The citizens of Twitter discuss the Oscars with short comments and quick wit, and we're sharing the best tweets we find.

The Kiwi artists behind the magic of The Hobbit will be in the spotlight today as Hollywood throws its biggest party of the year.

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.

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.

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?

Bret McKenzie has returned to New Zealand after his Academy Awards success, and says the..

Something you'd like to share with us, Natalie Portman? Or are you letting your finger bling do the talking?

Candid shots of the stars as they wait backstage at the 84th Academy Awards

Kiwi Oscar winner Bret McKenzie says his two young children were "pretty impressed" with the Oscar statue, and revealed he'd spent two days working on his speech, practising in the shower, before his stunning win at the Academy Awards in LA yesterday.