Oscar nominees who don't end up with a coveted gold statuette at the Academy Awards on Sunday won't go home empty handed after all. Los Angeles-based marketing firm Distinctive Assets will be handing out its annual "Everyone Wins at the Oscars Nominee Gift Bag", valued at more than $45,000, to the talented and well-dressed "losers," the company said on Tuesday. ...
05:18 PM, Feb 24, 2013
A small scene from the 1982 Oscar-winning biopic 'Gandhi' saw a relatively unknown, young actor bully Mahatma Gandhi on screen. The actor, who played the street bully, was none other than Daniel Day-Lewis, the frontrunner for the best actor trophy at the Oscars tonight for his powerful portrayal of the 16th US president Abraham Lincoln. ...
04:21 PM, Feb 24, 2013
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is encouraging celebrities to tweet during the Oscars. The film organization has expanded its digital outreach for the 85th Academy Awards with a new feature that lets stars to snap photos of themselves backstage during Sunday's ceremony and instantly post them online. ...
12:32 PM, Feb 24, 2013
A few old-school video cameras, a cloned apartment, a sea of digital sharks, and an actress who helped herself to craft services were just a few tricks that international filmmakers employed in their Oscar nominated films. ...
11:32 AM, Feb 24, 2013
Some dressed down in jeans and hoodies. Others looked camera-ready in suits or chic dresses and spiky stilettos. But no matter how they looked, all of the stars who rehearsed Saturday for the 85th Academy Awards seemed excited about being a part of the big show. ...
11:26 AM, Feb 24, 2013
Bigger stars, more music and edgier comedy are on the menu for Sunday's Oscar ceremony, when the most coveted awards in the movie industry are handed out during a glittering Academy Awards show. ...
11:16 AM, Feb 24, 2013
The 85th Academy Awards will be presented on Sunday night. ...
09:45 AM, Feb 24, 2013
'Skyfall' actress Naomie Harris plans to wear a unique dress, one made from sweet wrappers, to the 85th Academy Awards. ...
04:38 PM, Feb 23, 2013
People may think that in the director category, Ben Affleck got robbed by the Academy this year, but consider this: Alfred Hitchcock never won a competitive Oscar. Actor Peter O'Toole was nominated eight times but never took home the award. If that doesn't prove the Academy doesn't vote with posterity in mind, I don't know what could. ...
03:33 PM, Feb 23, 2013
Multiple Academy Award winners Jack Nicholson and Dustin Hoffman will present at this year's Oscars ceremony, show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today. ...
03:09 PM, Feb 23, 2013
Actor-director Ben Affleck visited Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) as part of his research for his Oscar-nominated film 'Argo'. The 40-year-old undertook extensive investigations for the film, which follows the real-life story of US diplomats, who were taken hostage in Iran in 1979. He wanted to ensure his dramatisation remained accurate to true accounts. ...
02:11 PM, Feb 23, 2013
The 85th Academy Awards in Los Angeles will be held Sunday, February 24, 2013. 'Lincoln' leads the Academy Awards with 12 nominations, including best picture. ...
01:40 PM, Feb 23, 2013
Just three months ago, 'Zero Dark Thirty' looked like a strong contender for the movie industry's biggest prize. But when the Oscar for Best Picture is handed out on Sunday, the thriller about the decade-long U.S. hunt for, and 2011 killing of, Osama bin Laden is unlikely to get its name engraved on the coveted gold statuette. ...
11:07 AM, Feb 23, 2013
With 11 Oscar nominations, Ang Lee's 'Life of Pi', which revolves around the story of an Indian boy lost at sea for months with a Bengal tiger, has been voted as the most flawless motion-picture by fans in a survey conducted by MovieMistakes.com. ...
04:05 PM, Feb 22, 2013
The movie studios behind this year's Best Picture nominees already have brought home a treasured prize: big box-office sales that placed the Oscar contenders among the most-watched films of 2012. ...
10:18 AM, Feb 22, 2013
'Lincoln' leads the Academy Awards with 12 nominations, including best picture. ...
11:29 PM, Feb 21, 2013
The performance, will also feature Oscar nominees Anne Hathaway and Hugh Jackman from 'Les Miserables'. ...
03:34 PM, Feb 21, 2013
