The 83rd Annual Academy Awards air Sunday and while just about every race seems locked I’m still hoping for a couple out-of-no where surprises. One can always hope, right? That being said, here’s what I think will happen and what I wish would happen in the major categories. Best Picture Will win: “The King’s Speech.” [...]

The 83rd Academy Awards nominations were announced today, and the nominations stayed pretty true to other award nominations this season. It was a bit of a surprise to see Mark Ruffalo nominated for Best Supporting Actor and for “127 Hours” (that’s a pleasant surprise; it’s one of my favorite movies of the year) to show [...]

James Franco and Anne Hathaway will serve as co-hosts of the 83rd Academy Awards, Oscar telecast producers Bruce Cohen and Don Mischer announced today. That’s quite an interesting move. I can’t recall anyone as young as either of them ever hosting the Oscars. At least not in my time. And Franco? He’s a potential nominee [...]

On Sunday, Penelope Cruz snagged the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress on her role in Woody Allen’s “Vicky Cristina Barcelona.” I completely missed this in theaters, but considering I like everyone involved I may have to check it out. Good luck getting it on Netflix though. I read today that during the few hours of [...]

It’s official. Heath Ledger has won the 2009 Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role as The Joker in “The Dark Knight.” Congratulations to Ledger and everyone involved in the film. His family was there onstage to accept his award which will ultimately go to his daughter, Matilda. Ledger beat out Robert Downey Jr., [...]

Sure, sure. It’s a day late, but all the same you might be interested in seeing who made the list if you missed the release yesterday of the 81st Academy Award nominees. And yes, Heath Ledger made the cut for Best Supporting Actor, but “The Dark Knight” didn’t get the nod for Best Picture and [...]

The push continues for Heath Ledger’s consideration for The Joker in the Academy for Best Supporting Actor with a new online campaign, the “Dark Campaign.” Actually, this one takes it further than the previous “for your consideration” with a request to include “The Dark Knight” in several more categories such as Best Picture as well. [...]

There was a huge amount of buzz back in July over Heath Ledger’s performance as The Joker in “The Dark Knight.” People seriously questioned whether or not Ledger would bring about an Oscar nod and even win it for Best Supporting Actor. Warner Bros. is behind the push this time when the release of full [...]