Opinion: This year, diversity truly is necessary for the Oscars

A Brutally Honest Oscar Voter has slammed some of the frontrunners for the top prizes

No one is safe from Honest Trailers parody powers from La La Land to Arrival, they are all being taken down.

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.

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

Tuesday's Academy Awards announcement netted the musical 14 nominations.

People in charge of Lion's social media channels made a rather spectacular error in the rush to hype up their success.

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.

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

Sacha Baron Cohen resurrected his Ali G alter ego at the Oscars - but his appearance was a complete surprise to organisers.

Read how Dominic Corry's evening went down in the Oscars press room.

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.