though.
With 'J. Edgar' out in theaters, we assess the star's chances at gold.
The 'Tower Heist' director resigned from the gig amid controversies.
She will be presented with her award this Saturday.
Elizabeth Olsen's two sparring partners.
Find out the actor's words of wisdom.
A few facts you didn't know about this rising star.
The Academy has spoken.
Roman Polanski, an all-Oscar cast, and a Broadway origin!
If it's a festival, you know it's good
Image trumps career yet again.
No, that's not a euphemism.
THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING. (Not really.)
Riiiiiiiiiiight.
Not that there was ever a doubt.
He credits Anne Hathaway for her 'enthusiasm.'
Yep, YEP, yep
Well, this will probably win an Academy Award.
No Banksy. Boo. But there was Autotune and Twilight. Yay?
Spoiler alert: Anne Hathaway looks really good in tight leather pants.
Join us as we live blog the whole damn thing!
Audiences likely to get a Hall Pass for Oscar Weekend while Nicolas Cage gets Angry!
They worked it.
Follow us on Twitter to enter to win!
Franco, just host the damn Oscars and shut up.
Also, Kobe Bryant has awesome nicknames.
Yup, news is that slow today.
HOW DARE WE blah blah blah
We dish on our biggest gripes with the Academy...
The Best Picture Nominees were announced early this morning in Los Angeles and it is one of the best crop of films in recent memory with each having a deserved place on this illustrious list.
It includes three Disney movies; big surprise.
It's never too early to predict that Black Swan may or may not be the winner. But it may be...or not.
Hugh Jackman's reign comes to an end.
Our suggestions: NPH, Colbert, or Gervais.
Filming set to begin in the spring.
We chat with the legendary composer of 'Beauty & The Beast' about the Blu-ray release and more!
Promoting The Social Network star's success with Facebook? How original.
This week, we take a closer look at Sandler and what we've learned about 'Transformers 3'
With the Oscars still months and months away, The Hollywood Reporter has nonetheless turned its attention to the contenders -- or rather the lack thereof -- that have emerged from the first half of the year.
Check out 'Somewhere' and 'Never Let Me Go'
Betty White is coming off a highly successful -- and highly rated -- stint on 'Saturday Night Live.' Could her next hosting gig be the Academy Awards?
James Cameron has given Sacha Baron Cohen the green light to mock his blockbuster 'Avatar' at the upcoming Oscars.
The 'Hurt Locker' producer who broke Oscars rules and urged colleagues to campaign for votes in a last-minute push for gold has been banned from Sunday's Academy Awards.
With the 82nd Academy Awards approaching, it's the perfect time to revisit the fiery train wreck that was the 1989 Oscars.
Academy Awards nominees including Meryl Streep, Sandra Bullock and George Clooney have been ordered not to cry during their acceptance speech.
Jennifer Lopez has lashed out at Oscar voters for not nominating her for her role in 'El Cantante.'
Oscar nomination ballots go out to the 5,277 voting members of the Academy on Monday, and for the first time, about 200 members will have expanded voting rights.
Five tunes from the 'Hannah Montana: The Movie' soundtrack and four from Disney's 'The Princess and the Frog' are among the 63 in contention for the Oscars' Best Song award.
James Cameron's 'Avatar' could be a shoo-in for a handful of Golden Globe nominations.
The shortlist for the best-documentary Oscar has caused quite a bit of comment in the blogosphere, with such films as 'Anvil! The Story of Anvil,' 'Capitalism: A Love Story' and 'Tyson' being left off the roster.
The list of Best Animated Feature contenders for the next Academy Awards was unveiled on Wednesday – and 'Up' made the cut!
The Oscar buzz this year couldn't be higher for Pixar's 'Up,' and a nomination for Best Picture could be in the offing.
Does Fox Searchlight have a country-music 'Wrestler' up its sleeve?
Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin have been named the hosts of the 82nd Annual Academy Awards. That’s right – hosts. Plural.
Movie moguls Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman have been given the task of producing the 2010 Oscars.
Kathryn Bigelow's hard-hitting war drama 'The Hurt Locker' has emerged as an early Oscar favorite after picking up a string of nominations for the upcoming Gotham Independent Film Awards, one of the season's first big prizegivings.
The Envelope's Pete Hammond today wonders who will produce the Oscars and has some suggestions in that regard.
Meryl Streep has already been tipped to pick up the Best Actress Academy Award in 2010 -- because Oscar bosses are unimpressed with other female roles in recent movies.
Heath Ledger's ex-girlfriend Michelle Williams, Casey Affleck and Emily Blunt are among the 134 stars and filmmakers who have been invited to become members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences -- the organization behind the Oscars.
I had the privilege to see Warner Bros. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and I was blown away like a Quidditch player on a supercharged broomstick.
The organizers of the Oscars have doubled up the Best Picture category for next year's Academy Awards.
Heath Ledger's Oscar will be with his daughter Matilda later this month, according to Academy Awards bosses.
Javier Bardem was oddly absent from this year’s Oscars, despite his girlfriend Penelope Cruz’s nomination.
Backstage, Best Actress winner Kate Winslet ('The Reader') gushed, "It's just dawning on me now that I've won an Oscar. It's just starting to sink in. Oh my God...And as someone who's been nominated before, I can tell you winning is really a lot better than losing. Really a lot better."
The Oscars are targeting in on the teen demographic with heartthrob Robert Pattinson confirmed as a presenter.
Peter Gabriel’s opting out of his Oscar performance. The star, up for best original song, decided not to perform WALL-E’s “Down to Earth” when he found out the song would be shortened to only 65 seconds.
Oscar nominees like Kate Winslet, Penelope Cruz, Mickey Rourke and Josh Brolin talk about their films, nominations and more.
Well, to a degree. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has asked presenters at this year’s Oscars to skip the pre-show -- and apparently most have agreed.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences held its annual Oscar nominees luncheon yesterday. During the event, Academy president Sid Ganis told the 112 contenders to expect a lot of new things at the Feb. 22 ceremony."Your categories are being presented in a completely different way. Heads up," Ganis told actors. "Cinematographers, editors, composers. All of you guys. You're in for a big surprise."
The Academy has some tricks up its sleeve!
Get your pencils ready, voters.
This time last year Heath Ledger’s family was reacting to his shocking and untimely death; now the occasion is a happier one, albeit bittersweet.
For the five Best Picture nominees, the effect on their box-office bottom line will vary. The films that have been in limited release and have earned a relatively modest amount of box-office dollars have the most to gain from their nominations.
The Oscar nominations are in … who got snubbed?
Oscar and the Sexiest Man Alive -- sharing the stage.
'Vanity Fair' is not immune to the effect of the recession and is scaling back ... in its own way.
An incredible 14 animated films will fight for the chance to land one of three Oscar berths in the Best Animated Feature category -- although if you factor in sure nominee Wall-E, it’s more like 13 films fighting for two spots.
First the Soloist? Now, The Road? Pushing films back to 2009 seems to be becoming a trend.
Paramount Pictures is reorganizing its holiday release plans, delaying the wide release of true-life drama The Soloist, starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jamie Foxx.
When predicting this year’s Best Picture Oscar for your annual office pool—not that we condone gambling—bear in mind the following caveat: the box office is no Oscar psychic! One of many Oscar myths says that Academy members only nominate the year’s chief breadwinners for Best Picture, choosing the most lucrative among those to take home Oscar bling. History dispels this myth, however, since past winners’ earnings are all over the place, instead of only high. Furthermore, if it were true, then where amongst this year’s noms is Kong? Potter? Narnia? Sith?
The Daily Show host Jon Stewart is celebrating after his wife Tracey gave birth to their second child on Saturday.
The Academy Awards are quickly approaching, but excited fans don’t even have to wait until March to see the famous golden statuettes.
Winning an Oscar hasn't helped Ray star Jamie Foxx get dates in Los Angeles.
Comedian Chris Rock has sent his congratulations to talk show host Jon Stewart, who will take over his role as Oscars host in March.
Movie mogul Robert Altman is to be honored at the Oscars in March with an Honorary Award.
Cinderella Man, A History of Violence and The Libertine are among the seven films short listed for the make-up category at the Academy Awards.
Comedian Billy Crystal has confirmed he turned down the chance to host this year's (06) Oscars ceremony because he is too busy with his one-man stage show 700 Sundays.
Eight-time Oscar host Billy Crystal has turned down an offer to return as the presenter of the Academy Awards in 2006.
Screeners of movies, including North Country, up for Oscar consideration have already been pirated and are showing up online, according to an Internet analyst.
Director Steven Spielberg's new movie Munich is the odds-on favorite to scoop the Best Picture Oscar at next year's ceremony—three weeks before it is released in the U.S.
The Academy followed up its announcement regarding the Best Documentary contenders with the 10 films that will contend for the Animated Feature Oscar.
Nomination ballots for the 77th Academy Award were mailed over the past week to the 5,808 voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Hollywood celebs flee hotel fire, Michael Jackson opens the gates to Neverland, Oscar ceremony pushed back a week, more...
Director Sidney Lumet will recieve an honorary Oscar.
Eleven films--the same number as last year--are eligible to compete for the 2004 Oscar for best animated feature, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Thursday.
New Oscar rules ban negative ad campaigns, CSI stars let go from show, ox denies ripping off rivals, more...
Oscar-winning British actor and playwright Peter Ustinov died of heart failure Sunday night at a clinic near his home in Switzerland. Also: Martha Stewart Michael Bergin Carolyn Bessette John F. Kennedy Jr Drea De Matteo Matt Leblanc Nick Lachey Hot Mamma William Shatner Howie Day Sammy Hagar Van Halen Toy Story 3
Academy Hands Out Technical Oscars
Law Wants Penn To Win Oscar, Garfunkel Pleads Guilty in Marijuana Case, Master Takes Command at British Critic's Awards, more…
ABC's decision to impose a five-second tape delay on the Feb. 29 Oscar telecast isn't sitting well with Frank Pierson, the president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Also: Rick Dees Reba McEntire China Grill Management Rocco DiSpirito The Restaurant Make Me Cool Michael Powell Woody Harrelson The Simpson Matt Groening James L Brooks Justin Timberlake Catherine Zeta-Jones Ocean's Twelve
News, Jan. 30: News, Jan. 30: Robin Givens Injures Pedestrian, Jennifer Garner to Host Tech Oscars, Dwarf-Dating on TV? Tony Randall Connie Nielsen Tim Daly Aidan Quinn
FBI arrested a man responsible for putting pirated copies of Oscar screeners including The Last Samurai In America and Shattered Glass on the Internet.
News, Dec. 30: Jackson's Spokesman Quits, Oscar Ballots Sent Out Early, "Home Improvements"'s Hindman Dies, More…
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the contenders in the visual effects Oscar race including The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Peter Pan Terminator 3 The Hulk Master and Commander Pirates of the Caribbean and X2: X-Men United.
News, Dec. 11: Whitney Houston's Hubby Bobby Brown Charged With Battery, but Christian Slater's Wife Gets Off; Plus Blake Edwards Gets Honorary Oscar Sandra Bullock Ryan Seacrest Snoop Dogg Suge Knight
News, Nov. 20 Johnny Depp is "Sexiest Man Alive," Eleven Films to Compete for Animation Oscar, Salma Hayek and Colin Farrell Covered in "Dust," Finding Nemo Brother Bear Kurt Cobain Mel Gibson The Passion Rush Limbaugh Keith Gordon Ethan Hawke
Billy Crystal, Kelsey Grammer, Bruce Springsteen, Alec Baldwin, Barbra Streisand, Ian McKellen, Tom Green
With the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences pushing the date of its annual Oscar ceremony up a month to Feb. 29, many speculated the usual rush of year-end Oscar hopefuls would also plow ahead. Also Ben Affleck Jennifer Lopez Survivor: Pearl Islands Emmy Gift Bags Alex Yemenidjian Paul McCartney David Blaine Jackie Collins
Although the 2004 Oscar ceremony will not take place for another six months, Warner Bros. Pictures, which bowed The Matrix Reloaded May 15 and is set to release The Matrix Revolutions November 5, has a bit of a twofold issue on its hands.
Sharon Stone and her husband, San Francisco Chronicle Executive Editor Phil Bronstein, are headed for divorce court. Also: Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Cinemark Palace Ashton Kutcher Lollapalooza Nielsen SoundScan Matthew McConaughey Tishomingo Blues Don Cheadle
Winners were announced Thursday for the 30th Annual Student Academy Awards competition, with 11 film students chosen to participate in industry-related activities and social events in the week leading up to the awards ceremony on June 8 at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
Students from 17 colleges and universities, including the American Film Institute in Los Angeles and CalArts in Valencia, were named today as finalists for the 30th annual student Oscars competition.
In his first print interview since Oscar night, filmmaker Michael Moore told the San Jose Mercury News that despite his controversial speech that elicited both cheers and jeers, he hasn't sensed any hostility from the Hollywood community.
Even with record-low ratings for Sunday's Oscar telecast, ABC still came out on top for the week in total viewers and the key 18-49 demographic.
Roman Polanski and Eminem Respond to Oscar Wins; P.Diddy is Back With Ex-Girlfriend; J.K. Rowling Has a Son
Miramax studios, which dominated the 75th annual Academy Award nominations with a total of 40 nods, walked away a winner with a total of nine wins overall. Also: Harvey Weinstein Gangs of new York Martin Scorsese 75th annual Academy Awards Celine Dion Madonna Tomb Raider 2: The Cradle of Life Robert Del Naja Massive Attack
The Academy Awards will be the site of anti-war protests this year, perhaps even from the celebs themselves, some of whom have vowed to wear duct tape to the event.
Queen Latifah and a very pregnant Catherine Zeta-Jones have agreed to perform a duet from their musical Chicago at Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony. Also: Angelina Jolie Monica Lewinsky Kelly Ripa Dixie Chicks Ozzt Osbourne Brett Ratner Rush Hour 3 Superman Morgan Freeman Colors Straight Up Cedric the Entertainer Mike Epps The Honeymooners
Barbara Walters halts Oscar special, Will Smith will not be attending the Academy Awards ceremony.
Oscar ceremony arrivals canceled due to wartime concerns
Roman Polanski's Academy Award nomination yesterday for his Holocaust drama The Pianist has raised questions about whether the internationally renowned filmmaker will show up at the ceremony should he win.
Completed Oscar ballots are due in today, one day after the producers of the Academy Awards reiterated that the show will go on Sunday despite the prospect of war with Iraq.
Oscar gift basket has great stuff including Motorola and Sprint camera phones, Victoria Secret bras and panties and more
Australian actor Russell Crowe plans to marry longtime girlfriend Danielle Spencer on his 39th birthday April 7 in Australia. Also: Paul Stojanovich COPS World's Wildest Police Videos Martin Scorsese Bonnie Hunt Brad Garrett Tom Dreesen James Gandolfini The Sopranos HBO Liza Minnelli David Guest The Dixie Chicks Paul Walker Brett Ratner Superman the Curse of Superman
News, March 14: Michael Jackson Ordered to Pay $5.3 Million, Eminem Won't Play at the Oscars, Halle Berry is "Catwoman," Steve Martin Christina Ricci Wes Craven Sela Ward Halle Berry Brendan Fraser Michael Jackson Britney Spears Eminem
The Oscar's show producer Gil Cates told nominees at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' annual pre-Academy Awards luncheon in Beverly Hills Monday that the show will go on--whether or not there is a war with Iraq. Also: Broadway Rock and Roll of Fame Liza Minnelli Oprah Winfrey Celine Dion The Creature From the Black Lagoon Topper Action News
BAFTA nominees Meryl Streep Adrien Brody Nicolas Cage Nicole Kidman Salma Hayek brave the threats of terrorism and head to the U.K. Ashley Judd Kate Hudson Melissa Joan Hart The Osbournes
Miramax is gearing up to push its Oscar-nominated films Chicago Gangs of New York and The Hours
Oscar producer Gil Cates said U2 and Paul Simon, both of whom were nominated for best original song, will likely perform at the March 23 ceremony. Also: Queen Latifah Charlie Sheen Scary Movie 3 DMX Bloodline Films Never Die Alone Tenacious D Jack Black Kyle Gass Joe Millionaire Kelly Osbounre NME Awards Russell Crowe 30 Odd Foot of Grunts
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences opened a new exhibition "And the Oscar Went To… to the public Jan. 24, featuring more than 100 Oscar statuettes presented over the past 75 years to stars such as James Stewart, Bob Hope and Katharine Hepburn.
With the White House hinting that war in Iraq will likely break out just prior to the March 23 Academy Awards ceremony, insiders are facing up to the possibility of a postponement. Also: Michael jackson Wesley Snipes Suge Knight Marlon Brando Angelina Jolie The World of Tomorrow Steven Spielberg Tom Hanks Terminal Cris Judd Get Me Out of Here ... I'm a Celebrity Rolling Stones Sean P. Diddy Combs
New York consortium looking to have part of the Oscars play out on the East Coast.
The race for Best Picture Oscar marred from several films to choose from
A record number of countries--54--are in competition for the best foreign language film of 2002, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Monday.
James Stewart gets picked as most snubbed by Oscars in EW's top 100 Oscar-snubbed list for performance in Vertigo. Cary Grant The Philadelphia Story Ingrid BergmanCasablanca Judy Garland The Wizard of Oz Anthony Perkins Psycho; Jeffrey Jones Tom Jones Ethan Hawke Angelina Jolie Michael Jackson Liza Minnelli Scary Movie
Gilbert Cates will produce the 75th anniversary Oscar telecast, which will mark his 11th time in the job since 1990, it was announced today.
Hollywood was all abuzz last month when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences mentioned the possibility of moving the Academy Awards from March to February starting in 2004.
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences have voted to restrict the number of honorary awards handed out.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is considering moving the Academy Awards ceremony to February, to combat Oscar smear campaigns.
On May 8 the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences will begin a yearlong celebration in honor of its 75th anniversary Oscar 75th Anniversary Denise Richards Charlie Sheen Julia Stiles Smithy's Films Eric Gitter Steve Scavelli Roger Ebert Overlooked Film Festival Pixar Disney Finding Nemo The Incredibles Cars John McCain Faith of My Fathers Robert Michael Geisler John Roberdeau Dylan McDermott Macaulay Culkin Seth Green Marilyn Manson Chloe Sevigny Natasha Lyonne AMC Movie Trailer Mike Nelson Tribune Broadcasting Jenny Jones Sylvester Stallone Video Software Dealers Assn Convention Shaolin Soccer Hong Kong Film Awards Reginald Rose
This years Academy Awards was the longest Oscars presentation ever and it was also the Oscars lowest household rating turnout
The only thing bigger than the show itself is the bevy of parties that follow the Academy Awards. Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Ed Burns, Mel Gibson, Oprah Winfrey, George Lucas, Nicole Kidman, Kevin Spacey, the Backstreet Boys, Ben Stiller, Tobey Maguire
The rumor mill started circulating soon after Sandra Bullock showed up at the 74th Annual Academy Awards with British beau Hugh Grant on her arm 74th Annual Academy AwardsSandra Bullock Hugh Grant Britney Spears Justin Timberlake Crossroads William Hurt Ben Stiller Jerry Stiller The King of Queens CBS The Early Show Bryant Gumbel 'N Sync Smash Mouth Joel and Ethan Coen T Bone Burnett O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Academy Award gift baskets total $20,000 in goodies this year.
Sundays Academy Awards show honored Sept 11 victims Whoopi Goldberg Kevin Spacey Woody Allen Tom Cruise Robert Redford
Despite being nominated 20 times and winning three Oscars, film auteur Woody Allen deigned to appear at this year's awards show to end all awards shows only as part of a tribute to his favorite place on earth, New York City.
Approximately 300 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences members were not given tickets to the 74th Oscar ceremony due to lack of space at the new Kodak Theater in Hollywood.
Tom Wilkinson is up for a Best Actor Oscar for In the Bedroom and he says what he thinks his chances of winning will be
Halle Berry is one of this years Academy Award nominees for Best Actress in Monsters Ball and she talks about what she'll be wearing to the Oscars,
Director Ron Howard and star Russell Crowe of A Beautiful Mind suspect industry colleagues are discounting the film to sway Academy Award voters
The Oscars telecast will feature Randy Newman and John Goodman performing the songwriters Oscar-nominated tune from Monsters Inc
Will Smith talks about being honored to have received an Oscar nomination at the Academy Awards nominee luncheon Monday
Chris Connelly Leeza Gibbons and Ananda Lewis will co-host the televised Oscars arrivals show
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences handed out 21 awards tonight for scientific and technical achievements. Actress Charlize Theron hosted the black tie gala at the Regent Beverly Wilshire hotel.
Barbara Walters will interview Tom Cruise, Halle Berry and Sarah Jessica Parker in her pre-Oscar show on ABC. Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) will give birth on the Friends season finale Bob Dylan is starring in a movie William H. Macy David Arquette and Thomas Ian Nicholas Conan O'Brien gets a four year deal
Actress Charlize Theron will present the motion picture academy's Scientific and Technical Awards on March 2 at the Regent Beverly Wilshire
Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck will create the cuisine for the Governors Ball that follows the Academy Awards ceremony
Oscar Watch on who will get nominated for an Academy Award when they are announced Feb. 12 Russell Crowe Gene Hackman Billy Bob Thornton Will Smith Denzel Washington Halle Berry Judi Dench Nicole Kidman Sissy Spacek Renee Zellweger Cate Blanchett Helen Mirren Kate Winslet Jennifer Connelly Marisa Tomei Jim Broadbent Steve Buscemi Hayden Christensen Jon Voight Ben Kingsley Ron Howard Robert Altman Baz Luhrmann Peter Jackson Ridley Scott
News Roundup for Feb. 19 - Julia Roberts wants Denzel Washington to win the Oscar; Robin Williams will go back on tour Pierce Brosnan got injured on Bond set Britney Spears will appear in Sex and the City Sylvester Stallone suing former business manager Kate Mulgrew to play Katharine Hepburn in a movie.
Judi Dench talking about getting her fourth Oscar nomination for her work in Iris. Also nominated is Kate Winselt and Jim Broadbent
Sir Ben Kingsley received an Oscar® nomination today for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for his part in Fox Searchlight Pictures' Sexy Beast.
Miramax tops studios with 15 Oscar nominations In the Bedroom Receives 5 Nominations Including Best Motion Picture issy Spacek for Best Actress Tom Wilkinson for Best Actor Marisa Tomei for Best Supporting Actress Rob Festinger and Todd Field for Best Adapted Screenplay Amelie Receives 5 Nominations Including Best Foreign Film Guillaume Laurant and Jean-Pierre Jeunet for Best Original Screenplay Best Sound (Vincent Arnardi, Guillaume Leriche and Jean Umansky) Best Cinematography (Bruno Delbonnel) Best Art Direction (Aline Bonetto and Marie-Laure Valla) Iris Receives 3 Nominations Including Judi Dench for Best Actress Kate Winslet for Best Supporting Actress Jim Broadbent for Best Supporting Actor Bridget Jones's Diary Nominated for Renée Zellweger for Best Actress Until... by Sting Nominated for Best Original Song from Kate & Leopold
Ron Howard's come a long way since his child acting days on TV's The Andy Griffith Show, and his iconic portrayal of a squeaky clean, cardigan-wearing American teen in the '50s sitcom Happy Days. Now, at 47, he's a respected director and producer, with pal Brian Glazer, with numerous big films under both their belts.
"Jada woke up. The telephone rang. My publicist was on the line and Jada got the news before me, at which piont she proceeded to stand up and jump out of bed. She hit her head on the door,'' Will Smith (Ali) told ABC's Good Morning America.
Whoopi Goldberg's Oscar statute, which was being sent back to the manufacturer to be replated with gold, turned up in a trash bin outside a UPS facility in Ontario, it was reported today.
Marisa Tomei (My Cousin Vinny) and Sissy Spacek (A Coal Miner's Daughter) have more in common that just their latest film, In the Bedroom; both are Oscar winners who haven't come near the podium in at least a decade, but who now have legitimate shots at a second golden statue.
Directors Guild of America announced their nominations Tuesday including Ron Howard for A Beautiful Mind Peter Jackson for Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Ridley Scott for Black Hawk Down Baz Luhrmann for Moulin Rouge Christopher Nolan for Memento. Excluded were Robert Altman Gosford Park David Lynch Mulholland Drive Todd Field In the Bedroom Steven Spielberg A.I. Artificial Intelligence Michael Mann Ali
Academy Awards feature animation category, Johhny Cash, Tommy Mottola, Mariah Carey, Madonna, Los Angeles City Council, Monsters, Inc., Nicolas Cage, Behind Enemy Lines, Rep. Henry Hyde (R-Ill.), Tom Hanks, JK Rowling, Michael Jackson, more.
News Roundup: Oscars confirmed for March
Kevin Spacey, who has two Oscars of his own, bought another of the statuettes at auction. But he won't be keeping it. Spacey is returning the Oscar, which was presented in 1945 to composer George Stoll for ``Anchors Aweigh,'' to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Academy Foundation, said AMPAS' Leslie Unger.
SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 28, 2000 -- If you think this year's Oscars were jinxed, what about Whitney Houston? After causing a profusion of ink to spill over her alleged catfight with Rosie O'Donnell at the Grammys, the putative diva is once again whipping us entertainment news types into a salivating frenzy with another alleged fiasco at Sunday's Academy Awards. For those who don't already know, Houston was tapped to perform during the telecast's interminable song medley (the one with Queen Latifah, Ray Charles, Isaac Hayes and Garth Brooks), but was replaced, under hitherto undisclosed circumstances, by country star Faith Hill. Rumors ran amok as to the reason behind the sudden substitution -- the most popular version had the songstress being fired by composer (and Oscar musical director) Burt Bacharach during a rehearsal Friday for repeatedly messing up her musical
A host of Oscar activity has begun to unfold despite the annual award show still being more than three months away. The show's head writer, as well as its short-film creator, was announced recently. As expected, the guru of award show writers, Bruce Vilanch, was once again tapped for the celebrated lead writer position at this year's Academy Awards show. Vilanch, who has written nine Oscar shows, is arguably one of the most sought after comedy writers in Hollywood. He has worked on numerous award shows, including the Tonys, the Emmys and the Grammys. His story was recently the subject of documentary filmmaker Andrew J. Kuehn's "Get Bruce." Oscar-winning director Chuck Workman ("Precious Images") was charged with creating the short-film segments that will air during the awards telecast. Marking his 11th association with the Academy, Workman's previous film work inc
The 74th Annual Academy Awards rules are being mailed this week to about 5,750 voting members of the motion picture Academy.
HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 31, 2000 -- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released new guidelines limiting the methods in which film companies may campaign for Academy Awards. Ric Robertson, an Academy executive administrator, said in a press release that the guidelines are similar to last year's, with most of the changes meant to clarify existing rules. One specific change from last year, though is that a member cannot be sent both a videotape and a DVD of the same motion picture. The Academy's communications director, John Pavlik, told Hollywood.com that the guideline was created for two reasons: It allows studios to send out only one version of a motion picture, and the guideline conveys that the purpose of sending out motion pictures to members is not to build up their movie collections. Violations of the Academy's guidelines are generally punish
HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 18, 2001 -- This year's official commemorative Academy Awards poster by award-winning graphic designer Alex Swart was unveiled on Wednesday in Beverly Hills, Calif. The Oscars print features a stacked, golden 2001 with an Oscar statuette standing in place of the 1. The statuette is supported by a sweeping ramp, moving upward to a line of larger statuettes emerging from a dark blue background. "I was looking for an unambiguous idea executed dramatically on a grand scale," Swart said in a press release from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. "That felt like the right approach for the Oscar poster." This is Swart's first year as the designer of the Oscars poster. He previously designed the Academy's retrospective Best Picture poster and five of the Academy's annual reports. Swart won two Promax World Class Awards for his work on "The A
LOS ANGELES, March 26, 2000 -- It wasn't exactly like the nosy newspaper said it was going to be, but as expected, "American Beauty" was the big winner, nabbing a field-best five Oscars, including Best Picture, at tonight's 72nd Annual Academy Awards. "American Beauty" "Beauty" star Kevin Spacey was named Best Actor. The relatively no-name Hilary Swank ("Boys Don't Cry") bested Spacey's big-name co-star Annette Bening in the Best Actress race. The Wall Street Journal may have spoiled some of the surprises (including the Swank victory) with its controversial scoop-the-Oscars story Friday, but nobody here seemed to care. Perhaps the biggest surprise of the night was looking at the night's scorecard and realizing that, after "American Beauty" (which also claimed wins for Best Director, Best Cinematography and Best Original Screenplay), the other big film was "The
SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 26, 2000 -- Who said "Wild Wild West" didn't deserve any awards? On this Oscar weekend, the overblown, undercooked Will Smith action-comedy got exactly what it deserved: five Razzies. "Wild Wild West" Yes, the critically unacclaimed summer smash was tops among all, um, winners at the 20th Annual Razzies, "dis-honoring" the worst in film, as they say. The bad-movie-watchin' folks at the Golden Raspberry Foundation unveiled their picks for '99 on Saturday. They also released their choices for all-time baddies, slamming Sylvester Stallone as the worst actor of the 20th century and Madonna as worst actress for the same 100-year period. Stallone was selected on the strength, or lack thereof, of 17 films, from "Tango & Cash" to any "Rocky" movie after the third installment. Madonna qualified for her work in a half-dozen films, not including this
Director Steven Spielberg paid $578,000 for Bette Davis' best actress Oscar for the 1938 film Jezebel. Variety reports.
Billy Crystal has apparently taken himself out of the running for host of next year's Academy Awards show and has indicated he may never reprise the role again. In an interview with Sunday's New York Post, Crystal said that he no longer found the Oscar work satisfying.
Two-time Oscar winner Jack Lemmon, whose films ranged from the comedic ``Some Like It Hot'' to the darkly haunting ``Days of Wine and Roses,'' has died after a long battle with cancer, it was reported today. He was 76. Lemmon, who also will be remembered for his roles opposite the late Walter Matthau, died at about 10 p.m. yesterday at the USC Norris Cancer Center, his publicists at Warren Cowan & Associates said. At his bedside were two of his children and his wife, actress Felicia Farr, who he married in 1962 after the breakup of his marriage to Cynthia Stone.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has filed suit against Napster, charging that the online service has allowed users to download recordings of artists' performances recorded during Oscar telecasts.
That big green ogre Shrek might find himself far from alone next year should he have to trudge down the media-besieged red carpet of Hollywood's' Kodak Theatre.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Board of Governors has approved final rules that include the opening of a new category for a best animated feature film award.
The approval comes nine months after the initial announcement of the category, which had been debated for years by the AMPAS.
Soon, the hordes of studio execs that rush on stage to accept an Oscar will be kept in their seats. On Friday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences set a new rule: only those studio honchos who actually produced an Oscar-winning film will be allowed to appear on stage to accept the trophy, Inside.com reports. ''The Academy makes the ultimate determination of who its nominees are,'' academy director Bruce Davis said.
The 2002 Academy Awards are moving from Los Angeles to Hollywood.
On Saturday, Anthony Quinn passed away from respiratory failure, robbing Hollywood of a true legend. He was 86. The two-time Academy Award winner's tempestuous screen image matched his much-publicized, unquenchable thirst for life.
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) plans to hold its movie awards next year prior to the Oscars as it did -- for the first time -- this year, the organization announced.
It certainly pays to be an Academy Award winner-in more ways than one. Sure, there's the adulation and prestige one receives when winning an Oscar, but did you also know it could help you live longer?
According to a study published in Tuesday's Annals of Internal Medicine, Academy Award winners live nearly four years longer than those actors who have been nominated but haven't actually won the gold statuette.
Lead author Dr. Donald Redelmeier, director of clinical epidemiology at Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Center in Toronto, who specializes in general Internal Medicine, attributes these additional years of life to the kind of satisfaction a person gets from a deep sense of accomplishment, making them more resilient.
HOLLYWOOD, March 11, 2001 -- If you're in an Oscars office pool, take note. At the 53rd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards Saturday night, Ang Lee was the top winner for his craftsmanship on the Chinese epic "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," a win that clearly pushed the talented director to the Oscar forefront. The DGA awards historically predict the Oscar-winning filmmaker; the organization has missed only four times in its 53-year history.Lee's win certainly is not a surprise, since he also won the Golden Globe in January for best director, but Lee remains humbled by his honors. "Wow, this is too much. The timing is good. Thank you from the bottom of my heart," Lee told the black-tie audience. And about his chances for an Oscar, he said, "Whatever happens, I'm just going there to celebrate. I'm already very happy.''Lee beat out several talented directors,
HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 23, 2001 -- It's not easy looking like Vincent D'Onofrio in "The Cell," or Willem Dafoe in "Shadow of the Vampire" for that matter. Those two films, along with "Cast Away," "Bedazzled" and "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" will be considered for the Best Makeup Oscar nominations, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said today. Members of the Makeup Award Nominating Committee will screen 10-minute clips from each of the films and can name up to three nominees for Oscar consideration. The nominees for Best Makeup will be announced with the other 22 categories on Feb. 13 at 5:30 a.m. PT. MUSIC TO OUR EARS: In other Oscar news, composer Bill Conti will return as the musical director for this year's Oscar telecast. This will mark the impresario's 15th time at the Academy Awards Orchestra.
There were a few surprises in the Academy Awards ceremony Sunday night, though for the most part the favorites came out ahead.
Tragedy struck late Thursday outside the Shrine Auditorium -- the site of Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony -- as a 20 ft. lighting scaffold suddenly fell to the ground.
HOLLYWOOD, Mar. 1, 2001 -- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences have sent out the ballots for the 73rd Annual Academy Awards - and this time, Academy voters, rest assured. You will get them on time. In an attempt to avoid a repeat performance of last year, when several thousand ballots were mistakenly mixed in with bulk mail shipments and never sent out, the AMPAS took extra precautions when sending out the approximately 4,300 ballots to voting members on Wednesday. The organization mailed ballots to overseas members and those outside of California early-on Feb. 21.Oscar organizers traditionally dropped off the ballots in canvas bags at the Beverly Hills post office. This year, according to AMPAS president Robert Rehme, "The post office …came and picked them up [from the Academy]."Lost ballots were not the only problem the Academy experienced last year. A
HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 24, 2001 -- Approximately 30 prop Oscar statues of various sizes were given a fresh coat of paint on Tuesday for the 73rd Academy Awards presentation. The prop statues range from 8 feet to 25 feet tall, and their refurbishing was supervised by scenic artist Rick Roberts. The repainting of the prop statues is usually deemed necessary only every few years. This coming March, approximately a week before the ceremony, the prop statues will be delivered to Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium for use in the 73rd Annual Academy Awards telecast.
HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 11, 2001 -- If anything, it won't be a total and complete shutout for "Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas." Or will it? The Jim Carrey blockbuster is among the seven films being considered for this year's Visual Effects Oscar, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Wednesday. Going up against the Grinch himself will be "Cast Away," "Dinosaur," "Gladiator," "Hollow Man," "The Perfect Storm" and "X-Men." After the Visual Effects Award Nominating Committee have screened all the 15-minute clip reels from each of the seven films on Feb. 7, the group will nominate three of them for Oscar consideration, which will be announced with the rest of the nominees in the other 22 categories on Feb. 13 at 5:30 a.m. PT. In other Oscar news: The Academy today released the seven films in competition for the Sound Edi
HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 8, 2001 -- Emmy Award-winning director Louis J. Horvitz will return for his fifth consecutive time as the director of the Oscars telecast this year, Oscars producer Gil Cates said today. "I'm thrilled and flattered to be back with Gil Cates and the Academy for my fifth tour of duty on the Oscars," Horvitz said in a statement. Among many honors in his career, Horvitz recently received his third Emmy Award for his direction of last year's Oscars telecast. The 73rd Academy Awards will take place on March 25 at the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium. The show will be carried live by ABC beginning at 5 p.m. PT.
HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 5, 2001 -- The Oscars aren't just about movie stars. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present 17 awards for outstanding scientific and technical achievements. And for the first time, one of the awards will be an actual Oscar statuette, which will go to the Pixar folks for the development of the software "Renderman." "This is the first Oscar ever given specifically for the development of computer software," Academy President Robert Rehme said today. The 17 awards were voted by the Academy's Board of Governors, based upon the recommendations from the Scientific and Technical Awards Committee. The Scientific and Technical Academy Awards will be presented on March 3 in Beverly Hills. Here's the complete list of winners: Academy Award of Merit (Oscar Statuette) To Rob Cook, Loren Carpenter and Ed Catmu
HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 5, 2001 -- The nominees for the Best Picture of 2000 will soon be decided once ballots are mailed to the 4,253 Academy members on Tuesday. Out of the 242 eligible films, the voting Academy members must choose only five nominees, said Robert Rehme, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The films that qualified for consideration had to be at least 40 minutes in length and must have had a theatrical release in Los Angeles County between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2000. The nominees in all the categories will be announced Feb. 13 at 5:30 a.m. PST The Academy Awards will be held March 25 at the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium and will be televised live on ABC beginning at 5 p.m. PST.
HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 18, 2000 -- Are the Oscars going standup? Looks that way now that yet another star comic has been tapped to host the 73rd Academy Awards. Wild and crazy guy Steve Martin will host ABC’s live telecast from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on March 21, following past hosts and fellow comics Billy Crystal and Whoopi Goldberg up to the podium. “He’s everything!” says the show’s producer, Gil Cates, who made the surprise announcement today. “He’s a movie star, he’s funny, he’s classy, he’s literate -- he’ll be a wonderful host.” Academy President Bob Rehme is also confident that Martin is the right exception to the rule this year. “Steve Martin has been on our list of host choices every year, and we’re delighted that we were able to persuade him to do it,” Rehme told Hollywood.com. “He’s wonderful, a big movie star, very funny and a
HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 14, 2000 -- You loved his cameo-filled opening sequence, the side gags, his effervescent personality and, most of all, the way he made the usually tedious Oscar telecast fun and fast. So who isn't going to miss Billy Crystal just a little bit at this year's Academy Awards? "I like Billy Crystal. I know [he won't be hosting], but I'd like to talk to him about that because he is my favorite. I think he is the best," Jennifer Love Hewitt told Hollywood.com at the Fire and Ice Ball for cancer research on Tuesday night. Crystal said earlier this month that he absolutely, definitely and positively would not return to emcee the Academy Awards this year due to scheduling conflicts. And if that's not enough, previous host Whoopi Goldberg has given her "no, thank you" to the hosting job. So what is the Academy to do for a suitable replacement
HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 13, 2000 -- Billy Crystal has said that he won't return to hosting the Oscars this year, but one thing is for sure: Gilbert Cates will reprise his role as producer of the awards telecast. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Robert Rehme announced today that Cates will produce the this year's Oscar telecast. This would mark the 10th time that Cates has served in the post, the most ever for anyone in the awards history. "There won't be much of a learning curve for him," John Pavlik, the Academy's communications director, told Hollywood.com. "[Gil] knows what to do and how to do it. It's just a matter of plugging the right elements in for him." The 73rd Annual Academy Awards will be held at the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium on March 25. GOLDEN GLOBES NEWS: The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced today that a tot
HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 6, 2000 -- Hey, a man's got to make movies, too. And that apparently is what seasoned emcee Billy Crystal is telling the Academy Awards people when it comes to hosting the gala event this year, the Associated Press says. "I can't do it, you have to understand," Crystal told Fox News. "If everything goes according to plan, I'll just be finishing a new movie on March 22. I can't host the show five days later." And how can you blame him. After all, the funnyman is getting to stretch His muscle in the high-profile comedy "America's Sweethearts" with Julia Roberts and Catherine Zeta-Jones. But Crystal didn't exactly leave the Academy people high and dry, since he did jokingly nominate Jim Carrey, Jay Leno or David Letterman for the job. HONORED: You don't get to a big-time producer for nothing. Brian Grazer, 48, who produced this year's
HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 30, 2000 -- The 19th century controversial writer Oscar Wilde was remembered and celebrated today in Paris with a memorial Mass, Reuters reports. A graveside ceremony led by Wilde’s grandson Merlin Holland marked the 100th anniversary of the flamboyant writer’s death (Nov. 30, 1900). Wilde was remembered for his scandalous wit and Irish charm. The writer came to fame in the 1880s for his controversial plays and poems which sharply criticized Victorian society. Also known for his homosexual lifestyle, his career took a sharp nosedive when he was arrested in 1895 and jailed for two years for “gross indecency.” While in jail, however, Wilde later wrote that he deeply regretted wasting his talent on an extravagant lifestyle and related himself to the Biblical parable of the Prodigal Son –- the Gospel about forgiving a wayward son. ``Oscar Wilde
HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 21, 2000 -- As the folks at the Academy undoubtedly know by now, the world is a very big place. But that's a good thing. The Academy of Motion Arts & Sciences has received a record 46 entries from all around the globe -- including countries such as the Philippines, Russia, Yugoslavia and first-time applicant Ecuador for Academy Award consideration in the Best Foreign Language Film category. And what that means is a lot of viewing for the award committee, which will begin screening all submissions Dec. 1 before choosing five nominees. Nominations will be announced Feb. 13 at the Academy. The Academy Awards ceremony will be take place March 25 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 25, 2000 -- The Oscar entry dealine for foreign language and short films was announced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today. All entry forms for the Foreign Language Film and animated and live-action short film categories must be returned to the Academy by next Wednesday, Nov. 1. Screenings of the submitted films will begin in December. Academy Award nominations will be announced on Feb. 13, 2001. This year's Oscar ceremony will take place on March 25, 2001, at Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium.
HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 28, 2000 -- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences board of governors has now created a separate category for animated features, the first new Oscar category added in two decades. According to the board, the statuettes could be handed out as early as March 2002. As told to Variety, "Animators have been lobbying for inclusion in the Oscar race for years," an AMPAS spokesman said. "The past three years in particular have consisted of weighing the pros against the cons. It has been a long, drawn-out process and finally the board has managed to iron out a feasible proposal." The Oscar will go to "the key creative talent most clearly responsible for the overall achievement" -- in other words, one individual who represents the entire production. Eligible features must be at least 70 minutes in length and can be in any form of animation styles including
HOLLYWOOD, July 19, 2000 -- Oscar winner Michael Caine has joined an all-star British cast in "Last Orders," with Australian Fred Schepisi set to direct, Daily Variety reports. The $12 million picture, an adaptation of Graham Swift’s Booker Prize-winning novel, is about a group of old friends who gather to fulfill a dying wish of one of their gang -- to carry his ashes from London to the sea. Caine will be joined by Helen Mirren, Tom Courtenay, Bob Hoskins, Ray Winstone and David Hemmings. Caine won the Best Supporting Oscar this year for "The Cider House Rules" and is a previous winner for "Hannah and Her Sisters." CASTING HARRY: Despite assurances that Harry Potter will be played by a Brit, USA Today reports that at least one American actor, 10-year-old Liam Aiken ("Stepmom"), is being considered for the title role in the upcoming "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer
HOLLYWOOD, July 19, 2000 -- Oscar winner Michael Caine has joined an all-star British cast in "Last Orders," with Australian Fred Schepisi set to direct, Daily Variety reports. The $12 million picture, an adaptation of Graham Swift’s Booker Prize-winning novel, is about a group of old friends who gather to fulfill a dying wish of one of their gang -- to carry his ashes from London to the sea. Caine will be joined by Helen Mirren, Tom Courtenay, Bob Hoskins, Ray Winstone and David Hemmings. Caine won the Best Supporting Oscar this year for "The Cider House Rules" and is a previous winner for "Hannah and Her Sisters." CASTING HARRY: Despite assurances from officials close to the production that the film’s Harry Potter will be British, USA Today reports today that at least one American actor, 10-year-old Liam Aiken ("Stepmom"), is being considered for the title role
HOLLYWOOD, July 12, 2000 -- The Oscar theater has got a new name, and The Kodak Theater it will be. The Eastman Kodak Co. will pay $75 million over 20 years to rightfully brand its name on the new Oscar ceremony home that’s currently under construction in Hollywood. The theater is expected to finish in time for the Academy Awards show in 2002. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences -- who organizes the Oscars every year -- was not part of the negotiations and will not benefit financially from the Kodak naming rights deal. "We’re glad it’s a name that shares our history in the Industry. It’s a historic name that is as old as the Oscar," John Pavlik, AMPAS spokesman, tells Hollywood.com.
HOLLYWOOD, June 26, 2000 -- Memo to all past and future Oscar recipients: After your star has faded, after you've spent your fortune and pawned all your silverware, don’t even think about selling that gold statue on your mantle. And remind your loved ones not to try selling it after you're dead. Just ask Sid Luft, ex-manager and onetime husband (from 1952 to 1962) of the late Judy Garland, and he'll tell you how big a headache it is to get on the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' hit list. Luft was in court Friday, fending off an Academy lawsuit accusing him of trying to sell Garland's Oscar on the Web. A Web site called Nate's Autographs (www.natesautographs.com) recently listed Garland's long-lost 1940 mini-Oscar statuette, which she received "for her outstanding performance as a screen juvenile" in "The Wizard of Oz," for sale. The auction, which ha
HOLLYWOOD, June 20, 2000 -- We don't know who will win at next year's Academy Awards, but we do know where next year's Academy Awards will be held. All right, that sort of info isn't all that exciting -- but it is semi-interesting. To that end, please mark your Oscar calendars for March 25, 2001, at the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium. The 73rd annual ceremony -- to be held on that date -- will be the 10th at the Shrine. It also should be the last, considering the Academy hopes to have its own Hollywood theater open by 2002.
HOLLYWOOD, June 16, 2000 – Memo to Hollywood: If you want to be eligible for an Oscar nomination, don't premiere your movie on the Internet. New rules approved this week by the board of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences say that any movie that's shown in Cyberspace before its theatrical debut will forfeit its eligibility for a golden statue. The move comes in the wake of the dizzying growth of websites like atomfilms.com, reelshort.com, etc., that play original films on the 'net, and it emphasizes the Academy's "longstanding principle that its porvince is theatrical motion pictures, as distnct from pictures experienced as lone viewing," says spokesman John Pavlik. "You're reading and hearding all sorts of things about producers trying new ways to exhibit and distribute their films. I guess for now this would only apply to short films, but tech is showing s
SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 28, 2000 -- Now that the parties are over, the hangovers slept off, the million-dollar jewels returned to their owners, it's time to take final inventory of the winners and losers of Oscars 2000. WINNERS Steven Spielberg Dreamworks: Sure, the studio took home the most statues (five), but the real story is that the Studio That Spielberg And Friends Built won Round 2 of what's turning into its annual bout with Miramax for the top Oscar prizes. You'll remember that the two neo-arch-rivals split the two top honors last year -- Spielberg took Best Director and Miramax's "Shakespeare in Love" got the Best Picture nod -- but this year, Dreamworks kicked the Weinstein brothers' butts in every category where they competed. Warner Bros.: "The Green Mile" may have come away with zilch, but who cares? "The Matrix" was the second-biggest success story
SANTA MONICA, Calif. March 27, 2000 -- Yes, the Oscars were inescapable Sunday night. How could they not be? They only ran for, like, 10 (well, four-plus) hours. Early estimates this morning say 78 million incredibly patient and tolerant individuals watched all, or part, of ABC's marathon Academy Awards broadcast. In the nation's biggest markets, the show -- which marked the return of host Billy Crystal and the crowning of "American Beauty" as Best Picture -- pulled a 31.7 rating. If that number holds up when the final stats are released, it'll mean the telecast was down 1 percent from 1999. And while that's not bad, that would still represent a 22 percent fall off from 1998's ceremony, otherwise known as the "Titanic" coronation. Critical reaction to the telecast, meanwhile, was mixed -- as critical reaction is wont to be. In the Washington Post, Tom Shales said that th
SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 23, 2000 -- Your last reminder: Final Oscar ballots are due today. For Hollywood.com's complete Oscar coverage go here. That's right, with all the news about lost ballots, found ballots, stolen Oscars, found Oscars, etc., we thought some people might be in a state of utter Oscar confusion. (Ballots, after all, were originally due back March 21, before all the madness.) So here's the drill: Final Oscar ballots must be returned to the Los Angeles offices of PricewaterhouseCoopers by 5 p.m. PST. PricewaterhouseCoopers will tabulate the results of the voting and place the winners' names in sealed envelopes. And PWC's tabulating partners Greg Garrison and Lisa Pierozzi will be the only two people who know the results of the voting until the night of the ceremony, otherwise known as Sunday. All of this is contingent, of course, on the r
LOS ANGELES, March 23, 2000 -- He's not getting an Oscar, but he is getting the booty. And a ticket to the main event to boot. For Hollywood.com's complete Oscar coverage, go here. Willie Fulgear, the man who found 52 out of 55 stolen Oscars, was presented here today with a $50,000 reward for returning the MIA gold-plated statuettes, which he found while rummaging around a garbage bin. "It feels good," said Fulgear, the 61-year-old self-employed scrap-metal dealer said at an afternoon press conference at Los Angeles Police Department headquarters, where he was proclaimed a “local hero.” After the money, the other big question involving Fulgear was: So, is he getting his ticket to Sunday's Oscar ceremony? The answer today from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences: Yes. In fact, Fulgear's getting two tickets: One for himself, and one for a gue
LOS ANGELES, March 20, 2000 -- There are deadheads. And then there are Oscarheads. Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium Call them fanatics, devotees, or even fools, but nothing -- neither puzzled stares, physical discomfort nor gusting wind -- is going to quell the insistent fervor of Oscar diehard fans. Don't believe? Just cruise down to the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium and witness the long row of tents, beach chairs, and sleeping bags neatly adorning the sidewalk. While construction crews began to erect public bleachers at the arrival area of the auditorium today, about a dozen Oscar enthusiasts from California to Germany hunkered down here in the hope of getting one of those first-come-first-serve seats for Sunday's ceremony. As you make your way through the makeshift Oscar shantytown outside the Shrine, several questions pop into your head: (1) Why are these people her
LOS ANGELES, March 19, 2000 - Memo to this year's Oscar nominees: If you win, don't forget to thank Willie Fulgear. Oscar: Back in custody Fulgear is the 61-year-old man who solved the Oscar crime of the century, finding 52 of 55 purloined Academy Award statuettes around a Dumpster near a Food-4-Less discount grocery store late Sunday in a lower-middle-class neighborhood of Los Angeles, about five miles west of Downtown. Los Angeles police, meanwhile, today announced here at a noon press conference, attended by the recently recovered (and unharmed) awards, that two longtime Roadway Express employees -- a truck driver and a loading dock worker -- had been arrested in connection with the case. "The suspects told us they did it for profit, and they thought they would make money," Los Angeles Police Detective Marc Zavala said. Roadway Express is the shipp
SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 21, 2000 -- The case of the stolen Oscars took a twist late this afternoon, when prosecutors declined to press charges against one of the men arrested in connection with the heist. Oscar The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office decided there was not sufficient evidence to pursue a case against Roadway Express employee Anthony Hart, 38, spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons tells Hollywood.com. It's presumed Hart will be freed. Still in custody, pending the posting of bail, is Lawrence Ledent. The truck driver, also a 38-year-old Roadway Express worker, pleaded innocent today to one count of grand theft. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for March 31. Hart and Ledent were arrested Saturday. In a press conference Monday, police said the pair hatched an inside job to abscond with 55 Oscars after the trophies were shipped to an L.A.-are
SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 19, 2000 -- Who wants an Oscar? Apparently not the person or persons who dumped some near a Dumpster in the Koreatown section of Los Angeles. Los Angeles police say that some of the MIA statuettes -- presumed stolen on about March 8 -- surfaced tonight near that trash heap. The find was reported at about 9:30 p.m. PST, officer Dan Cox told Hollywood.com. It wasn't known exactly how many Oscars were now accounted for. A grand sum of 55 were reported missing by Academy officials. On Friday, the shipping company responsible for the absconded Oscar shipment put up a $50,000 reward for the lost statues. While Academy brass had vowed that the March 26 ceremonies would not be hindered by the loss, they made a point of noting that they did want their Oscars back. Consider part of that wish granted.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., March 13, 2000 -- You're within spitting distance of some of the world's biggest stars and movie personalities. You've got mere minutes to ask the right questions that will shed light on their feelings about what it's like to be nominated for an Oscar. Tom Cruise But here's the problem: You're corralled into a roomful of other reporters, who all want to ask the same questions. And some of their voices are louder than yours. Welcome to the annual Oscar Nominees' Luncheon held today at the posh Beverly Hilton hotel, where Tom Cruise is on the menu. "Tom, is this the weirdest role you've ever done in your life?" you ask, referring to that scurrilous Frank T.J. Mackey guy he plays in "Magnolia". "Yes," Tom replies. Then he adds: "Hahahahahahahahaha!" At a time of year when Hollywood is engrossed in awards ceremonies -- the SAGs, th
SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 10, 2000 -- "Fight Club" wasn't within spitting distance of a Best Picture nomination. But to the organizers of the 2000 Oscars, macho soap salesman Brad Pitt is a winner. Brad Pitt The actor has signed up to be a presenter at the 72nd Annual Academy Awards, organizers announced today. Now, normally this sort of thing is no big deal -- it's a rather routine gesture for the biggest stars in Hollywood -- except for the fact Pitt reportedly had earlier declined the invite from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. And, oh yeah, it's the only good Oscar-related news the Academy has received all week. (If not, all year.) Call it the millennium jinx. Call it coincidence. Call it a string of bad luck. Whichever, it started early, on Valentine's Day, ironically. But love was not in the air when a popular Internet movie-gossip g
SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 9, 2000 -- Will journalistic curiosity steal the surprise from this year's Oscars? The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences is freaked that an "assault" by The Wall Street Journal on the legendary, airtight security surrounding the Academy Awards could very well destroy any major surprises Oscar night on March 26. 72nd Annual Academy Awards In the never-ending quest for a scoop, the Journal has attempted to get advance winners for the 72nd Annual Academy Awards in six categories -- Best Picture, Best Director and the four acting awards -- by polling Academy members Feb. 24 through March 1. In a letter sent to 4,800 Oscar voters this week, Academy President Robert Rehme says the Journal has "made the most concerted attempt in history to predetermine the outcome of our awards." Rehme speculates that the newspaper somehow
SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 8, 2000 -- Neither wind nor sleet nor an apparent boo-boo by the mailman will keep the Oscars from its appointed rounds.The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences remailed the entire slate of 4,200 California-bound Oscar ballots to its stateside members Tuesday -- ending an odyssey (well, an annoying couple of days) that saw the powers that be behind Hollywood's most glamorous event obsessing over bulk-mail bins.The new ballots will replace the ones that vanished after being mailed to California's Academy members March 1. (Another 1,000 voting members who live in New York and overseas received their ballots earlier.)As of late Tuesday afternoon, about 1,000 of the missing ballots had been tracked down to the United States Postal Service regional distribution center in Bell, an industrial area south of Los Angeles. The remaining 3,000
SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 7, 2000 -- Neither wind nor sleet nor an apparent boo-boo by the mailman will keep the Oscars from its appointed rounds. The Oscars Officials with the U.S. Postal Service in Los Angeles were searching high and low today for some 4,000 Academy Award ballots that vanished after being mailed to movieland voters Wednesday. That number represented four-fifths of all voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. More specifically, that number represented all California-based voters. (Another 1,000 voting members who live in New York and overseas received their ballots earlier.)As of this afternoon, about 1,000 of the missing ballots had been tracked down to the USPS regional distribution center in Bell, an industrial area south of Los Angeles. The remaining 3,000 MIAs were (horror of horrors!) believed to be buried under thousa
SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 6, 2000 -- "The View" gabber Meredith Vieira is soon going to have something new to gab about -- a view of the Oscar red carpet.The newswoman turned morning TV chatty Cathy has been tapped to help anchor ABC's pre-show arrival coverage at the 72nd Annual Academy Awards on March 26 at the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium.Today's announcement from the Academy noted that Vieira will be "one of the arrivals show hosts," indicating she won't fly solo like Geena Davis did at last year's inaugural red-carpet watch. No word yet on who'll serve as Vieira's partner, although we're not putting our money on Joan Rivers.The plan is for Vieira and company to pounce on A-listers and nominees as they do the celeb walk from the limo to the Shrine. On account of ABC's got an in with the Academy, the network's crew also will be allowed to roam the auditorium
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 17, 2000 -- A movie-rumor Web site that posted a purported list of Oscar nominations before they were officially announced -- and which later proved to be largely inaccurate -- could face a lawsuit for interfering with the rigid security surrounding the Academy Awards. It was not immediately clear against whom the Academy was mulling legal action, but Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences spokesman John Pavlik told Reuters: "I think that if, in fact, something comes along that shows laws were broken, we will take action against whoever broke them. This is a serious kind of thing for us. We don't like the suggestion that our secrecy can be violated." The Academy also said today it had solved the mystery as to where the phony Oscars list, which appeared Monday on the popular Ain't It Cool News Website (www.aint-it-cool-news.com), came from.
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 16, 2000 -- Where were you at 5:30 a.m. PST on Tuesday? If you're an Academy Award nominee, you were hounded by media anxious to get a first-hand reaction. Michael Clarke Duncan and Haley Joel Osment had camera crews sitting with them to watch the nominations. While the 11-year-old "Sixth Sense" star, the third youngest Best Supporting Actor nominee ever, gave his gentlemanly "it's an honor to be nominated" sound bite, "The Green Mile's" Duncan, 42, whooped, hollered and sobbed in one breath, so excited that he couldn't remember his mother's phone number and had to get his Rolodex. "Yesss! I am in there!" the 6-foot-5, 325-pound Duncan yelled. Other nominees were just as excited for their collaborators. Best Actor nominee Russell Crowe was first to call his "The Insider" director Michael Mann, congratulating him on his three nominations
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 11, 2000 -- Let the voting begin. Ballots for the 72nd Academy Awards were mailed out today to 4,164 actors, producers, writers, directors and others so blessed with the power to dole out shiny, bald gold guys. Other (additional) ballots went out as early as Friday. Those ones went to Academy members in exile (i.e., those who don't live in California). The in-house Golden State types were on today's mailing list. So just what is an Oscar ballot? According to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, it's a batch of stapled-together pieces of letter-sized paper. (Ah, glamour.) Voting is as high-tech as circling your picks. (Who needs space age AOL/Time Warner megamergers when humans still possess the power to circle?) The ballots -- circles and all -- are due back at the Academy's Beverly Hills, Calif., offices Feb. 4 (by 5
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 9, 2000 -- Musical synergy, perhaps? Easy-listening Burt Bacharach and rockin' Don Was have been tapped as musical directors for this year's Academy Awards ceremony. This is the first Oscar appointment for the veteran composers. Bacharach has won three Academy Awards - including two for his work for 1969's "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", and one for "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)," the Oscared Best Original Song from 1981's "Arthur." Don Was was the creative spirit behind Was (Not Was), which scored intermittent hits on the pop charts throughout the 1980s, including "Walk the Dinosaur." The Grammy-winning Was went on to produce such award-winning hits as the k.d. lang and Roy Orbison duet "Crying" and the B-52s' booty-shaking anthem "Love Shack." Bacharach and Was have never before collaborated. This leads to the inevitable
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 5, 2000 -- And then there was 12. The Oscar camp has announced the dozen second-round qualifiers for the Best Documentary prize. And judging by the lineup, it doesn't look like the deciding committee is experiencing its usual "forgetfulness" when it comes to potential nominees. The list is a virtual hit parade, including some of the year's most talked-about films -- from the absurd ("Mr. Death" ) to the sublime ("Buena Vista Social Club") and the farcical ("American Movie") to the serious "On The Ropes. The following is the complete list: "Amargosa" "American Movie" "Beyond the Mat" "Buena Vista Social Club" "Genghis Blues" "Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr." "On the Ropes" "One Day in September" "Pop & Me" "Smoke and Mirrors: A History of Denial" "The Source" "Speaking in Strings" A committee of Aca
LOS ANGELES -- The "Green Mile" premiere Monday night was accompanied by all of the fantastical effects, glitz and star power a possible Oscar contender deserves. Director Frank Darabont returns after five years ("Shawshank Redemption") to bring Stephen King's 1996 best-selling serialized novel to the big screen. "This is really exciting," said Darabont. "It took me this long to make another movie. I was waiting to fall in love with a story again, enough so I would go through the anguish of directing a movie. Thankfully, Stephen King gave me exactly that story." Set on death row in a Southern prison in 1935, Tom Hanks stars as Paul Edgecomb. In flashbacks, Edgecomb recounts his tour of duty watching over a series of convicted killers awaiting execution in the electric chair. "Stephen King wrote something that is quite in the realm of fanciful there in 1935
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Mar. 24, 2000 -- Does an Oscar win equal prestige? Yes. How about a career jump-start? Gwyneth Paltrow Well, er ... Most of the time. For every, say, Kevin Spacey who escapes indie fringedom to Hollywood stardom after bagging an Oscar (for 1995's "The Usual Suspects"), there's a Marisa Tomei whose film career seems jinxed following a win (for 1992's "My Cousin Vinny"). That said, let's take a look at what the Oscar has done for last year's winners. Or they Marisa Tomeis or Kevin Spaceys? ROBERTO BENIGNI: After accomplishing the seemingly impossible task of sugarcoating the Holocaust with humor in "Life is Beautiful" and taking two Oscars (including the Best Actor trophy) for his feat, the larger-than-life Italian comic seems to be taking a smaller-than-life approach to things these days. After staking a supporting role in the comic-boo
Oscar buzz continues at the box office this weekend as a few of the year's most highly touted films open in both wide and limited release. Tom Hanks and company lead the way in the prison drama "The Green Mile," based on the popular series by Stephen King and directed by Frank Darabont. Five years ago, Darabont came to prominence with another prison-bound tale by King called "The Shawshank Redemption." That movie, which frequently tops lists of the most popular films of all time, garnered seven Academy Award nominations. Other Oscar hopefuls include the limited releases "Cradle Will Rock" and "The Cider House Rules." "Cradle," directed by Tim Robbins and featuring an all-star cast, details the events of New York City's art scene in the 1930s. "Cider," directed by "What's Eating Gilbert Grape's" Lasse Hallstrom, is a quirky, coming-of-age love story adapted from John Irvin
HOLLYWOOD, June 5, 2000 -- One day you're the hero in a high-profile theft case that makes headlines and changes your life. A few months later, you're the victim of a low-profile crime that goes almost unnoticed but also changes your life. So it goes for Willie Fulgear, the 61-year-old Los Angeles scrap metal dealer who earned a $50,000 reward in March, when he found most of the gold-plated Oscar statuettes that were stolen en route from a Chicago foundry to Los Angeles. In addition to the money, he received a limo ride to the Academy Awards and a seat alongside Hollywood's finest. Sometime from May 15 to June 1, thieves broke into Fulgear's tiny apartment and made off with a 500 pound safe that contained about $40,000 of his reward money, plus some jewelry, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Fulgear was visiting relatives in Mississippi at the time.
Listen up, Academy.
Filmmaker Michael Moore's movie about the financial crisis and an in-depth look at boxer Mike Tyson's life and career are the surprise shutouts of the Oscars Best Documentary category as the shortlist is whittled down to 15.