Academy Awards

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Ke Huy Quan wins Oscar for best supporting actor for 'Everything Everywhere'

8:48pm March 12, 2023

by Aisha Harris

The former child star capped off a successful awards season with an unsurprising win. Quan is only the second Asian performer to receive this award after Haing S. Ngor for The Killing Fields in 1985.

A view of the podium and the Oscar statue before the announcement of the 95th Academy Award nominations at Samuel Goldwyn Theater on Jan. 24, 2023 in Beverly Hills, Calif.

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How to watch the Oscars on Sunday night

8:34pm March 12, 2023

by Teresa Xie

The 95th Academy Awards ceremony will take place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday, March 12 at 8 p.m. Eastern time. Those of us at home can watch it on ABC or via streaming services.

Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan and Michelle Yeoh appear onstage during the 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Feb. 26, 2023 in Los Angeles, Calif.

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2023 marks a watershed year for Asian performers at the Oscars

6:36pm March 11, 2023

by Bob Mondello

With four nominations, more Asian performers were recognized by the Academy in 2023 than in any single year in its history. In other respects, this year was a step back from diversity at the Oscars.

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The first Oscar presentation and banquet was held in the Blossom Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, Calif., in May 1929.

The first Oscars lasted 15 minutes — plus other surprises from 95 years of awards

8:13pm March 09, 2023

by Mandalit del Barco

A lot can happen in 95 years. Ahead of the Academy Awards on Sunday, we take a look back at the surprises, the scandals, the slap and — yes — even the streaker.

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This image released by all caps/Khoosat Films shows a scene from the film Joyland.

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Pakistan's prime minister orders review of ban on Oscar-entry 'Joyland,' an aide says

5:51am November 15, 2022

by The Associated Press

The movie Joyland, which features a love story between a married man and a transgender woman, is Pakistan's entry for next year's Academy Awards and caused controversy in Muslim-majority nation.

Hidetoshi Nishijima and Toko Miura star in Drive My Car.

Japan's Oscar-nominated 'Drive My Car' is a journey through loss, grief and art

10:57am February 11, 2022

by Anthony Kuhn

Directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi and adapted from a 2014 short story by Haruki Murakami, the film dramatizes some of the celebrated author's trademark themes: loss, guilt, the interplay of art and life.

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Best Actor Or Actress? Gender-Expansive Performers Are Forced To Choose

4:28pm July 14, 2021

by Melissa Block

There's a growing call for entertainment award categories to no longer be split by gender. Some nonbinary performers say these gendered divisions erase their identity.

Daniel Kaluuya, winner of the award for best actor in a supporting role for Judas and the Black Messiah, poses in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday.

Arts

Oscars 2021: The Complete Winners List

11:18pm April 25, 2021

Find all the 2021 Academy Award winners right here. We'll be updating the list throughout the night. Chloé Zhao has become the first woman of color to win the Oscar for best director.

Tyler Perry attends the 93rd Annual Academy Awards.

Arts

2021 Oscars: Tyler Perry Accepts The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

11:15pm April 25, 2021

by Aisha Harris

Viola Davis presented the award to the filmmaker at the Academy Awards on Sunday — she worked with Perry on the 2009 film Madea Goes to Jail.

Viola Davis as Ma Rainey in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.

Arts

'Ma Rainey' Hairstylists Are 1st Black Women To Win Makeup, Hairstyling Oscar

9:24pm April 25, 2021

by Mandalit del Barco

Hairstylists Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson, along with makeup artist Sergio Lopez-Rivera, won the Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling for their work on the film Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.