Alan Menken looks for another Oscar
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If it truly is a pleasure just to be nominated for an Oscar, Alan Menken must be Hollywood's happiest man.
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Hollywood's annual Oscar race heats up this week with a key group of U.S. movie awards and nominations that is expected to narrow contenders for the world's top movie awards.
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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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Hollywood had a wide-open horse  race on Tuesday as Oscar nominations pitted two hard-hitting  dramas by veteran directors Martin Scorsese and Clint Eastwood  against the charm of films about wine drinking, Peter Pan and  Ray Charles.
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The Aviator and Million Dollar Baby's producers will be told if they are up for Oscars after a credits crackdown.
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Two-time Oscar nominee Jude Law already can be seen in "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" and "I (Heart) Huckabees." Next comes "Alfie." And soon he'll be in "Closer" and "The Aviator" while supplying the title voice in "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events."
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Oscar season is only just getting under way, but a presumptive front-runner would have to be Clint EastwoodÂs the World War II epic about the men who raised the flag on Iwo Jima.
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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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Dame Helen Mirren is among the favourites to pick up an award at the Bafta ceremony in London later.
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Even two-time Oscar winners like  Kevin Spacey sometimes need a career makeover.
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The Aviator is tipped by bookmakers as the favourite to win the best film award at this year's Oscars.
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Six weeks from today the nominations for the 77th Academy Awards will be announced and the race now has a clear front-runner, Alexander Payne&#39;s &quot;Sideways&quot; from Fox Searchlight.
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Indies rule the day at the Academy Award nominations. Richard Corliss ruminates on a big year for little pictures
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Cio-Cio-San has known many directors, but Anthony Minghella has something extra: an Oscar.
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After weeks of relentless Oscar campaign ads, talk-show interviews and red-carpet events, members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have made up their minds. The next step is to count their votes.
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LOS ANGELES  - Here's an Oscar fact to focus on: Roger Deakins is the first director of photography to receive two nominations in the same year since 1971.
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A classic Hollywood cliffhanger will conclude Sunday's Academy Awards, and organizers hope the suspense of an up-for-grabs best-picture race will be enough to keep TV audiences tuned in through the finale.