Ann Powers: Pop music producers catch Grammy attention

Movie reviews: 'The Oscar-Nominated Short Films 2011'

Shorts programs are by their nature mixed bags of ambition, art and quality. One that packages the 10 live-action and animated nominees...

ABC sells out advertisements for Oscar telecast at near-record prices

The network is fetching about $1.7 million per 30-second spot.

Walt Disney Studios is big winner at 3-D Creative Arts Awards

"Tron: Legacy" was named live-action 3-D feature of the year, with DreamWorks Animation's "How to Train Your Dragon" earning best animated...

Film shorts in Oscar spotlight

A look at the live-action and animated short films that are in the hunt for Academy Awards.

Film characters who spread the Oscar love

Jeff Bridges had to sort through what he calls an "interesting batch of emotions" when the Coen brothers approached him with the idea of...

'The King's Speech' was no easy sell

It's the Oscar front-runner and a box-office hit, an outcome never anticipated by stars Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush when they signed on to...

The 'soulful gravitas' of Javier Bardem

Bardem immersed himself in the making of 'Biutiful.' The result is high praise and an Oscar nomination. Ask him about his work in the film,...

AARP Awards like their movies with a grown-up appoach

For the 10th consecutive year, the Washington, D.C.-based publication paused to honor not the young, beautiful and promising of Hollywood,...

Oscar luncheon: Schmoozing joined with a little lecturing

This year's event was the most well-attended of all with a record 147 out of 191 nominees present.

Poll: Which Super Bowl ad has best shot to win the Emmy?

The last Super Bowl ad to win the Emmy as best TV commercial of the year was Coca-Cola's whimsical "Heist" ad two years ago.