Academy Awards

USC, Ringling, School of Visual Arts Top Student Academy Award Winners

May 14, 2013 By Steve Pond 1 week ago

Former Student Oscar winner Bob Saget will host the June 8 ceremony

  

Academy Celebrates Heavy Voter Turnout, But Most Members Still Chose Paper Ballots

May 5, 2013 By Steve Pond 2 weeks ago

Voting figures released by AMPAS reveal that two-thirds of the voters opted not to use the new online voting

  

Testy Foreign Language-Exchange Mars Academy Love-Fest

May 4, 2013 By Steve Pond 2 weeks ago

Academy wins praise for its first all-members meeting, but tensions flare during foreign-language discussion

  

Academy Changes Rules, Will Let Everyone Vote in Foreign-Language Category

May 4, 2013 By Steve Pond 2 weeks ago

Announcement of new rules also includes the unprecedented revelation that 90 percent of the Academy voted for this year's Oscars

  

School of Visual Arts Leads Student Academy Awards Finalists

May 1, 2013 By Steve Pond 2 weeks ago

New York art school lands four films on Academy list; NYU, USC, CalArts, Ringling College and University of Texas also have multiple finalists

  

Seth MacFarlane: Thoughts on the Once (and Future?) Oscar Host

April 22, 2013 By Steve Pond 4 weeks ago

Speculation swirls about Seth MacFarlane's return as Oscar host, but do the Oscars really need to make a big deal about continuity?

  

Academy Rehires Craig Zadan, Neil Meron to Produce Oscars

April 16, 2013 By Steve Pond 5 weeks ago

Producers will return after receiving mixed reviews but high ratings

  

Academy Unveils Plans for 'Landmark' Museum

April 11, 2013 By Steve Pond 5 weeks ago

Drawings and details of the Renzo Piano/Zolta Pali design call for six levels of exhibition and multi-use spaces

  

Is the Academy Building a Death Star at its New Museum?

April 11, 2013 By Steve Pond 5 weeks ago

AMPAS tweets plans of a new structure that Luke Skywalker might be inclined to attack

  

David Geffen Contributes $25 Million to Academy Museum

April 8, 2013 By Steve Pond 6 weeks ago

Academy will name the museum's theater the David Geffen Theater in honor of the largest donation received for the project

  

Academy Asks Members to Sound Off on Oscars Future

April 4, 2013 By Steve Pond 6 weeks ago

A new invitation to the May 4 "Future of Our Academy" meeting supplies more details on the unprecedented event

  

Oscars Overhaul Short-Documentary Rules, Plan to Expand Doc Branch

March 27, 2013 By Steve Pond 7 weeks ago

A year after revamping the feature-documentary rules to bring in more voters, the Academy's Documentary Branch changes more rules and plans for a larger branch

  

Oscars Move Into March for 2014

March 25, 2013 By Steve Pond 8 weeks ago

Oscars will shift to March 2 next year to avoid the Winter Olympics, but will move back to late February for 2015

  

How Oscar-Nominee 'War Witch' Improvised the Gut-Wrenching Tale of Child Soldiers

February 27, 2013 By Steve Pond 11 weeks ago

Using non-professional actors working from a script they didn't -- or couldn't -- read, "War Witch" director Kim Nguyen relied on brutal honesty

  

10 Moments to Remember From a Long, Strange Awards Season

February 26, 2013 By Steve Pond 12 weeks ago

The new schedule confused things, the Best Director nominations shocked people, and the movie that was in trouble in January came roaring back in February

  

5 Things We Want to Know About That Oscar Show

February 25, 2013 By Steve Pond 12 weeks ago

Why all the love for "Chicago?"

  

Oscars 2013: The 10 Best Moments, From Shirley Bassey to Michelle Obama (Photos)

February 24, 2013 By Greg Gilman 12 weeks ago

Shirley Bassey sung her classic Bond "Goldfinger" theme, Barbra Streisand honored Marvin Hamlisch with his Oscar-winning "The Way We Were" and Michelle Obama turned out to be the biggest surprise of the evening

  

Oscars 2013: Backstage With the Academy Award Winners

February 24, 2013 By Tim Kenneally & Alexander C. Kaufman 12 weeks ago

The best soundbites from the Oscars winners backstage

  

Oscars 2013: On a Night the Academy Spreads the Wealth, Ben Affleck Gets Last Laugh

February 24, 2013 By Steve Pond 12 weeks ago

"Argo" is the least-awarded Best Picture winner since "Crash," but Ben Affleck puts the Academy's Best Director snub behind him to gain redemption -- and maybe a little revenge

  

TheWrap's Complete Coverage of the 2013 Oscars

February 24, 2013 By TheWrap Staff 12 weeks ago

Winners, analysis, photo galleries -- and the toilet that overflowed, flooding the Dolby Theatre

  

'Argo' Wins Best Picture Oscar

February 24, 2013 By Steve Pond 12 weeks ago

“Argo” has become the fourth film in history to win the Academy Award for Best Picture without a Best Director nomination

  

Daniel Day-Lewis Wins Best Actor Oscar

February 24, 2013 By Steve Pond 12 weeks ago

Daniel Day-Lewis is the first to win three Oscars for Best Actor

  

Jennifer Lawrence Wins Best Actress Oscar for 'Silver Linings Playbook'

February 24, 2013 By Steve Pond 12 weeks ago

Jennifer Lawrence wins in her second nomination; her first came for "Winter's Bone"

  

Oscars 2013: 'Life of Pi' Effects Winner Concerned for Rhythm & Hues' Future

February 24, 2013 By Alexander C. Kaufman & Brent Lang 12 weeks ago

Rhythm & Hues filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection earlier this month

  

Ang Lee Wins Best Director Oscar for 'Life of Pi'

February 24, 2013 By Steve Pond 12 weeks ago

Ang Lee's Best Director win comes in one of the most competitive Oscar categories

  

Anne Hathaway Wins Best Supporting Actress Oscar for 'Les Miserables'

February 24, 2013 By Brent Lang 12 weeks ago

Anne Hathaway scores an Oscar for her riveting rendition of "I Dreamed a Dream"