Young talent
Quvenzhane Wallis gives a sparkling performance in low-budget hit Beasts of the Southern Wild. Could she become the youngest actress ever to be nominated for an Oscar?
View ArticleHigh flyer
As silent movie The Artist tap-dances its way through awards season, we look back at the first movie to win the Academy Award for best picture, 1927's silent epic Wings.
View ArticleWest Bank to Hollywood
Two documentaries - one Israeli, the other Palestinian - nominated for this year's Academy Awards are bringing the focus back onto the Middle East peace process, the BBC's Kevin Connolly reports.
View ArticleOn song
Will Tom Hooper's starry film version of the global musical sensation enjoy the same success on screen as the show has enjoyed on stage?
View ArticleFrom pen to screen
Author Matthew Quick's hard task of handing over his novel to the Hollywood machine pays off as David O Russell's adaptation of Silver Linings Playbook reaps multiple Oscar nominations.
View ArticleFlying the flag
British stars have not fared so well in the Oscar acting categories this years, but animators from the UK are flying the flag in LA at this year's awards ceremony.
View ArticleSetting the stage
Award-winning set designer Derek McLane tells BBC News about the challenge of creating the Oscars stage set.
View ArticleZero Dark flirty
With the closure of the Oscar ballot on Tuesday, the fevered period of film promotion also comes to an end. But is such exertion really worth it?
View ArticleTrue story?
Ben Affleck's film Argo tells how in 1980 the CIA - with Canadian help - sprang a group of Americans from Iran. But how much of it is true and how much is fiction?
View ArticleIn quotes
Here is a selection of the best acceptance speeches and quotes from the red carpet and backstage.
View ArticleBackstage buzz
The BBC's Emma Saunders is in Hollywood for the build up for the Academy Awards and will be rubbing shoulders with the stars on Oscar night.
View ArticleOscars: Stars pick their film highlights
BBC News speaks to stars of the silver screen about their film highlights ahead of the Oscars.
View ArticleShirley Bassey: 'I taught Catherine Zeta-Jones to dance'
Shirley performed Goldfinger nearly 50 years since she first recorded the song for the 1964 Bond film of the same name.
View ArticleOscar winner Anne Hathaway: 'I am on top of the world'
Anne Hathaway won the Oscar for best supporting actress for her role as tragic factory worker Fantine in movie musical Les Miserables.
View ArticleHosting duties
Set MacFarlane was brought in to be edgy but missed the mark, writes Ben Sutherland.
View ArticleIn pictures
Pictures of the winners, losers, hosts and performers at the 2013 Oscars ceremony.
View ArticleScotland's First Minister hails Brave
Brave follows its success at the Baftas and Golden Globes by winning an Oscar for best animated feature film.
View ArticleOscars 2013: Inocente is first Kickstarter-backed film to win prize
Documentary film Inocente becomes the first Oscar-winning film backed by crowd-funding website Kickstarter.
View ArticleAdele Skyfall wins best song Oscar
Adele wins the Oscar for best original song for Skyfall, the first Academy Award for a Bond film in 47 years.
View ArticleOscars 2013: Daniel Day-Lewis makes Hollywood history
Daniel Day-Lewis becomes the first person to win the best actor Oscar three times, while Ben Affleck's thriller Argo is crowned best film.
View ArticleOscars critics focus on host Seth MacFarlane
Film and TV critics have their say about the irreverent Oscars hosting of Family Guy creator Seth McFarlane.
View ArticleOne of the greats
What made Daniel Day-Lewis such an acclaimed actor and could he be tempted back to the screen?
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