Oscar Host Jon Stewart's BiographyRead about Jon Stewart's rise to comic stardom, including career highlights, lowlights, and fun facts about America's top political comedian.
Best Picture Oscar Winners of the 1950sIn the 1950s, Oscar favored a mix of big-time epics, sunny musicals and dark melodramas for its top award. Here’s a guide to the classic movies that captured the Best Picture Oscar in that decade of American post-war prosperity, along with the losing nominees and the great films that weren’t nominated for Best Picture.
Ten Movies About Alzheimer's Disease You Shouldn't MissThe 2008 Oscar nominations include two Best Actress nods for performances in movies that deal with Alzheimer's disease. Here are ten movies you shouldn't miss that handle the difficult subject of Alzheimer's with grace, dignity, and realism.
Collecting Movie MemorabiliaA poster from your favorite movie hanging on the living room wall, autographed photos of an Oscar winning movie star, movie props protected and displayed in a special display case. Does collecting get any more fun than this? I think not!
The Kodak TheatreThe Kodak Theatre became the permanent home of the annual Academy Awards ceremony in 2002. It's the centerpiece for the most glamorous night on television. It's quickly become one of Los Angeles' most famous landmarks. It is the ultimate Hollywood showplace for the celebrities who walk the red carpet each year hoping to win Oscar glory.
Memorable Best Picture Oscar WinnersSomeone once suggested that a movie's greatness can be measured by how much you think about it after seeing it. The movies here aren't necessarily our favorites of the Best Picture Academy Award winners, but films we've found memorable for various reasons.
2006 Oscar WinnersThe full list of nominees and winners for the 2006 Academy Awards, honoring movies released in theaters in 2005.
"The Simpsons" Guest Stars"The Simpsons" can list Oscar-caliber guest stars on their roster. Here's a snapshot of some of the best so far.
The Oscar StatuetteJust what is the Oscar statuette made of? That question, as well as a short history of the famous statuette, is addressed here.
Academy Awards Interesting FactsWhat was the only X-rated film to win an Academy Award? Who was nominated for Best Actor awards twice after his death? Find out the answer to these questions, plus learn additional interesting facts about the Academy Awards.
The 2008 Golden Golden Awards Show CancelledMembers of the Screen Actors Guild will not be crossing the Writers Guild picket line in order to attend the 2008 Golden Globes. SAG members won't attend the Golden Globes on January 13, 2008 and the HFPA has decided to cancel the telecast.
WGA Rejects Requests from the AcademyThe Writers Guild issued a press release announced it has denied requests for waivers from both the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The WGA will not allow the 2008 Academy Awards telecast to include clips from previous Oscar shows or clips from any motion pictures.
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