Moment-by-moment coverage of Hollywood's biggest night, from the red carpet to the show and all the winners, with Richard Lawson.
The Academy Awards are on Sunday! We've already told you who we think the winners will be, but what else will happen during the show? In advance of our live account of all the Oscar night proceedings, here are some probably very accurate guesses. (But not really.)
Now that we've gone through who we think should win Oscars this year, it's time to take a look at who will actually likely win. We're going to go quickly, category by category all the way down the list, listing the likely winner and one potential spoiler. Happy balloting, everyone!
With the Academy Awards quickly approaching, we're going through each of the major categories and pretending we're Academy voters. Forget who will win, we have a very important decision to make.
Odd as it may sound, if Ben Affleck had been nominated, well, he'd probably be the favorite. But he's not. And neither is Kathryn Bigelow. Tough category this year.
Last night Argo won the Best Adapted Screenplay prize at the Writers Guild of America awards, seemingly inching the film closer to Oscar sure-thing status. Are there surprises left in any of the big categories?
A win for Daniel Day-Lewis as Lincoln seems inevitable, but there is another way. Hasn't Hugh Jackman really earned this thing?
With the Academy Awards quickly approaching, we're going through each of the major categories and pretending we're Academy voters. Forget who will win, we have a decision to make.
As the Oscars draw ever closer, it's time to start thinking about the major categories. Who will win? And, more importantly, who should win? We begin with a would-be sweep in the frequently surprising (if slightly lesser) acting categories.
Well this is news that's going to make some of you verklempt: Barbra Streisand will be performing at the Oscars in what is shaping up to be a very musical ceremony.
Two big weekend wins for Argo have the Hollywood pundits saying that its Best Picture chances have transformed from Academy snub to Golden Globes surprise to, suddenly, a done deal at the Oscars. Will all this make the biggest prize turn from dramatic to, well, boring?
The Oscars are just about a month a way, and between the Academy's official word and lead-up interviews, a picture is beginning to emerge of who might be there, who might sing, and who might be telling some dirty jokes. Here's what we think we know.
Twitter is now analyzing just how much the Oscars dominate the social conversation — and just how much Zero Dark Thirty pissed people off — with their official new Twitter Oscars Index.
A map of the monthly calendar of Academy Award winners and nominees has surprising results: December is the most popular month for nominated releases, but winners tend to come from October and November.
Might this morning's reports, that the Swatch Group is set to acquire the Harry Winston jewelry and watch brand for $1 billion, make an awards-season staple a bit more mainstream?
A guide to talking about red-carpet fashion that will make you sound like an E! correspondent, Joan Rivers, or just some girl who yells at her TV a lot while watching the Golden Globes pre-show.
After his Best Director snub became the sob story of the Oscar nominations, Affleck got his revenge.
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
The Oscar nominations this morning threw us for a loop, shutting out Argo and Zero Dark Thirty directors Ben Affleck and Kathryn Bigelow in the directing category. So where does the race stand now? It's time for rampant speculation, of course!
The 9-year-old star of Beasts of the Southern Wild is the toast of Tinseltown after this morning's Oscar nominations gave her the distinction of becoming the youngest person to ever be nominated for Best Actress. And she's just excited as the rest of us.
At Thursday morning's nominations, MacFarlane came out swinging with jokes about Harvey Weinstein and Hitler, which elicited some laughs, some wariness, and a lot of genuine discomfort from all around the world of Hollywood.
This morning, in irksomely bit-y fashion (it's too early for bits, guys), Emma Stone and Seth MacFarlane announced the nominees for this year's Academy Awards. As always there were some surprises, some disappointments, and some definite snubs.
Oscar host Seth MacFarlane and actress Emma Stone announced the nominees for the 85th Academy Awards this morning. Nine movies were nominated for Best Picture, with Lincoln leading the pack. Check out every single nominee now.
Who will get picked? Who will get snubbed? The Academy Awards are never entirely predictable, but we have some educated guesses in the so-called major categories, before we bring you the full roll call bright and early Thursday morning.
With Oscar nominations less than a day away, the Brits have weighed in with their version — and their top choice, is, well, rather American.
The Oscar nominations will be announced on Thursday and while that is the ultimate prize this year's movies are aiming for, a number of other honors have been handed out so far. We've visualized some the top races for you.
The director's guild choice of Les Misérables director Tom Hooper has some up in arms, and that could mean a Django snub by the Academy on Thursday.
This year's propaganda, too often limited to the pages of Variety and its ilk, was eye-catching enough to merit awards for the ads themselves. Here are The Atlantic Wire's First Annual For-Your-Consideration Awards.
The Oscar people have had plenty of trouble with the technology behind their nominations this year, but the Academy did not leak one of the nominees in the costume design category, a spokesperson told The Atlantic Wire late Friday.
The Writers Guild of America announced its nominees for best original and adapted screenplay on Friday, but let's not get too far down the rabbit hole on these little awards as a predictor for next week's Oscar nods.
With a week until nominations are revealed, Oscar rumor has it that the well received James Bond film is now in the running for best picture. But does 007 actually stand a chance in this year's crowded field? Let's break it down.
After complaints about the Oscar's new online voting process reached fever pitch, the Academy has decided to give its members one more day to vote — not that the digital extension will help anyone or any particular film, really.
It's rare but not uncommon to see movie stars in multiple Oscar-bait movies in the same year. But it's been a good end of 2012 for those guys who you recognize from somewhere but can't always place. Here are your character-actor MVPs.
So what happens if the Academy is too scared to cast Oscar ballots this year? With the nominations less than two weeks away, reports are screaming out of Hollywood that the awards' attempt at going digital may already be backfiring.
Paul Thomas Anderson's film was shut out of the drama category at the Golden Globes, but last night it dominated the Toronto Film Critics Association awards, so at least it has its fans.
David O. Russell's romantic comedy about mental illness, dance, and the Philadelphia Eagles, Silver Linings Playbook, won the affections of the International Press Academy this weekend, practically sweeping their Satellite Awards.
Three film critics' groups announced their winners Sunday, and while Zero Dark Thirty continued its early award-season run, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association spread the love to The Master and Amour.
It's still early, but things are looking good for Kathryn Bigelow's Osama bin Laden flick, which today claimed the National Board of Review awards for best picture, best director, and best actress.
Oscar mania grows stronger by the day, so it's time to take a gamble at figuring out who might wind up vying for gold in the most crowded of this year's big categories.
With the New York Film Critics Circle slowing rolling out its annual award-winners today — Zero Dark Thirty just took best picture — we decided to take a look at who's piling up the early prizes already, and what it might tell us about the Oscar field.
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
Today in showbiz news: A rumor has Hannah Montana replacing Angus T. Jones on Two and a Half Men, Seth MacFarlane is bringing kids to the Oscars, and this Psycho sequel looks terrible.
In yet another effort to appeal to the younger generation, the Academy has now teamed up with mtvU to host a contest that gives college students the chance to appear onstage at the telecast.
In a year that has been disproportionately in favor of big performances from the guys, this category is anyone's game at this point. That said, let's look at the five performances we think will get Oscar's attention come January.
With Les Mis and Zero Dark Thirty screening over the weekend to much acclaim, it's time to start filling out our potential Oscar ballots, based on how each movie fits into this year's awards landscape.
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