NEW YORK – The race for the best original song Oscar is a slim one with two songs up for the honor, a first for the Academy Awards. Sergio Mendes’ “Real In Rio” from the animated adventure “Rio” will compete with Bret McKenzie’s “Man or Muppet” from “The Muppets,” despite having songs from a bevy [...]

A wordless picture, a ball flick, a equine tale, a 3-D children’s film for grown-ups, a infidelity family drama, an paper to classical cinema and a film that tackles competition family opposite a backdrop of a 1960′s polite right movement. The nominations for Best Picture during this year’s Academy Awards review like a travelogue of [...]

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – Michelle Williams, Christopher Plummer and Octavia Spencer won acting honors at a Golden Globes show Sunday that was spreading Hollywood’s love around among a broad range of films and TV shows. Williams won for actress in a musical or comedy as Marilyn Monroe in “My Week with Marilyn,” 52 years after [...]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The apocalyptic psychological drama “Melancholia” was named the year’s best film on Saturday by the National Society of Film Critics, which chose its star Kirsten Dunst as best actress and Brad Pitt as best actor for the baseball drama “Moneyball” as well as “The Tree of Life.” Lars von Trier lost [...]