The Envelope - LA Times - Academy Awards

2010 Oscars make a move to March

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Competition from the Winter Olympics drives the change from February, where it's been in recent years.

Oscar is back on the March.

2009 Oscar scorecard

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 23:06:53 -0800

Complete list of winners and nominees for the 81st annual Academy Awards.

Turan: Take your Oscar snark someplace else

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Some of us -- who simply love the movies -- don't need all this endless gossip about the Oscars.

Here's a modest proposal: Next year, let's ignore the Oscars. I'm not talking about the winners or the show itself, but I sure could do without the obsessive buildup to the event that devours everything in its path. Let's let the Oscars sneak up on us on those proverbial little cat's feet and see how that plays.

Oscar parties: A night of painting the town gold

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800

After clearing the Kodak, the winners and happy-to-just-be-nominateds fanned out to party down.

Vanity Fair's annual post- Academy Awards celebration, which set up shop at West Hollywood's Sunset Tower Hotel, might have had some recession-chic touches -- reused décor from past events and comfort food like chicken pot pie -- but there was no toning down the glam factor.

Kudos crasher: Oscars Governors Ball

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:08:43 -0800

The scene, the celebs and the stuff Hollywood dreams are made of -- a chocolate buffet.

'Slumdog' strikes it rich with 8 Oscar wins

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800

The film's eight trophies -- including best picture, direction, adapted screenplay and cinematography -- cement the reputation of Fox Searchlight as a champion of work that Hollywood won't risk.

"Slumdog Millionaire" -- a love story that combines artistic ambition with broad commercial appeal -- won a leading eight Oscars on Sunday night, including the best picture trophy.

The Oscars show itself was puttin' on the fritz

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Note to Hugh Jackman: What was that all about?

Somewhere in New York, a huge weight has been lifted from David Letterman's shoulders. As Sunday night's Academy Awards began, Hugh Jackman's opening number (pardon me, but did he sing the words "pubic hair"? At the Oscars?) has surely obliterated all memory of the Uma-Oprah thing. Not to mention taking years off the lives of the poor folks preparing to launch publicity for "X-Men Origins: Wolverine." They can only hope those teenage boys were too miffed that "Iron Man" wasn't nominated to watch.

For Heath Ledger, a bittersweet salute

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800

'The Dark Knight' earns the actor, who died last year, a posthumous Oscar for his malevolent turn as the Joker.

Accompanied by a standing ovation and a reverent silence, Heath Ledger's family accepted the supporting actor statuette.

'Slumdog,' Winslet and Penn: No surprises at the Kodak

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Winners wept or got on their soapboxes, but the show went according to script.

Wolverine did a song-and-dance. A Swarovski crystal curtain shimmered. Veteran Oscar winners such as Sophia Loren, Anthony Hopkins and Eva Marie Saint were on hand to dole out awards.

'Slumdog Millionaire' wins top Oscar prize

Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Sean Penn, Kate Winslet snag best acting honors; Wall-E" and "Button" also among winners.

In a rags-to-riches story that only Hollywood could write, "Slumdog Millionaire" won best picture -- and seven other Academy Awards on Sunday night at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood.