Jessica Chastain says new disclosures about her "Zero Dark Thirty" character show that the movie got it right; Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal say it's "preposterous" to call their film pro-torture

"Zero Dark Thirty's" main character's real-life inspiration was passed over for promotion

Idiosyncratic critics group opts for Joaquin Phoenix, Jennifer Lawrence, Emmanuelle Riva, Dwight Henry and Amy Adams; Paul Thomas Anderson beats Kathryn Bigelow for best director

At TheWrap screening series,"White Tiger" director Karen Shakhnazarov said he made a tank film to honor his father, who fought in the Soviet army during World War II

The "Silver Linings Playbook" star on Robert De Niro, anger and some performances he's been impressed with this year

"The Clown" auteur Selton Mello had existential worries about his acting career -- so he made a movie

George Stevens, Jr., D.A. Pennebaker, Hal Needham and Jeffrey Katzenberg receive tributes at the fourth Governors Awards, a low-key event and informal campaign stop for Oscar hopefuls

Mere contest winners will be allowed on same stage as celebrities

First clip from Kathryn Bigelow's film about the hunt for Osama bin Laden features Jessica Chastain getting feisty with her CIA superior

At TheWrap screening series, the director of English-languages films like "Chocolat" and "Gilbert Grape," explains the motivations for his first Swedish film in 25 years  

Behind the scenes, Lisa Taback and other "Oscar whisperers" are helping studios take home the gold

Some notable years and campaigns in the hunt for the Oscar