Marlee Matlin accepted an Academy Award of Merit – an Oscar statuette – that was created to broadly recognize "all the ...

Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times via Getty A new Oscars rule will impact the 2026 Academy Awards, and already has garnered a strong reaction online. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and ...

Richard Shotwell / Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP In order to cast a final-round vote in the Oscars race, Academy members are now required to watch each film nominated in a category. The Academy of ...

Oscar voters will no longer be able to skip watching some of the nominated films. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences on Monday announced that members will from now on be required to ...

“The inflatable spuds went missing, the Oscars statue, the sign… it’s just what happens in this town. We don’t know why. It’s like Area 51,” said Pete Smith, owner of Sweet Pete’s Treat ...

Glen Weldon is a host of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast. He reviews books, movies, comics and more for the NPR Arts Desk. Over the course of his career, he has spent time as a theater critic ...

April 28, 2025 • Matthew Specktor grew up the son of a famous Hollywood agent. In The Golden Hour he serves up family saga, cultural criticism, fictionalized biography, history and lament for a ...