German actress Sandra Huller tells Ethan Sills why she isn't amused at all by the Oscar-nominated movie

Samuel L Jackson "only made it through 20 minutes" of La La Land, and wasn't impressed by Manchester by the Sea either.

If there is one thing A-listers love more than a warbling acceptance speech on Oscars night, it's the post-event goodie bag. This year's nominees are in for a treat.

What does it take to win an Academy Award? Acting skills? Yes. Good looks? Usually.

The singer has revealed his son, Noah, is recovering from his battle with liver cancer.

Long running UK quiz show Countdown had viewers laughing with the word that came up.

Actors sharing their opinions is nothing new nor should they be stopped

Among the glitz, glamour and the inevitably off-mark speeches (and, with any luck, a few tear-jerkers, too), it's easy to forget about the accountants.

Oscar nominee Asghar Farhadi is unable to attend the ceremony after Trump's ban on Muslim nationals.

The Pacific set movie has been a massive hit, but is it enough to claim the Oscar?

"La La Land" lands 14 Oscar nods, with a notably more diverse field of nominees following two years of "OscarsSoWhite" controversy.

"Our humble Kickstarted-doco Tickled is now one of the 145 documentaries submitted for Oscar consideration. What a crazy ol' time."

Can Finding Dory make it three-for-three for Disney?

The MTV Movie Awards strive to be the polar opposite of the Oscars. It's safe to say that, like every year, the 2016 ceremony definitely accomplished that goal - and not only in the diversity of its nominees.

A group of 25 Academy members of Asian descent, including Oscar-winner Ang Lee, have complained about racist jokes at this year's awards.

Lupita Nyong'o thinks there is a "real imbalance" in Hollywood.

Star caught on camera getting into a car as he left post-Oscars celebrations. Clip shows a man rushing out holding the statuette and attempts to hand it to Dicaprio.

Did you notice something funny about the winners of the acting Oscars? Not that they were all white - we've been over that.

Sam Smith hated his performance at last night's Oscars ceremony.

Sam Smith has apologised to Dustin Lance Black for claiming he was the first openly gay star to win an Oscar.

The Oscars ceremony might be one of the most prestigious events in the celebrity world, but the Vanity Fair celebration is the most exclusive after-party - a celebrity State of the Union in which all of the movie stars in all of the land are brought to one large building to hobnob and glad hand and get away from the mortals.

What's it like to attend the most exclusive Oscars after-party? Monica Hesse takes a look.

Our fashion experts, Spy Editor Ricardo Simich, The Hits host Polly Gillespie and NZME's Laura McGoldrick, look back at the best and the worst of this year's red carpet looks at the 2016 Academy Awards.

For all the drama and controversy that plagued the lead-up to this year's Oscars, 2016 will be remembered for, well, not a lot.

Leo took out best actor and Mad Max cleaned up, winning many of their nominations. Here are all the winners from the 88th Annual Academy Awards.

Fashion experts, Spy Editor Ricardo Simich, The Hits host Polly Gillespie and NZME's Laura McGoldrick go through the best and worst dressed at this year's Oscar Awards.

The talented New Zealand born woman, who worked behind the scenes on Mad Max: Fury Road took home the Make-up and Hair styling Oscar.

We'll have all the action from the Oscars red carpet and beyond, live on nzherald.co.nz.

The 2016 Academy Awards kicked off with an epic montage of the year's movie highlights.