Oscars

Sophia Loren (Geoff Caddick/PA)

Sophia Loren: Cameramen complained my nose and mouth were too big

February 21, 2021

This year’s Oscars will broadcast live from “multiple locations,” the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said (Ian West/PA)

Film academy shares Oscars 2021 broadcast plans

February 11, 2021

Soul, Mank and Da 5 Bloods are among the films that featured in some of the nine shortlists unveiled ahead of the 93rd Academy Awards (Ian West/PA)

Shortlists announced in nine categories for 2021 Oscars

February 9, 2021

Hollywood has paid tribute to actor Christopher Plummer following his death at 91 (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Russell Crowe and Anne Hathaway pay tribute to Christopher Plummer

February 6, 2021

The Screen Actors Guild Awards have been moved to April to avoid a clash with the Grammys (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

SAG Awards shifted to avoid clash with the Grammys

January 14, 2021

Hollywood is gearing up for an awards season like no other (Jennifer Graylock/PA)

Hollywood gears up for awards season like no other

December 27, 2020

The Oscars will take place with an in-person event despite the pandemic, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has said (Ian West/PA)

Next year’s Oscars to be ‘in-person’ event, Academy says

December 2, 2020

Sean Connery won the best supporting actor Academy Award (Ian West/PA)

Sir Sean Connery’s Oscars acceptance speech: Patience truly is a virtue

October 31, 2020

Films hoping to qualify for best picture at the Oscars will soon have to meet strict diversity guidelines, the Academy has announced (PA)

Oscars to introduce strict diversity guidelines for best picture eligibility

September 9, 2020

Oscar-winning film director Jiri Menzel has died aged 82 (Michal Dolezal/CTK via AP)

Oscar-winning Czech director Jiri Menzel dies aged 82

September 7, 2020

Cynthia Erivo (Ian West/PA)

Cynthia Erivo criticises Baftas over ‘inappropriate’ offer to perform at awards

August 19, 2020

Firemen inspect the damage following the serious fire at the Fountain Disco.

Remembering the real-life inferno which gutted Dundee’s space-age Fountain nightclub 35 years ago

June 26, 2020

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Adam Sandler was among the winners at this year’s Film Independent Spirit Awards, but next year’s show has been postponed (Isabel Infantes/PA)

Another major Hollywood awards show postponed

June 17, 2020

Next year’s Oscars have been pushed back by two months (Jennifer Graylock/PA)

Next year’s Oscars postponed in response to coronavirus pandemic

June 15, 2020

Filmmaker Ava DuVernay is among six people elected to the film academy’s board of governors for the first time (Ian West/PA)

Filmmaker Ava DuVernay elected to the Academy’s board of governors

June 11, 2020

David Oyelowo starred in Selma (Ian West/PA)

Oscars say they are ‘committed to progress’ after David Oyelowo’s Selma claims

June 5, 2020

Ava DuVernay has backed claims by actor David Oyelowo that Oscars voters said they would not vote for their civil rights film Selma after they showed support for a black man who died in police custody (Ian West/PA)

Ava DuVernay backs David Oyelowo’s claims over Academy voters and Selma

June 5, 2020

Streamed films will be eligible for next year’s Oscars in response to the coronavirus’s impact on the entertainment industry, the film academy has said (Jennifer Graylock/PA)

Streamed films to be eligible for next year’s Oscars, Academy says

April 28, 2020

Jake Gyllenhaal has revealed his Brokeback Mountain co-star Heath Ledger objected to joking about the film at the Oscars (Ian West/PA)

Jake Gyllenhaal says Heath Ledger refused to present at the Oscars

April 8, 2020

The body which oversees the Oscars has responded to the coronavirus crisis engulfing the entertainment industry (Ian West/PA)

Academy responds to coronavirus outbreak and impact on the Oscars

March 20, 2020