Nominations for the 83rd Academy Awards were announced today (Tuesday, January 25) by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak and 2009 Oscar® winner Mo’Nique. Sherak and Mo’Nique, who won an Academy Award® for her supporting performance in Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire, announced the nominees in 10 of [...]

Ever since I was a kid, I’ve loved the special effects in films. I grew up on the stop-motion animation of Ray Harryhausen and the effects wizardry of John Dykstra. The SFX people were gods to me, so even today I still enjoy hearing who is being honored by the Academy each year. Today, the [...]

This past weekend, my family received the DVD of Up from the Disney Movie Club. We watched again the heart-warming story of Carl, the lonely old man who in the twilight of his years decides to fulfill his wife’s life-long dream of adventure. By tying their home to a thousand balloons, he uproots from the [...]

Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will serve as co-hosts of the 82nd Academy Awards®, Oscar telecast producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman announced today. “We think the team of Steve and Alec are the perfect pair of hosts for the Oscars,” said Shankman and Mechanic. “Steve will bring the experience of having hosted the show [...]