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'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 ...
Oscars change rule for best original song nominees
There will be more songs vying for Oscars at next year's Academy Awards. The motion picture academy said Thursday that there will be a minimum of five ...
'Hairspray' producers Zadan, Meron to run Oscars
The producing team that helped to create such musicals as "Chicago" and "Hairspray" is overseeing the next Academy Awards ceremony. Academy management ...
Fallon was asked, and passed, on Oscar host gig
Jimmy Fallon says he was asked to host next year's Academy Awards but declined the gig. The talk-show host told Matt Lauer Wednesday that "it's an ...
Hamlisch left his signature on decades of films
The word "prolific" gets tossed around a lot, but it couldn't be more appropriate in discussing the work of the late, great Marvin Hamlisch. This is ...
Olympics inspire list of Queen Elizabeth II movies
Queen Elizabeth II became an unofficial Bond girl over the weekend after parachuting out of a helicopter with Daniel Craig during the lavish opening ...
Oscar-winning actress Celeste Holm dies at 95
Celeste Holm, a versatile, bright-eyed blonde who soared to Broadway fame in "Oklahoma!" and won an Oscar in "Gentleman's Agreement" but whose last ...
Oscar-winning producer Richard Zanuck dead at 77
Film producer Richard Zanuck, who won the best picture Oscar for "Driving Miss Daisy" and was involved in such blockbuster films as "Jaws" and "The ...
And the Oscar goes to ... Batman? Could happen
It's a good thing Batman dresses in black. He could be a popular guy on Hollywood's black-tie circuit come Academy Awards season. "The Dark Knight ...
Durable Borgnine's motto: 'You gotta go to work'
He was a tubby tough guy with a pug of a mug, as unlikely a big-screen star or a romantic lead as could be imagined. Yet Ernest Borgnine won a woman's ...
McConaughey, 175 others asked to join film academy
The Oscar-winning and nominated stars of "The Artist" and "The Help" have been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Film academy makes hairstyling eligible for Oscar
Hollywood hairstylists are now officially eligible for the industry's most coveted hardware: the Oscar. The film academy said Thursday that the ...
Ephron blazed trail in male-dominated industry
Before Nancy Meyers, before Sofia Coppola, before Julie Delpy and Kasi Lemmons and Nicole Holofcener, there was Nora Ephron. She was a rare woman ...