"Black Swan" director won festival's top prize three years ago for "The Wrestler"

"Black Swan" director says shooting would have kept him from his family too long

Absolutely everything you need to know about the 83rd Annual Academy Awards

It's hard to stay "alternative" when most of your nominees will hit the beach on Saturday -- then the Kodak on Sunday

If our columnist had a vote, it'd be a "Swan" song at the Oscars for both Best Picture and Best Director ... and Banksy would take home a statuette, too

While the broader box office is way down year-to-year, three Oscar-nominated specialty titles have now passed the $100M milestone

"Mad Men," "Modern Family" honored for televison

"The King's Speech," "Social Network," "The Fighter," "Black Swan," "127 Hours," "The Kids Are Alright," "Inception," "Toy Story 3," "True Grit" and "Winter's Bone" are all in the running for Best Picture this year. If you haven't seen them, you should --- take a peek.

CDG salutes range of designs in three film, three TV categories

"Black Swan," "The Fighter," "Inception," "The King's Speech" and "The Social Network" pick up more momentum

"Inception" and "Black Swan" round out the field, which omits well-regarded "127 Hours" and "Shutter Island" cinematography