Hurt Locker, Precious & Invictus Lead First Serious Oscar Picks List

October 28th, 2009 more images more imagesTYLER PERRY's gritty new drama PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE has landed double honours at the annual Hollywood Awards. The film, about an abused teenage girl, produced by Perry and Oprah Winfrey, has wowed critics on the festival circuit in recent months, and was awarded the treasured People's Choice accolade at the Toronto Film Festival in Canada in September (09).

October 27th, 2009 more images more imagesSelect 2009 Hollywood Awards winnersSelect 2009 Hollywood Awards winners: Actor: Robert De Niro, "Everybody's Fine." Actress: Hilary Swank, "Amelia." Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, "Inglorious Basterds." Supporting Actress: Julianne Moore, "A Single Man." Director: Kathryn Bigelow, "The Hurt Locker." Screenplay: Nora Ephron, "Julie & Julia." Breakthrough Actress: Carey Mulligan, "An Education." Breakthrough Actor: Jeremy Renner, "The Hurt Locker." Breakthrough Director: Lee Daniels, "Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Saffire." New Hollywood Award: Gabourey "Gabby" Sidibe, "Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Saffire." Hollywood Spotlight Awards: Shohreh Aghdashloo, Zachary Quinto, Melanie Lynskey and Paul Schneider. Comedy Award: Bradley Cooper, "The Hangover."

October 27th, 2009 more images more imagesSwank, Sidibe win as Hollywood award season beginsBEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — And they're off.

October 25th, 2009 WINONA RYDER was hurt by reports she was jealous of ANGELINA JOLIE's GIRL, INTERRUPTED Oscar win - because she always knew her co-star would win gold at the Academy Awards. The two actresses played mental patients in the 1999 film, and Ryder, who also produced the film, insists there were no hard feelings when Jolie was nominated and then went on to win gold for Best Supporting Actress.

October 21st, 2009 "She picks them out. She's a very good shopper...

October 19th, 2009 KATHRYN BIGELOW's hard-hitting war drama THE HURT LOCKER has emerged as an early Oscars favourite after picking up a string of nominations for the upcoming Gotham Independent Film Awards, one of the season's first big prizegivings. The movie will be up against Amreeka, Big Fan, The Maid and A Serious Man in the Best Feature category, while star Jeremy Renner will fight for the Breakthrough Actor prize and he and his castmates are up for Best Ensemble Performance.

October 7th, 2009 Veteran crooner ANDY WILLIAMS was so broke during the early days of his career, he stored his suit in a meat locker to keep it fresh. The Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You hitmaker travelled to New York to launch a solo career in the early 1950s after his siblings ended their Williams Brothers quartet.

October 3rd, 2009 Mariah Carey The New York premiere of 'Precious' at the Alice Tully Hall New York City.more images

September 21st, 2009 MARIAH CAREY and OPRAH WINFREY's new movie PRECIOUS scooped the top award at the Toronto Film Festival on Saturday (19Sep09). The movie, a gritty drama produced by talk show host Winfrey and featuring singer Carey, was honoured with the People's Choice award at the annual event in Canada.

September 14th, 2009 TORONTO - Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey says she recognises herself in the the exploited girl Precious Jones, the protagonist of her film "Precious" about a Harlem teen sexually abused by her father. Oprah is executive producer of the African-American film based on the novel "Push" by Sapphire.

September 1st, 2009 Oscar voters to rank best-picture choicesLOS ANGELES — Academy Awards voters are going to have to put extra effort into their choices for best picture. Oscar overseers are adopting a preferential-voting system in which academy members rank their best-picture favorites from 1 to 10.

August 14th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Oscar winner Kate Winslet has been roped in for a mini-series based on the James M. Cain novel 'Mildred Pierce'.

June 23rd, 2009 Review: 'Hurt Locker' strongest Iraq war film yetLOS ANGELES — Despite their admirable intentions and acclaimed names on both sides of the camera, the vast majority of movies made about the Iraq war have failed to hit the mark. Either they felt too preachy, like "Rendition" and "In the Valley of Elah," or they were rather standard action pictures like "The Kingdom." "The Hurt Locker" is by far the most effective film yet on this subject — and what's ironic about that is, it doesn't even feel all that specific to the Iraq war.

June 4th, 2009 LOS ANGELES - Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has been named the world's most powerful celebrity by Forbes magazine. The actress has beaten talk show host Oprah Winfrey to the top spot on the magazine's 2009 Celebrity 100 list, reported contactmusic.com.

May 12th, 2009 Rangers' Hamilton activated from DLARLINGTON, Texas — Texas Rangers center fielder Josh Hamilton has been activated from the disabled list. Hamilton was back Tuesday night for the opener of a six-game homestand against AL West foes Seattle and the Los Angeles Angels.