Oscars News

James Earl Jones' character enters the Oval Office for the first time in "The Man" . Chris Rock managed to lead the country in "Head of State" . A 7-year-old Sammy Davis Jr.

When news came that Meryl Streep was playing the lead role in the frothy musical " Mamma Mia! ," many in Hollywood wondered if the two-time Academy Award winner had taken leave of her senses.

Caption: Will Smith , Charlize Theron and Jason Bateman Los Angeles premiere of 'Hancock' held at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre - Arrivals Hollywood, California .... WILL SMITH was disappointed he missed out on ...

The Oscars are eight months away and the film hasn't even been released, but Heath Ledger's performance in his last film is already generating talk of a rare posthumous Academy Award.

In this file photo originally released by Warner Bros., Heath Ledger portrays The Joker in a scene from "The Dark Knight." Jack Nicholson 's Joker was a blast.

Abigail Breslin and Julia Ormond in "Kit Kittredge: An American Girl." The movie, a Depression-era tale, highlights one effect of setting a fictional story in an all-too-real and relevant past: History lessons ...

Stop the " Wall-E " Oscar madness, please! Box-office and critical reax to that adorable robot are so socko that everybody's gushing over the idea that the film will get - forget the Oscar for best animated ...

Well, the first major-media reviews are in for Wall-E , and - as we suspected - it looks like Wall-E might be the best Pixar movie ever: As entertaining as every other Pixar movie, but even more artful and ...

Officials at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have won a legal battle with Italian television broadcaster Radiotelevisione Italiana over the illegal use of the 'Oscar' name.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has altered limits and procedures in its original song category.

Caption: Marion Cotillard The 80th Annual Academy Awards - Arrivals Los Angeles, California .... A group of actors including French star MARION COTILLARD, SACHA BARON COHEN, RAY WINSTONE, JET LI and JOSH BROLIN ...

Actor Sacha Baron Cohen and Canadian director Jason Reitman have been invited to join Hollywood's most exclusive club - the group that decides the winners of the Academy Awards.

A new use for Botox. A cosmetic surgeon says the injections normally used to fight wrinkles are just the thing for smaller breasted women who want a little boost but not surgery.

In an effort to prevent a single musical from monopolizing the Original Song field at the Oscars, the Academy has changed the rules of the category.

The news that the Academy Awards is to limit the number of songs nominated from the same film to two is less surprising when you consider that in each of the two most recent Oscars, one film has dominated the ...

Staff and agencies Friday June 20, 2008 guardian.co.uk Dreamgirls had three entries in last year's race for the best song Oscar The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Science has adjusted its rules governing the ...

The Academy has altered limits and procedures in its original song category. No more than two songs from a film can be nominated for an Oscar, although there is still no limit to the number that may be ...

Anthony Puzo filed the lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court as a representative of his father's estate and is seeking $1 million plus interest and attorneys fees, according to court documents.

Ain't It Cool News broke the news yesterday that Stan Winston passed on two nights ago after a long battle with Multiple Myeloma; an incurable-but-treatable form of cancer that attacks the plasma cell, a ...

Caption: Johnny Depp and his wife Vanessa Paradis The 80th Annual Academy Awards - Arrivals Los Angeles, California - 24.02.08.... Reports suggesting JOHNNY DEPP will wed longtime partner VANESSA PARADIS at ...