Movie Awards

Online film critics awards: Rooney Mara (according to some, absurdly) in Best Supporting Actress Category while Kristen Stewart in.

Los Angeles Film Critics Awards surprises: Michael Fassbender, Charlotte Rampling tops as the former now 4th two-time LAFCA Best Actor winner.

Trumbo (movie 2015) review: Bryan Cranston delivers a phenomenal performance as the blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo.

Steve Jobs (movie 2015) review: Michael Fassbender is outstanding in Danny Boyle and Aaron Sorkin’s vigorous biopic. Kate Winslet costars.

The Martian (movie 2015) review: Ridley Scott proves that he still has what it takes. Amiable ‘everyman’ Matt Damon and Jessica Chastain star.

Best Foreign Language Film Oscar Submissions: Multicultural and Multinational movies as Academy more open-minded re: international cinema.

Katharine Hepburn Movies: Women in Drag, in Love and in Danger in classic movies that ultimately earned her 12 Academy Award nominations.

Amy (movie 2015) review: Asif Kapadia’s remarkable Amy Winehouse documentary chronicles the rise and fall of the tragic singer.

Academy Invites Eddie Redmayne, Bong Joon-ho: Eclectic and International Talent that may help to diversify future Oscar choices.

Teresa Wright was one of the ‘Oldest’ Oscar Winners and the earliest surviving Best Supporting Actress winner at the time of her death.

Teresa Wright: Actress Made Oscar History for her work in The Little Foxes, Mrs Miniver and The Pride of the Yankees – feat still unmatched.

Oscar Winners: Meryl Streep Breaks Two Academy Award Records, Neil Patrick Harris in his underwear and politically controversial documentary winner.

Kristen Stewart and Catherine Deneuve have achieved remarkable César Award feats. One is a First; the other one is a Record-Tier.

Sean Penn will receive the Honorary César. The two-time Best Actor Oscar winner is the latest Hollywood celebrity to take home the award.

Golden Globes Winners: Early Technical Glitch Led to Much Ado About Nothing while Julianne Moore took home 1 statuette as expected.

Selma (movie 2014) review: Ava DuVernay’s ‘Martin Luther King Jr. in Alabama’ drama is a reminder that Civil Rights events remain disturbingly relevant. David Oyelowo plays MLK.

Luise Rainer Dead: At 104 years old first Two-Time Oscar Winner in the acting categories was oldest surviving Academy Award recipient.

Maureen O’Hara Oscar: Honorary Award given to feisty, red-headed The Quiet Man and Rio Grande actress and John Wayne leading lady.

Gotham Awards winners include Hollywood stars Julianne Moore and Michael Keaton plus controversial political refugee Edward Snowden.

Best Documentary Short Oscar Contenders: The prospect of death and Illness are key topics plus art, oil and a hotline for war veterans.

Neil Patrick Harris: Oscar Host. Good Choice? The Tony and Emmy winner will be first openly gay (male) Academy Awards host ever.

Christopher Reeve: Superman movies, Somewhere in Time and other films remembered 10 years after his death plus surprise Oscar speech.

Best Foreign Language Film Record Entries include a number of highly political movies with controversial topics.

Honorary Award bypassed Marlene Dietrich, Gloria Swanson and Rita Hayworth among dozens of other women as Academy focused on male recipients.