"Recycled Life" brings trash and hope to Oscars
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Director Leslie Iwerks doubts any of her fellow Oscar nominees had spiders in their trousers while filming, nor would they find dead babies, animal carcasses, bubbling gases and an unbearable stench on location.
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Once an evening of backslapping and merrymaking within the narrow confines of Hollywood, the Academy Awards this time look like a United Nations exercise in diversity.
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When a big awards show goes starless, the result is something more dire than bad TV, writes Richard Corliss
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LOS ANGELES  - With the economy sinking into recession, the war in Iraq about to enter its sixth year, and lingering uncertainty in Hollywood following the writers strike, it's perhaps fitting that the films competing for the best documentary Oscar mirror the gloom.
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A kid nominee and the kid of a nominee nearly stole the show at Sunday's Oscars.
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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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Even two-time Oscar winners like  Kevin Spacey sometimes need a career makeover.
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The choreographer John Jasperse has taken to rummaging through garbage.
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Maybe it was the crippling writers'  strike or the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Or was it  something in the expensive bottled water in Beverly Hills where  Oscar organizers are based.
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After they run the red carpet gauntlet and collect their trophies, Oscar winners do the media scene behind the scenes
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The fight for the Oscar is often a bloody one, metaphorically speaking. But this year an unusual amount of mayhem is showing up in the movies themselves.
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Reactions to the announcement of this year's Oscar nominees:
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An invitation to a conference on the politics of waste leads to thoughts on the relationship of dirt and technology -- thoughts that lead inexorably to the trash-can icon on personal computers. Commentary by Momus.
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It's awards season in Hollywood, with all red carpets leading to the Oscars. But winning that prestigious award can sometimes lead to nothing more than bad roles and even oblivion.
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Tales of tragedy and struggle will vie for Oscar attention on Tuesday as an unusual awards season overshadowed by the Hollywood writers strike heads into its final stretch.
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Oscar statuettes are cheaper than they used to be.
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Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese launches a new body to salvage neglected films from around the world.