ENTERTAINMENT
January 10, 2013 | By Nardine Saad
After months of conjecture and campaigning, the Academy Award nominations are set to take place this morning at the academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. "Lincoln," "Argo," "Zero Dark Thirty," "Les Miserables," "Silver Linings Playbook" and "Life of Pi" have been the awards season darlings, but the academy could spice things up with nods for "Django Unchained," "Skyfall" and "Beasts of the Southern Wild. " See our full list of predictions here . Whatever the Oscar voters choose, the nominations mark the start of the final leg of the awards season race.
ENTERTAINMENT
February 24, 2013 | By Oliver Gettell
Pixar's "Brave," which tells the tale of a spirited Scottish princess who accidentally unleashes an ancient curse on her kingdom and then has to undo the damage, won the Academy Award for animated feature film on Sunday. Co-directors Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman accepted the award, which marked the first Oscar win for both filmmakers. (Andrews was previously nominated for animated short for 2005's "One Man Band. ") A computer-animated 3-D adventure, "Brave" features the voices of Kelly Macdonald, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson and Julie Walters.
ENTERTAINMENT
December 15, 2012 | Julie Makinen
" Les Misérables” and “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” are among the seven films that have been shortlisted in the Oscar race for best makeup and hairstyling, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Saturday. The five other films in contention are “Hitchcock,” “Lincoln,” “Looper,” “Men in Black 3” and “Snow White and the Huntsman. " On Jan. 5, members of the academy's Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Branch will view 10-minute excerpts from each of the shortlisted films.
ENTERTAINMENT
February 25, 2013 | By Christie D'Zurilla
Kristen Stewart showed up at the 85th Academy Awards on Sunday hobbling along on crutches, telling folks on the red carpet only " I'm an idiot " when asked why she was using the orthopedic aids. She posed for pics on the carpet unassisted, however, and similarly hopped along with Daniel Radcliffe to present the production design Oscar to "Lincoln," but was photographed using the crutches again as she left the ceremony. Her makeup artist, Beau Nelson, had more of the story for People . Kristen "cut the ball of her foot, quite severely, on glass two days ago," he said.
ENTERTAINMENT
February 24, 2013 | Ed Stockly
The 85th Academy Awards take place Sunday night beginning at 5 p.m. Pacific, but you can make a full day of Oscars TV viewing. Oscar coverage begins Sunday morning and builds up to red carpet arrivals, interviews and more. The ceremony itself airs live at 5:30 p.m. Pacific on ABC. You also can join us on latimes.com for live coverage of the red carpet and ceremony, including video commentary during commercial breaks from film critic Kenneth Turan and writer Robin Abcarian.
ENTERTAINMENT
January 10, 2013 | By Scott Sandell
The nominations for the 2013 Academy Awards will be announced Thursday morning at precisely 5:38 a.m. and 30 seconds (yes, it's that precise). You can watch Seth MacFarlane and Emma Stone announce the Oscar nominations live above. The event at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills will contain a bit of Oscar trivia in its own right, in that MacFarlane will become only the second telecast host to also announce the nominations. The first, Charlton Heston, did so in 1972. Unlike past years when front-runners were synonymous with obscurity, strong box-office performers such as "Argo," "Lincoln," “Les Misérables” and “Life of Pi” are poised for best picture nominations at the 85th Academy Awards.