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John Travolta Explains That Whole 'Adele Dazeem' Thing

Feb 23, 2015 9:42 AM CST

John Travolta Explains That Whole 'Adele Dazeem' Thing

And does a bunch of other weird stuff at this year's Oscars

(Newser) - John Travolta and Idina Menzel presented an award together at last night's Oscars, a year after the Academy Awards ceremony in which Travolta famously flubbed Menzel's name, presenting her as "Adele Dazeem." Last night on Jimmy Kimmel Live , Travolta finally explained that 2014 moment. He thought...

3 Oscars Acceptance Speeches Making Waves

3 Oscars Speeches
Making Waves

Feb 23, 2015 7:53 AM CST

3 Oscars Speeches Making Waves

Patricia Arquette, John Legend lead calls for change

(Newser) - What many may remember best about last night's Oscars were the acceptance speeches: It was a "particularly passionate evening," writes Alessandra Stanley in the New York Times . "The political speeches were somber, but they turned out to be more lively and bracing than any of (host...

Here Are Your
Oscar Winners

Feb 23, 2015 12:09 AM CST

Here Are Your Oscar Winners

'Birdman' wins big at Academy Awards

(Newser) - Host Neil Patrick Harris opened tonight's Academy Awards with—what else?—a musical number about the glory of movies, joined by special guest appearances by Anna Kendrick, Jack Black, and a bunch of dancers in impressive costumes. After a short, snark-free monologue, the awards began. Stay with us throughout...

10 Most-Thanked
People in
Oscar History

Feb 20, 2015 10:27 AM CST

10 Most-Thanked People in Oscar History

And the winner is ... Steven Spielberg

(Newser) - In anticipation of the Oscars on Sunday, Vocativ analyzed all 1,396 acceptance speeches the Academy has archived on its website to figure out which Hollywood bigwigs get thanked the most. The results:

Steven Spielberg: He's been thanked 42 times—and even by people who have simply been inspired

...

Birdman Picks Up
Oscars Steam at DGAs

Feb 8, 2015 5:42 AM CST

Birdman Picks Up Oscars Steam at DGAs

Inarritu beats out Linklater's 'Boyhood' to take top prize

(Newser) - The long takes of Alejandro Inarritu's Birdman won out over the long production of Richard Linklater's Boyhood at the Directors Guild Awards yesterday. Both formally ambitious in very different ways, Boyhood and Birdman have been neck-in-neck throughout the awards race. But after dominating the acting and producing guild...

A Guide to
Today's Biggest
Oscar Snubs

Jan 15, 2015 10:59 AM CST

A Guide to Today's Biggest Oscar Snubs

Selma, Lego...

(Newser) - The Oscar nominations come once a year, and so too the avalanche of stories on the biggest snubs. But in terms of 2015 , Richard Lawson at Vanity Fair puts it thusly: "Don’t the nominations this year feel so wrong?" Our roundup of this year's particularly vocal snub-coverage:...

Birdman, Budapest Snag
9 Oscar Nods Each

Jan 15, 2015 7:56 AM CST

Birdman, Budapest Snag 9 Oscar Nods Each

Oscar nominations announced; Imitation Game in 2nd place

(Newser) - Just eight movies were nominated for Best Picture this morning at the Oscar nominations announcement: American Sniper, Birdman, Boyhood, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Imitation Game, Selma, The Theory of Everything, and Whiplash. Alejandro González Iñárritu's Birdman and Wes Anderson's Grand Budapest Hotel were big...

Terrible Aniston Film Proves Oscars Are a Joke

OPINION

Jan 11, 2015 4:10 PM CST

Terrible Aniston Film Proves Oscars Are a Joke

Cake is one of the year's worst, yet it's getting plenty of buzz: David Ehrlich

(Newser) - The film Cake, starring Jennifer Aniston, is a likely Oscar contender. It's also "one of the very worst films of 2014," writes David Ehrlich at Slate . Its inclusion in the Oscar conversation simply underlines how "hollow" the awards process is. "Cake is not a reflection...

Here's Your
Next Oscars
Host

Oct 15, 2014 4:46 PM CDT

Here's Your Next Oscars Host

Neil Patrick Harris gets the nod for 2015

(Newser) - He's hosted the Emmys, the Tonys, and now ... the Oscars. Neil Patrick Harris gets the emcee honors for the Feb. 22 ceremony, reports Variety . Harris himself confirmed the news with a video on social media in which he crosses the job off his bucket list. Entertainment Weekly thinks it'...

Academy Sues Winner's
Heirs for Selling His Oscar

Jul 2, 2014 9:30 AM CDT

Academy Sues Winner's Heirs for Selling His Oscar

The Academy is not pleased with auction

(Newser) - Once you win an Oscar, that golden statuette is yours to do with as you please ... right? Wrong. One of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' bylaws states that before a member can sell an Oscar, they must first offer it to the Academy for $10. And the...

Tip for the Oscars
Pizza Delivery
Guy? $1K

Mar 4, 2014 10:57 AM CST

Tip for the Oscars Pizza Delivery Guy? $1K

He appears on Ellen DeGeneres' show to talk about the experience

(Newser) - The guy who delivered pizzas to the Oscars appeared on Ellen DeGeneres' talk show yesterday, and the Academy Awards host gave him a $1,000 tip. Edgar Martirosyan, who owns Big Mama's & Papa's Pizzeria with his brother, said he thought the pizza order was for the writers...

This Year's Oscars Stank

reviews

Mar 3, 2014 10:41 AM CST

This Year's Oscars Stank

Ellen DeGeneres hosts a boring Academy Awards: reviews

(Newser) - The general feeling this morning? Last night's Academy Awards ceremony was way too long, and host Ellen DeGeneres didn't do nearly as good a job as anyone was hoping:

On the Huffington Post , David Macaray offers up three reasons this year's Oscars was "the worst."

...

12 Years a Slave
Wins Best Picture

academy awards

Mar 3, 2014 12:55 AM CST

12 Years a Slave Wins Best Picture

Here are all your Oscar winners

(Newser) - Ellen DeGeneres opened tonight's Academy Awards with a few mild shots at the attendees—among other things, she teased Jennifer Lawrence for falling on her way up to the stage last year and then again on the red carpet tonight ; she raised her voice so that 84-year-old nominee June...

Ellen DeGeneres
Takes Epic Selfie,
Orders Oscars Pizza

academy awards

Mar 2, 2014 10:34 PM CST

Ellen DeGeneres Takes Epic Selfie, Orders Oscars Pizza

Memorable Academy Awards moments

(Newser) - Two Oscar moments that will probably be talked about tomorrow: Ellen DeGeneres ordered pizza for the audience, and took what could very well be the most epic selfie of all time.

She took a poll of the audience, asking who else was starving and would be up for some pizza.

...

Jennifer Lawrence
Falls on Oscars
Red Carpet

academy awards

Mar 2, 2014 7:26 PM CST

Jennifer Lawrence Falls on Oscars Red Carpet

Video from Academy Awards is sure to go viral

(Newser) - One Oscars moment people are talking about before the show has even begun? Jennifer Lawrence's little fall on the red carpet. It's becoming a bit of a tradition for her, USA Today notes—she famously stumbled on her way up to the stage last year.

7 Cursed Oscar Couples

Mar 1, 2014 12:54 PM CST

7 Cursed Oscar Couples

They broke up within a year of an Academy Award win

(Newser) - Winning an Oscar is great ... but for these couples, rounded up by People , it was followed by the demise of their relationship less than a year later:

George Clooney and Stacy Keibler: As a co-producer of Argo, Clooney won Best Picture last year—five months later, he and Keibler broke

...

Actor Maximilan
Schell Dead at 83

obituary

Feb 1, 2014 3:55 PM CST

Actor Maximilan Schell Dead at 83

Won 1961 best actor Oscar

(Newser) - Austrian-born actor Maximilian Schell, a fugitive from Adolf Hitler who became a Hollywood favorite and won an Oscar for his role as a defense attorney in Stanley Kramer's classic Judgment at Nuremberg, has died. He was 83. Schell's agent said he died overnight at a hospital in the...

Academy
Yanks Song's
Oscar Nomination

OSCAR SCANDAL

Jan 30, 2014 3:33 AM CST

Academy Yanks Song's Oscar Nomination

Ex-governor called, emailed pals on voting committee

(Newser) - A huge embarrassment for the Academy Awards: The song nomination for "Alone Yet Not Alone" from the film of the same name has been yanked after it emerged that its writer—a former Academy governor and current head of the music branch—had been calling and emailing colleagues to...

Hello, Oscar:
Gravity Builds
Momentum at DGAs

Jan 26, 2014 6:00 AM CST

Hello, Oscar: Gravity Builds Momentum at DGAs

Cuaron and Co. take home top film honors

(Newser) - Alfonso Cuaron and Gravity added top film honors to their collection at last night's Directors Guild of America Awards, building momentum in what's seen as a tight three-way race to the Oscars. The award all but guarantees Cuaron the Best Director Oscar (though don't ask Ben Affleck...

American Hustle, Gravity
Score 10 Oscar Nods Each

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Jan 16, 2014 8:01 AM CST

American Hustle, Gravity Score 10 Oscar Nods Each

'12 Years a Slave' gets 9 Academy Award nominations

(Newser) - American Hustle was a big winner at this morning's Academy Award nominations announcement, snagging nods in seven major categories: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and all four of the acting categories. Fellow Best Picture nominee Gravity tied Hustle for most overall nominations, with 10 apiece, the AP...