Seen by billions but touched by few, here's an exclusive hands-on tour of the most famous envelope in the world.

From Jessica Chastain chatting up Harry Potter, to Steven Spielberg and J.J. Abrams hunkering down together, to awards winners with trophies riding shuttle buses -- a continuously updating gallery of the scene leading up to Oscar night.

Oscar nominee Tony Kusher and WGA magazine editor Richard Stayton are among those who sign letter defending "Zero Dark Thirty" on First Amendment grounds

As final Oscar ballots approach, the controversial Kathryn Bigelow movie picks up support from the secretary of defense, families of 9/11 victims, Martin Sheen and Michael Moore 

HBO documentary tells its own version of the hunt for Osama bin Laden -- and the agents who took part in the search weigh in on Kathryn Bigelow's take

The face of AMC (Jon Hamm) joins HBO; JLo and Diddy are together again, and Bill Murray and Rosario Dawson dance together. Inside the bashes at the Beverly Hilton and beyond

Jon Bon Jovi with Harvey Weinstein, J. Lo and Bradley Cooper, Stacy Keibler, Real Housewives, and no time to watch the NFL playoffs. The nonstop scene inside the Four Seasons and across West Hollywood on a packed party weekend

Jessica Chastain says she learned of her Best Actress nomination from Kathryn Bigelow, but is still in shock that Bigelow wasn't nominated for Best Director

Megan Ellison tweets that she wants a "recount" after Kathryn Bigelow is snubbed

With Kathryn Bigelow, Ben Affleck and Tom Hooper not nominated, Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" is the big winner -- but David O. Russell and Ang Lee are coming on strong, too

Steven Spielberg heads field of DGA Award nominees heavy with past winners, including Tom Hooper; award is one of the most reliable Oscar predictors