With the Academy Award nominations just days away, Awards Editor Steve Pond and Editor-in-Chief Sharon Waxman analyze the state of the Oscar race

With several top contenders disqualified by WGA rules, the guild opts for a slate that also includes "Looper," "Life of Pi" and "The Master"

Analysis: Too many songs qualified for the Best Original Song Oscar, and not enough of them are good

After complaining that "Zero Dark Thirty" wasn't true, the Senate Intelligence Committee has changed course and now wants to know where the filmmakers got their information

"Silver Linings Playbook" star Jennifer Lawrence is critical of a society that values actors above lifesavers like doctors and firefighters

A Top 10 list in the form of an Oscar ballot includes "Zero Dark Thirty," "Beasts of the Southern Wild," "Silver Linings Playbook," "Amour" ... plus "Skyfall" and "Wreck-It Ralph"

The field is narrowed from a record 71 submissions to nine semi-finalists, including "Amour," "The Intouchables," "No," "A Royal Affair" and "The Deep"

In a recount of Critics' Choice Movie Awards ballots supervised by TheWrap, the Academy's system resulted in eight nominations

Celebrated but elusive actor Daniel Day-Lewis will receive the Montecito Award from the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, a key award-season stop

Restrictive WGA rules mean that top contenders like "Django Unchained," "Amour," "Beasts of the Southern Wild" and "Les Miserables" aren't eligible for guild honors

The alphabetical list ranges from "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" to "Zero Dark Thirty"

At TheWrap Screening Series, producer Tim Kwok said director Dain Said's second film was "blessed" to be approved by censors