Ben Affleck beat out Steven Spielberg and Ang Lee as his film Argo picked up best picture at the Oscars in Los Angeles

Jennifer Lawrence fell as she walked up the stairs to accept her award for best actress at the Oscars.

Read the full list of winners as they're announced at the 2013 Oscars.

The Hobbit has been shut out at the Oscars, failing to win any awards despite being nominated in three categories.

As Life & Style Editor I have the heroic task of picking the most smashing red carpet looks, and deciding who was not so visually pleasing. So here you go. For all the red carpet banter check out the blog and tell me what you think of my picks on Twitter.

Oscar winners are more likely to thank Harvey Weinstein than God, while actresses are twice more likely to cry than actors when accepting their award, a study has found.

Watch the replay of the NZ Herald Online coverage of the 85th Academy Awards.

Make your own picks for all the major Oscar categories, including best picture, best director, best actor and best actress, in our online awards ballot.

Herrera has become almost as synonymous with the Academy Awards as a weepy acceptance speech.

The Oscars are set to kick off this afternoon. Bush up full list of nominees for the awards.

You can tune in to the Oscars. Or you can watch them with the peanut gallery on Twitter.

The Weekend Herald takes a look at the cost of going to the Oscars.

Movie blogger Dominic Corry gives his thoughts on the Oscars and makes his picks for who should win and who will win.

Russell Baillie names nine of the best talking points from one of the tightest and most hotly contested Oscar races in years.

Get to know the nominees for Best Actor in a Leading Role at the 85th Annual Academy Awards.

Once people watched in suspense to see the winners at the Oscars, but experts can now predict the top prizes ahead of time.

Seth MacFarlane is aiming to bring more "edge" to this year's Oscars.

Ben Affleck says he doesn't feel "entitled" to win an Oscar for best director after taking another award over the weekend.

Barbra Streisand has been booked to sing at the Oscars for the first time in 36 years, organisers say.

Ben Affleck is not bitter after controversially missing out on a Best Director Oscar nomination for Argo

Quentin Tarantino feels sorry for Ben Affleck after his controversial omission from the best director Oscar race.

The finalists for this year's Academy Awards are discussed by TimeOut editor Russell Baillie, reviewer Francesca Rudkin and film blogger Dominic Corry.

Lincoln led the Oscar field with 12 nominations, but these directors and films failed to live up to their hype.

The Hobbit was snubbed in the acting, director and best picture categories, but was nominated for technical awards.

McKenzie told the world New Zealand was a great place to grow up, somewhere you could live your dreams. But how accurate is that assessment in 2012?