Oscar show host Chris Rock stirs controversy
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Producers of the upcoming Academy Awards are getting what they paid for when they hired sharp-tongued comic Chris Rock to host the Oscars - a bit of pre-show controversy that could boost TV ratings.
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Oliver Stone, America&#39;s most controversial, Oscar-winning filmmaker, is waging war on the box office this weekend with ``Alexander,&#39;&#39; a violent, sexually combustible, nearly three-hour epic.
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A day after one of Hollywood's most  powerful men publicly scolded actor Tom Cruise, the film  capital began to think cost-conscious studios may finally be  fed up with giving stars the star treatment.
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Six years ago, Chris Rock joked that the Academy Awards looked like the "million white man march" for its traditional under-representation of blacks.
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[Hollywood News]: London, Oct 28: Oscars might be months away but the rumour mill has already started rolling. A film about the life of Ray Charles, Ray that is yet to be released, is in news, with the leading man, Jamie Foxx,in race for the Oscars.
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Despite protestations to the contrary earlier this year, comedian-actor Chris Rock has agreed to host the 77th Academy Awards telecast in February.
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US comedian Chris Rock is to host the Oscars ceremony in Hollywood in February 2005, organisers reveal.
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LOS ANGELES - Oscar and the Olympics were headed for a scheduling clash, and Oscar blinked first. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Thursday said the 2006 edition of Hollywoodâs highest honors
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The job of hosting the Academy Awards, one of the most prestigious and demanding assignments in Hollywood, falls on Sunday to comedian and talk show star Ellen DeGeneres.
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The BBC is criticised after rock star Iggy Pop used a racist term during coverage of the Glastonbury Festival.
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Hosting any live television show is  fraught with peril but adding the world's top movie stars makes  taking on the Oscars seem more like a dangerous thrill ride,  comedian Ellen DeGeneres said on Friday.
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The Academy Awards presentation is still two months away but the world's top film awards ceremony found itself embroiled on Tuesday in the worst Hollywood labor clash in two decades.
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Police in Las Vegas have cited  musician Kid Rock for misdemeanor battery in connection with a  weekend scuffle between him and rocker Tommy Lee at the MTV  Video Music Awards in Las Vegas.
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Fashion Wire Daily - Funnyman Chris Rock hit the red carpet last night in Hollywood with all of his wives ÃÂÃÂ both his real-life companion Malaak Compton - Rock, and his on-screen spouse Gina Torres ÃÂÃÂ to celebrate the premiere of his new R-rated comedy "I Think I Love My Wife.
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Sharon Stone Attends the 2004 Princess Grace Awards Gala, October 27, 2004 in a New Yorkfile photo. Stone claims a Beverly Hills doctor slandered and libeled her by allegedly telling magazines that he performed cosmetic surgery on her famous face.
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The star said he &quot;took offence&quot; when he thought Mark &quot;Spud&quot; Carroll was making an accusation about a conversation he was having with a female extra.
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The glaring problem facing the Oscars is that when you have too many awards shows, one on top of the other, they begin to cancel each other out.