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Catch up time! Ben Affleck heads to lunch with his bestie Matt Damon while Jennifer Garner is hard at work in New York With Ben's wife Jennifer Garner in New York for work the two took the opportunity to enjoy a sushi lunch in Hollywood on Thursday.

People born unable to see are readily capable of learning to perceive the shape of the human body through soundscapes that translate images into sound, according to a new article in Current Biology .

Jeff Robinov oversaw hit movies such as "Gravity," "Argo" and billion dollar franchises like "Batman," "The Hangover, and "Harry Potter."

The veteran journalist, now affiliated with Indiewire , has been covering the Academy Awards for years; her new book, "The $11 Billion Year," runs through the events of 2012, culminating in the Oscar campaign that saw Ben Affleck's "Argo" take the 2012 best picture trophy.

Ben Affleck was very obviously M.I.A. during Sunday night's Oscars, while his wife, Jennifer Garner, attended the prestigious award ceremony without a date.

Perhaps atoning for past sins, Hollywood named the brutal, unshrinking historical drama "12 Years a Slave" best picture at the 86th annual Academy Awards.

You don't have to go back as far as the notorious examples that Tom cited of Oliver or Around the World in Eighty Days upending the not-even-nominated 2001: A Space Odyssey and The Searchers in 1968 and 1956 respectively; there are examples more recent-2012, for instance.

Three films were considered frontrunners at the 86th Academy Awards on Sunday night, with Gravity and American Hustle earning the most nominations with 10 each while 12 Years a Slave came in a close second with nine nods.

Lupita Nyong'o, left, and Brad Pitt celebrate after ''12 Years a Slave'' was announced as the winner for best picture during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

Lupita Nyong'o, left, prepares to embrace Angelina Jolie, as Benedict Cumberbatch, background center, looks on, and Brad Pitt, embraces Chiwetel Ejiofor, right, after '12 Years a Slave' was announced the winner for best picture during the Oscars.

No, they're not slacking off but rather learning how to tell a story from two Italian filmmakers: Giuseppe De Angelis, the media agency's director of visual experience, and independent producer/director Diana Santi.

Jennifer Garner , who chose a fringed Oscar de la Renta gown, may not be up for any individual awards at the 2014 Oscars, but she had good reasons for being there.

The 86th annual Oscar ceremony kicks off Sunday night from the Dolby Theatre. Unlike the stormy hosting of Seth MacFarlane last year, this Oscar show with host Ellen DeGeneres has a deliberately safe vibe of cheery song-and-dance.

Jennifer Lawrence causes the crowd to gasp as she stumbles on stage after winning the Best Actress Oscar for "Silver Linings Playbook."

The oft-quoted remark refers to the fact that as soon as someone thinks he’s figured out the movie business through various trends, something will happen that blows conventional wisdom out of the water.

Many people were surprised when "Argo" won last year's Best Picture Oscar, because Ben Affleck had not even been nominated for his direction.

The Oscars is where we celebrate the best of the best in film - the spine-tingling performances, the cream of the crop.

You can't spell “movies” without “IE,” so it's no wonder that the Inland Empire has so many Oscar connections.

NOMINEES Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave Alexander Payne, Nebraska David O. Russell, American Hustle Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street Two or three of these names are horses to fill out the field for the big race.

This image released by Paramount Pictures shows Bruce Dern as Woody Grant, left, and Will Forte as David Grant in a scene from the film "Nebraska."