Films: "The Matrix" (1999), "The Matrix Reloaded" (2003), "The Matrix Revolutions" (2003)
Director: The Wachowskis
Best of the bunch: "The Matrix"
Weakest Link: "The Mat...
When the Academy signed Seth MacFarlane on as host, they were aiming to use the "Family Guy" creator's brand of provocation as an asset. Instead, his "edge" couldn't cut through many of the sleepil...
"I was still horizontal in bed, but I was probably the happiest person on the planet. ...I'm just so happy for everyone [on the movie] and everyone just deserves it. It's incredible." (You can read Lawrence'...
The source of endless parodies and music video gold, "Bad Romance" was actually a Grammy winner... but a charting runner-up. The RedOne collaboration was included in her re-up of "The Fame," on alb...
Perhaps the most energetic performance of the night came from pop songstress Ke$ha, with a tribal-inspired performance of her current top-ten Billboard hit "Die Young." While the Tiki aesthetic was admi...
By turn steely, sexual and unapologetically demented, Kidman's black-comic turn as a local cable weather girl climbing her way up the network power ladder with murderous resolve wasn't the first hint she'd given of th...
The role: Lovestruck spy Roy Miller
Nominated for: nothing
Won: nothing
Thoughts: No, this isn't a joke. Cruise is on full tilt in "Knight and Day," the absolute commitment really striking amid the ...
Key players: Reese Witherspoon, Matthew Broderick, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor, Tom Perrotta, Chris Klein, Jessica Campbell
Why it's great: Satires rarely come any sharper than this. A student body election leads ...
Madonna is releasing her 12th studio album, "MDNA," next week (read the review here) and has already pumped up her fan base with a "greatest hits"-like video for the single "Girl Gone Wild.&qu...
With ballots due in a matter of hours, we're in the home stretch of Oscar season. But while some of the races are decided, that doesn't mean we're not crossing our fingers for this upset or that for deserving competit...
