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Oscar gets new home, same address

When Hollywood rolls out the red carpet in 2013 for filmdom's Academy Awards, the venue will be the same but it will be called the Dolby Theatre. Audio company Dolby Laboratories said on Tuesday that it had purchased naming rights [...]

Posted On : May, 03 2012 | Comments : 0

Alber Elbaz: Meryl Streep's Lanvin Oscar gown was a labour o...

Much as many designers might like to downplay the importance of dressing a major Hollywood star for the Oscars, there's no denying it can mean big business for a brand with everyone seemingly more interested in what the stars are wear [...]

Posted On : Apr, 17 2012 | Comments : 0

Harry Potter and the 'strange' case of Oscars snub

LONDON (Reuters) - One of the few places where the Harry Potter movies failed to weave their magic was the Oscars, and the blockbuster franchise's failure to win a single Academy Award in eight attempts still rankles with some key pla [...]

Posted On : Apr, 03 2012 | Comments : 0

Oscar winner paints disparity in black and white

The Help" could be a lot more thorny than it is, but as a tale of bigotry and racial prejudice set in Jackson, Mississippi, in the early 1960s, its contours are surprisingly smooth. It doesn't have the high rage factor of, say, 1 [...]

Posted On : Mar, 30 2012 | Comments : 0

Gwyneth Paltrow on finding the perfect Oscars dress

Paltrow took our breath away when she sashayed on to the red carpet at the Oscars in a white, figure-hugging gown and co-ordinating cape by Tom Ford. But she's the first to admit her sartorial success wasn't all down to her good t [...]

Posted On : Mar, 26 2012 | Comments : 0

Academy Sets Oscar Dates, Crowding the Golden Globes

LOS ANGELES—Next year’s Oscar nominees will have a little more time to jockey for a prize on awards night, and will have a little less time jockeying to be a nominee. That’s because the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and [...]

Posted On : Mar, 15 2012 | Comments : 0

Oscars Remix winner: The ‘Michelle’ redux

Virtual paper dolls? DIY fashion magazine? Shopping wish list? It’s difficult to describe exactly what Polyvore — an online tool that enables users to design and share sartorial collages — is. With more than 13 million v [...]

Posted On : Mar, 14 2012 | Comments : 0

Play to explore social impact of Farhadi’s Oscar win in Iran

TEHRAN -- Playwright, director and actress Chista Yasrebi plans to stage a play that will take a look at the social impact of filmmaker Asghar Farhadi’s win at this year’s Academy Awards. Farhadi’s “A Separat [...]

Posted On : Mar, 12 2012 | Comments : 0

Oscars 2012: 20,000+ tweets per minute, Meryl Streep on top

The 2007 Academy Awards were the first Oscars to be chronicled on Twitter in real time, by the Hollywood gossip blog Defamer. At the time, Twitter was a rather unknown novelty, but today it boasts millions of users and is an ever-updating [...]

Posted On : Mar, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

Bret McKenzie Photo, Oscar 2012 Q&A

Bret McKenzie, Best Original Song Oscar winner for The Muppets' "Man or Muppet," at the 2012 Academy Awards after-party. The song had only one competitor: Sergio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown, and Siedah Garreatt's "Real [...]

Posted On : Mar, 05 2012 | Comments : 0

Gwyneth Paltrow Oscar 2012 Dress Inspired By Jacqueline Kenn...

Gwyneth Paltrow's Tom Ford Oscar cape dress was one of the most talked about styles of the night. And while most of us thought she was pushing the envelope of fashion by donning a cape, she was actually reinventing a classic look that [...]

Posted On : Mar, 03 2012 | Comments : 0

Auction Of Oscar Statuettes Brings In $3 Million

Fifteen Oscar statuettes have sold for a total of $3 million at an online auction, the most money made from a single collection of Oscars in a sale by bid, organizers said on Wednesday. Los Angeles auctioneer Nate D. Sanders said the h [...]

Posted On : Mar, 02 2012 | Comments : 0

Making a difference: Oscar winner Sharmeen launches anti-aci...

‘Saving Face’ by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy won the documentary short category at the Academy Awards on Sunday. The team behind the documentary is using their website to launch a campaign designed to raise awareness about acid atta [...]

Posted On : Feb, 29 2012 | Comments : 0

Oscars 2012 red carpet: you decide what the fashion police c...

It's late in the day after the Oscars and you know what that means: listmania. Everyone from Vogue to Perez Hilton has something to say about what went down on last night's red carpet. Top 10 best/worst dressed lists are being bla [...]