
Obamas welcome children to annual Easter Egg Roll
An amused President Barack Obama read a children's book to a gathering of boys and girls at the White House, then peppered them with questions: Had ...

The Onion apologizes for offensive actress tweet
The Onion is apologizing for calling the 9-year-old star of "Beasts of the Southern Wild" a vulgar and offensive name on Twitter, an attack that led ...

Milan designers propose assertive winter looks
Milan designers have proposed assertive and even aggressive looks for next year, as if to fill a power vacuum felt keenly in Italy in the face of ...

Armani, Dior rack up fashion wins at Oscars
Forget glamour girls Jessica Chastain versus Jennifer Lawrence. By the end of a long Oscars telecast, the only person who could have stolen the ...

Jennifer Lawrence wins Oscar for best actress
Jennifer Lawrence has won the Academy Award for best actress for her performance as a young widower in "Silver Linings Playbook." It's the first Oscar ...

MacFarlane doesn't mince words at Oscars
With jokes about domestic violence, breast-baring actresses, picking up Sally Field and a presidential assassination, Seth MacFarlane certainly didn't ...

'Beasts' star Quvenzhane Wallis cast as 'Annie'
The young Oscar-nominated star of "Beasts of the Southern Wild" has been cast in the lead role of a new version of "Annie." Sony Pictures announced ...

Winfrey, 'Beasts' actress honored at Essence lunch
Nine-year-old Oscar nominee Quvenzhane Wallis toted a plush, dog-shaped purse with jeweled handles as she rubbed shoulders with Oprah Winfrey and ...

Wallis a natural actress, but is 9 too young?
"Beasts of the Southern Wild" star Quvenzhane Wallis is an actress of talent, poise and maturity well beyond her years. She was only 5 years old when ...

First lady plugs 'Beasts of the Southern Wild'
Michelle Obama on Wednesday gushed over the Oscar-nominated film "Beasts of the Southern Wild," calling it one of the "most powerful and most ...

Sundance is a bit much, even for founder Redford
Everybody wants a piece of Robert Redford. Young filmmakers talking him up for advice on the street. The stewardess on an airplane who mentions her ...

Affleck, Argo win big at Critics' Choice Awards
Hours after a surprise snub in Academy Award nominations, Ben Affleck won best director and his film "Argo" was named best picture at the Critics' ...

Child star of 'Beasts' taking Oscar nod in stride
Quvenzhane Wallis was experiencing something of an internal struggle when she found out she'd been nominated for an Academy Award early Thursday ...

Spielberg's in at Oscars, Bigelow, Affleck are out
Steven Spielberg had a great day at the Academy Awards nominations, where his Civil War saga "Lincoln" led with 12 nominations. It was not so great ...

Oscar odds, ends, facts and figures
Fun stuff to know about Thursday's Oscar nominations: GOLDEN AGE: At 85 years old, Emmanuelle Riva of "Amour" is now the oldest best actress nominee, ...

Oscar snubs: Musical chairs in the director's seat
In this year's Oscar nominations, the director's seat was the hot seat. In the now heavily analyzed awards season, unequivocal snubs have become less ...

List of 85th annual Academy Award nominations
Complete list of 85th Annual Academy Award nominations announced Thursday: 1. Best Picture: "Amour," ''Argo," ''Beasts of the Southern Wild," ''Django ...