Oscars
References to God Stricken from Oscar-Nominated Movie
In-flight showings of the Oscar-nominated movie "The Queen" on some commercial airlines around the world startled passengers because all references to God had been bleeped out.
Chris Rock Rocks the Oscars
Chris Rock is being slammed for comments he has made about his next hosting gig at the Oscars later this month.
Why the ‘Oscar’ to Oscars!!
Why the name "Oscar" was given to Oscars? What is the history behind the awards? How it all started? What are the details about the world famous Oscar statuette? Who was the designer of that statuette? Want to know the answers to these questions!! Just read on.
Seven Ways To Win An Oscar
There is not a clear path to an Oscar victory which is borne out by these tales. Try and one-up your co-star: Due to scheduling problems caused by her TV role in Charlie's Angels (1976-1981), Kate Jackson was forced to give up the role of the husband leaving, child abandoning female lead in Kramer vs. Kramer (1979).
Lord of the Oscars ...Peter Jackson
Here is the complete analysis or Review of the most talked about and the most awaited part of the "Rings" trilogy "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King"
Halle Berry, Denzel Washington Take Home Oscars
The 74th Annual Academy Awards were held Sunday night at the Kodak Theater, the first time in 42 years the Oscars were held in Hollywood.
Academy Awards: Oscar’s Going to Hollywood
The 74th Annual Academy Awards, set to air March 24, 2002, will be held in Hollywood for the first time in over 40 years.
Oscars: And the Winner Is…Sopranos?
Sunday night's 73rd Academy Awards ceremony was the lowest rated Oscar night ever, despite Hollywood's biggest names taking home the hardware.
The Relief After the Strike Was Palpable, and the Glitz Level Was Low. But for the Europeans the Awards Were a Triumph
'The Brits are coming' may be the refrain continually heard at the Oscars, but European actors were the ones to finally arrive at Sunday night's ceremony
From Cool Wit to High Cringe Factor
Michael Billington comments on the speeches held during the Oscars ceremony
Coens Alone As No Country Dominates Oscars
Coen brothers' thriller scoops four Academy Awards· Daniel Day-Lewis named best actor for There Will Be Blood· Marion Cotillard springs surprise in race for best actress award
Brotherly Love-in As Coens Scoop Four Oscars
No Country for Old Men wins best film, best director and best screenplay for family film-making team
Full List of Oscar Winners and Nominations
The complete list of 2008 Oscar winners, as they come in, plus all the nominees
Oscars on Course As Writers' Strike Ends
The Oscars will go ahead as planned later this month after US film and TV writers voted to end their strike. By John Plunkett
Oscars Party is Off, Vanity Fair Tells Stars
For years it has been the self-styled 'most exclusive party in the world', but yesterday Vanity Fair's Oscar party was scrapped in sympathy with striking writers
Prime Suspects Triumph at Oscars
Scorsese takes best film and director for The Departed - Mirren wins but little joy for other British contenders
Scorsese, Mirren Take Academy Awards
Martin Scorsese named best director - Mirren gets best actress for The Queen
· The Departed bags four Oscars, including best picture
Profile: Ellen Degeneres
Ellen DeGeneres, the latest Oscars presenter, is seen as a safe pair of hands to restore credibility.
Scorsese Closes in on the Oscar He Has Been Denied So Long
Directors' prize predicts 90% of Academy Awards - Fans outraged at lack of recognition for film-maker
The British Are Going
We like our actors to do well at the Oscars, but we rarely see the winners perform live again. By Peter Preston
Mirren, Dench and Winslet Nominated for Oscars
Helen Mirren, Stephen Frears and Paul Greengrass lead nominations for the 79th annual Academy Awards. Dreamgirls snubbed in best picture race in favour of Babel, The Departed, Letters From Iwo Jima, Little Miss Sunshine and The Queen.
Borat and Queen Crown British Success at Globes
Sacha Baron Cohen emerges as unlikely consort to Dame Helen Mirren in the race for Oscars acting honours as Dreamgirls and Babel set to slug it out for best picture.
Joe Barbera, Creator of Cartoon Classics, Dies at 95
Partnership with Hanna lasted more than 60 years - Tom and Jerry won duo seven Academy Awards
Mirren's Queen Crowned As Favourite to Win Oscar
Helen Mirren is emerging as runaway favourite to win best actress at the Oscars after three US critics' circles rated her performance as the Queen the best of the year.
Jacobs Triumphs Over Celebrity Circus
The Marc Jacobs fashion show has long since become one of the best if most bizarre celebrity circuses one can find this side of the Oscars.
Ellen 'thrilled' to Present the Oscars
First she was a hit TV comedy star and a nation watched on screen as she came out of the closet as a lesbian. Then she became one of the most popular chat show hosts. Now Ellen DeGeneres is to be next year's host of the Oscars.
Taxman Demands Share of Oscars Goodie Bag
Those who hold a rose-tinted view of the entertainment industry may wish to look away now. It turns out that the eye-poppingly expensive gifts showered upon the film stars who present the Oscars are not given purely out of a spirit of generosity.
How Many Oscars Has the British Government Won? The Answer is Two
Moore and Gore may not like it, but their smash-hit movie documentaries are defined by propaganda and over-promotion. By Mark Lawson
Crash Plus Cash Equals Oscar
The formula that gave an independent studio the edge over the majors.
High-profile Wins for Brits at Oscars
Rachel Weisz spearheaded a night of limited yet high-profile British success at the 78th annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles, winning the best supporting actress award for her role as a doomed activist in The Constant Gardener. By Chris Tryhorn and agencies.
Crash Lands Shock Oscar Win
The 78th annual Academy Awards saved its biggest surprise for the dying seconds, when it anointed Crash as best film ahead of runaway favourite Brokeback Mountain. The best film and best director honours have been split only three times in the last 20 years.
(th)ink: "And the Nominee's Are.."
Something's missing in Hollywood..
Oscar Viewing Party Roundup, Copyright Awareness Week, NABOB's Communication Awards Dinner…
…ScreenBurn Beta Festival @ SXSW 2006, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction, TV Land Awards, Top March Dates. The items in this article are only a sampling of what is listed on the main news page. Many of the events above have a submission process for indie and/or performing artists to take part in and so are worth learning more about.
Dark Star of Late Night Tv Gets Lead Role at the Oscars
Hollywood stir over choice of irreverent cult comic to host awards ceremony.
Bomb Victims' Parents Petition Academy to Reject Movie
The parents of three Israeli children killed in a suicide bombing have sent a petition with 32,000 names to Hollywood to demand that a Palestinian film be dropped from the Oscars this weekend on the grounds that it promotes terrorism.
Actors Guild Bucks Brokeback Trend
Brokeback Mountain suffered a blip on its seemingly unstoppable path to Oscar glory last night as members of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) defied the script and handed top awards to Crash, Capote and Walk the Line.
Oscar statues make debut in NYC
The statues are made out of britannium, a pewter like alloy which is then covered in gold plate. Each weighs 8.5 pounds stands 13.5 inches tall.
Mountain Peaks Early at Globe Nominations
Brokeback Mountain established itself as the frontrunner for this year's Academy Awards after leading the field at today's Golden Globe nominations.
Italy's Entry For Best Foreign Film Rejected By Oscars
Italian film "Private" based on Israeli-Palestinian ties rejected by Oscars because it was not in Italian.
Paheli: Indian entry for the Oscar
What Paheli has in store for the audience at the Oscars.
Oh Baby! Film Triumph Makes Clint's Day
The Aviator wins the numbers game but Scorsese fails again to take a top prize.
Comfortably Numb
Yes, it's all very nice and tasteful, but this year's safe neutrals make Hadley Freeman yearn for Cher on the Oscars red carpet
Millions Spent to Grab Oscar Glory
Tonight's Oscar ceremony will be the most expensive privately funded bonanza of all time.
Oscars: and the Award for Best Goodie Bag Goes to ...
Gifts for Academy Awards guests include holidays and mobile phones.
The Oscar Goes to ... the Person Sitting in Row F, Seat 48
It is the moment feared and cherished by Oscar hopefuls: the envelope is opened, a name is read out and then the winner has to struggle to the stage to receive the coveted statuette. But not this year.
More Faces, Less Caution, in New Oscar Broadcasts
The Oscars Academy yesterday announced changes aimed at getting more nominees' faces on camera during the awards ceremony, and prepared to abandon the seven-second broadcast delay
What to Say About ... The Oscar Nominations
The Oscars may be touted as the world's most important arts award, you say, glancing up from Christopher Goodwin's words in the Daily Express, but, "in fact, they are the culmination of a long war, mainly fought out of...
Aviator batters Baby at Oscar nominations
This year's Oscar nominations set Martin Scorsese's The Aviator and Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby on course for a clash on February 27.
Jackson Crowned Oscar King
Eleven awards for Return of the King, including best picture and best director, equals record hauls of Titanic and Ben Hur
Rings Hot, Mountain Cold in Oscar Nominations
The Return of the King leads the pack with 11 nominations for this year's Academy awards, while Cold Mountain was a surprise absentee from the best picture shortlist.
Return of the King Tipped for Best Film at Oscars
The final part of the epic Lord of the Rings trilogy is emerging as a favourite for the best film prize at the Oscars ceremony next February. The first group of awards for the best films and performances of 2003 indicate that Peter Jackson's newly released film could win the prize that...
Gloves Are Off in Oscars Battle
Hollywood pundits tip epic dramas to scoop awards. California will witness the conclusion of one unpredictable election campaign today - as another one gets under way.
Lights Go Down on Giveaway Films for Oscar Judges
Studios' ban on 'screeners' puts small films at risk. Accusations of dirty tricks and shameful attempts to influence the voters have been made. But this is not the aftermath of this week's Californian gubernatorial race but a bitter row over next year's Oscars.
No weeping or whooping, but a worthy winner
"A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma," Churchill once declared of Russia. One might say much the same of JM Coetzee. The only certainty is that his reaction to this news will not be the leap of joy performed by Yann Martel at last year's Booker; nor will he be over wrought by tears in the manner of Roberto Benigni at the Oscars a few years back.
An actor who combined heroic style with liberal conviction
When there was talk earlier this year of the Oscars being postponed because of the war in Iraq, there were many references to a previous cancellation, in 1968, following the assassination of Martin Luther King.
Bring on the razzle-dazzle
How could they see with sequins in their eyes? In these grim times of war, the Academy decided that an old-fashioned entertaining musical was called for. So they decided to be razzle-dazzled by Chicago, giving it six Oscars, including best film - erm, could you run that by me again?
Black wins out in respectful fashion
One of the effects of the war is that it made the Oscars a much duller affair for fashion gawking. Sure, there was the occasional clothing disaster -Hilary Swank in a pink, gauzy mess that looked simultaneously cavity-inducingly sweet and depressingly frumpy;
Peace Prevails at the Oscar Night Love-in
Anti-Bush tirade from Michael Moore eclipses surprise of Polanski award. As soon as Michael Moore appeared on stage to accept his Oscar for best documentary, it was clear that this was going to be no ordinary ceremony.
Chicago Scoops Six Oscars
Chicago led the field at last night's 75th Academy Awards in Los Angeles. Miramax's star-spanged extravaganza came away with six Oscars, double the haul of its nearest competitor, The Hours. In winning the crowning best picture Oscar, Chicago becomes the first musical to...
Muted Oscars Goes Ahead With Call for Peace
A muted Oscars ceremony went ahead in Hollywood last night with a call for peace which was greeted with loud applause. Chris Cooper who won the best supporting actor prize for his role in Adaptation, said: "In light of all the trouble in this world, I wish us all peace...
Glitz Out As Stars Ponder Oscar Protest
Anti-war feeling leads to tight security and crackdown on glamour at ceremony. The red carpet has been rolled up, the navel-plunging gowns slipped back on their hangers, the 'bling-bling' jewels returned to the banks and instead of glitzy arrivals, stars will will go straight to their seats.
Actors' protests bring changes to Oscar awards
The Oscar show will go on this Sunday, but with many modifications and with many actors wearing anti-war badges. A number of actors have cancelled plans to present awards and a nominated director who will also be absent published an open letter attacking the war.
Those Oscar war protests in full
Who's boycotting, who's 'giving it a miss', and who has something to say.
Kaurismaki boycotts Oscars in war protest
The Oscar-nominated Aki Kaurismaki has opted to boycott Sunday's Academy Awards in protest at America's war on Iraq. The Finnish director is tipped to pick up the best foreign film Oscar for his acclaimed comedy The Man Without a Past, produced by his company Sputnik Ltd.
Academy rolls up the red carpet
Oscars producers have said the traditional pre-ceremony parade, when celebrities tarry in a red-carpeted paddock for photographs and interviews, will be cut back on account of the war.
Dirty tricks
Focus: Battle for the Oscars: In the first scene of Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York, we meet the two warring sides as they prepare for a bloody nineteenth-century showdown. The weapons they bear are cudgels and hatchets, shillelaghs and daggers.
War will not stop Oscars show
"The show will go on" even in the event of war, Oscar organisers promised yesterday. Speaking at the annual nominees luncheon - a chance for the Academy to warn potential winners to keep their acceptance speeches short - the awards show producer Gil Cates said the Oscars ceremony would go ahead even if the US launches a war against Iraq, but that the tone of the show would "reflect reality".
Brits make their mark in a tale of two cities
British talent led an assault on the Oscars yesterday with Michael Caine, Daniel Day-Lewis and Catherine Zeta-Jones nominated for their portrayals of a jaded foreign correspondent, a psychopathic 19th century gang leader and a prohibition era murderer respectively.
Complete list of Oscar nominations
Best motion picture of the year
· Chicago
· Gangs Of New York
· The Hours
· The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers
· The Pianist
Chicago leads Oscar nominations
The musical Chicago was nominated for 13 Oscars this afternoon, pitting it against literary drama The Hours and Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York for the big prizes.
Raspberry time for Hollywood's worst
This is nominations week in the film world with the Oscars shortlist being announced tomorrow. The nominations that only masochists want to receive are out today, with the director Guy Ritchie and his wife, Madonna, both in line for the award of the dreaded Golden Raspberry.
Politics and war skew betting on the Oscars
Politics, with a capital and a small P, may play a major role in both the choice of Oscar winners and what happens on Oscar night itself in March. Public figures outside the film world are calling on academy members to vote for films they believe have a social message and critics see this year's race as increasingly political in nature.
No Fear of Virginia Woolf at Golden Globes
Nearly 40 years after the film Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? walked off with a bunch of Oscars, the English author proved that she continues to have the Hollywood touch. The Hours, the film loosely based on her life and writing and made by British director Stephen Daldry, won the Golden...
Palestinian film denied Oscars entry
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the selection committee behind the Oscars, has controversially denied a Palestinian film entry into next year's Best Foreign Language Film category, citing that it originates from a country not formally recognised by the United Nations.
Mother Jones Knows Best
Forget the Oscars. America's venerable activist magazine is much better at rewarding diddly squat, writes Duncan Campbell.
Disconnected From Reality
Duncan Campbell watched the Oscars from the press room and didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Oscars: Firsts Among Equals
It will be remembered as the night that black actors swept the board at the Oscars. Halle Berry became the first black actress ever to win the leading actress award for her role in Monster's Ball, and Denzel Washington took the leading actor prize for his part in Training Day, the first black actor for four decades to do so.
Hollywood Under Pressure to End $60m Scramble for Oscars
After political campaign reform, is it time for Oscar campaign reform? In the week that the US Congress agreed to curb the abuses of political donations and campaign financing, Hollywood's film studios are coming under increasing pressure to end the annual lobbying for Oscars. Hollywood...
Hollywood knives are out as Oscars get nasty
John Nash, subject of A Beautiful Mind, is to refute anti-semitic allegations on TV.
Screen Actors Guild Laurels for Brits
British actors have triumphed at the Screen Actors Guild awards in Los Angeles, sowing the annual seeds of hope that the nation's talent will be rewarded at the Oscars next week. Veteran performers Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen won best supporting actor awards, while the mainly British...
Actors Go Mad for the Oscars
Playing a character having a mental breakdown wins awards.
Brits to the Fore in Oscar Nominations
Dench and Winslet both named for Iris but Lord of the Rings leads the dance with 13 citations
Monstrous Battle for Oscar Glory
Monsters, Inc., Disney's latest animation feature film, is about to open but faces an uphill struggle to beat Shrek to an Academy Award.
Film finds that maths plus Crowe is winning formula
A film based on the true story of a schizophrenic mathematics genius has won the top awards in the event now widely regarded as a warm-up for the Oscars. The lavish ceremony of the Golden Globes, the prizes for film and television handed out annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press...
Oscar speculation begins in earnest
Like Christmas shopping, the run-in for the Oscars starts a little earlier every year and the first prizes of 2002 were handed out at the weekend. The Lord of the Rings and Mulholland Drive were the beneficiaries of awards ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York, with British representation coming...
'The Brits are coming' may be the refrain continually heard at the Oscars, but European actors were the ones to finally arrive at Sunday night's ceremony
From Cool Wit to High Cringe Factor
Michael Billington comments on the speeches held during the Oscars ceremony
Coens Alone As No Country Dominates Oscars
Coen brothers' thriller scoops four Academy Awards· Daniel Day-Lewis named best actor for There Will Be Blood· Marion Cotillard springs surprise in race for best actress award
Brotherly Love-in As Coens Scoop Four Oscars
No Country for Old Men wins best film, best director and best screenplay for family film-making team
Full List of Oscar Winners and Nominations
The complete list of 2008 Oscar winners, as they come in, plus all the nominees
Oscars on Course As Writers' Strike Ends
The Oscars will go ahead as planned later this month after US film and TV writers voted to end their strike. By John Plunkett
Oscars Party is Off, Vanity Fair Tells Stars
For years it has been the self-styled 'most exclusive party in the world', but yesterday Vanity Fair's Oscar party was scrapped in sympathy with striking writers
Prime Suspects Triumph at Oscars
Scorsese takes best film and director for The Departed - Mirren wins but little joy for other British contenders
Scorsese, Mirren Take Academy Awards
Martin Scorsese named best director - Mirren gets best actress for The Queen
· The Departed bags four Oscars, including best picture
Profile: Ellen Degeneres
Ellen DeGeneres, the latest Oscars presenter, is seen as a safe pair of hands to restore credibility.
Scorsese Closes in on the Oscar He Has Been Denied So Long
Directors' prize predicts 90% of Academy Awards - Fans outraged at lack of recognition for film-maker
The British Are Going
We like our actors to do well at the Oscars, but we rarely see the winners perform live again. By Peter Preston
Mirren, Dench and Winslet Nominated for Oscars
Helen Mirren, Stephen Frears and Paul Greengrass lead nominations for the 79th annual Academy Awards. Dreamgirls snubbed in best picture race in favour of Babel, The Departed, Letters From Iwo Jima, Little Miss Sunshine and The Queen.
Borat and Queen Crown British Success at Globes
Sacha Baron Cohen emerges as unlikely consort to Dame Helen Mirren in the race for Oscars acting honours as Dreamgirls and Babel set to slug it out for best picture.
Joe Barbera, Creator of Cartoon Classics, Dies at 95
Partnership with Hanna lasted more than 60 years - Tom and Jerry won duo seven Academy Awards
Mirren's Queen Crowned As Favourite to Win Oscar
Helen Mirren is emerging as runaway favourite to win best actress at the Oscars after three US critics' circles rated her performance as the Queen the best of the year.
Jacobs Triumphs Over Celebrity Circus
The Marc Jacobs fashion show has long since become one of the best if most bizarre celebrity circuses one can find this side of the Oscars.
Ellen 'thrilled' to Present the Oscars
First she was a hit TV comedy star and a nation watched on screen as she came out of the closet as a lesbian. Then she became one of the most popular chat show hosts. Now Ellen DeGeneres is to be next year's host of the Oscars.
Taxman Demands Share of Oscars Goodie Bag
Those who hold a rose-tinted view of the entertainment industry may wish to look away now. It turns out that the eye-poppingly expensive gifts showered upon the film stars who present the Oscars are not given purely out of a spirit of generosity.
How Many Oscars Has the British Government Won? The Answer is Two
Moore and Gore may not like it, but their smash-hit movie documentaries are defined by propaganda and over-promotion. By Mark Lawson
Crash Plus Cash Equals Oscar
The formula that gave an independent studio the edge over the majors.
High-profile Wins for Brits at Oscars
Rachel Weisz spearheaded a night of limited yet high-profile British success at the 78th annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles, winning the best supporting actress award for her role as a doomed activist in The Constant Gardener. By Chris Tryhorn and agencies.
Crash Lands Shock Oscar Win
The 78th annual Academy Awards saved its biggest surprise for the dying seconds, when it anointed Crash as best film ahead of runaway favourite Brokeback Mountain. The best film and best director honours have been split only three times in the last 20 years.
(th)ink: "And the Nominee's Are.."
Something's missing in Hollywood..
Oscar Viewing Party Roundup, Copyright Awareness Week, NABOB's Communication Awards Dinner…
…ScreenBurn Beta Festival @ SXSW 2006, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction, TV Land Awards, Top March Dates. The items in this article are only a sampling of what is listed on the main news page. Many of the events above have a submission process for indie and/or performing artists to take part in and so are worth learning more about.
Dark Star of Late Night Tv Gets Lead Role at the Oscars
Hollywood stir over choice of irreverent cult comic to host awards ceremony.
Bomb Victims' Parents Petition Academy to Reject Movie
The parents of three Israeli children killed in a suicide bombing have sent a petition with 32,000 names to Hollywood to demand that a Palestinian film be dropped from the Oscars this weekend on the grounds that it promotes terrorism.
Actors Guild Bucks Brokeback Trend
Brokeback Mountain suffered a blip on its seemingly unstoppable path to Oscar glory last night as members of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) defied the script and handed top awards to Crash, Capote and Walk the Line.
Oscar statues make debut in NYC
The statues are made out of britannium, a pewter like alloy which is then covered in gold plate. Each weighs 8.5 pounds stands 13.5 inches tall.
Mountain Peaks Early at Globe Nominations
Brokeback Mountain established itself as the frontrunner for this year's Academy Awards after leading the field at today's Golden Globe nominations.
Italy's Entry For Best Foreign Film Rejected By Oscars
Italian film "Private" based on Israeli-Palestinian ties rejected by Oscars because it was not in Italian.
Paheli: Indian entry for the Oscar
What Paheli has in store for the audience at the Oscars.
Oh Baby! Film Triumph Makes Clint's Day
The Aviator wins the numbers game but Scorsese fails again to take a top prize.
Comfortably Numb
Yes, it's all very nice and tasteful, but this year's safe neutrals make Hadley Freeman yearn for Cher on the Oscars red carpet
Millions Spent to Grab Oscar Glory
Tonight's Oscar ceremony will be the most expensive privately funded bonanza of all time.
Oscars: and the Award for Best Goodie Bag Goes to ...
Gifts for Academy Awards guests include holidays and mobile phones.
The Oscar Goes to ... the Person Sitting in Row F, Seat 48
It is the moment feared and cherished by Oscar hopefuls: the envelope is opened, a name is read out and then the winner has to struggle to the stage to receive the coveted statuette. But not this year.
More Faces, Less Caution, in New Oscar Broadcasts
The Oscars Academy yesterday announced changes aimed at getting more nominees' faces on camera during the awards ceremony, and prepared to abandon the seven-second broadcast delay
What to Say About ... The Oscar Nominations
The Oscars may be touted as the world's most important arts award, you say, glancing up from Christopher Goodwin's words in the Daily Express, but, "in fact, they are the culmination of a long war, mainly fought out of...
Aviator batters Baby at Oscar nominations
This year's Oscar nominations set Martin Scorsese's The Aviator and Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby on course for a clash on February 27.
Jackson Crowned Oscar King
Eleven awards for Return of the King, including best picture and best director, equals record hauls of Titanic and Ben Hur
Rings Hot, Mountain Cold in Oscar Nominations
The Return of the King leads the pack with 11 nominations for this year's Academy awards, while Cold Mountain was a surprise absentee from the best picture shortlist.
Return of the King Tipped for Best Film at Oscars
The final part of the epic Lord of the Rings trilogy is emerging as a favourite for the best film prize at the Oscars ceremony next February. The first group of awards for the best films and performances of 2003 indicate that Peter Jackson's newly released film could win the prize that...
Gloves Are Off in Oscars Battle
Hollywood pundits tip epic dramas to scoop awards. California will witness the conclusion of one unpredictable election campaign today - as another one gets under way.
Lights Go Down on Giveaway Films for Oscar Judges
Studios' ban on 'screeners' puts small films at risk. Accusations of dirty tricks and shameful attempts to influence the voters have been made. But this is not the aftermath of this week's Californian gubernatorial race but a bitter row over next year's Oscars.
No weeping or whooping, but a worthy winner
"A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma," Churchill once declared of Russia. One might say much the same of JM Coetzee. The only certainty is that his reaction to this news will not be the leap of joy performed by Yann Martel at last year's Booker; nor will he be over wrought by tears in the manner of Roberto Benigni at the Oscars a few years back.
An actor who combined heroic style with liberal conviction
When there was talk earlier this year of the Oscars being postponed because of the war in Iraq, there were many references to a previous cancellation, in 1968, following the assassination of Martin Luther King.
Bring on the razzle-dazzle
How could they see with sequins in their eyes? In these grim times of war, the Academy decided that an old-fashioned entertaining musical was called for. So they decided to be razzle-dazzled by Chicago, giving it six Oscars, including best film - erm, could you run that by me again?
Black wins out in respectful fashion
One of the effects of the war is that it made the Oscars a much duller affair for fashion gawking. Sure, there was the occasional clothing disaster -Hilary Swank in a pink, gauzy mess that looked simultaneously cavity-inducingly sweet and depressingly frumpy;
Peace Prevails at the Oscar Night Love-in
Anti-Bush tirade from Michael Moore eclipses surprise of Polanski award. As soon as Michael Moore appeared on stage to accept his Oscar for best documentary, it was clear that this was going to be no ordinary ceremony.
Chicago Scoops Six Oscars
Chicago led the field at last night's 75th Academy Awards in Los Angeles. Miramax's star-spanged extravaganza came away with six Oscars, double the haul of its nearest competitor, The Hours. In winning the crowning best picture Oscar, Chicago becomes the first musical to...
Muted Oscars Goes Ahead With Call for Peace
A muted Oscars ceremony went ahead in Hollywood last night with a call for peace which was greeted with loud applause. Chris Cooper who won the best supporting actor prize for his role in Adaptation, said: "In light of all the trouble in this world, I wish us all peace...
Glitz Out As Stars Ponder Oscar Protest
Anti-war feeling leads to tight security and crackdown on glamour at ceremony. The red carpet has been rolled up, the navel-plunging gowns slipped back on their hangers, the 'bling-bling' jewels returned to the banks and instead of glitzy arrivals, stars will will go straight to their seats.
Actors' protests bring changes to Oscar awards
The Oscar show will go on this Sunday, but with many modifications and with many actors wearing anti-war badges. A number of actors have cancelled plans to present awards and a nominated director who will also be absent published an open letter attacking the war.
Those Oscar war protests in full
Who's boycotting, who's 'giving it a miss', and who has something to say.
Kaurismaki boycotts Oscars in war protest
The Oscar-nominated Aki Kaurismaki has opted to boycott Sunday's Academy Awards in protest at America's war on Iraq. The Finnish director is tipped to pick up the best foreign film Oscar for his acclaimed comedy The Man Without a Past, produced by his company Sputnik Ltd.
Academy rolls up the red carpet
Oscars producers have said the traditional pre-ceremony parade, when celebrities tarry in a red-carpeted paddock for photographs and interviews, will be cut back on account of the war.
Dirty tricks
Focus: Battle for the Oscars: In the first scene of Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York, we meet the two warring sides as they prepare for a bloody nineteenth-century showdown. The weapons they bear are cudgels and hatchets, shillelaghs and daggers.
War will not stop Oscars show
"The show will go on" even in the event of war, Oscar organisers promised yesterday. Speaking at the annual nominees luncheon - a chance for the Academy to warn potential winners to keep their acceptance speeches short - the awards show producer Gil Cates said the Oscars ceremony would go ahead even if the US launches a war against Iraq, but that the tone of the show would "reflect reality".
Brits make their mark in a tale of two cities
British talent led an assault on the Oscars yesterday with Michael Caine, Daniel Day-Lewis and Catherine Zeta-Jones nominated for their portrayals of a jaded foreign correspondent, a psychopathic 19th century gang leader and a prohibition era murderer respectively.
Complete list of Oscar nominations
Best motion picture of the year
· Chicago
· Gangs Of New York
· The Hours
· The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers
· The Pianist
Chicago leads Oscar nominations
The musical Chicago was nominated for 13 Oscars this afternoon, pitting it against literary drama The Hours and Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York for the big prizes.
Raspberry time for Hollywood's worst
This is nominations week in the film world with the Oscars shortlist being announced tomorrow. The nominations that only masochists want to receive are out today, with the director Guy Ritchie and his wife, Madonna, both in line for the award of the dreaded Golden Raspberry.
Politics and war skew betting on the Oscars
Politics, with a capital and a small P, may play a major role in both the choice of Oscar winners and what happens on Oscar night itself in March. Public figures outside the film world are calling on academy members to vote for films they believe have a social message and critics see this year's race as increasingly political in nature.
No Fear of Virginia Woolf at Golden Globes
Nearly 40 years after the film Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? walked off with a bunch of Oscars, the English author proved that she continues to have the Hollywood touch. The Hours, the film loosely based on her life and writing and made by British director Stephen Daldry, won the Golden...
Palestinian film denied Oscars entry
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the selection committee behind the Oscars, has controversially denied a Palestinian film entry into next year's Best Foreign Language Film category, citing that it originates from a country not formally recognised by the United Nations.
Mother Jones Knows Best
Forget the Oscars. America's venerable activist magazine is much better at rewarding diddly squat, writes Duncan Campbell.
Disconnected From Reality
Duncan Campbell watched the Oscars from the press room and didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Oscars: Firsts Among Equals
It will be remembered as the night that black actors swept the board at the Oscars. Halle Berry became the first black actress ever to win the leading actress award for her role in Monster's Ball, and Denzel Washington took the leading actor prize for his part in Training Day, the first black actor for four decades to do so.
Hollywood Under Pressure to End $60m Scramble for Oscars
After political campaign reform, is it time for Oscar campaign reform? In the week that the US Congress agreed to curb the abuses of political donations and campaign financing, Hollywood's film studios are coming under increasing pressure to end the annual lobbying for Oscars. Hollywood...
Hollywood knives are out as Oscars get nasty
John Nash, subject of A Beautiful Mind, is to refute anti-semitic allegations on TV.
Screen Actors Guild Laurels for Brits
British actors have triumphed at the Screen Actors Guild awards in Los Angeles, sowing the annual seeds of hope that the nation's talent will be rewarded at the Oscars next week. Veteran performers Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen won best supporting actor awards, while the mainly British...
Actors Go Mad for the Oscars
Playing a character having a mental breakdown wins awards.
Brits to the Fore in Oscar Nominations
Dench and Winslet both named for Iris but Lord of the Rings leads the dance with 13 citations
Monstrous Battle for Oscar Glory
Monsters, Inc., Disney's latest animation feature film, is about to open but faces an uphill struggle to beat Shrek to an Academy Award.
Film finds that maths plus Crowe is winning formula
A film based on the true story of a schizophrenic mathematics genius has won the top awards in the event now widely regarded as a warm-up for the Oscars. The lavish ceremony of the Golden Globes, the prizes for film and television handed out annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press...
Oscar speculation begins in earnest
Like Christmas shopping, the run-in for the Oscars starts a little earlier every year and the first prizes of 2002 were handed out at the weekend. The Lord of the Rings and Mulholland Drive were the beneficiaries of awards ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York, with British representation coming...