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Michelle Obama announces Best Picture winner
Michelle Obama made a surprise appearance at the Oscars, opening the envelope that contained the name of the Best Picture winner, "Argo." Appearing ...
'Argo' takes best picture at the Oscars
If Ben Affleck was snubbed by the Oscars, everyone should be so lucky. His Iran rescue thriller "Argo" has won best picture from the Academy Awards.
List of 85th annual Academy Award winners
List of the 85th annual Academy Award winners announced Sunday in Los Angeles: 1. Best Picture: "Argo." 2. Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, "Lincoln." 3.
Day-Lewis wins record third best actor Oscar
Daniel Day-Lewis has won the Academy Award for best actor for his exactingly authentic performance as President Abraham Lincoln in Steven Spielberg's ...
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 ...
Ang Lee wins best director Oscar for 'Life of Pi'
Ang Lee has won the Academy Award for best director for his "Life of Pi." It's the second Oscar for Lee, who won in 2005 for "Brokeback Mountain." He ...
Adele's 'Skyfall' theme wins Oscar for best song
Adele's "Skyfall" has won the Academy Award for best original song, a first for a James Bond theme. While 007 themes have long been a beloved movie ...
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 ...
Hathaway wins Oscar for best supporting actress
Anne Hathaway has won the Academy Award for best supporting actor for her teary, show-stopping performance in "Les Miserables." Hathaway famously ...
'Amour' wins Oscar for best foreign language film
Michael Haneke's brutal depiction of an aging couple, "Amour," has won the Academy Award for best foreign language film. It's the second time an ...
Waltz wins supporting-actor prize for 'Django'
Christoph Waltz really owes Quentin Tarantino. Waltz won his second supporting-actor Academy Award on Sunday for a Tarantino film, this time as a ...
'Sugar Man' wins Oscar for best documentary
"Searching for Sugar Man," the heartwarming chronicle of a forgotten musician's rediscovery, has won the Academy Award for best documentary.
Pixar's 'Brave' wins Oscar for best animated film
Pixar's Scottish adventure "Brave" has won the Academy Award for best animated feature film. The win extends Pixar's domination of the category, ...
Christoph Waltz wins best supporting actor Oscar
Christoph Waltz has won best supporting actor from the Academy Awards for his performance as a refined bounty hunter in Quentin Tarantino's outlandish ...
McCarthy's 'Identity Thief' tops box office again
Hollywood's latest films performed tepidly at the box-office on Oscar weekend, with Melissa McCarthy's "Identity Thief" returning to the top spot in ...
Dozens of stars spend Saturday at Oscar rehearsals
Some dressed down in jeans and hoodies. Others looked camera-ready in suits or chic dresses and spiky stilettos. But all of the stars who rehearsed ...
Razzies put bite on 'Twilight' as worst picture
The "Twilight" team finally has earned some love — or loathing — from Team Razzies. "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2" was picked as last ...
Oscar foreign film nominees reveal movie magic
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 ...
'Silver Linings' leads Spirit Awards with 4 prizes
The oddball romance "Silver Linings Playbook" was named best picture Saturday at the Spirit Awards honoring independent film, Hollywood's last ...
Report: Chile's Pinochet wanted anti-vote violence
Newly published U.S. documents indicate that Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet sought to use military force to annul the referendum portrayed in the ...
Oscars expand social media outreach for 85th show
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is encouraging celebrities to tweet during the Oscars. The film organization has expanded its digital ...
Adele, 'Les Miserables' cast sing on Oscar stage
It was an extra starry, musical day at the Dolby Theatre. Adele took the stage first Friday, followed by the cast of "Les Miserables," singing ...
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 ...
Oscar animators ready to be taken seriously
In the animated feature film category at this year's Oscars, there's a film set in medieval Scotland, another that features old-school video game ...
Students replace models as Oscar trophy carriers
You know those tall, leggy beauties that normally carry the Oscar trophies so the stars can present them? They've been replaced this year by aspiring ...