LOS ANGELES No Academy Award will be presented for best song at next year's ceremony if none of the tunes is considered good enough, Oscar organizers said Friday.

... railroads. In 1918, Congress approved Daylight-saving Time. In 1931, Nevada legalized gambling. In 1953, the Academy Awards ceremony was televised for the first time; "The Greatest Show on Earth" was named best picture of 1952.

Hilary! Julianne! Annette! WHO are you wearing?! At the Academy Awards ceremony on March 26, that little slice of suspense can drum up nearly as much drama as "The envelope, please." Especially for designers ...

LOS ANGELES -- It all began on a warm May evening in 1929 when members of the 2-year-old Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gathered in the Blossom Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel for a dinner of jumbo squab and lobster Eugenie.

... models had to tiptoe -- well, strut -- through an array of blooms, most of them big and bold. Also, at the Academy Awards ceremony, florals accented more than a few screen sirens' gowns. Best Actress winner Halle Berry wore an elegant Elle ...

... Juan Capistrano Mission in California. Today's Highlight in History: Fifty years ago, on March 19, 1953, the Academy Awards ceremony was televised for the first time; the proceedings in Hollywood and New York were carried on NBC. "The Greatest ...

... annoyed or disappointed that none of the astounding 11 Academy Awards that "The Lord of the Rings" lapped up at the Academy Awards ceremony stand in his trophy case, it didn't come through in a phone interview early this month. Eager and in good ...

The first of three thin, bound notebooks in Bill C. Miller's desk drawer dates back 75 years.

Mr. Stratton's letter to the editor on March 7 referred to Hollywood's "super egos" and the Academy Awards ceremony that rewards them. How many letters has Mr. Stratton written to the editor? By my count it has to be over ...