Anti-Polanski protesters greet French film awards ceremony
PARIS (AP) — Women’s rights activists protested Friday outside a Paris concert hall where France’s film academy is prese...
Top nominee Polanski to skip French Oscars after rape claim
PARIS (AP) — Filmmaker Roman Polanski is skipping the awards ceremony for France’s equivalent of the Oscars - where his ...
Trump not a ‘Parasite’ fan, praises ‘Gone with the Wind’
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is apparently not a fan of Oscar winner “Parasite,” his biggest complaint being...
‘Sonic’ speeds to $57M debut; ‘Parasite’ sees big Oscar bump
NEW YORK — The redesigned “Sonic the Hedgehog” showed plenty of teeth at the box office, speeding to a $57 million debut, according to studio estimate...
‘Parasite’ director Bong greeted by applause in South Korea
INCHEON, South Korea — Director Bong Joon-ho smiled and waved at a waiting crowd on Sunday as he arrived home in South Korea, his first trip back sinc...
ScarJo’s Oscar look glimmers on, at Oscar de la Renta show
NEW YORK — Watching the Oscar de la Renta show unfold in the imposing setting of the New York Public Library in Manhattan, it was hard not to think ba...
Hollywood barriers fall in milestone Oscars for ‘Parasite’
LOS ANGELES — Before Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite” made history as the first non-English best picture winner in Academy Awards history, he made a modest p...
Oscars viewership plunges to record low
NEW YORK — ABC's telecast of the Academy Awards hit an all-time low in the ratings, with 23.6 million people tuning in to see “Parasite” named best pi...
Oscar parties: Pitt goes right in, Phoenix engraves-and-runs
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Brad Pitt, tux still on but tie gone and best supporting actor Academy Award stowed away somewhere, stepped out of a car with ...
Backstage at the Oscars: Dazed winners and sweet reunions
LOS ANGELES — A whole other show happens just a few feet to the right of the main Oscars stage in the wings where presenters gather, ecstatic winners ...
Big wins for ‘Parasite’ give Oscar night an emotional high
Called up to the stage again and again, Bong Joon Ho kept saying he was ready for a drink — “bloody ready.”
A breakdown of the gowns, bling and beauty from the Oscars
NEW YORK — The Oscars closed the awards season in style, with statement necklaces and classic gowns, traditional tuxedos and some young rule-breakers.
Making Oscar history, ‘Parasite’ wins best picture
LOS ANGELES — In a milestone win that instantly expanded the Oscars' horizons, Bong Joon Ho's masterfully devious class satire “Parasite” became the f...
Rapper Eminem shocks Oscars with performance 17 years late
LOS ANGELES — Apparently, it's never too late to perform at the Oscars, particularly if you're an Oscar winner named Eminem.
Joaquin Phoenix wins best actor Oscar for ‘Joker’
LOS ANGELES — Joaquin Phoenix’s visceral portrayal of a troubled man’s descent into villainy in “Joker” earned him his first Oscar in a career that ha...
Brad Pitt wins first acting Oscar for ‘Once Upon a Time’
LOS ANGELES — An emotional Brad Pitt won his first acting Oscar on Sunday night, claiming the supporting actor trophy for “Once Upon a Time ... in Hol...
Almost-EGOTs Elton John, Hildur Guðnadóttir win music Oscars
Twenty-five years after winning his first Oscar, Elton John has picked up his second at the 2020 Academy Awards, where “Joker” composer Hildur Guðnadó...
‘Parasite’ director Bong Joon Ho wins best director Oscar
LOS ANGELES — Writer-director Bong Joon Ho made Oscar history Sunday night, capturing Oscars for best director and best international feature with his...
Final list of Academy Award winners
LOS ANGELES — The winners at the 92nd Academy Awards, which were held Sunday at the Dolby Theatre:
Scarlett Johansson among the bombshells on Oscars red carpet
NEW YORK — Scarlett Johansson showed up Sunday for her two-nomination night at the Oscars every bit the bombshell in a Champagne-colored Oscar de la R...
Dern wins supporting actress Oscar for ‘Marriage Story’
LOS ANGELES — Laura Dern’s turn as a steely divorce attorney in “Marriage Story” made the case with Oscar jurors, who completed her awards season swee...
‘You’ve Got a Friend in Me’ — ‘Toy Story 4’ wins Oscar
NEW YORK — Talk about having a friend: “Toy Story 4” has become the first franchise to earn two animated film Oscars.
‘Birds of Prey’ flies low on Oscars weekend with tepid debut
LOS ANGELES — “Birds of Prey,” the DC Comics' Harley Quinn spinoff, made a tepid debut in theaters over the weekend, opening in No. 1 but below expect...
Hanks, Fonda and more stars amuse at Oscars rehearsals
LOS ANGELES — Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Will Ferrell are standing on the Oscars stage performing some hilarious material for a few dozen people who are ...
‘The Farewell,’ Adam Sandler triumph at Spirit Awards
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — At a Film Independent Spirit Awards that often stood in stark contrast to Sunday's Academy Awards, Lulu Wang's family drama “Th...
Monse creatives still see themselves as fashion outsiders
NEW YORK — Monse founders Laura Kim and Fernando Garcia are stars in the fashion business — they're also the creatives behind Oscar de la Renta — but ...
Essence event affirms the power of black women in Hollywood
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Through laughs, tears and speeches that turned into sermons and affirmations, the overarching theme of this year’s star-studde...
Leslie Jones livens up Siriano’s NY Fashion Week front row
NEW YORK — With shouts of “work it! work it!” from superfan Leslie Jones on the front row, Christian Siriano helped kickoff New York Fashion Week on T...
Kidman, Nyong’o, Peele and more describe 1st Oscar moments
LOS ANGELES — It happens in an instant: The envelope is opened, a name is called and the Oscar winner's life and career are changed forever.
Women vying for Oscars salute their progress, snubs aside
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — The mood at Diane von Furstenberg’s lunch honoring this year’s female Oscar contenders could have been downbeat, given the shu...