Is winning an Oscar a curse or a blessing?
77921
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.
639481
India's official entry for this year's Oscars may have failed to make it to the grade but the 80th   Annual Academy Awards will still have a couple of Indian connections.
474086
Critics are struggling to pick a  winner ahead of Sunday&#39;s award ceremony at the Cannes Film  Festival, but several are tipping a hard-hitting Romanian  picture to walk away with the coveted Palme d&#39;Or.
711894
LOS ANGELES  - If you wanted to take a few swipes at Sunday night's Oscar ceremony, it wouldn't be that hard.
426097
Hollywood is fearing that the writers' strike, supported by many actors, may prove disastrous for the   Oscars, just as it has forced a big paring down of the Golden Globes Awards ceremony scheduled Jan   13.
496038
For decades now, the Academy Award voters have been looking for an excuse to give a best-directing Oscar to Martin Scorsese, and they finally have one in &quot;The Aviator.
717845
The guessing game is almost over at the  Venice film festival, where few clear frontrunners for the  Golden Lion award for best picture have emerged ahead of the  prize ceremony on Saturday evening. By the end of the annual  11-day marathon of movies, press conferences, interviews and  parties, critics and journalists normally agree on a handful of  films they think could win the top honor, although their  predictions are not always correct.
523446
No fan of awards shows, Sean Penn says there's at least one nice thing about receiving an Academy Award: He no longer has to worry about comments like, "Yeah, he's a great actor, but he still hasn't won an Oscar."
189799
How does one get to be an  Oscar-nominated actor? Try a little torture to the soul. It  evidently worked for Joaquin Phoenix.
35715
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.
401237
The Golden Globe awards on Sunday pose a tantalizing Hollywood question in a wide-open Oscar race: will the black-tie affair anoint a front-runner as it has often done in the past?
309789
There are hundreds of wannabe Hollywood star names who could attest to it. That is, inheriting a famous name does not always mean that the path to global acclaim will be easy.
60472
Even two-time Oscar winners like Kevin Spacey sometimes need a career makeover.
486391
Is it a film made outside the Hollywood system, or is it a style?
518307
The Academy Awards typically are a gloomy Sunday, ending with a heavy drama crowned as best picture.
93327
It takes guts to chase  after an Oscar. It also takes serious money, luck, and insider  experience. Fail to land a nomination, and that cash doesn't  magically come back.
1143
Is racial bias still keeping black artists from being recognized when Hollywood hands out its annual Academy Awards?