"The Descendants" star reflects on her big win, spills on learning from the best in the 'biz and shares her interest in trying out other film genres.
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Hollywood Gears Up For Oscars
Hollywood is gearing up for the 84th annual Academy Awards Sunday. The prestigious film honors, also known as the Oscars, acknowledge the best in movie making, and golden statuettes will go to actors and actresses and others behind the camera. The top contenders are facing off in a very competitive year. Meryl Streep...
Inventors and Engineers Who Bring Us Movies Have Already Received Their Awards
The Academy Awards, or Oscars, will be handed out Sunday, but the inventors and engineers who make movies possible have already been honored. This year's scientific and technical awards were presented earlier this month by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Richard Edlund has won Oscars for visual effects in Stars...
Fans Buy Up Whitney Houston Albums; Grammy Win Boosts Adele’s Record Sales
Fans Clamor to Buy Whitney Houston Albums Whitney Houston’s sudden death on February 11 led to her return to the popularity charts. Houston’s Greatest Hits album re-enters the Billboard 200 at Number 6. In addition, three of her Number One singles are back on the Hot 100 list. “I Will Always Love You”...
‘The Artist’s Silent Power Leads Oscar Pack
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has nominated nine films for best picture. Of these, only one will make Oscar history. A few are getting buzz for being top contenders. By now, many moviegoers have seen Alexander Payne’s bittersweet drama "The Descendants." It's about a busy lawyer who finds himself as...
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace — $23M
In 1977, "George Lucas" released "Star Wars", the ultimate sci-fi popcorn flick-turned-pop-culture myth machine. It quickly became the biggest money-making film of all time and changed the shape of the film industry. After two successful sequels (1980's "The Empire Strikes Back" and 1983's Return of the Jedi) that extended the story of the...
Oscar-Nominated ‘Hugo’ Centers on Movie Magic
An epic children's adventure set in 1930's Paris has garnered the most Oscar nominations of any film this year: 11, including best picture and best director for Martin Scorcese. Here's a look at Hugo . "Once upon a time I met a boy named Hugo Cabret. He searched to find a secret message...
Hit Film ‘Zenne Dancer’ Explores Turkish Gay Community
A controversial and groundbreaking film has hit movie theater screens in Turkey. Zenne Dancer is inspired by the true story of a gay man, Ahmet Yildiz, who police suspect was murdered by his father in 2008, in what the media describes as Turkey's first gay "honor killing." Its haunting soundtrack can be heard...
Oscar-nominated Music Helps Movies Soar
Most people consider film to be purely visual. Yet a movie's music, or score, plays a key role in conveying the work’s message. Joseph Rivers , who teaches film studies and music at the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma, says the musical theme for director Stephen Spielberg's "War Horse," the epic that opens...
"Breaking Dawn" DVD Bonus Peek
Watch as Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart fight the giggles to get through one of the film's most intense scenes!