Kirk Douglas rose from poverty to become a king of Hollywood
NEW YORK — He was born Issur Danielovitch, a ragman’s son. He died Kirk Douglas, a Hollywood king.
Kirk Douglas, longtime influential movie star, dies at 103
Kirk Douglas, the intense, muscular actor with the dimpled chin who starred in "Spartacus," "Lust for Life" and dozens of other films, helped fatally ...
Oscar Predictions: Can ‘Parasite’ upset ’1917′?
NEW YORK — Ahead of Sunday’s 92nd Academy Awards, Associated Press Film Writer Jake Coyle shares his predictions for a ceremony with a lot of locks bu...
At the Oscars, ‘The Cave’ aims to provide hope to Syria
NEW YORK — Home is a complicated notion for Feras Fayyad, the director of the Oscar-nominated Syrian documentary “The Cave.” His family home in Syria ...
Making Oscar history, ‘Honeyland’ shatters borders
NEW YORK — Ljubomir Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska were in a hard-to-reach area of Northern Macedonia — about as far from the Oscars as possible — when ...
Gift or keep: The afterlives of red carpet looks is a dance
NEW YORK — Remember the ethereal pale blue Prada dress Lupita Nyong'o wore the night she won an Oscar in 2014? How about Glenn Close's moment in gold ...
Best picture ’1917′ is big winner at British Academy Awards
LONDON — Gut-wrenching World War I epic “1917” was the big winner at Sunday’s British Academy Film Awards, winning seven awards including best picture...
‘Bad Boys’ tops box office for third straight week
LOS ANGELES — “Bad Boys of Life” went for a three-peat at the box office during Super Bowl weekend.
How to binge on Oscar movies in cinemas for cheap
NEW YORK — At $15 a pop in major cities — and sometimes more — going to the cinema can easily break the bank.
On ‘Irishman,’ teaching De Niro and Pacino to act younger
NEW YORK — Would you have the gumption to tell Al Pacino to act his age?
Almodóvar, Banderas triumph with “Pain and Glory” at Goyas
MADRID — Pedro Almodóvar’s “Pain and Glory” swept the top prizes at the Spanish Film Academy's Goya Awards, including best picture, best director and ...
Jamie Foxx, Jordan Peele among honorees at AAFCA awards
LOS ANGELES — Jamie Foxx has won a plethora of major awards including an Oscar and Grammy. But after the African American Film Critics Association rec...
From #MeToo to trial: A look at the fall of Harvey Weinstein
NEW YORK — As Harvey Weinstein goes through his New York trial on rape and sexual assault charges, here's a look at the movie mogul's past and his mul...
At Sundance, an annual rebirth for American movies
NEW YORK — The Sundance Film Festival, coming at the start of a new movie calendar, is an annual rite of renewal. New movies. New filmmakers. New voic...
Oscar presenters to include Colman, Malek, King and Ali
LOS ANGELES — The winners of last year’s acting Academy Awards will return to the Oscar stage next month to present the coveted statuettes.
‘Parasite’ wins at SAG Awards, so do Pitt and Aniston
“Parasite” has officially infected Hollywood's award season. Bong Joon Ho’s Korean class satire became the first foreign language film to take top hon...
‘Bad Boys for Life’ debuts so good with box office top spot
LOS ANGELES — Two "Bad Boys” were too good for one “Dolittle” at the box office.
’1917′ takes top honor at the Producers Guild Awards
LOS ANGELES — If the Producers Guild Awards are a true predictor of the Oscars' best film category, then the World War I film “1917” is poised to come...
Pacino, De Niro among Producers Guild Awards presenters
LOS ANGELES — Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and Melissa McCarthy are among the presenters for Saturday’s Producers Guild of America Awards.
Awkwafina gets 2nd season of new cable network comedy series
PASADENA, Calif. — Awkwafina may not have an Oscar nomination, but the breakout star has already secured a second-season renewal of her new Comedy Cen...
DirectorsSoMale: Oscar noms slammed for lack of diversity
Actress Issa Rae was ready with her quip, as if she had predicted the Oscar nominations that were announced Monday. “Congratulations to those men,” sh...
Leonardo DiCaprio, Taika Waititi react to Oscar nominations
LOS ANGELES — Reactions from some of the nominees for the Academy Awards:
ScarJo and Erivo go for 2, and other Oscar facts and figures
LOS ANGELES — A look at some of the historic achievements and trivial tidbits from Monday's nominations for the 92nd Academy Awards.
Here we go again: #DirectorsSoMale at the Oscars
NEW YORK — Once again, it was #DirectorsSoMale at the Oscars.
‘Joker’ leads Oscar noms; ‘1917,’ ‘Irishman’ close behind
Todd Phillips’ much-debated supervillain origin story and R-rated box-office smash “Joker” topped all films with 11 Academy Awards nominations, while ...
Beyoncé snubbed at Oscars; Elton John, Randy Newman get nods
NEW YORK — Beyoncé’s “Spirit” from “The Lion King” didn’t roar loud enough for the Academy Awards: The song didn’t earn a nomination for best original...
The list of nominees for the 92nd Academy Awards
The list of nominees for the 92nd Academy Awards:
Riding Globes, ’1917′ ends ‘Star Wars’ box-office reign
LOS ANGELES — It took the Great War to finally take down “Star Wars.”
Producers, directors guild nominations winnow Oscar field
NEW YORK — An unusually busy day in a truncated awards season for Hollywood left five films — Quentin Tarantino's “Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood,”...
Weinstein charged with sex crimes in LA on eve of NY trial
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles prosecutors charged Harvey Weinstein on Monday with sexually assaulting two women on successive nights during Oscars week in...