Articles related to "The Academy Awards"

Only 14 statuettes were handed out, but the recipients - Louis Milestone, Janet Gaynor & Charles Chaplin, among them - are still well known to classic movie fans today.

The 2009 Oscar winners include "Slumdog Millionaire" for best picture, Kate Winslet for best actress, Sean Penn for best actor and Danny Boyle for best director.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was formed in part to honor those in the film industry. Over the years, its participants have contributed to Oscar trivia.

The 25th Annual Academy Awards gave Americans the opportunity to sit in their living rooms and feel like they were mingling with the stars.

If you want to predict Oscar winners, here's what UCLA researchers say are the strongest factors in making Oscar predictions and forecasting Academy Award winners!

In two decades, the last filled with political and social unrest, movies went from dramas and romances to epics and musicals. The Academy Awards reflected these changes.

These five Oscar winning movies from the 1960s included two classical musicals, a desert war epic, a comedy drama, and a bawdy tale from 18th century England.

"Atonement," "Juno," "Michael Clayton," "No Country for Old Men," "There Will Be Blood": A side-by-side, head-to-head look at strengths and weaknesses.

A gay politician, a man who ages backwards and a slumdog are all subjects of some of the 2009 Oscar nominees for best picture. Who deserves the statuette on Feb. 22?

This just may be the year actress Kate Winslet takes home an Oscar.

The most interesting and perhaps the most controversial categories at the world's biggest awards show may again include Best Actor in the male and female section.

Like Christmas, the annual Academy Awards season seems to kick off earlier every year, with studios pitching for Oscar success months before the big night in February.

Ceremony was boring, ran too long and even the celebrities looked like they'd rather be eating pizza

"No Country for Old Men" wins Best Picture in bumpy but fresh post-strike awards show.

The 81st Annual Academy Awards were held last evening at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood CA. Take a tour of some of the jewelry high points of the evening.

The 1940s saw several firsts that became part of Academy Award history and trivia. From the first foreign film Oscar to the youngest director to receive a nomination.

Many of these 1940s Oscar movies are strong examples of powerful film making and are highly regarded today. Even the weaker ones are still enjoyable and worth a look.

Some of these five Oscar winning movies were not necessarily audience choices for best picture, but the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences loved them.

Although these best films from the late 1980s did not leave as rich a legacy as other decades, the Academy did select some good, if not great, movies.

From the beginning, Oscars have been tainted by politics, studio manipulation and just plain weird decisions.

"Pod" type dangle earrings and draping bracelets were worn by a prepondence of celebrities in attendance at the 2008 Academy Awards.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will shortly name the 2008 nominees for the Oscars. Now's time to test your knowledge of winners from the 1920s & 1930s.

Several fine actresses in Oscar history never won Academy Awards as best actress. Some were given Academy Honorary Awards during their careers.

Several fine directors in Academy Award history never received directing Oscars for their works. Here are a few of them. Some did receive other honors.

No surprises with The Departed, Martin Scorsese, Helen Mirren and Forest Whitaker winning top honors.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has re-evaluated what constitutes an animated feature film after last year's controversies,.

No other twenty year period in Academy Awards history probably had such a wide range of ages among its Oscar nominees. Here they are from Tatum O'Neal to Groucho Marx.

Susan Hayward was a remarkably talented actress who specialized in portrayals of strong women who fought to overcome adversity.

In Oscar history, many fine actresses were never given Academy Awards for best actress. A few were eventually given other awards for their contributions to film.

In the wake of the Sean Penn remake, the 1949 original is out on DVD

Cotillard has won the 2007 Best Actress Golden Globe for her portrayal of Edith Piaf, and she's been nominated for an Oscar, SAG and BAFTA. Can she win the Academy Award?

The nominees for Best Foreign Film at the 80th annual Oscars are a varied group, and with La Vie en Rose out of the running, this year's crop has no clear front-runner.

Benjamin Button is a beautifully produced and involving movie--but is it a faithful adaptation of its original source material?

Brokeback Mountain represents the best of both worlds in adaptation--a faithful retelling of the source and an excellent movie in its own right.

Oscar Nominated Film Doubt features Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams. Brilliant performances make this film a must-see.

There's been a lot of talk, of late, between the supposed disconnect between film critics and the general, movie-going public.

Two strong women, both estranged by husbands, must fend for themselves and their children by smuggling illegal aliens across the U.S.-Canada border.

What is it about certain families that make them exceptional? Whether by genes or nepotism, many famous Hollywood names got their "in" through their famous relatives.

Marlin has endured his losses, his wife Coral and most of his children. Now he has only his son Nemo. He takes on the whole ocean when his son is taken by divers.

The French they are a funny race, it's been said - and when it was said musically in 1958, the result was the Oscar for Best Picture

If you are a film buff, getting together with friends to watch the Academy Awards is the highlight of February. Here are some great ideas for throwing a great Oscar part

Here's a quick listing of who won the nominations for the major film categories for the 2009 Academy Awards.

The envelope please ... here is a compilation of Oscar trivia that film fans can use in blogs, websites or in games for Oscar parties.

Playwrights have been associated with the Academy Award since its inception. The 81st Academy Award writing nominees carry on that legendary association.

An anticipated Oscar nomination for Golden Globe winner Heath Ledger would make him the seventh posthumous nominee.

Movie buffs who love Oscar trivia and movies in general may already know all,or most, of these tidbits. For others, it may give new insight into Academy Awards history.

Hollywood's screenwriters achieved a major milestone at last week's Oscars. It's been a long journey.

An animated comedy short in which a little mishapen penguin pulls in the laughs with no help needed from Disney or Pixar.

Writing honors for the 2009 Academy Awards were awarded to Dustin Lance Black, Best Original Screenplay, and Simon Beaufoy, Best Adapted Screenplay.

Despite competition from the Golden Globe Awards, the Emmys, & others, Oscar night remains the premier entertainment event of the year. It wasn't always that important.