The next Oscar ceremony is not until March 7, and the nominees won’t be announced until February; yet the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has already awarded the first four statuettes of the year.

On Saturday night, B-movie maestro…

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced yesterday that 20 films were submitted for consideration as Best Animated Feature of 2009. The list literally goes from the ridiculous to the sublime. Specifically:

“Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel”
“Astro Boy”
“Battle for…

As first reported here, St. Louis songwriter Kevin Renick submitted a tune to “Up in the Air” director Jason Reitman and miraculously had it accepted. The next miracle was that the unsolicited song was soon included in chatter about the Oscars. Was it…

The St. Louis international Film Festival, which opens Thursday and continues through Nov. 22, includes three movies that are expected to be among the ten Oscar nominees for best picture: “Up in the Air,” the corporate comedy that was largely…

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.”

But…

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…