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Daniel Day-lewis Etches Himself Into Oscar Folklore With Historic Third Best Actor Win

25th February 2013

Daniel Day-Lewis could now consider himself to be the greatest actor in the modern era as he became the first...

The Oscars Shock Winners And Losers: How Argo Beat Lincoln To Best Picture

25th February 2013

Very rarely has it been so clear that Oscar nominations and wins are a delicately calculated game of accumulated points...

Oscars Glory For British Darling Adele With Skyfall Win

25th February 2013

Adele added another award to her already extensive collection last night as she and co-songwriter Paul Epworth took home the...

Oscar Winners 2013: Few Surprises As The Favourites Argo, Daniel Day-lewis And Jennifer Lawrence Take Away Glory

25th February 2013

There were few curve balls thrown at last night's Academy Awards ceremony, with the early favourites for the top prizes...

The Inevitable Oscar Blunders: Meryl Streep And Jennifer Lawrence Awards Night Mistakes

25th February 2013

Very few things in life go off without a hitch, and while last night's Oscar was an utter triumph there...

The Onion Call 9-Year-old Quvenzhane Wallis A “C**T”

25th February 2013

Poor Quvenzhane Wallis; first of all, Hollywood managed to convince her that she might be in with a chance of...

Oscars 2013: No Surprises As Daniel Day Lewis Takes Best Actor For Lincoln

25th February 2013

Anyone who bet against Daniel Day Lewis – you are a bad, bad person. Either that or the guy who...

Oscars 2013: Ang Lee Beats Steven Spielberg To Best Director

25th February 2013

Is this a shock? It kind of is. Ang Lee has taken the Best Director Oscar for Life of Pi,...

Oscars 2013: Argo Takes The Best Picture Oscar From Under Steven Spielberg’S Nose

25th February 2013

This was supposed to be Steven Spielberg’s night; his film Lincoln was supposed to win everything, but it hasn’t turned...

Oscars 2013: Anne Hathaway Picks Up Best Supporting Actress For Her Turn As Fantine In Les Miserables

25th February 2013

And the award for Best Supporting Actress goes to Anne Hathaway for Les Miserables! This is Hathaway’s first Oscar having...

Youngest Ever Oscar-nominee Quvenzhané Wallis Secures Role In Annie

25th February 2013

Ahead of what could be the biggest night in Quvenzhané Wallis’ fledgling career, it has been announced that the young...

Oscars 2013: Adele And Les Miserables Cast Members Give Practise Performance To Oscar Workers

24th February 2013

Musical stars have warmed up their vocal chords in a practise run for tonight's Oscars, among the performers are Adele...

Jennifer Lawrence And Raf Simon's Dior Photos Released Ahead Of The Oscars

24th February 2013

How did Dior know that Jennifer Lawrence was going to continue being a darling of the awards season? They announced...

Oscar Awards Losers Will All Receive An Incredible Consolation Prize Worth Over $45k

24th February 2013

For the nominees who were truly humbled by their Oscar nomination but know full well that they wont win, aside...

Argo And Lincoln – Two Oscars Favourites With Historical And Contextual Inaccuracies

23rd February 2013

Anyone bothered to check the Oscars 2013 news today – the day before the ceremony – has seen both Argo...

Oscars 2013 – Les Miserables Cast Sang For Their Roles In The Film

23rd February 2013

Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe are all well-respected actors, who’ve carved out hugely successful careers. But that didn’t mean...

The Oscars 2013: Time For Daniel Day Lewis To Step Into Greatness

23rd February 2013

Never before has someone taken three Best Actor in a Leading Role awards. So for Daniel Day Lewis – a...

Adele Oscar Win A Cert? Not Quite! Which Other Contenders Are There?

22nd February 2013

So everyone reckons that Adele's going to walk away with an Oscar this weekend and, given that she's performing on...

A Week In Movies Featuring The Oscars Favourites, Owen Wilson And Vince Vaughn Crashing Google And Danny Boyle's Gory Trailer For Trance

22nd February 2013

It's Oscar weekend, so the stars are converging on Los Angeles for the big night on Sunday. Returning from the...

The Oscars Are Asinine: Ethan Hawke Slams Major Movie Awards Ceremony

22nd February 2013

“Look at how many forgettable, stupid movies have won Oscars and how many mediocre performers have Oscars above their fireplace.”...

The Oscars 2013 – Let’S Take The Animation Category Seriously, Okay?

22nd February 2013

Attention swerves towards best film, and the male and female versions of best lead and supporting actors at The Oscars....

The Oscars 2013 – Quvenzhané Wallis Represents Longest Odds

22nd February 2013

Considering she’s the shortest actress in the category, Quvenzhané Wallis represents the longest odds to win Best Actress at The...

Academy Award-nominated Director Emad Burnat Held At Lax Airport: Why?

21st February 2013

An Academy-nominated Palestinian film maker suffered the ignominy of being held at LAX airport after customs refused to believe that...

Oscar Nominated Director, Emad Burnat, Held At Los Angeles' Lax, Texts Michael Moore For Help

20th February 2013

Five Broken Cameras is an Oscar-nominated documentary by Emad Burnat. And if it wasn’t for Michael Moore’s help, the director...

Hey, Losing Oscar Nominees: You're All Getting $45,000 Gift Bags!

20th February 2013

Academy Award invites who don't end up taking an Oscar home on Sunday evening (February 24, 2013) shouldn't despair, for...

Seth Macfarlane At The Oscars: How Denzel Washington Will Help Him Cope

19th February 2013

Hosting the Oscars is one of the biggest hosting jobs a person can do in their lifetime, unless you hosted...

Writers Guild Win Adds To Zero Dark Thirty Momentum... But Is It In Time For The Oscars?

18th February 2013

In the Oscars build-up the bulk of the attention has been on Ben Affleck and Argo, with the director and...

Skyfall And The Olympics Did The Job For The Brits According To Naomie Harris

17th February 2013

The Olympic and Paralympic games were a tremendous success for the U.K; add Skyfall into the mix – the James...

Will The Six Spies 'Bond' At The Oscars?

12th February 2013

It's less than two weeks until the most prestigious movie awards ceremony - the Academy Awards -takes place on February...

Ben Affleck Wins Big At The Director's Guild Awards Despite No Oscar Nomination

4th February 2013

Ben Affleck as won the Director's Guild Award for Best Film, which marks the 5th major award win for that...