Academy Awards

I have been on the record with my support of McConaughey for the Oscar since I saw this movie. Who else is on deck for this one? Robert De Niro? Philip Seymour Hoffman? That's nice. It's McConaughey's year.

Welcome to the first in what will be a series of weekly columns updating the state of the Oscar race. We'll continue to trace who's ahead and who's a ...

Early in the awards season, The Academy is experiencing some serious growing pains. In an effort to get with the times, nomination ballots can now be ...

By Tom O'Neil, Gold Derby The process that decides which films get nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars is not as simple as you might imagine. ...

As another year comes to a close, there's only one question -- well, at least around the Moviefone Christmas Tree -- that lingers in the air: What wer...

He's more than just a Fam-ily Guy! The Academy announced that funnyman Seth MacFarlane will be hosting the 85th annual Academy Awards. This is Mac...

Fall is here, and in Movieland that means only one thing: Oscar season. Yes, it's hard to believe that it's been seven months since Uggie and company ...

It's Awards Season again! (Wait, what?) Well, not really. Per @theAcademy Twitter account, the 85th Annual Academy Awards will air on February 24, ...

The truth is that for the past 10 years most of the Academy Awards that have gone to black actors were for roles that embody what some may call "nostalgic" views of blackness.

While some had gripes with Billy Crystal's blackface routine hosting stint during the 84th Academy Awards, most were impressed that the typically long...

Despite the fact that Richard Dreyfuss was out and about after the 84th Academy Awards, he wasn't really in the mood for celebrating. Dreyfuss beg...

The 84th annual Academy Awards weren't just marked by boredom, blackface and audio problems -- there were actually some laughs too. Presenting the ...

Forget the trophies and adulation; the Academy Awards are really about one thing: famous people getting drunk, having fun and being photographed! Afte...

After the 2011 awards, when it was so painfully obvious that the Academy was trying to reinvent itself for a younger audience, this year older proved to be better.

"Oscar! Oscar! ... You didn't think I wasn't going to do this, did ya?" exclaimed a singing Billy Crystal during the 84th Annual Academy Awards. Ho...

While the Oscars may have ended (and quite early, too!), celebrities' night has just begun. Now all the statues have been handed out, it's time for Ho...

In what might have been the tightest race of Oscar night, Meryl Streep beat Viola Davis to win Best Actress at the 84th annual Academy Awards. With 17...

C'est incroyable! Jean Dujardin won Best Actor at the 84th annual Academy Awards on Sunday night for his charming lead role in "The Artist." "I lov...

The Muppets may have been bumped from performing their popular Oscar-winning song, but they had a much more distinguished honor: introducing Cirque du...

You loved it at the Screen Actors Guild Awards back in January, and you loved it again during the 84th annual Academy Awards: the "Bridesmaids"-approv...

Octavia Spencer plowed through awards season as the frontrunner for Best Supporting Actress, and the veteran character actress didn't disappoint on Os...

The Academy Awards Red Carpet is usually known as the glitziest and most glamorous event in pop culture, but the 2012 Oscars features a unique guest s...

Nick Nolte, an Oscar nominee at the 84th annual Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor, hit the red carpet on Sunday evening and provided some diffi...

Hollywood's biggest night is finally here! The 84th annual Academy Awards, live from the Hollywood & Highland Center in the heart of Los Angeles' Holl...

LOS ANGELES — Academy Awards voters have spoken up for "The Artist," the first silent film to triumph at Hollywood's highest honors since the or...