Murphy's run for Oscar sparks applause
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Eddie Murphy has been loved, hated  and ignored but now he is back with Hollywood heavyweights  rallying around him for his career-redefining turn in  "Dreamgirls," a role that may win him an Oscar.
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is giving some lucky movie buffs the chance to see their favorite stars up close at the Oscars next year.
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Eddie Murphy threw his weight around at the box office in North America on Sunday with his new comedy "Norbit," which led the weekend field despite a critical battering.
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Heâs not in the race yet, but the actor turned potential White House wannabe is warming up the crowd.
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LOS ANGELES  - The Oscar hopefuls have  begun to march out to a steady drumbeat.
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The talented actress wins a National Award.
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"Juno" landed four Oscar nominations on Tuesday, including best picture, completing its late-breaking ascent and securing its reputation as this year's "Little Miss Sunshine."
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NEW YORK -- David Murphy led off the first game of yesterday's day-night doubleheader by slamming a Jaret Wright fastball into the right-field bleachers at Yankee Stadium for his first major league home run. Tall, lanky, and with a sweet swing, Murphy, the Red Sox' first selection in the 2003 draft, had waited a long time for this.
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Sideways and The Aviator got a big boost for their Academy Award aspirations Monday as they took the most Golden Globe nominations from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
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The first Oscar nomination for a  South African film will boost the burgeoning industry and grab  the attention of Hollywood, the film's director said on  Tuesday.
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Alexander Payne&#39;s Sideways notched up more Oscar hype yesterday when it was named best picture of 2004 by the influential New York film critics circle.
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Al Gore and his campaign against global warming won big at the Oscars as Hollywood went green on Sunday night. If only politics were that simple.
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We've seen plenty of political moments at the Oscars before.  But on Sunday, we could see the most unusual political moment ever.
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LOS ANGELES  - If you wanted to take a few swipes at Sunday night's Oscar ceremony, it wouldn't be that hard.
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âCharlie Wilsonâs Warâ and âAtonementâ picked up multiple nods, and Denzel Washington had a huge day.
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Editor and Publisher - EVANSTON, Ill. Unlike Eddie Murphy and Alan Arkin, the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times did not go quite head to head during the Oscar season, but the two newspapers did compete on the Web with revamped sites and chatty bloggers. The home team had a built-in advantage over the national champ. Still, the results overall provide insight into how top papers can best cover drawn-out cultural events over time -- and in nearly real time.
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Up-and-coming Hollywood actor Cillian  Murphy knows how he landed the lead role in the Irish  independence drama "The Wind that Shakes the Barley" -- he was  typecast.