Big Pimpin' at the Oscars
Forget the suspense over best movie or actor or actress - the real question on Oscar night was whether Three 6 Mafia could actually perform a cuss-free, non-graphic version of It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp.
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Hoffman wins best actor at political Oscars
Philip Seymour Hoffman won the Oscar for best actor as Hollywood showed its political colours by awarding George Clooney and Rachel Weisz supporting acting honours for two message movies.
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Ang Lee earns best-director for cowboy love story
Ang Lee won the Academy Award as best director for the cowboy romance Brokeback Mountain, becoming the first Asian to win Hollywood's top honour for filmmakers.
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Crash rides surge of praise to best picture award
It was made on a tiny budget, has a huge cast and multiple story lines - and now Crash has pulled off one of the biggest upsets in Academy Awards history by winning best picture.
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Witherspoon walks her way to success
Reese Witherspoon has won the Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of country singer June Carter in the movie Walk The Line.
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No surprises as Hoffman takes top honours
Philip Seymour Hoffman, a chameleon-like performer celebrated for his diverse supporting roles, has won the Oscar for Best Lead Actor in Capote.
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Oscar glory for South Africa
The South African movie Tsotsi has won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, securing an Academy Award for director Gavin Hood.
 Crash rides surge of praise to best picture award
Hoffman wins best actor at political Oscars
Witherspoon walks her way to success
Ang Lee earns best-director for cowboy love story
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Penguin film marches off with an award
March Of The Penguins, the French-made nature documentary that became a box office smash, has won the Oscar for Best Documentary.
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Weisz walks away with the golden man
British actress Rachel Weisz has won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as a determined social activist in The Constant Gardener.
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Wallace and Gromit grab an Academy Award
British "claymation" pioneer Nick Park and his partner Steve Box have won the Best Animated Feature Oscar for Wallace and Gromit in the Curse Of The Were-Rabbit.
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George has a golden moment at the Oscars
George Clooney has won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of a weary CIA agent in the oil industry thriller Syriana.
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Stars roll up for Independent Spirit Awards
Oscars favorite Brokeback Mountain rode off with top honours at the relaxed Independent Spirit Awards, held in on the Santa Monica beach, a far cry from the glitzy Academy Awards.
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Tom and Nicole earn pre-Oscar 'dishonours'
Tom Cruise, his fiancee Katie Holmes and his former wife Nicole Kidman have all won Golden Razzie awards, an Oscars spoof held a day ahead of the big awards.
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Tension mounts ahead of Oscar ceremony
Tension has reached fever pitch as Hollywood begins the final countdown to the Oscars, with a posse of "serious" films, led by Brokeback Mountain, set to overrun the night.
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J.Lo to hand out Oscars gold
Hollywood superstar Jennifer Lopez will join the star-studded cast of celebrities presenting Oscar statuettes at this weekend's Academy Awards show.
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Acceptance speech tips on offer
Tom Hanks ought to know. Winning an Academy Award can be a dangerous thing especially when the whole world is watching your acceptance speech. That's why the two-time Oscar winner is passing along some friendly advice.
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George Clooney to present Oscars statuette
Movie heartthrob George Clooney, who will attend the Oscars for the first time this year armed with three nominations, will also present a statuette to a winner at next week's show.
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Hollywood anxiously awaits the Oscar envelope
Hollywood is turning all eyes on its own brand of gold medal - Oscar gold - with more questions than answers about likely winners in the week leading up to the world's top film awards.
Oscar's foreign films make strange bedfellows
Oscars overrun by a posse of previously ignored newcomers
Oscar fashion drips with glamour, but variety key
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Oscar's foreign films make strange bedfellows
You've got Palestinian suicide bombers, young men about to explode in a South African shantytown, Nazis, Italian incest victims and World War One soldiers.
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Oscars overrun by a posse of previously ignored newcomers
Nearly three quarters of the actors nominated for the 2006 Academy Awards are Hollywood newcomers or hugely popular stars who were previously snubbed by Oscar despite their box office triumphs.
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