The Academy Awards

NEW YORK (AP) — Prodded by Ellen DeGeneres, comic Kevin Hart says he’ll reconsider his decision to step down as host of the Academy Awards. Hart had backed away two days after being named host last month when some homophobic tweets he had made a decade ago resurfaced. But DeGeneres urged him to host the […]

Complete list of 87th annual Academy Award nominations announced Thursday: 1.Best picture: “American Sniper”; “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)”; “Boyhood”; “The Grand Budapest Hotel”; “The Imitation Game”; “Selma”; “The Theory of Everything”; “Whiplash.” 2. Actor: Steve Carell, “Foxcatcher”; Bradley Cooper, “American Sniper”; Benedict Cumberbatch, “The Imitation Game”; Michael Keaton, “Birdman or (The Unexpected […]

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London (AP) — Oscar-winning actor Denzel Washington isn’t taking his sixth nomination for granted, saying he’s just happy that people still value his work. Washington, who is in London for the U.K. premiere of “Flight” on Thursday night, is a best actor contender at the Academy Awards for playing alcoholic pilot Whip Whitaker in the […]