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Marion Cotillard
French actress Marion Cotillard is best known for her bravura performance as Edith Piaf in "La Vie en Rose."

All About Documentaries and The Oscars
A guide to the Academy Awards and Documentary Film, covering the films nominated for Best Documentary Feature of 2007, background information about how nominees are selected and who votes, plus lists of winners in previous years.

Ruby Dee - Portrait of a Cleveland-Born Actress
Ruby Dee, born in Cleveland in 1924, is a versatile stage, screen, and television actress. Although she left Northeast Ohio as a young girl, Ms. Dee (nee Ruby Ann Wallace) has returned numerous times, starring in Karamu House productions, among other projects. She is nominated for a 2008 Academy Award for her work in "American Gangster."

Bio Brief: Ellen DeGeneres
Ellen DeGeneres, legendary stand-up comedian and successful television actress, has added a new notch in her career belt – pioneering talk show host.

Charlize Theron
Charlize Theron, a blond beauty whose has been paired against the biggest names in Hollywood, has become a star in her own right for her Oscar winning performance in Patty Jenkin's "Monster."

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