A South Korean film, “Pieta,” took the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday while Paul Thomas Anderson took the Silver Lion for “The Master"

The Academy's Board of Governors will vote honorary Oscars to three or four recipients on Wednesday night -- and it's probably not Clint Eastwood's year

Producer Ron Yerxa and former AMPAS executive Bruce Davis are new co-chairs of a committee overseen for 12 sometimes controversial years by Mark Johnson

After unexpectedly scoring two nominations last year, New York-based distributor GKids will give Oscar-qualifying runs to four features, including "From Up on Poppy Hill"

This year's Oscar producers have experience in musicals and on Broadway -- and history suggests that can be a glorious mix... or a dangerous one

Film, television and theater producers are hired by AMPAS president Hawk Koch to supervise the 85th Oscar show

Shortlist of seven scientific and technical achievements includes Weta's character simulation, Lucasfilm's previsualization system

"Tintin," "Hugo" and "Drive" receive score nominations from World Soundtrack Academy; Oscar winner "Man or Muppet" is nominated for best movie song

Oscar-qualifying showcase DocuWeeks, which could have been lost to new Academy rules, launches with a screening of Rory Kennedy's HBO documentary "Ethel"

Lee's Michael Jackson documentary "Bad 25" will screen at Venice

On his first morning as AMPAS president, Hawk Koch talks about the Oscar show, his plans for his single term and his rock 'n' roll background

As the AMPAS election to choose Tom Sherak's successor nears, top candidates appear to be Hawk Koch, Rob Friedman and Cheryl Boone Isaacs