Academy Awards

Despite being almost universally panned for his gag-heavy, borderline misogynistic performance as the host of the 2013 Oscar telecast, Seth MacFarlane...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the dates of both the 2014 and 2015 Oscars today. While the 2014 ceremony is being pushed to...

The date of the Oscars telecast is usually as predictable as the ceremony itself, but it looks like that's changed. The 2014 Academy Awards will be he...

While the 85th annual Oscars sang us to sleep, for celebrities, their night had only just begun. After all the thank-you's and tumbles, Hollywood's be...

Not everyone in Hollywood gets invited to the Oscars, so that means plenty of celebrities and comedians are stuck at home, commenting on the night's e...

Lest we forget, the Oscars are, on the most basic level, a marketing tool for the film industry. The Academy's seal of approval is supposed to be acco...

It happens every year: a beloved celeb gets left out of the annual Oscars In Memoriam segment. So who ended up getting snubbed this year? Andy Grif...

Let's face it: we actually like it when Oscar night provides us with snubs and surprises. They add suspense to what is often a predictable show, they ...

To use the kind of arbitrary pop culture reference Seth MacFarlane loves, hosting the Oscars is sort of like the opening sequence of "Raiders of the L...

LOS ANGELES — Ben Affleck's "Argo," a film about a fake movie, has earned a very real prize: best picture at the Academy Awards. From the White H...

"Argo" get your Oscar! The Ben Affleck-directed film ended up taking home the Academy Award for Best Picture this year. "I want to thank Tony Mend...

After a very tight race, Jennifer Lawrence won Best Actress for her performance in "Silver Linings Playbook." It's the first Oscar for the 22-year-...

In perhaps the least shocking win of this year's Oscars, Daniel Day-Lewis won the Academy Award for Best Actor on Sunday, for his performance as Abrah...

We've reached the apex of awards season: The Oscars. While its the most prestigious gold one can take home in Hollywood, it's also the red carpet ...

All those tears were worth it, Daniel Craig: Adele is now an Oscar winner. At the 85th Academy Awards, the British songstress won Best Original So...

At this year's Academy Awards, there was a tie (gasp!). It was in the Best Sound Editing category, with the award going to Paul N.J. Ottosson for his ...

No surprises here. Anne Hathaway won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress at the 85th Academy Awards on Sunday night, a category she's been the favor...

Seth MacFarlane was at his Seth MacFarlane-ist Sunday night during the monologue for the 85th Academy Awards. The "Family Guy" creator / big band sing...

Disney/Pixar's Scottish adventure "Brave" won the Academy Award for best animated feature film. The other nominees were Disney's other film (and th...

Christoph Waltz won his second Academy Award, this time for Best Supporting Actor for "Django Unchained." In a semi-teary speech, the renowned acto...

Ladies and gentlemen, we've made it: It's Oscar night! Tonight, the Oscars, hosted by "Family Guy" showman Seth MacFarlane, is being broadcast live fr...

After all the campaigning, controversy, and uh, delicious food, the 85th Academy Awards have finally arrived. Airing live from the Dolby Theater i...

Argo is not my favorite film of the year. It didn't even make my best-of list. But it's a populist mainstream genre entry of uncommon craft and intelligence, rooted in character and narrative. In terms of the best representation of what 2012 had to offer, Argo is absolutely the movie of the year.

Why are the Academy members constantly playing it safe? I see films every year that blow most nominees out of the water but they're always unnoticed by the Academy.

Ah, to be as squeaky-clean and even-tempered as actor Richard Gere. When we realized that James Lipton’s liveblog of the Oscars and the 10-year a...