AMPAS assets stand at nearly $300M as expenditures increase, driven by $4.9M in spending on planned museum

We've done the math, and here are the odds of landing a nomination, and the magic numbers need to do so, in every category

The Nicholl Fellowship went to writers from Louisiana and South Africa for the first time -- and only one Californian was chosen

Move was expected, given the high profile and heavy workload of the unpaid Academy position.

Marketing exective and AMPAS governor Cheryl Boone Isaacs will join Don Mischer in overseeing fourth annual event for honorary Oscars

With a bankrupt Kodak pulling out of its deal for naming rights, the Academy will refer to its location as "Hollywood & Highland"

The Oscar-winning provocateur details changes that will overhaul a system that has led to decades of questionable choices

Studio forced to make a quick about-face after sending some Writers Branch members a draft instead of the final product

Although Academy has considered moving the awards into January, they'll remain in their usual late-February slot for at least another year

AMPAS board replaces retiring executive director Bruce Davis with one longtime staffer, one outsider

Want to see a double bill of "Rabbit Hole" and "Salt"? Academy members will get the chance with official voters' screenings

"The English Patient" novelist/screenwriter Michael Ondaatje is this year's guest director