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Familiar names line up for Golden Globe noms
A familiar lineup of Hollywood awards contenders are expected among Golden Globe nominations, whose prospects include past Oscar winners Daniel ...
'Lincoln,' 'Les Mis,' 'Playbook' lead SAG awards
The Civil War saga "Lincoln," the musical "Les Miserables" and the comic drama "Silver Linings Playbook" boosted their Academy Awards prospects ...
'Amour' takes top prize from LA film critics
The French-language drama "Amour" was chosen as the year's best film Sunday by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, whose prizes are among a ...
'Bully,' 'Chasing Ice' are among Oscar contenders
The anti-bullying film "Bully," the climate-change study "Chasing Ice" and the AIDS chronicle "How to Survive a Plague" are among 15 features on the ...
Katzenberg, Spielberg attend Governors Awards
Tom Hanks. Quincy Jones. Kristen Stewart. Warren Beatty. Quentin Tarantino. George Lucas. Steven Spielberg. Kirk Douglas. Amy Adams. Richard Gere.
MacFarlane surprises UCLA class, announces contest
Oscar host Seth MacFarlane is inviting college students to join him on stage at the Academy Awards. The "Family Guy" creator made a surprise ...
Stuntman, documentarian among early Oscar winners
The honorary Oscar winners at the 4th annual Governors Awards include a stuntman who broke 56 bones during his performing career, a documentarian who ...
Superheroes, Bond, hobbits vie for effects Oscar
James Bond, Snow White and a whole lot of hobbits and superheroes are in the running for the visual-effects prize at the Academy Awards. The superhero ...
Child star of 'Beasts' back in bayou
She was just nominated for a Spirit Award for her leading role in "Beasts of the Southern Wild," and there's buzz that Golden Globe and Oscar nods ...
'Moonrise,' 'Silver Linings' lead Spirit Awards
The oddball romances "Moonrise Kingdom" and "Silver Linings Playbook" picked up five nominations each Tuesday to lead the Spirit Awards honoring ...
5 examples of cinematographer Deakins' best work
Roger Deakins is the rare person I was actually nervous to interview because I'm such a huge fan of his work. When I talked to the veteran ...
21 animated features vying for Oscar nominations
"Brave," ''Wreck-It Ralph" and "Rise of the Guardians" are among the animated features angling for an Oscar nomination. The motion picture academy ...
Spielberg, Day-Lewis unite for epic 'Lincoln' tale
The task of encapsulating the essence of Abraham Lincoln in a single film took Steven Spielberg roughly three times as long as it took the 16th ...
Tina Fey, Amy Poehler to host Golden Globes
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are teaming up for the Golden Globes. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Dick Clark Productions and NBC announced ...
Oscars have record 71 foreign-language submissions
Academy Awards organizers have received submissions from a record 71 countries for this season's foreign-language prize. The entries include Austria's ...
Abe, 'Argo,' 'Les Mis' jockey for Oscar attention
Hollywood is in its usual hazy head space when it comes to the Academy Awards race. The dilemma: Handicapping the players when so many of the ...
'Family Guy' creator MacFarlane to host Oscars
"Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane says being invited to host the 2013 Academy Awards "was the greatest call that I could have gotten in show ...
Philippines' Oscar hope is drama on aging gay man
An independent drama that explores the loneliness and missed opportunities of an ailing, 70-year-old gay man is testing Philippine sensibilities about ...
Iran official says will boycott 2013 Oscars
Iran's culture minister said Monday that his country will boycott the 2013 Oscars in the wake of the anti-Islam video made in the United States that ...
Oscar nomination date jumps ahead to Jan. 10
The dynamics have shifted for Hollywood's upcoming film honors now that the Academy Awards nominations are moving ahead of the Golden Globes.
Bill Murray mulls Oscar prospects as Roosevelt
Most stars shun the "O word" — Oscar — when they might be in the running for an Academy Award, not wanting to jinx their chances or look too eager.
Hungary: Roma movie "Just the Wind" for Oscars
Hungary's National Film Fund has selected "Just the Wind," a film featuring a cast of amateur Roma actors, as the country's entry for next year's ...
Did Eastwood's RNC act cause trouble for 'Curve'?
A week after Clint Eastwood's appearance before the Republican National Convention, mocking continues about the Hollywood veteran's peculiar, rambling ...
Jeffrey Katzenberg, others, to get honorary Oscars
The first Oscars of the season have been awarded. The film academy's board of governors voted Wednesday to present honorary Academy Awards to stuntman ...
'Hugo' editor Thelma Schoonmaker wins Gucci award
Thelma Schoonmaker, a three-time Academy Award winner, was awarded on Friday the second Gucci award for women's achievement in filmmaking for her work ...