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Hugo, The Artist
Lead Oscar Nominees

Jan 24, 2012 7:46 AM CST

Hugo, The Artist Lead Oscar Nominees

Martin Scorsese film scores 11 nods, silent film gets 10

(Newser) - Martin Scorsese's Paris adventure Hugo leads the Academy Awards with 11 nominations, among them Best Picture and the latest Best Director nod for the Oscar-riffic filmmaker. Also nominated for Best Picture this morning: silent film The Artist; family drama The Descendants; Sept. 11 tale Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close;...

Orson Welles' Oscar
for Citizen Kane
Fetches $861K

Dec 21, 2011 1:57 PM CST

Orson Welles' Oscar for Citizen Kane Fetches $861K

Unidentified fan snags the 1942 Academy Award for best original screenplay

(Newser) - An anonymous bidder shelled out $861,000 for the Oscar that Orson Welles won for his original screenplay of Citizen Kane in 1942. The golden statuette was auctioned off in Los Angeles yesterday and attracted bidders from around the world, including magician David Copperfield, who was ultimately outbid by the...

Billy Crystal Will Host the Oscars Telecast

Billy Crystal:
I'm Hosting
the Oscars

Nov 10, 2011 4:42 PM CST

Billy Crystal: I'm Hosting the Oscars

Familiar face tweets that he's replacing Eddie Murphy

(Newser) - Who else? Billy Crystal will be the new Oscars host. Crystal himself tweeted the news in joke form, notes the Huffington Post : "Am doing the Oscars so the young woman in the pharmacy will stop asking my name when I pick up my prescriptions," he wrote . "Looking...

Brian Grazer Will Produce Next Oscars Telecast

Oscars' New
Producer:
Brian Grazer

Nov 9, 2011 7:32 PM CST

Oscars' New Producer: Brian Grazer

Oscar winner will replace Brett Ratner

(Newser) - The Oscars has quickly filled one of two gaping holes in its telecast: Big-time producer Brian Grazer will produce the show, reports TMZ . He takes over for Brett Ratner, who stepped down after uttering a gay slur . Still no word on who will host following Eddie Murphy's decision to...

Eddie Murphy
Drops Out
of Oscars
Hosting Gig

Nov 9, 2011 1:28 PM CST

Eddie Murphy Drops Out of Oscars Hosting Gig

He steps aside after his pal, Brett Ratner, steps down over slur

(Newser) - Eddie Murphy won't be hosting the Oscars after all. One day after buddy Brett Ratner stepped down as producer for using a gay slur , Murphy announced that he would not be part of the show. Murphy is one of the stars of director Ratner's new flick, Tower Heist....

Brett Ratner Out as Oscar Producer After Gay Slur

Oscar
Producer
Quits After
Gay Slur

Nov 9, 2011 6:29 AM CST

Oscar Producer Quits After Gay Slur

Brett Ratner apologizes for saying 'rehearsing is for fags'

(Newser) - Using anti-gay language can do serious harm to your Hollywood career, Brett Ratner has discovered. The film director, facing a firestorm of criticism over his use of a gay slur, has resigned as producer of the Oscars telecast, according to the Hollywood Reporter . During a Q&A session at a...

Oscar-Winner
Cliff Robertson Dies

Obituary

Sep 11, 2011 6:51 AM CDT

Oscar-Winner Cliff Robertson Dies

Won Oscar for Charly , but never made top of Hollywood A-list

(Newser) - Cliff Robertson, the Oscar-winner for 1968's Charly who is best-known to today's generation as uncle Ben Parker in the Spider-Man movies, died yesterday at age 88, reports the LA Times . Described by Look magazine in 1963 as "one of the finest young actors in America today,"...

Is Eddie Murphy Still Funny?

Opinion Roundup

Sep 7, 2011 2:47 PM CDT

Is Eddie Murphy Still Funny?

Critics sound off on choice to host the Oscars

(Newser) - Eddie Murphy is officially hosting the Oscars , and entertainment writers are up in arms panning or defending the choice. Here’s what people are saying:

“It’s hard to get excited,” writes Patrick Goldstein of the LA Times , “because—how do I put this as respectfully as

...

James Earl Jones,
Oprah to Get
Oscars

Aug 3, 2011 5:53 AM CDT

James Earl Jones, Oprah to Get Oscars

Winfrey receiving statuette for humanitarian work

(Newser) - Awards season is a long way off, but three Oscar winners have already been announced. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has voted to give statuettes to Oprah Winfrey, James Earl Jones, and makeup artist Dick Smith, reports E! Online . Winfrey will receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award...

Franco: I Knew
Oscar Material
Would Bomb

'playboy' interview

Jul 11, 2011 9:49 AM CDT

Franco: I Knew Oscar Material Would Bomb

And he was really 'pissed' about Monroe drag bit

(Newser) - James Franco finally opens up about his much-derided Oscars hosting gig , revealing to Playboy that he had a bad feeling about it early on. "It's hard to talk about because it's like assigning blame—not a fun thing to do," he says. "In the last...

Actors Who Shamed
Their Oscars This Year

top five

Jul 10, 2011 11:58 AM CDT

Actors Who Shamed Their Oscars This Year

Or, Natalie Portman: From Black Swan to Thor

(Newser) - This year has seen many an Oscar winner in less-than-deserving films, from Tom Hanks in Larry Crowne to Frances McDormand in Transformers. Over at Grantland , Lane Brown averaged the Rotten Tomatoes scores of all an actor’s films since the Oscar victory—first through 2010, then through this year. The...

Columbo Star
Peter Falk
Dead at 83

obituary

Jun 24, 2011 2:26 PM CDT

Columbo Star Peter Falk Dead at 83

Actor won four Emmys for his portrayal of the popular TV detective

(Newser) - Actor Peter Falk, best known as frumpy detective Columbo on the long-running TV series of the same name, died yesterday in Beverly Hills, reports CBS News . He was 83. Falk won four Emmys for his portrayal of the LA detective he played from 1971 to 1978 and off-and-on from 1989...

Oscars Tweaks
'Best Picture' Rules

Jun 15, 2011 9:00 AM CDT

Oscars Tweaks 'Best Picture' Rules

Anywhere from 5 to 10 nominees in category now OK

(Newser) - Wild and crazy changes coming to the Oscars: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has approved a tweak in the nominations process that will allow ... anywhere from five to 10 Best Picture nominees. "If there are only eight pictures that truly earn that honor in a given...

Producer's Kid Breaks
King's Speech Oscar

Mar 8, 2011 2:59 AM CST

Producer's Kid Breaks King's Speech Oscar

Statuette rushed to surgery after baby drops it

(Newser) - If King's Speech co-producer Simon Egan ever wins another Oscar, he probably won't be letting any babies near it. Egan's 15-month-old daughter dropped and broke the movie's Best Picture award at a celebration the morning after the ceremony. She lost her grip after being given the statuette to hold for...

Too-Tight
Gown Lands
Joan Collins
in ER

Mar 2, 2011 11:45 AM CST

Too-Tight Gown Lands Joan Collins in ER

She experienced 'something rather like a Victorian swoon'

(Newser) - Joan Collins was rushed to the hospital from an Oscars party—and all because of her too-tight gown. "I squeezed into it and resigned myself to not eating much at the Vanity Fair Oscars bash," she recalls in the Daily Mail . But by around 10pm, she felt dizzy...

LiLo, ScarJo
Plug Jimmy K's
'Humpilates'

post-oscar special

Feb 28, 2011 8:16 AM CST

LiLo, ScarJo Plug Jimmy K's 'Humpilates'

Jessica Alba, Eva Longoria drop by for 'infomercial'

(Newser) - Jimmy Kimmel’s annual post-Oscar special featured a bevvy of Hollywood ladies: Lindsay Lohan, Scarlett Johansson, and a host of other celebs appeared in a lengthy "infomercial" for Hollywood workout program "Hottie Body Humpilates." Created by "Jimmy K," the regimen transformed the likes of Sofia...

F-Bombs and Other
Big Oscar Moments

academy awards

Feb 28, 2011 7:42 AM CST

F-Bombs and Other Big Oscar Moments

Melissa Leo's faux pas is sure to be watercooler fodder

(Newser) - Worst Academy Awards ever? E! thinks so, calling it “clunky, amateurish, and pretty much lacking in actual entertainment value for those of us not picking up awards," and New York suggests that the obituary reel "should include a mention of this show." Some of the highlights—...

The King's
Speech
Takes Top
Honors

academy awards

Feb 27, 2011 10:37 PM CST

The King's Speech Takes Top Honors

The heartwarming film wins the day at Academy Awards

(Newser) - And they're off! After an opening montage involving all of the best picture nominees—and, uh, Back to the Future—the Oscars are in full swing. The montage was "enjoyably silly," writes David Edelstein in New York , featuring a trip inside the mind of Alec Baldwin, Inception-style. As...

Oscars Red Carpet:
The Wonderful,
the Wacky,
the Whoa

Feb 27, 2011 7:14 PM CST

Oscars Red Carpet: The Wonderful, the Wacky, the Whoa

Popular this year: cleavage

(Newser) - Oscar Night is finally here, and over at New York magazine, the Fug Girls only have one question: How crazy does Helena Bonham Carter look? To find out, click through some of their thoughts on the best and worst looks in the gallery, or view their complete live blog . For...

10 Shocking
Oscar-less
Actors

Feb 27, 2011 7:29 AM CST

10 Shocking Oscar-less Actors

Really, no love for Cary Grant?

(Newser) - You'd think legendary actor Cary Grant would have won at least one Oscar, right? Wrong: Though he was nominated twice, Grant never took home the prize. Gear up for Oscar night with The Stir's list of 10 actors who, surprisingly, never won an Oscar:

Bette Midler: She has, however, "

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