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Jessica Alba, others, mark National Poetry Month
Jessica Alba is adding her voice to National Poetry Month, helping to lure children into the art form. Alba is among more than a dozen celebrity ...
Streep gives $10K to Viola Davis' RI student fund
Actress Meryl Streep has donated $10,000 to a Rhode Island scholarship fund in honor of fellow Oscar nominee Viola Davis. Davis established the fund ...
Streep gives $10K to Viola Davis' student fund
Oscar-winning actress Meryl Streep has donated $10,000 to a Rhode Island scholarship fund in honor of fellow Oscar nominee Viola Davis. Streep won an ...
For blacks, mix of 'Help' emotions on Oscar night
Despite torrents of debate among African-Americans over the merits of the segregation-era movie "The Help," most still hoped that Viola Davis, who ...
Everything old was new again at the Oscars
Justin Bieber wasn't mincing words. "I'm here to bring you the 18 to 24 demographic," the teen pop star told Billy Crystal in the opening Oscar ...
Stars swamp loud, colorful Oscar parties
While a nearly silent, black-and-white throwback film to old Hollywood won best picture at Sunday's Academy Awards, after-parties around town ...
Few inspired moments during predictable Oscars
Nostalgia ruled at the Oscars, with the classic film homages "The Artist" and "Hugo" dominating with five awards each, Meryl Streep winning her first ...
'The Artist' earns best-picture, lead-actor Oscars
"The Artist" won five Academy Awards on Sunday including best picture, becoming the first silent film to triumph at Hollywood's highest honors since ...
What you didn't see on TV during the Oscars
Even the hundreds of photographers, TV cameras and webcams around the Hollywood & Highland Center can't capture every starry moment of Sunday's 84th ...
Octavia Spencer wins best supporting actress Oscar
Octavia Spencer inspired her formidable character in "The Help," but the actress turned into a softy Sunday as she accepted an Oscar for the role.
New fashion stars include Mara, Stone and Chastain
There were many new fashion faces on the red carpet at the 84th annual Academy Awards on Sunday night, but they brought with them a lot of old ...
Plummer, Spencer win supporting-acting Oscars
Christopher Plummer became the oldest acting winner ever at Sunday's Academy Awards for his supporting performance in "Beginners," while veteran bit ...
Oscar stars arrive, with one dressed like statue
Best actor nominees George Clooney and Jean Dujardin hit the Academy Award red carpet Sunday night to the delight of fans in the bleachers outside the ...
Oscar stars arrive, with one dressed like statute
Best actor nominees George Clooney and Jean Dujardin hit the Academy Award red carpet Sunday night to the delight of fans in the bleachers outside the ...
'Artist' wins best-picture at indie Spirit Awards
"The Artist" won best picture and three other prizes Saturday at the Spirit Awards honoring independent film, a possible prelude to a big night at the ...
Crystal to the rescue for 84th Academy Awards show
The Oscar ceremony has much to prove Sunday, including whether a blockbuster-free field can draw a TV audience and if Billy Crystal's host routine ...
Women in Film celebrates female Oscar nominees
Gwyneth Paltrow, Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens and Allison Janney celebrated their Oscar-nominated sisters at Women in Film's fifth annual pre-Oscar ...
Firth, Portman, Bale, Leo to present at Oscars
All four acting winners from last year's Academy Awards are returning to this weekend's Oscars as presenters. Organizers say Colin Firth, Natalie ...
Nostalgic Oscars party like it's the 1920s again
It's only the 84th year of the Academy Awards, yet the nostalgia factor feels as though Hollywood is celebrating a centennial of some sort.
'The Help' cleans up at 43rd NAACP Image Awards
"The Help" collected three prizes at the NAACP Image Awards, including top actress honors for Viola Davis, the supporting actress prize for Octavia ...
Vera Wang: Sensual and suggestive styles on runway
Vera Wang was going for sensual in her fall styles presented Tuesday at New York Fashion Week, and she succeeded. Suggestive, sheer champagne-colored ...
'The Artist' named best picture at UK film awards
Silent movie "The Artist" had a night to shout about Sunday, winning seven prizes including best picture at the British Academy Film Awards.
Clooney, Pitt, Streep due at British film awards
Spies were taking on silent stars in London Sunday, as espionage thriller "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" and mute movie "The Artist" faced off at the ...