Actor and director Ben Affleck took home the big prize at the 85th Academy Awards when his film “Argo” was tapped as Best Picture.  Affleck, who was snubbed in Best Director category, was happy to receive his second trophy since Best Original Screenplay win for  “Good Will Hunting” in 1998. Despite his limited experience in […]

It seems that the 2011 Academy Awards have all of the anticipation of an MMA fight between Nick Cannon and Eminem. While there are plenty of good movies that cut across color and class lines (Inception, The Social Network, Toy Story 3) up for nominations it feels like audiences just don’t seem that invested in […]

Halle Berry is slated to appear on an upcoming Oscar-themed episode of “The Simpsons.”  The episode, titled “Angry Dad: The Movie,” is scheduled to air on February 20th.

Dear Tyler Perry, As you must know by now, your film For Colored Girls was officially shut out of the Oscar race. I wish I could say I’m surprised but the writing was pretty much on the wall, with the Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild also choosing to snub For Colored Girls as well. […]

Nominees for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards were announced today with few surprises. The Social Network earned enough “likes” for several nominations, but it looks like The King’s Speech is the big winner this year, with 12 nods for just about everything from directing to screenplay. And though ‘Black Swan’ was removed from the race […]

From TheHollyWoodReporter.com With nine nominations each, “Avatar” and “The Hurt Locker” led the pack as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences opened up its best picture Oscar race to 10 nominees for the first time since 1943.