Film Academy Honors Six Writers with Nicholl Award
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences kicked off its run up to the Oscars, the U.S. film industry's top awards, by honoring six fledgling screenwriters Thursday night with its annual Nicholl Fellowship and a check for &#36;30,000.
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced a rule change allowing a best picture Oscar winner to have more than three producers in rare circumstances.
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Seven snubs after his first Oscar nomination, Martin Scorsese was named best director and his murderous mob thriller âThe Departedâ was named best picture.
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The group that presents the  Academy Awards unveiled on Wednesday a small revision in the  rules for voting on best picture that could bring big changes  in giving credit to producers involved in a movie.
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No Country For Old Men heads the Academy Awards with eight nods, along with thriller Michael Clayton.
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They were dubbed the most international Oscars ever, but in the end it was a group of U.S. films and actors who pushed other filmmakers aside to grab the world's top film honors.
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Actors who write got major kudos Thursday from writers who vote   for awards.
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Nine movies are in contention for the foreign-language Academy Award.
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Lawyers will decide who gets these Academy Awards.
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âAtonement,â adapted from the Ian McEwan novel and starring Keira Knightley and James McAvoy as suffering lovers, was named best film at the British Academy of Film and Television Awards (popularly known as the Baftas) on Sunday night in London, The Associated Press reported. Daniel Day-Lewis, above, came away with best actor honors for his performance as the oilman in âThere Will Be Blood,â and Marion Cotillard was named best actress for her portrayal of Ãdith Piaf in âLa Vie en Rose.â Joel and Ethan Coen won the award for directing for âNo Country for Old Men,â and the prize for best original screenplay went to Diablo Cody for âJuno.â.
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Clint Eastwood's boxing drama "Million Dollar Baby" won this year's University of Southern California Scripter Award, an honor bestowed by The Friends of the USC Libraries for the best adaptation of a book or short story to film.
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The National Board of Review Wednesday delivered its first major award of the season naming &#39;Finding Neverland,&#39; a fictionalized account of the creation of âPeter Pan,â the best film.
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The nominations have been announced and three of the best picture candidates lead the pack with the most.  âThe Aviatorâ comes out on top with 11 nominations, while âFinding Neverlandâ and âMillion Dollar Babyâ each received 7.  Th...
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said it will now, âin a rare and extraordinary circumstance,â consider crediting more than three producers as nominees for Oscars.
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LOS ANGELES  - Production designer Robert Boyle will receive an honorary Oscar during the Academy Awards ceremony on February 24, organizers said Wednesday.
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NBC's "The Office," Showtime's "Dexter" and HBO's "The Wire" are among the contenders for top honors at the 60th Writers Guild Awards.
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Seven films have been shortlisted for consideration in the Oscar sound editing race by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.