... Academy overseers said that will allow more time to pay proper tribute to recipients without crowding those awards into the Oscar ceremony, which often draws criticism for a running time that has topped four hours some years. The academy board of ...

... nominees Taraji P. Henson, Amy Ryan, Melissa Leo, Casey Affleck, Viola Davis and Michael Shannon. Jackman was host for the Oscars last February. Michelle Williams, former girlfriend of 2008 posthumous supporting-actor winner Heath Ledger, also ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, Wis. - The owner of a southern Wisconsin house might not be in love with the Oscar Mayer wiener right now. The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile crashed into a Mount Pleasant house around noon Friday. Mount Pleasant Police Chief ...

... The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "Doubt" and "Frost/Nixon" led with five Golden Globe nominations apiece. The Oscar fate of the year's biggest film, "The Dark Knight," remains uncertain, though, with the Batman blockbuster earning ...

... Sydney watching Johnny Carson host the Oscars with my family, I never imagined ... is a song and dance at the top of the Oscars what people want to see? It'll ... what he does best to what works at the Oscars." But with ratings dropping for ...

... for the show, which offers a mix of musical entertainment and information about child adoption. "I was lucky," said the Oscar-winning Foxx ("Ray"). "I was adopted at 7 months, but the lady who adopted me also adopted my mother, so I had ...

... average. Each hopes to continue to build momentum as the Oscars near. "Defiance," in its second week of limited release ... The film was largely overlooked by the Globes, but the Oscars have long supported Eastwood's directorial efforts ...

... success and as a major player at the Oscars, which will announce its nominees ... David-verse-Goliath image at the Oscars and went on to make a lot of money ... are far from a perfect predictor of the Oscars, though. And "Slumdog" almost ...

NEW YORK The Oscars are at a crossroads and Batman is standing right in the middle of the ... The Wizard of Oz" (not "the Scarecrow" in "Batman Begins"), the Oscars can go this way, or they can go that way. In recent years, the Academy ...

... Millionaire," which came in second at the Oscars with 10 nominations. Based on an ... ages in the opposite direction. The Oscars will be a family affair for Pitt ... without a theatrical run to qualify for the Oscars. "There was a week or two ...