Academy awards News

Cannes - Academy award-winning director Steven Spielberg will finally head the jury at the Cannes Film Festival. He had long been sought after for the job, but he was always busy, the festival's president Gilles Jacobs posted on Cannes official website.

As the Oscars are announced once again for another year, an enterprising video-maker has put together clips from all the "Best Picture" winners going back to the year "dot" in Oscar history. Sit back, relax and remember.

Waking the red carpet at The Oscars is a well-timed and rehearsed show. It also takes some time to get all the details into place.

We're two weeks away from the biggest, showiest, most controversial American public spectacle of the year. No, not the presidential inauguration – that's over. I'm talking about Hollywood's annual self-smooching love fest, the Academy Awards.

It's awards season again in Hollywood. Every year about this time, there's a certain select group of films you've been hearing about, with all kinds of nominations. It's up to the discriminating moviegoer to ask: Which are the least deserving?

Nine time Grammy Award winner, Norah Jones of “Don’t Know Why” fame, will be performing her Oscar-nominated song, “Everybody Needs a Best Friend” at the Oscars on 24 February 2013.

Beverly Hills - Adele will indeed perform at the Oscars come February, it was announced today by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

At first, “Amour” may seem like a departure for Austrian director Michael Haneke, whose oeuvre includes disturbing, violent dramas “Caché” and “The White Ribbon”. But as the film unfolds, you realize no other filmmaker could have created it.

The chorus of New York school PS22 became famous with their cover versions of pop songs posted on Youtube. A new documentary explores the rise of the troupe, and the challenges of their dedicated teacher, as they journey to the 2011 Oscars.

Not only is the latest announcement from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) good news for the organization, it is good news for the business of show as well.