Weather Morning: 10°c Sunny spells Afternoon: 11°c Sunny

News

HEADLINES:
RSS

Academy Awards

Related topics: 

Latest articles

Take all your family to see Up

09.10.09
Animation reaches new heights with a powerful myth that touches the part in all of us that remains for ever a child in Up.... more

Let's hear it for Radio 3 and that Sony Award

13.05.09
Last week, the latest RAJAR audience research figures revealed that while radio listening altogether is at an all-time high of 45.8 million adults each week, Radio 3's share of that audience is just 1.1 per cent... more

Chris Evans is favourite at Sony Radio Awards

12.05.09
A Prison radio station won four prizes at this year’s Sony Radio Awards.... more

Jail DJs take on Radio 4 for awards

07.04.09
A prison radio station has received four nominations for this year's Sony awards... more

Dante shines through 'discombololation'

06.04.09
Roberto Benigni's enchanting appearance in front of a largely partisan crowd made the Theatre Royal feel more like La Scala.... more

Oscar-winning film's child stars celebrate with Mickey Mouse

24.02.09
Slumdog Millionaire's child actors were treated to a trip to Disneyland after the film's Oscar triumph ... more

From rags to riches: the story of Slumdog

23.02.09
The eight Oscars for British movie hit Slumdog Millionaire, the rags-to-riches tale set in Mumbai, caps an unstoppable run through award ceremonies this year... more

Princess Penelope stars in Hollywood fairytale

23.02.09
Style faux pas were few at the Oscars ceremony as the stars played it safe in classic gowns and neutral colours...... more

Kate Winslet: Dad'll do nicely

23.02.09
Kate Winslet managed to keep her composure as she accepted her first Academy Award after five failed nominations.... more

Slumdog Millionaire ready for a bite of Oscars

09.02.09
Slumdog Millionaire looks set for an inexorable sweep to Oscars glory after storming the Orange British Academy Awards... more

Brits battle it out in Oscar nominations

22.01.09
Kate Winslet has been nominated for a best actress Oscar for her role in The Reader, while British Slumdog Millionaire is in the running for best movie.... more

Reality TV Russian Roulette

18.09.08
This satire on reality television features a show called Russian Roulette, in which six contestants put a loaded revolver to their heads on air and the survivors are paid $5 million... more

British black actors star in photographic exhibition

17.03.08
Black British acting talent is to be celebrated in a photography exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery opening next month.... more

Airport security forces Renée to show the world her beauty products

28.02.08
She's a Hollywood A-lister who has nabbed an Oscar and has millions in the bank. Yet Renée Zellweger's visit to Los Angeles International Airport yesterday proves why she is considered tinsel town's most down-to-earth star as she revealed the contents of her handbag - numerous beauty treatments and battered trainers ... more

Bump ahead! Blooming Jessica Alba gets ready for baby

28.02.08
Jessica Alba put her baby bump on show during a shopping trip in LA yesterday, trading in her glamorous Oscars look for street chic. The Fantastic Four actress, who is rumoured to be expecting twins, kept it casual with a full length black summer dress and flip flops as she hit the stores with her fiancé Cash Warren... more

THE OSCARS: Arise, Sir Daniel: Helen Mirren knights victorious Day-Lewis and Tilda Swinton seals great night for Brits

25.02.08
It was a spine tingling moment that capped an extraordinary evening for British Oscar winner Daniel-Day Lewis. Having just been announced as Best Actor in There Will Be Blood, the London-born actor was 'knighted' by last year's British success story, Dame Helen Mirren. Imitating the famous pose on stage at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre, Day-Lewis joked about her performance as the Queen, saying: 'This is the closest I'll ever come to getting a knighthood, so thank you' ... more

Will it be Daniel's day as Brits lead Oscars line-up

22.01.08
British stars Daniel Day-Lewis and Julie Christie move closer to Oscars glory after confirming predictions they would make the nominations list.... more

Miller's tale may yet have a happy ending

08.01.08
Sienna Miller may have garnered as many headlines for her fashion sense and love life as for her art, but all that may be about to change.... more

Not so silky

08.11.07
François Girard's film Silk suffers from chronic anaemia and unfortunately murders time and patience.... more

A real Irish charmer

18.10.07
John Carney's low-budget but charming and original "contemporary musical" Once is a possible candidate for an Academy Award, says Derek Malcolm.... more

Animated conversation

08.10.07
Animated films should be aimed at everybody, not just at children, says the genre's golden boy, Brad Bird.... more

An original riposte

27.09.07
Jeffrey Blitz's film Rocket Science gets confused at times but remains a strikingly original riposte to the usual Hollywood coming-of-age epics.... more

Lee, Pitt and Blanchett win awards in Venice

10.09.07
Ang Lee's steamy espionage thriller Lust, Caution won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival while Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett took the acting honours.... more

Chris Evans wins top radio award

01.05.07
Chris Evans and the late John Peel were among the big winners at the 25th anniversary Sony Radio Academy Awards.... more

Stars battle it out for radio awards

30.04.07
Radio royalty will battle it out tonight for the industry's most prestigious awards.... more

Stasi's secrets and lies

12.04.07
Florian von Donnersmarck's remarkable Oscar-winning debut dares to put a very human face on East Germany's feared and reviled secret police.... more

Grant comes a cropper with this rom com

22.03.07
Susannah Grant, an Academy Award nominee for her screenplay for Erin Brockovich, has come a cropper with romantic comedy-drama Catch And Release.... more

The burger kings of London

28.02.07
While Prince Charles calls for a Big Mac ban, burgers are appearing on some of the smartest menus in town. Charles Campion picks the best burger joints in town.... more

Dame Helen's dress rehearsal

29.01.07
Dame Helen Mirren enjoyed a dress rehearsal for the Oscars after scooping yet another major best actress trophy.... more

After the gore, the goo

07.12.06
After being whipped around Jerusalem by The Passion of the Christ, we are now covered in sticky goo by Catherine Hardwicke's film The Nativity.... more

More related topics: Academy Awards and

Latest pictures



Don't Miss
  • Berlin Wall

    Sex, lies and the Stasi

     On this day in 1989 the Berlin Wall was finally breached, ending the reign of East Germany’s feared security service. Here Anne McElvoy, who spent much of the Eighties in the city, recalls her encounters with the spooks
  • George Pringle

    The geeky-girl solo artists descending on the music scene

     Kookiness is what sells music these days and these opinionated artists have it in spades, says Jasmine Gardner

Top Gun Val Kilmer's arty mission to save the world

The Iceman cometh to the arts. Val Kilmer has been in London this week on what he terms "an art safari"

All stories

Promotions

The Open University

Every year The Open University helps thousands of professionals progress in their careers.


Win the Best Seats

In London theatre when you vote for your favourite celebrity spec wearer.


Breast Cancer Care

Donate £1 and leave a message of support for a loved one in the Swarovski Garden of Wishes.


Win an iPodTouch

With Courvoisier when you share your thoughts on this week's cocktail.