The comedian and the 30 Rock star follow Hugh Jackman as emcees of Hollywood's biggest night
If Cannes Film Festival raises the curtain on the spectacle that is the movie awards season, then the fall festival circuit is the critical first act.
The number of movies nominated for the best picture Oscar will double next year, a move apparently aimed at bolstering sagging ratings for the Academy Awards broadcast.
As the Cannes Film Festival gets underway, all eyes will once again be on the contenders for the festival's top prize -- the Palme d'Or. As one of the most prestigious awards in world cinema, the Golden Palm has been the launchpad for success for many films over the decades.
As the 2009 Cannes Film Festival draws near, filmmakers who have made the event's short list hope that their films will be blessed with that hard-to-earn Cannes buzz, which could lead to awards and financial success.
Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds and Leighton Meester are also set to hand out Golden Popcorn prizes
The Saturday Night Live funnyman says he "grew up watching the show"
After a lifetime of playing characters past-their-prime, Clint Eastwood appears to still be enjoying his own.
Graham Flanagan's Top 5 Oscar Moments of 2009
Years from now it may be a trivia question on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire."
The comedian and the 30 Rock star follow Hugh Jackman as emcees of Hollywood's biggest night
If Cannes Film Festival raises the curtain on the spectacle that is the movie awards season, then the fall festival circuit is the critical first act.
The number of movies nominated for the best picture Oscar will double next year, a move apparently aimed at bolstering sagging ratings for the Academy Awards broadcast.
As the Cannes Film Festival gets underway, all eyes will once again be on the contenders for the festival's top prize -- the Palme d'Or. As one of the most prestigious awards in world cinema, the Golden Palm has been the launchpad for success for many films over the decades.
As the 2009 Cannes Film Festival draws near, filmmakers who have made the event's short list hope that their films will be blessed with that hard-to-earn Cannes buzz, which could lead to awards and financial success.
Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds and Leighton Meester are also set to hand out Golden Popcorn prizes
The Saturday Night Live funnyman says he "grew up watching the show"
After a lifetime of playing characters past-their-prime, Clint Eastwood appears to still be enjoying his own.
Graham Flanagan's Top 5 Oscar Moments of 2009
Years from now it may be a trivia question on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire."
Kate Winslet, Sean Penn take top honors; Heath Ledger, Penélope Cruz also win
The late star's family accepts his Dark Knight Best Supporting Actor Academy Award
Both the comic actor and the socialite win three worst-achievement awards
With PEOPLE's Sexiest Man Alive Hugh Jackman at the helm, producers hope the new format will draw a big audience
It was a night for neon pink bow ties and words like "disaster" and "monstrosity." It was not the night, however, to be Paris Hilton, Mike Myers or Uwe Boll.
The hero of "Slumdog Millionaire," a poverty-raised teaboy seeking his lost love, works his way through the questions on the game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" knowing that, at any time, he can lose and walk away with nothing.
As the clock ticks down to the 81st Academy Awards Sunday, audiences could be forgiven for losing interest. On the face of it, apart from Hugh Jackman hosting, this year's Oscars doesn't look like it will offer many thrills.
Slumdog, Rourke and Winslet and favored, but there is a spoiler
On a winter evening in early 1940, Hattie McDaniel became the first black performer to win an Oscar, a best supporting actress honor for her performance as Mammy, the servant in "Gone With the Wind."
"Benjamin Button" received more life, but Batman ended up in the dark.
On Academy Awards night, the biggest speculation is still about whose name is in the envelope. But the most-asked question has become, "Who are you wearing?"
The rocker even cracks up the Benjamin Button star at London's BAFTA Awards
Despite the rain, "Slumdog Millionaire" shone brightly at the British Academy Awards Sunday, scooping a clutch of honors.
Actress Kate Winslet will be facing off against herself at the upcoming British Academy Film Awards, an important prelude to the Oscars.
Actor and producer Anil Kapoor has long been a Bollywood luminary, but after his award-winning performance in global hit "Slumdog Millionaire," he is set to become an international star.
Buy a $175,000 package to attend the Oscars and you might buy yourself trouble, lawyers for the Academy Awards warn.
Plus: Kate Winslet continues her award show victory lap and 30 Rock cleans up
The 30 Rock star has his daughter on his arm during his big night
The actors of "Slumdog Millionaire" won outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture, and Heath Ledger posthumously won best supporting male actor at the 15th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday.
Sunday night's ceremony may very well predict who'll take home Academy Awards
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" was the big name when the Academy Award nominations were announced Thursday. But it's "Doubt" that leads the pack at the 15th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, which is being aired Sunday night.
Brad, Angelina, Sean and Meryl are among this year's nominees
When it comes to the Academy Awards, Hollywood has some biases.
The Love Guru and The Hottie & The Nottie are decidedly not hot
Mike Myers' "Love Guru" may speak of "yin and yang," but the Hollywood version of bad balanced by good might be the Razzies and the Oscars.
The pair vie for British Academy Film Awards, as do Kate Winslet and Heath Ledger
Kate Winslet's chances of winning her first Academy Award moved a step closer Thursday as she was nominated twice in the leading actress category of the British film industry's annual awards.
It was a night for underdogs at the Golden Globes -- and a particularly rich one for the biggest underdog of them all, "Slumdog Millionaire."
Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Lopez lead the all-star lineup, but John Travolta cancels as he mourns his son's death
Well, at least this year there will be a show.
There's no doubt about "Doubt."
Tom Cruise and James Franco are also in the running for their out-there comedy roles
Perhaps what was most striking about Thursday's nominations for the 66th annual Golden Globes wasn't what received a nomination, but what didn't.
Rainn Wilson and Elizabeth Banks will also name the nominees on Thursday
"I have learned to have way more fun," says the returning (and more relaxed) host
Jack Black, Anne Hathaway and Steve Carell will also hand out golden popcorns
The British rockers will perform the first single off their upcoming album at the show
The Love Guru star will emcee the June 1 festivities from Universal City
While the Oscars is without doubt the grandest of all the awards ceremonies, it doesn't have the world stage to itself.
Oscar said yes to "No Country for Old Men" and to European actors on Sunday night.
Lindsay Lohan received an exclamation point on her terrible 2007 at the 28th annual Golden Raspberry Awards on Saturday morning, with her film "I Know Who Killed Me" earning a record eight Razzies -- including three for Lohan herself.
For fashion designers, donating a couture gown to a celebrity such as Reese Witherspoon or Jennifer Lopez that makes it onto the red carpet at an event like this weekend's Academy Awards is more than good luck - it's a strategic business move.
In 2007, a low-budget feature by a first-time German director, "Das Leben der Anderen" won Best Foreign Language film at the Oscars. Over the next 10 weeks, the film better known to English-speaking audiences as "The Lives of Others" brought in $8.2m at the US box office.
It was a "Country" made for Oscar.
Lindsay Lohan is raking in the statues this Academy Awards weekend, just not the kind named Oscar.
Lindsay Lohan topped Saturday's Razzies, where she was awarded two worst-actress trophies for the thriller "I Know Who Killed Me," the worst-picture winner in which she played dual roles
At a time of economic uncertainty in the U.S., the writers strike cast a dark cloud over the eternal sunshine of the Californian mindset and its most glittering awards ceremony.
The Oscars will be a showdown between a coldblooded killer and a coldblooded tycoon.
Many questions came to mind when the Oscar nominations were announced: Who's going to win best picture? Why wasn't "Once" nominated more than once?
The stars showed up and the likes of Atonement, No Country For Old Men and There Will Be Blood took the major awards
The annual Vanity Fair Oscar party is the latest casualty of the ongoing Writers Guild of America strike. The magazine has decided to cancel its annual bash on Academy Awards night.
After the writers' strike doomed the Golden Globes, the stars will finally come out Sunday for the Screen Actors Guild Awards – the first major televised award ceremony to get a waiver from the Writers Guild of America.
For the first several years of its existence, the Golden Globes -- like many other Hollywood awards -- were an insular affair. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which began presenting the awards in 1944, was content to rent a ballroom at a local hotel, hand out trophies to stars or their representatives and generally sponsor a good time.
Zac Efron has until Jan. 27 to get back on his feet – that's the night he's set to step onstage as a presenter at the 14th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, the event's organizers have announced.
With the Golden Globe awards victimized by the writers' strike, Hollywood's attention – and deep concern – now shift to the Academy Awards and the Grammys.
Tim Burton's macabre musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street won big at the 65th Annual Golden Globe Awards, announced during a live press conference from Hollywood on Sunday, while the film's star, Johnny Depp, picked up best actor in movie comedy or musical.
When a big awards show goes starless, the result is something more dire than bad TV, writes Richard Corliss
An awards show becomes a press conference thanks to the writer's strike. But will anyone show? And what will they wear?
The Golden Globes called on striking Hollywood writers Wednesday for a deal to allow the show to be aired without picket lines.
Another awards show will go on, despite the writers' strike. The Office star Rainn Wilson will host Film Independent's annual Independent Spirit Awards honoring indie films.
The ongoing writers' strike could cause some major problems for the Golden Globes telecast: The Writers Guild denied a request late Monday to allow its writers to work on the Jan. 13 broadcast.
Trophy season kicked into high gear Thursday morning, with an impressive roster of seven movies nominated for best dramatic picture in the Golden Globes race.
As No Country for Old Men gets the best-picture nod from the New York Film Critics, Richard Corliss wonders if his colleagues are actually talking to the audience
Angelina Jolie is already attracting movie awards attention.
Maintaining the tradition of having a child of Hollywood royalty in charge of handing out the prize at hand, Rumer Willis was named Miss Golden Globe 2008 on Wednesday by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
Call it a repeat treat - Jon Stewart is hosting the Oscars again next year.
Oscar-nominated director John Singleton accidentally struck and killed a pedestrian, a Los Angeles police spokesman said late Friday.
With Pirates of the Caribbean and Johnny Depp taking top prizes, it was arrrrrgh-uably the best MTV Movie Awards in history.
It's almost impossible, but here's a look at two of the Festival favorites
In the end, Sharon Stone baring her body outdid Nicolas Cage in a bear suit.
Like a potential hit movie, the 79th Academy Awards come equipped with any number of promising storylines.
There is a good chance that Jennifer Hudson is going to win an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress this Sunday for her performance in "Dreamgirls."
Once I get confirmation this Sunday that I've completely screwed up the picks in my Oscar pool, I'll be able to focus on screwing up my picks in the NCAA tournament pool.
This month on Quest we're in Los Angeles to follow the build-up to the Academy Awards 2007 -- it's the Oscars!
Talk about musical chairs.
Actors, actresses and directors were eagerly awaiting the Academy Award nominations announcement on Tuesday morning.
Looking at some of the Golden Globe nominees, you wonder if anyone speaks the same language.
Tom Cruise and fiancee Katie Holmes won Razzies for "most tiresome tabloid target," but it was Jenny McCarthy and her little-seen "Dirty Love" that dominated the 26th annual worst-film honors, winning four of 10 categories Saturday night, including worst picture of the year.
Does the almighty dollar really matter most when it comes to Oscar nominations?
It has been the subject of controversy and the subject of jokes -- how many times have you heard variations on "I wish I knew how to quit you" or seen parodies of its poster? -- but mostly "Brokeback Mountain" has been the subject of honors.
Hollywood is now 0-3 in the world of major league awards shows.
Two years ago, Martin Scorsese won the best director Golden Globe for "Gangs of New York." However, the directing Oscar that year went to Roman Polanski -- who wasn't even nominated for a Globe -- for "The Pianist."
The Golden Globes celebrated Hollywood's time-tested veterans and its more youthful side for the 62nd annual edition of the awards show Sunday.
It's always a great party -- even if its influence is debatable.
"Sideways," the story of two men grappling with maturity, led the Golden Globe nominations Monday morning, picking up seven nominations, and Jamie Foxx earned three acting nominations, including best lead actor in a musical or comedy for his performance as Ray Charles in "Ray."
The first one was nosed out by a schizophrenic mathematician. The second fell to a pair of 1920s schemers.
When the nominees for Best Director are read aloud at this month's Academy Awards, a quartet of male names will be interrupted by a lone female name: Sofia Coppola, for "Lost in Translation."
"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" already has earned gold -- the Golden Globe for best drama. Now the film reaches for the ultimate Hollywood accolade: Oscar.
The Golden Globes have had their spin in the spotlight. Now, it's Oscar's turn.
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