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THE FIRST Academy Awards, in May 1929, was a more muted affair than it is today. Back then only 270 people attended the event, which took the form of a [...]

Byline: Josef Adalian No host, no problem: ABC's broadcast of (https://www.vulture.com/2019/02/2019-oscars-best-worst-moments.html) the 91st annual Academy Awards notched a 16.5 household rating and drew 29.6 million viewers, improving on last year's [...]

Byline: Joe Reid,Josef Adalian Barring any last-minute surprises, Sunday night's 91st annual Academy Awards won't have a host - the first time in 30 years the ceremony has gone without [...]

This Sunday's Academy Awards will be a litmus test of whether Hollywood can uncouple itself from the political agenda of young woke radicals that is proving so unpopular in the [...]

Mermaid (Russia) A young woman lives in a world of her own making after she decides to stop speaking in this bittersweet, whimsical tale from writer-director Anna Melikyan. I was [...]

TiVo Corp. unveiled its post-show report from the 89th annual Academy Awards hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. TiVo provided the following highlights of its findings: Many viewers came rushing back for [...]

JAVIER BARDEM While Bardem, one of Spain's most popular exports, was mysteriously left out of the Oscar race three years ago for his stellar turn as a paraplegic in 'The [...]

The year 2004 is certain to go down as a defining point in the decades-long war for the heart, mind, and soul of America. The cultural elites who reign over […]

If ever an Oscar race were wide open, this is it. With just weeks to go before the end of the year, not a single contender is a surefire bet, […]

It's not difficult to make a spectacle of oneself. Usually all it takes is a lampshade, some tequila and the possible addition of your wife's best friend. A camera doesn't [...]

On March 23, Digital Domain's Robert Legato, Mark Lasoff, and Michael Kanfer, along with Thomas L. Fisher, a freelance practical-effects supervisor, copped the Oscar for boss Jim Cameron's Titanic, now […]

The preparation for the 68th Annual Academy Awards which was held on March 26, 1997, took 18 days. The rating of the show was not spectacular although it was top during its week. It was even the lowest-rated Oscar show since 1992. The reviews, however, were positive.

The Academy Awards has become a family affair with many participants bringing their children to the ceremony. This trend marks a big change from the old days, when the event was strictly for adults with children coming only as nominees or honorary awardees.

'I Had to Be at Least the Eighth Choice' Host Jimmy Kimmel on his 11th hour recruitment ('I guess I'm doing it'), how he'll handle trump and his Matt Damon [...]

Oscar voters shouldn't consider past allegations about a nominee when deciding how to cast their votes. It's what's onscreen that counts How do you separate the performance from the performer? [...]

THE GOLDEN GLOBES are so often touted as a bellwether for the Academy Awards that when the two don't match up, the Globes are taken to task for getting it […]

It's not always the case, but this year's Oscar nominees for best director happen to be in sync with the five films up for best picture. They're also the same [...]

Maybe it has something to do with the shortened campaign season or the fact that, after a slow first half of the year, a surprising number of movies have been […]

In a year in which one animated film so dominated the competition in terms of critical and commercial success, the question was not whether there would be enough films to […]

HE HADN'T BEEN KING OF Hollywood long before he knew he had to take care of the Oscar problem. Of course, his first impulse had been to do away with […]

Byline: Marcy Medina Red Carpet With Twist: Oscars Going High-Tech To Boost Ratings, Buzz LOS ANGELES The Academy Awards will roll out more than the red carpet on Sunday. Hollywood's [...]

This year's excruciatingly boring Oscars stumbled to a conclusion with the victory of a movie that (a) nobody has seen and (b) nobody who has seen it is all that [...]

Byline: Andrew Krukowski Have the Oscars lost their luster? 'They are still a major broadcast television event for which viewership can be increased in years when films like `Titanic' are [...]

Why the worst artists deserve recognition THE parade of film stars that will sweep down the red carpet of the Kodak Theatre to the Oscar ceremony on Sunday February 24th [...]

Director Brett Morgen likens his new documentary fane, which recounts how the trailblazing primatologist Jane Goodall began her lifelong study of chimpanzees, to a 'cinematic opera,' but getting there was [...]

Wherever Harvey Weinstein finds himself on March 4, he won't be at the 90th Academy Awards. But that doesn't mean that this year's awards season will, for the first time [...]

Norman Jewison was ayoung Canadian filmmaker who had made the transition from TV when producer Walter Mirisch sent him a script. Written by Stirling Silliphant, it was a low-budget drama [...]

Byline: Marcy Medina LOS ANGELES - Handicapping who will wear what on the red carpet at the 79th annual Academy Awards on Sunday is like trying to predict a Triple [...]

KUDOCAST KING ABC's telecast of the Academy Awards annually ranks as the top-rated entertainment special, but this year the Grammy Awards on CBS fared better in teens and closed the [...]

HOLLYWOOD Oscar proved to be no gladiator in the ratings arena, as ABC's telecast of Hollywood's big night drew some of the kudocast's meekest marks ever. Despite a shorter telecast, [...]

Is it 2016, or 1970? Much has changed in the 45-plus years since I launched black enterprise magazine. But one look at the annual nominations for the Academy Awards a.k.a. [...]

LOS ANGELES -- Controversy has long been the mother's milk of awards season. But what happens when the teat runs dry? For scores of Oscar watchers, there's apparently one preferred [...]