Academy Awards voters are going to have to put extra effort into their choices for best picture. Oscar overseers are adopting a preferential-voting system in which academy members rank their best-picture favorites from 1 to 10. ...more

September 1, 2009

Sean Penn has withdrawn his petition to separate from his wife of 13 years. ...more

May 21, 2009

A French musicians guild says Oscar-winning film composer Maurice Jarre has died at the age of 84. ...more

March 30, 2009

Anne Hathaway is heading somewhere over the rainbow. The Oscar-nominated actress is set to play Judy Garland in both film and stage adaptations of Gerald Clarke's 2000 biography. It's titled "Get Happy: The Life of Judy Garland." ...more

March 24, 2009

What the Academy Awards needed most Sunday night was a movie that most of the audience had seen and liked. ...more

February 24, 2009

AMC theaters and historic Tampa Theatre are offering two opportunities for you to get into the spirit of the Oscars this weekend. On Saturday, you can watch all five films nominated for best picture at area AMC theaters. On Sunday, Tampa Theatre is hosting "Oscar Night America-Tampa Bay," an evening of glitz and glamour including a red carpet, paparazzi and watching the Academy Awards telecast on the big screen. ...more

February 20, 2009

These writers are in virtual agreement as to who will come away with the top Oscars. ...more

February 20, 2009

You can stay in or go out on Sunday night and still be involved with the Academy Awards. ...more

February 19, 2009

Take "Good Morning America" and "Project Runway," add some Entertainment Weekly, and you've got the hosts of the red-carpet arrivals show at the Oscars. ...more

February 11, 2009

CLEARWATER - Jerry Lewis is postponing his Feb. 21 performance at Ruth Eckerd Hall until April to prepare for receiving a lifetime achievement award at the Oscars on Feb. 22. ...more

February 10, 2009