The music branch lowers the boom on "Black Swan" and "True Grit," and "The Social Network" lowers the boom – just a little bit – on "The King's Speech"

Listen to the King's real speech, and learn how to win an Oscar playing a stripper … but don't call "True Grit" a Western

Once again the HFPA chases after big stars like Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie, Halle Berry at the expense of great performances -- oh, and where was "Lost"?

Some of the year's most effective scores could run afoul of strict Academy rules prohibiting pre-existing music

A battle looms and the conventional wisdom about Oscar voters gets tested

Youth is served on the Oscar telecast ... which has seen weirder choices

The Coen brothers' gritty western will now ride into theaters on Dec. 22

A January Oscar show is still a possibility someday, while an October frontrunner is a vulnerable frontrunner

“True Grit” teases, and IMDb points a camera at Kevin Spacey

David Ellison's company will finance at least four movies a year

In talks with Paramount to remake John Wayne's classic “True Grit."