2011 Oscar Articles

James Franco explains to David Letterman that no, he wasn't "under the influence" while hosting the Oscar telecast with Anne Hathaway last February. The show was lambasted by television critics, failed to connect with TV audiences, and was considered by some to be one of the (many) nadirs of Oscar TV history. "I think I know why, because–," Franco says about the reason for all [...]

Eli Wallach, Anne Jackson Eli Wallach and wife Anne Jackson arrive at the 2011 Academy Awards ceremony held last Sunday at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. Eli Wallach, 95, was the recipient of an Honorary Oscar at a November 2010 ceremony. Wallach's film debut took place in Elia Kazan’s Baby Doll in 1956. Since then he has been featured in more than 150 movies and [...]

Francis Ford Coppola, Eleanor Coppola Eleanor Coppola and Francis Ford Coppola arrive at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. Francis Ford Coppola was the recipient of the Irving G. Thalberg Award at a ceremony held in November 2010. The Thalberg Award, a bust of the MGM producer/executive who died in 1936, is given to "a creative producer whose body of [...]

Benjamin Millepied, a very pregnant Natalie Portman Natalie Portman made history last Sunday as the first unmarried, pregnant individual to win the Best Actress Oscar for her performance as an unbalanced ballerina in Darren Aronofsky's psychological thriller Black Swan. Following her Oscar win, Portman, who is engaged to dancer/choreographer Benjamin Millepied, made headlines by dissociating herself from disgraced fashion designer John Galliano — caught on [...]