Hollywood's finest headed to a selection of glamourous post-Oscar parties once the formalities of the show were wrapped up. The infamous Vanity Fair party was slightly scaled back but an impressive line-up of stars including Madonna, Mick Jagger,...
LOS ANGELES - Heath Ledger won the supporting-actor Academy Award on Sunday for his demented reinvention of Batman villain the Joker in "The Dark Knight," becoming only the second actor to win an Oscar posthumously. Penelope Cruz claimed the evening's first prize, supporting actress, for her role as a tempestuous artist in Woody Allen's Spanish romance "Vicky Cristina Barcelona,"
The other top winners: Kate Winslet, best actress for the Holocaust-themed drama "The Reader"; Sean Penn, best actor for the title role of "Milk"; Heath Ledger, supporting actor for "The Dark Knight"; and Penelope Cruz, supporting actress for "Vicky Cristina Barcelona." A story of hope amid squalor in Mumbai, India, "Slumdog Millionaire"...
HOLLYWOOD -- After five previous nominations and five defeats, Kate Winslet says she has perfected her losing smile on Oscar night. But sixth time may be the charm for the British actress at Sunday’s 81st Academy Awards, where she finds herself in familiar territory once more....
Sunday night's Oscars host, Hugh Jackman, is sure to shake things up. For one thing, he's not a professional comedian like most previous hosts. For another, he tells CNN that he plans to do the entire show naked and inebriated...
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