Academy Awards, the Oscars

Who really votes for the Oscars? The group behind the Academy Award winners
We may never know how the Oscars got their name, but at least we know who bestows the golden Academy Awards. You hear the film group thanked in almost every Oscar speech: It's the Academy. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences,
These are the 10 Best Picture Oscar nominees in the 97th Academy Awards show
Ten movies are nominated for Best Picture in the 97th Academy Awards. They include The Brutalist, Emilia Perez, Conclave and Wicked.
Who is most likely to take home their first Oscar at the 97th Academy Awards?
Another first-time nominee at the Oscars, Zoe Saldaña is nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role in “Emilia Pérez.” This is Saldaña’s first ever Oscar nomination and she will also be most likely taking home an Academy Award.
Why these 3 Oscar winners turned down their Academy Awards
The Academy Awards is Hollywood's most important event, and the Oscars its biggest prize. So who are the winners who declined the vaunted statuette?
Which Oscar nominees should you watch? Take our quiz to help decide.
Answer the simple questions below and we’ll tell you the order in which you should watch this year’s Academy Awards nominees for best picture. Based on your answers, this is the best way to move through your Oscars cram session: How to watch: Rent on major platforms Run time: 2 hr 19 min MPAA rating: R Ty Burr: ‘Anora’ is a tough,
How to watch all of the 2025 Best Picture Oscar nominees
In another year of outrageous cinema, 10 films made the cut in the Academy's eyes to earn spots on the Best Picture Oscar nominations list. We found narrowing the best movies of the year down to only 10 to be downright impossible,
Why are the Academy Awards called the Oscars? 3 possibilities for mysterious nickname
How did the Academy Award get that sticky Oscar nickname? Was it Bette Davis seeing her husband's rump or a gossip columnist on deadline? Or neither?
SAG Awards Blow the Oscar Race Wide Open as Timothée Chalamet, ‘Conclave’ Surge in Wildest Awards Season in Years
With victories at both the SAG and BAFTA Awards — two critical precursors — the Focus Features drama enters Oscar night in a ...
Conan O’Brien has a lover’s spat with the Oscar statuette in raucous Academy Awards promo
Conan O’Brien and Oscar, the Academy Award statuette, are giving new meaning to the wedding vow “for better or worse.” ...
Who won the Academy Award for best actor last year? See list of recent winners
Oscars, Cillian Murphy won the best actor Oscar for his role of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, known as "the father of the ...
Variety’s Clayton Davis Returns to ABC’s Academy Awards Pre-Show for Fourth Year
Variety has promoted Clayton Davis to Chief Awards Editor. The boost comes days before Davis is set to return as a co-host of ...
‘Conclave’ triumphs at SAG Awards and Timothée Chalamet wins best actor, upending Oscar predictions
The two award show wins were a pair of twists that added a few final wrinkles to an unusually unpredictable awards season.
SAG Awards live: Will 'Anora' finally become the Oscar frontrunner tonight?
Tonight's Screen Actors Guild Awards will be key heading into next weekend's Oscars. Check out the 2025 winners as they're ...
Screen Actors Guild Awards: ‘Conclave,’ Timothée Chalamet upend Oscar predictions
Moore seemingly solidified her Oscar chances by following up her Golden Globe win for her performance in “The Substance.” ...
Hollywood’s stars to take the stage: Meet the celebrity lineup of 2025 Academy Awards presenters
In a series of announcements in recent weeks, the Academy has revealed a star-studded cast of Oscar presenters.