Oscar News

'The Great Gatsby' opens big but 'Iron Man 3' still wins

With "The Great Gatsby" having a great opening weekend, it wasn't enough to stop the power of "Iron Man 3." But, the box office benefits in a big way as the top two films raked it in and sent the summer box office season sailing.

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Video: Going back in time with the 'Best Picture' Oscar winners

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.

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Oscars 2013 list of winners

This year's Best Picture award announcement came with a surprise: The First Lady Michelle Obama announced the award via video hook-up. While the Best Picture award went to "Argo," Academy voters gave "Life of Pi" four trophies and "Argo" three.

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Disney's 'Paperman' wins Oscar for Best Animated Short (Video)

Disney's "Paperman," the story of a young and lonely office worker who sets out to win the love of a woman he met during his early morning commute to office won the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film at the 85th Annual Academy Awards.

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Video: 'Fresh Guacamole': Shortest film nominated for an Oscar

Los Angeles - With most films which are nominated for the Oscars running for often more than 2.5 hours, "Fresh Guacamole" is a film with a difference at just 100 seconds long. Now the Oscars are done, the article is updated with the actual film.

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Review: ‘A Royal Affair’ is noble viewing Special

‘A Royal Affair’ is a period drama set in 18th century Denmark, based on the true story of Queen Caroline Mathilda and the royal physician Johann Friedrich Struensee who cuckolded mad King Christian VII.

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Review: ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ is about America's triumph over terror Special

Oscar-nominated ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ chronicles a select number of events over 10 years that lead to the American operation that killed Osama Bin Laden.

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Oscar nomination deadline extended due to problems voting online

Hollywood - Due to problems with the new online Oscar voting system, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has extended the voting deadline for nominations by one day.

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Oscar statuette maker lays off 95 employees

The Chicago company that makes the gold-plated Oscar statues will be laying off almost 100 employees, but some workers may be rehired.

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Warner Bros. launches Oscar campaign for 'The Dark Knight Rises'

Beverly Hills - Should "The Dark Knight Rises" receive any Academy Award nominations? The studio heads at Warner Bros. launched a campaign website this week in order to push for Oscar consideration of the final film in the Batman trilogy.

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