The Oscars News

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.

Los Angeles - Awards season is just around the corner and as critics, pundits, scribes and gossip mongers dance the sacred dance to the tune of the pied pipers of Hollywood while snarfing their pathetic free lunches, one actor will not join in; Joaquin Phoenix.

Los Angeles - Uggie, the 10 year-old Jack Russel Terrier who is best known for his scene stealing role in the 2011 movie The Artist, is preparing to release his memoir.

British comedy actor Sacha Baron-Cohen was ordered off the red carpet at Sunday night's Oscars ceremony after pulling a stunt publicising his new film, The Dictator.

British comedy actor Sacha Baron-Cohen was ordered off the red carpet at Sunday night's Oscars ceremony after pulling a stunt publicising his new film, The Dictator.