The Artist and Hugo lead the nominations race, as Meryl, Michelle and Viola compete for Best Actress and friends George and Brad vie for Best Actor
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2012 Oscar Nominations: Who Will Win?
The nominations are in, and we’ve got the dish on what it all means. The big battles: The Artist vs. Hugo, Clooney vs. Pitt, Marilyn vs. Maggie — and Dragon Tattoo vs. the Motion Picture Academy
What the Doc Is Going On With the Academy’s New Rule Changes?
This year’s documentary category left out Steve James’ masterful The Interrupters. Will new rules prevent such a thing from happening in the future?
Film Critics’ Awards: An Early Clue to Oscar Nominations
The reviewers groups favored The Artist, George Clooney and Michelle Williams. Will their preferences be reflected in the Oscar nominations?
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Get Ready for a Medley! Oscars Bring Billy Crystal Back
Earlier this week, Eddie Murphy bailed as host of the Oscars after his Tower Heist producer, Brett Ratner, was booted from producing the awards for using an anti-gay slur in a press conference. The Academy moved quickly to hire a new producer, Brian Grazer, and now for Murphy’s replacement, it’s decided to go straight for its comfort …
Eddie Murphy Quits The Oscars
Less than 24 hours after Brett Ratner stepped down as Oscar producer amid controversy surrounding a recent anti-gay slur he made, Eddie Murphy has followed suit
Tower Heist Director Brett Ratner Steps Down As Oscar Producer
Following his use of a gay slur during a Q&A (and other remarks), it was only a matter of time.
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Oscar Wants to Party All the Time: Eddie Murphy to Host Academy Awards
In one of the most stunning news flashes since the shooting of Buckwheat, Eddie Murphy has been announced as the host of the next Academy Awards broadcast, next Feb. 26 on ABC.
Murphy was apparently recruited as Oscar host by awards co-producer Brett Ratner, who directed him in the forthcoming movie Tower Heist. Murphy will join past …
The 25 Best and Worst Oscar Gowns of All-TIME
TIME’s Feifei Sun and Claire Suddath pick the most unforgettable dresses ever to appear at the Academy Awards
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Red Carpet Showdown: Disney Yanks ABC from Cablevision on Oscar Day
A showdown between Disney, the parent company of ABC, and New York-area cable provider Cablevision went nuclear today, as the Mouse pulled the Alphabet from the—um, the cable-TV company—just before its biggest broadcast of the year, the Academy Awards.
If you’re like me, the details of these contretemps make your eyes glaze over, …
Top 10 Oscar-Nomination Snubs
The list of movie greats who never won an Academy Award is long and sad, but there are significant artists and pictures eliminated from contention before Oscar races even begin. Here are 10 classics the Academy ignored
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Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin to Host Oscars
The producers of the Academy Awards announced that Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will host the next Oscar ceremony, which means that you can blame me if it sucks. Earlier this year, while doing my traditional crabby TV-critic’s postmortem of the show after it made a Hugh Jackman of itself, I wrote:
Doing a reasonably entertaining Oscars
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Promotional Announcement
James will be back from vacation on Sunday, and he’s demanded that we put him back to work immediately. He’ll be live-blogging the Oscars—a television show about movies hosted by a Tony-winner—along with fim critic Richard Corliss and fashionista Kate Betts at http://live.blogs.time.com. Jim has also recorded a medley featuring the …