To whet your appetite for the upcoming 97th Academy Awards, let’s take a look back at memorable winners and moments during ...

Then there was Charlie Chaplin winning for his score to “Limelight” in 1973, even though the film was released in 1952 but never played in Los Angeles, making it eligible for the Oscars when ...

Every year brings the inevitable snubs when Oscar puts together its dance card. Wags and critics in various circles this ...

The academy did try to make amends, handing Sutherland an honorary Oscar in 2017 ... Barbara Stanwyck, Charlie Chaplin, etc. The list of the robbed goes on. Later matinee idols (and talented ...

A friend who has worked on multiple awards campaigns gave me a useful piece of advice recently for how to know if an Oscar season scandal actually matters: “Worry when it hits the real news.” ...

Here are the 10 best movies of that bunch, the Oscar losers if you will, that got nominated and deserved far better: Silent-movie star and director Charlie Chaplin's first sound ... one movie was ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A few reaches too far. Some questionable swerves. But, all round, an entertainingly brash romp that may scrabble two or three Oscar nods. Reasonable objections soon emerged from Latino observers ...

Will Ferrell gave the proverbial middle finger to the Oscars. The “Anchorman” actor, 57, joked about the Academy snubbing his inspiring documentary, “Will & Harper,” from the 2025 ...

Interestingly, two influential movies of the time received honorary Oscars. Charlie Chaplin was originally going to be nominated for best actor, director, writing and outstanding picture for "The ...