Two big deals were announced today by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the CIM real estate group, sealing the geographic fate of the Oscars for the next 20 years. more ›

The city attorney's office won't be pressing charges against Sean Young after she showed up without a ticket to an Academy Awards after-party and got into a fight with a security guard. more ›

It was everywhere last night, and people can't seem to stop talking about it. No, not Jennifer Lopez's possible nip-slip. We're talking about Angelina Jolie's right leg, sticking right out of that made-for-it slit in her gown as she posed on the red carpet and stood onstage at Sunday's 84th Annual Academy Awards. more ›

That's right: We're liveblogging the 84th Annual Academy Awards. Grab a drink (or two, or more) and join us! more ›

The Queen of Semi-Homemade eating and entertaining knows that we’d all like to throw award-winning Oscar parties. Pulling up lawn chairs and ordering pizza just doesn’t cut it in a city where everyone knows someone who knows someone who actually gets to go to the show (at least as a seat filler). more ›

The 84th Annual Academy Awards are this Sunday, and as we all know that means a traffic clusterfuck for those among us who aren't being escorted down Hollywood Blvd. by helicopter or limousine or something else that we don't even know about. We posted a few days ago about street closures near the Kodak Theater, and now here's some information about busses and trains, which will also be affected by the awards ceremony. more ›

How's your Oscar fever doing? Do you need to take some ibuprofen and lie down with a cool compress? If, instead, you've got some time to spend waste taking a musical stroll through Academy Awards history, we've got just the salve: A selection of songs that have won the coveted "Best Original Song" Oscar. more ›

It's your last chance to cram for the Oscars with Academy-sponsored symposiums & the nominated films on the big screen. This weekend marks another big one for Oscar's redheaded stepbrother Razzie, but we found some glaring omissions. more ›

There's No Place Like Home: One of four authentic pairs of ruby slippers used in the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz" will soon be a permanent fixture at the planned Oscars museum. more ›

For the 20th year, the Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) will be host to a star-studded and delicious evening of Academy Awards gold at their Oscar viewing party in West Hollywood. This five-course catered dinner and celebration is the most highly visible and successful fund-raising event in Hollywood on Oscar night, and has raised millions of dollars to support the work of the EJAF. more ›

Have you ever dreamed of holding an Oscar statuette, caressing the golden curves of the Academy Award of Merit? Sure you have. If you recently stumbled upon a large sum of money and are weighing out spending options, you might want to sharpen your bidding skills. Nate D. Sanders, an industry leader in documents and autographs, is offering up "the most extraordinary collection of Oscars ever to hit the auction block." more ›

The red carpet will roll out for the 84th Annual Academy Awards this Sunday, and along with the anticipated ceremony comes a deluge of street and sidewalk closures. Below is the list starting with today's blockades and leading up to the big day - February 26. more ›

Who decides who wins the little gold men at the Oscars? It turns out it's mostly older, white men. This fact alone isn't earth-shattering if you've ever paid attention to which movies get nominated or you happened to notice what a big effing deal it was for a black women to win a Best Actress award in the 21st century. more ›

It's Oscar season, and what better way to celebrate than by visiting the famous Hollywood sign? It may be true that the only way to get to Carnegie Hall is by practicing, but there are several different routes that can be taken to the top of Mt. Lee, where the famous sign is located. more ›

This Valentine's weekend, remember it isn't the size of the short that counts, but how it puts its frames to use. For feature length lovers, there's Cinefamily's Seven Days of Valentines and many more. See you (making out) at the movies! more ›

No doubt you woke up this morning, threw open your front door to inhale the scent of jasmine, like in a Joan Didion essay, then closed the doors and reached for your bottle of whiskey, the fumes going straight up your nose like they once did to Charles Bukowski. According to GQ, it's these types of scents that make Los Angeles the smelliest -- not the stinkiest, but the smelliest -- city in the world. And it's these romanticized literary notions of L.A. that fuel our dubious distinction. more ›

The company Kodak has been on the decline, well, ever since digital cameras showed up on the scene. Now that the company is in bankruptcy court, it's hoping to get out of its contract to pay $75 million over 20 years for the naming rights of the Kodak Theatre, which has hosted the Academy Awards ever since it opened in 2002. more ›

The Grey pits Liam Neeson vs. wolves vs. PETA! Meanwhile, Man on a Ledge hangs Sam Worthington out to dry. In limited release, we review Brazilian Oscar submission Lula, Son of Brazil. more ›

This morning at exactly 5:38:30 am, LAist was among the throng of bloggers, photographers, TV crews and bona-fide journalists in the audience of the Samuel Goldwyn Theater for the 84th Annual Academy Award nominations announcement in Beverly Hills. Doing the honors this year were Academy President Tom Sherak and actor Jennifer Lawrence, a leading actress nominee last year for Winter’s Bone. more ›

We're counting down the days until the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announces the final list of Oscar nominees. Whether or not you work in show business, you've seen "For Your Consideration" banners plaster web pages, publications & even buses. But these are for feature films & performers. What about the shorts? more ›

The Academy Awards' lease with the Kodak Theatre is up after the 2013 awards, leaving a space wide open for a new venue to swoop in and offer a better deal. more ›

Now that Billy Crystal has robbed the Muppets of their rightful place hosting the Academy Awards been given the job of hosting this year's Academy Awards, the hype to try to get the world excited about him has begun. more ›

The Kodak Theatre at Hollywood and Highland is essentially the theatre the Oscars built, but when the venerable annual awards spectacle's lease is up after the 2013 show, the Academy might be putting on their telecast in another venue. more ›

After last week's monster Thanksgiving schedule, Hollywood wisely takes a breather from wide releases. In limited release, there's sex addicts, Bollywood starlet biopic & even more animation! more ›

Many of us who watched the 2011 Academy Awards found the hosts to be somewhat...underwhelming. James Franco appeared stoned and practically asleep next to hyper, overzealous Anne Hathaway. Since then, the two have been getting panned right and left for their odd and ultimately not very compelling performance, but one man is speaking truth to power about the whole incident. more ›

Move over, Muppets, Billy Crystal is going to be the host for the 84th Academy Awards. At least, so says Crystal on his Twitter account. So far, there has been no official announcement from the Oscars about a new host, who quickly rallied after losing producer Brett Ratner to his own poor taste to replace him with veteran producer Brian Grazer. more ›