Oscar nominees gear up for lunch
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Leonardo DiCaprio and Hilary Swank are  due to attend this year's Oscar nominees luncheon in Los Angeles.
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LOS ANGELES  - Fatih Akin is riding two horses as the Oscar race for foreign-language feature rounds the far bend, heading to the January 22 announcement of Academy Award nominations.
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By Joseph Dionisio, Newsday, Melville, N.Y.  Feb. 21--   With albums due from Scarlett Johansson and others, Hollywood's self-indulgence factory is in overdrive. So, as Oscar night nears, we present our nominations for the Crock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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Here's a look at the Oscar favourites.
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This yearâs Academy Award nominations are being announced this morning. The list will be posted here.
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.  - The long walk down the  Oscar aisle will be a lot shorter for some of this year's  Academy Awards winners -- in fact, some will not make it to the  stage.
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Members of Hollywood's union for filmmakers had an interesting range of choices for their top prize this year.
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A slew of A-list actors like Kevin Spacey and Will Smith are vying for a part in Oscar winning director Steven Spielberg's new movie.
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The Oscar hopefuls have begun to march out to a steady drumbeat.
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Thousands of Oscar nomination ballots were mailed out Wednesday, heralding the official start of Academy Awards season.
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The Oscar nominee talks about his movies, his favorite Boston insults and his own new entourage
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Reactions to the announcement of this year's Oscar nominees:
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The film awards season gets under way with Golden Globe nominations starting the countdown to the Oscars.
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Oscar winners Billy Bob  Thornton and Kim Basinger are in various stages of negotiations  to star in the ensemble drama &quot;The Informers,&quot; an adaptation of  the Bret Easton Ellis novel.
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Recent Oscar winners Jennifer Hudson and Forest Whitaker were looking to keep their streaks going at the 38th annual NAACP Image Awards.
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With the threat  of picketing writers having passed, Oscar organizers on  Thursday unveiled presenters and performers for their upcoming  telecast.
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Academy Awards contenders demurely say it's nice just to be nominated. In this wide-open Oscar season, just about any nominee could end up winning.