Amid all the fuss over Ben Affleck in the run-up to Sunday's Academy Awards -- with his path from surprise omission to probable vindication, all in the space of a few weeks, likely to be the lasting narrative of this ...
Two men to date have won Oscars for Best Picture (awarded, of course, to the producer) and Best Actor, but only one of them won both for the same film. Laurence Olivier's multitasking abilities had already been recogn...
You needn't have been following the Oscars for long to know that -- the usual inseparability of the Best Picture and Best Director awards notwithstanding -- Academy voters aren't particularly auteurist-minded.
That's...
Nominations (6):
Best Picture
Best Supporting Actor - Albert Bassermann
Best Writing, Original Screenplay
Best Art Direction, Black-and-White
Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
Best Special Effects
1940 was a...
Yup, he was allowed to show up as "The Dictator."
Frst-time nominees Gary Oldman ("Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"), Jean Dujardin ("The Artist") and Demian Bichir ("A Better Life") pose next to four-time nominee Brad Pitt ("Moneyball&qu...
“I am so grateful to be acknowledged by the Academy for my work, which was made possible by the support of our director Simon Curtis and the camaraderie of a terrific ensemble of actors – a special congrat...
Clooney is up for two awards tonight - Best Actor and Best Ensemble for "The Descendants". The film is up for seven awards tonight including Best Picture and Best Director, Alexander Payne.
Kenneth Branagh embraced what he describes as potentially “dangerously obvious” casting with his portrayal of Sir Laurence Olivier in “My Week with Marilyn.” The actor has, of course, quite not...
"I'm proud this brilliant, hilarious and talented cast was saluted by their peers today and I'm very excited to see that comedy work is acknowledged and saluted as well."
Judd Apatow, producer of "Br...
