Now maybe if this had happened last year… oh “The Dark Knight” and “Wall-E.”

Blast spoke to Tamara Anghie, the producer of “New Boy,” two days before her debut at the Oscars.

Who would have thought this time last year that Robert Pattinson would be presenting at the Oscars?
“Twilight”, with the help of millions of screaming girls, has brought Bert a long way. He was in surprising demand to be interviewed considering the superstars present at the event, and one channel even cut away from an [...]

“Slumdog Millionaire” struck it rich at the 81st Academy Awards Sunday. The Danny Boyle film about life in the slums of Mumbai garnered eight Oscars, leaving its competition “Milk” and “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” in the dust.
Boyle, upon taking the stage to receive his award for Best Director, [...]

Jimmy Kimmel, in perhaps a coming out party for Mel Gibson, pulled a hilarious stunt on his after-Oscar show.
Gibson, who has largely avoided the spotlight since a 2006 drunken anti-Semitic tirade, appeared on Jimmy Kimmel live and showed an “exclusive clip” from what he and Kimmel played up as his latest top-secret film project about [...]

There were two questions running through everyone’s mind at the  81st Academy Awards: 1. Who will take home the most awards — Slumdog Millionaire or Benjamin Button, and 2. Why is Philip Seymore Hoffman wearing that beanie?
Fashion has always been a huge part of the hype surrounding the Academy Awards and Sunday was [...]

Liveblogging the 81st Academy Awards

Our entertainment editor weighs in on who should and who will.

Keep an eye on Renner as press for “The Hurt Locker” continues, because he’s going to be huge after it hits theaters and gets the Oscar cred it duly deserves.

February 24th is here. This year, the Academy Awards are celebrating their 80th season of turning a blind eye to the deserving films and, well, awarding the lame-os. And although he’s still considered the barometer for film quality standards, Oscar will surely be back this year with his latest disappointments, when he’ll send those “should-have-beens” [...]

Stick with Blast Sunday night as Liz Raftery, our features editor, liveblogs Oscar night from the red carpet to the after parties!
We’ll have all the Academy Award winners, their reactions, performances, the fashion and all the magic of the biggest night in Hollywood!

Yet another award season is upon us and the first in the list is the Golden Globe Awards. The award show airs on NBC at 8 p.m., January 13. Usually seen as a prelude to the winners of the Oscars these year’s nominees will make an interesting competition as many are deserving of recognition.
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