Honorary St. Louisan George Clooney is reaping a lot of justified attention for his work in the upcoming corporate dramedy “Up in the Air,” the animated “Fantastic Mr. Fox” and the new military satire “The Men Who Stare at Goats.”

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has finally found an answer to its hosting dilemma: The Man with Two Brains.

The star of that 1983 comedy, Steve Martin, has been tapped to co-host the March 7 Oscar ceremony with actor…

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has finally chosen a production team for the next Oscar telecast, scheduled for Hollywood on March 7.

If the name Adam Shankman means anything to you, you’re either a fan of the movie musical…

The end of summer–and the end of the Toronto film festival–means the beginning of my second-favorite sports season (after baseball): the Oscar race, which lasts until Dec. 31.

A critic I respect, Andrew O’Hehir of Salon.com, has already posted his preliminary…

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), the group that hands out the Oscars, announced new details Monday about the awarding of the coveted Best Picture statuette.

We already knew that they had expanded the number of nominees in…

This is big: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that it will double the number of films that are nominated for the best picture, from five to ten. The change will take effect next year. The ten…

A few minutes before I entered the bleachers outside the Kodak Theatre for the Oscars, I was walking down an alley behind Hollywood Boulevard and ran into Guillermo Diaz, the parking lot attendant who has become an unlikely celebrity on…

As I reported earlier this week, the Academy Award gendarmes rousted me for using my video camera on the red carpet; but later I did manage to smuggle out some footage. Here’s a taste of what it was like on…

Early arrival Miley Cyrus blows me a kiss–and misses.

From my third row perch in the bleachers along the red carpet, I snared some juicy images from the 2009 Academy Awards ceremony in Hollywood. Click here to see them.

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LOS ANGELES • On Thursday I arrive at LAX with a tuxedo in my suitcase and a screenplay in my carry-on; but it doesn’t feel like Oscar season until I see Ben Kingsley. Sir Ben is standing curbside with his…