Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter

NEWS ABOUT: Oscars

Oscars stories: 98 news summaries

41 - 60 of 98 Stories | << Prev 1 2 3 4 5 Next >>

Switch to grid view »

 Oscar Win Is 
 No Career Boost 

Past winners haven't had big hits in years

Feb 19, 09 5:34 PM CST
(Newser) - That gold-plated statuette actors take home Oscar night may as well be a parting gift from Hollywood. Past winners—like Nicole Kidman, Halle Berry, and Adrien Brody—have had little luck at the box office in subsequent years, Reuters reports. The problem, says one film critic, is that the winners... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Hollywood • Academy Awards • film • award show • acting career • Oscars

 Brad, Boys Do Vegas 

Brangelina reunite at Oscars, where they'll face Jennifer Aniston

Feb 19, 09 1:03 PM CST
(Newser) - Seems there's no time like the present to kick off those father-son Las Vegas getaways. Brad Pitt was spotted with Maddox, 7, and Pax, 5, at the ritzy MGM Mansion, where the boys had Nintendo Wiis delivered to their rooms, Us Magazine reports. In New York, Angelina Jolie took her... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Angelina Jolie • Brad Pitt • Las Vegas • Jennifer Aniston • celebrity parents • Oscars

(AP) - If Heath Ledger is named best supporting actor at Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony, his 3-year-old daughter will become the owner of the statuette. But it won't really belong to Matilda Rose Ledger until her 18th birthday, in 2023—and even then, only if she signs a contract. Ledger's nomination, and... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Academy Awards • The Dark Knight • Heath Ledger • Michelle Williams • the Joker • Matilda Rose Ledger • Oscars

 What Baby? 
 Oscar Producers 
 Beg MIA to Perform 

Will bring 'large bed' on stage if necessary

Feb 18, 09 10:13 AM CST
(Newser) - The ratings-challenged Academy Award broadcast needs a boost, and producers are desperate for rapper MIA to perform her Oscar-nominated song, even though she just gave birth, MSNBC reports. “We are happy to bring some sort of fabulous bed on stage if that means MIA can be there,” they... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Academy Awards • celebrity • award show • rapper • MIA • Oscars • performance

OPINION

Oscar-Nom Films Still Slumping; Here's Why


Feb 16, 09 8:12 PM CST
(Newser) - Is the so-called "Oscar bump" fading? Academy favorites like Slumdog Millionaire and Frost/Nixon are stalled at the box office this year; only The Reader has filled more seats since being nominated. Yes, a stream of bona fide Hollywood hits has held them back, but it's more than that,... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Academy Awards • box office • The Reader • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button • Slumdog Millionaire • Harvey Milk • Frost/Nixon • Oscars • prestige movies • escapist



 Winslet's 
 Oscar Bid 
 Battered by 
 Nazi Furor 


'Nazi porn' asks use to 'empathize with mass murderer'

Feb 15, 09 8:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Mounting criticism of The Reader as an apologia for the Nazis is seriously undermining Kate Winslet's chances for an Oscar, reports the Telegraph. Critics have blasted the film as "Nazi porn," and the author of a book on Hitler charged in a recent article in Slate that it... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Academy Awards • Germany • concentration camp • award show • BAFTA • movies • Nazis • Kate Winslet • The Reader • films • Oscars

updated


 MIA Has a Boy;  
 Will She Make  
 the Oscars?   

Baby's sex not yet public

Feb 14, 09 10:14 PM CST
(Newser) - MIA is now an M-O-M, reports Hitfix. The 31-year-old Sri Lankan singer and hip-hop artist delivered a healthy baby boy on Wednesday, notes People. It's her first child, and there's no word on the name yet. Now the big question: Can MIA—who performed at the Grammys on her due... More »

MORE ABOUT:
music • Academy Awards • baby • birth • hip-hop • rapper • M.I.A. • Oscars

Academy to Presenters:
Skip the Oscars Red Carpet

Presenters won't be seen until they present

Feb 11, 09 10:39 AM CST
(Newser) - After Oscar ratings hit historic lows last year, the Academy is taking a bold step: It’s asking presenters to skip their preshow jaunts down the red carpet, the LA Times reports. The Oscar honchos reckon that’ll force fashion-obsessed viewers to watch the actual envelope-opening parts of the... More »

MORE ABOUT:
fashion • Academy Awards • awards • award show • red carpet • Oscars

(Newser) - The Reader is an “incoherent, exculpatory film” that offers false redemption for "ordinary Germans" involved in the Holocaust through a tired trope and far too much nudity, Ron Rosenbaum writes in Slate. The industry has already erred deeply by nominating the film and Kate Winslet’s performance... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Academy Awards • film • Holocaust • Kate Winslet • The Reader • Oscars • Best Picture • redemption • Stephen Daldry

Sans Blockbusters, Oscar Scrambles to Build Buzz

Broadcast's ratings decline isn't helped by snub to Dark Knight

Feb 2, 09 9:49 AM CST
(Newser) - Producers of the Academy Awards are scrambling to add twists to a broadcast whose ratings decline won’t be helped by the lack of a blockbuster among the best-picture nominees, the New York Times reports. With the five nominees totaling less than half the box office of snubbed Dark Knight,... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Academy Awards • award show • The Dark Knight • Kodak Theatre • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button • Slumdog Millionaire • Oscars

 Meet the Men Who Make Oscars 

Spotlight misses Chicago workers behind Hollywood's most coveted trophy

Feb 1, 09 7:13 PM CST
(Newser) - Come Feb. 22, Hollywood will be fêting the stars who take home the Oscars—but there’s little chance any of the acceptance speeches will thank the guys who made the statues. From Martin Vega, who melts pewter alloy for the hardware, to Eladio Gonzalez, who gives Oscar his... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Brad Pitt • Academy Awards • award show • gold • fabrication • copper • Oscar statue • Bette Davis • silver • Oscars • Alloy

 Mall Cop Still 
 Rocks Box Office 

Comedy tops box office for 2nd weekend

Jan 25, 09 5:23 PM CST
(Newser) - Paul Blart: Mall Cop kept control of the box office for a second straight weekend by earning $21.5 million, Variety reports. Slumdog Millionaire, on the strength of 10 Oscar nominations,  shot into fifth spot and banked $10.6 million. Filling out the top five were Underworld: Rise of ... More »

MORE ABOUT:
box office • Slumdog Millionaire • Oscars • Gran Torino • Kevin James • Paul Blart: Mall Cop • Hotel for Dogs • Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

 Best Picture Nod 
 Brings $6.7M Boost 

Advertising is expensive, but nominations can pay off big for studios

Jan 23, 09 1:40 PM CST
(Newser) - With studios shelling out huge bucks to push their films on Oscar voters—Frost/Nixon probably dropped hundreds of thousands for a few days of spreads in the Hollywood papers—could such ad blitzes actually pay off? The answer is yes: A best picture nomination is worth at least $6.7... More »

MORE ABOUT:
advertising • nomination • film studio • movies • Oscars

 Downey: Googling 
 Myself 'A Hoot' 

Hathaway, too, cops to habit; Pitt not so much

Jan 23, 09 10:56 AM CST
(Newser) - Celebrities really are just like us: They Google themselves, too, reports Perez Hilton. At an Oscars celebrity panel this week, Robert Downey Jr. admitted it: “I love all that shit, personally. Because it’s a hoot.” Anne Hathaway then reversed course: “I lied before when you asked... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Google • Internet • Brad Pitt • celebrity • Robert Downey Jr. • Anne Hathaway • celebrity interview • Oscars

 Family Thrilled by 
 Heath Oscar Nod 

Still-grieving kin celebrate Joker nomination

Jan 23, 09 4:36 AM CST
(Newser) - Heath Ledger's three sisters are still struggling with the loss of their brother, but they are grateful for the legacy he left behind, they tell the Sydney Morning Herald. His death a year ago "seems like nearly yesterday, and we are all nursing broken hearts," said sis Kate,... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Academy Awards • awards • nomination • award show • The Dark Knight • Heath Ledger • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences • Oscars

 Brangelina Just
 Happy to (Both)
 Be Nominated 

Pitt's Benjamin Button scores 13 Oscar nods; Jolie scores for Changeling

Jan 22, 09 4:01 PM CST
(Newser) - Oscar was kind to Brangelina today, with both halves of the power couple landing nominations, People reports. Brad Pitt received a best actor nod for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, while Angelina Jolie is in the best actress running for Changeling. “I’m especially happy for David Fincher,... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Angelina Jolie • Brad Pitt • Academy Awards • award show • Meryl Streep • Brangelina • Changeling • Kate Winslet • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button • Oscars

 Ledger, Rourke Nab Oscar Nods 

Benjamin Button, Slumdog lead the pack

Jan 22, 09 8:16 AM CST
(Newser) - Exactly a year after his death, Heath Ledger has been nominated for an Academy Award, AP reports. Ledger's Supporting Actor nod was the only nom for The Dark Knight, while The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Slumdog Millionaire rose to the top with 13 and 10 nominations respectively. Other... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Angelina Jolie • Brad Pitt • Academy Awards • awards • nomination • award show • Heath Ledger • nominee • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button • Slumdog Millionaire • Oscars

Rourke Finds Comeback Light at End of Dark Tunnel

Wrestler actor self-destructed on the way to role of a lifetime, Golden Globe honors

Jan 18, 09 3:55 PM CST
(Newser) - After the collapse of his career—admittedly his own fault—Mickey Rourke has found his way back up the Hollywood ladder with his recent Golden Globe for The Wrestler. Despite many promising turns during the 1980s, CNN reports, self-destructive behavior and problems with authority—which Rourke attributes to childhood abuse—... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Hollywood • award show • Golden Globes • comeback • Mickey Rourke • Darren Aronofsky • Oscars • The Wrestler

opinion

He's a Fine Wrestler, Not
So Great Texter

Rourke's errant message trashing
Penn is a hoot

Jan 2, 09 12:11 PM CST
(Newser) - Oh, Mickey. Though Mr. Rourke is back from the dead and getting Oscar buzz for his turn in The Wrestler, he still can't quite shake his "primitive" instincts, writes Marina Hyde in the Guardian. She takes great joy in his recent phone text miscue, in which he trashes the... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Academy Awards • feud • text message • Sean Penn • Mickey Rourke • Oscars

OPINION

Critic's Confession: Seeing Oscar Movies Is a Big Pain

Getting to the theater a problem

Jan 2, 09 11:15 AM CST
(Newser) - There are 7 weeks left until the Oscars, and if you start now, and get to the theater every other day, you might just be able to see all the contenders. Hollywood has made being an Oscarphile tough work, writes David Carr of the New York Times. After months... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Academy Awards • award show • movie industry • movies • movie theaters • Oscars • prestige movies

41 - 60 of 98 Stories | << Prev 1 2 3 4 5 Next >>


from our news partners

Associated PressAssociated Press