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Academy Awards staying in Hollywood
The film academy signs a 20-year deal to keep the annual Oscar show at Hollywood & Highland. Dolby also has signed on as the theater's new name sponsor.
Film academy signs 20-year deal to keep Oscar show in Hollywood
Also confirmed is a Dolby Laboratories agreement with the owners of the complex to take over the naming rights to the theater, previously belonging to Kodak, which filed for bankruptcy.
'Saving Face' puts focus on plight of Pakistani women
The Oscar-winning documentary about increasing acid attacks on Pakistani women airs on HBO Thursday.
Week in Review video: Billy Crystal, Oscar surprises
Did Billy Crystal restore some much-needed showmanship to the proceedings or set the event back with Catskills humor?
'The Artist' producer tops final Heat Meter rankings
It was "The Artist" producer Thomas Langmann, who topped all other personalities, including his own director, Michel Hazanavicius (who came in second).
Oscar's aging audience: Time to shake up the Academy?
The painfully cobwebby spectacle included a cringe-inducing blackface joke, a tribute to an elderly seat filler and endless self-absorbed claptrap about the magic of movies.
Oscars 2012: Ratings up slightly with Billy Crystal
The Billy Crystal-hosted 84th Academy Awards draws 4% more viewers than last year's ceremony hosted by Anne Hathaway, James Franco. But it trails the Grammys.
Oscars 2012: Where the stars come out to play
Winners, losers and those just lucky enough to be invited make the party scene after the big show.
Jimmy Kimmel premieres Oscar parody trailer 'Movie: The Movie'
Amassing cameos from nearly every major star in Hollywood, Kimmel's "Movie: The Movie" trailer made use of nearly every popular genre and film trope and even created a few of its own.
Oscars 2012: Kenneth Branagh on some great expectations
Kenneth Branagh knows all too well the burden that comes with playing multiple Oscar winner Laurence Olivier -- and then earning an Oscar nomination for that work.
Oscars 2012: Solid gold and stars at Vanity Fair after-party
The Sunset Tower Hotel was a glamorous war zone of barricaded fans, tinted SUVs and paparazzi Sunday evening as folks made their way to the fete from the telecast in Hollywood.
Jessica Chastain: Grandma calmed her down at the Oscars
Jessica Chastain -- who appeared in a whopping six releases last year, "The Help" and "The Tree of Life" among them -- still felt like the new girl in town Sunday as she made her way down the Oscars r
Billy Crystal telecast is flat (but doesn't slip) among young adults
Sunday's Oscar telecast delivered a total of 39.3 million viewers, up 4% compared with last year, according to Nielsen.
Oscars 2012: Vanity Fair Party
Octavia Spencer, Jean Dujardin and more celebrated their Oscar wins at the Vanity Fair party in West Hollywood.
Academy Awards Governors Ball 2012
The winners headed to one of the biggest parties in town to get their Oscars engraved.
Poll: What was Billy Crystal's lamest Oscar joke?
Whatever your view, there were any number of Crystal jokes that landed with a thud. What was his biggest miss?
Oscars 2012: Octavia Spencer calls 'Help' ensemble a 'beautiful unit'
Spencer, who cried onstage after her win, seemed exhausted and overwhelmed to the point of being edgy.
Oscars 2012: Best & Worst
Sacha Baron Cohen dumps ashes on Seacrest, Billy Crystal sings (again) and more highlights and lowlights from the 84th Academy Awards.
Oscars 2012: 'The Artist's' Jean Dujardin cops to a cuss word
It was a one-of-a-kind moment backstage since Dujardin was the first French actor to win such an award, despite being one of several nominated over the years.
Oscars 2012: Meryl Streep's ready for a whiskey -- or two
It's been nearly three decades since Streep last won the lead actress prize for her performance in "Sophie's Choice," and the 62-year-old admitted she was surprised by how exciting it was to win the O
Sunday's Oscars up slightly in early ratings
The critics may have been underwhelmed, but Sunday's Oscars hosted by Billy Crystal rose slightly in the ratings compared with last year.
Oscars: Alexander Payne praises fellow 'Descendants' writers
Screenwriters Jim Rash and Nat Faxon, he says, gave him myriad directions to take the material in.
'The Artist' is big winner at Academy Awards
It wins best picture, best actor and directing honors. Meryl Streep wins the best actress award.
Oscars 2012: Backstage at the Academy Awards
From Meryl Streep to Brad Pitt, a behind-the-scenes look at what the television cameras missed.
Oscars 2012: On the red carpet, white gowns ruled
Gwyneth Paltrow, Rooney Mara, Octavia Spencer and Giuliana Rancic show off the color in chic and stunning dresses.
'The Artist' wins three top Oscars, including best picture
"The Artist," a black-and-white homage to the early days of Hollywood, was named best picture at the 84th Academy Awards on Sunday. Meryl Streep and Jean Dujardin take top acting awards.
Video: Brad Pitt throws 'Moneyball' a comedic curve
Brad Pitt's stop on the red carpet was almost eclipsed by a monstrous wave of shouts.
Oscars 2012: Weinsteins still win, but not as richly
'The Artist,' 'The Iron Lady' and 'My Week With Marilyn' brought home the gold, but more in statuettes than in box office this year.
Writers Kristen Wiig, Annie Mumolo at a loss for words
The craziness of the carpet had the usually glib Wiig searching for a word to describe it all -- but Mumolo stepped in.
Michelle Williams, now a better-dressed misfit
Decked out in a Louis Vuitton gown at the Oscars on Sunday, the actress said she felt like "a better-dressed misfit."
Video: Billy Crystal tasked with keeping it classy, funny
Academy Awards producer Brian Grazer and producer-director Don Hahn definitely had host Billy Crystal's back on the red carpet before the show started.
Oscars 2012: Academy Award winners
Here's a look at the stars, on- and off-camera, who took home the Oscar statues.
Oscars 2012: Nick Nolte doesn't really hang out with this crowd
Nick Nolte wasn't very excited to be at the Oscars on Sunday. Why so glum, we wondered?
Oscars 2012: All eyes on Billy Crystal, Sacha Baron Cohen and, yes, nominees
It's been a bit of a rocky road to Sunday night's 84th Academy Awards.
The Oscars: 'The Descendants' for best picture
Alexander Payne's film starring George Clooney should win the top award, L.A. Times film critic Betsy Sharkey writes.
Critic's Notebook: My Meryl Streep problem
The virtuosic 'Iron Lady' star is stuck in two self-parodying modes of late: impersonating a character quite unlike herself or playing one who bears a teasing resemblance to her starry self.
First Person: Demian Bichir
The Mexican-born lead actor nominee for 'A Better Life' talks about his past, his passions and his life since getting the Oscar nod.
The Sunday Conversation: Nick Glennie-Smith
The Oscars conductor talks about rehearsals and a love of music.
Buzzmeter panelists: 'Artist' is tops but how about acting?
A roundup of Buzzmeter, The Envelope's handy little compendium of six Oscar experts' picks for the top six Oscar categories.
Oscars 2012: Despite Halle and Denzel, gold mostly eludes nonwhites
A study observes that from 2002 through 2012, "almost 20 percent of nominees were people of color," a "notable increase" over the 9% of Oscar nominees in the top categories who were people of color be
Sacha Baron Cohen as the Dictator? Fine by Oscars' Brian Grazer
Sacha Baron Cohen had the tables turned on him Friday by Oscars producer Brian Grazer, who extended a sort of red carpet invite to the actor to show up Sunday in a tux or in "The Dictator" regalia.
Sacha Baron Cohen takes his Oscars war to the media
Cohen called into NBC's "Today" show on Friday morning, in character as Aladeen, upset about being banned from the Oscars red carpet. (Cohen is still welcome to attend, but only as himself.)
Oscars 2012: For De Niro, it's about Clooney and Streep (and Uggie)
Asked his favorite performances, the actor didn't hesitate to name two: George Clooney in "The Descendants" and Meryl Streep in "The Iron Lady."
Oscar contender 'A Separation': Betsy Sharkey's pick of the week
It is one of those rare films in which literally everything fits together seamlessly, beautifully, to create a rich tapestry of a family that, despite living in modern-day Tehran, will feel remarkably
Oscars 2012: Centenarian offers a link to Hollywood's Golden Age
Arthur Gardner, who at 101 is the oldest known living member of the Oscars organization, reflects on the time Hollywood was still a small town.
Interactive: Meet the Academy Awards nominees
Some of the nominees for the 84th Academy Awards pose for an official group photo at the nominees' luncheon at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
- Latin Grammys to allow 10 nominees for album of the year 05/10/2012, 2:45 p.m.
- Hal David, Burt Bacharach honored in D.C. with Gershwin Prize 05/09/2012, 10:35 a.m.
- Awards season comes early: Directors Guild OKs movie screeners 05/07/2012, 1:08 p.m.
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