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January 30, 2017

Iranian, Syrian entertainers to skip the Oscars due to Trump's travel order

Several entertainers say they will be missing the biggest night in film because of the new regulations.

January 29, 2017

Film academy troubled by possible visa ban of Oscar nominee

The motion picture academy calls "extremely troubling," the possible visa ban of Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, whose feature film "The Salesman" is nominated for a best foreign language Oscar.

January 26, 2017

Iranian-born actress to boycott Oscars over Trump

Iranian actress Taraneh Alidoosti, star of the Oscar-nominated "The Salesman," says she won't attend the Academy Awards in protest of President Donald Trump's immigration policies.

January 25, 2017

'Fresh Off the Boat' actress Constance Wu rips Casey Affleck's award nomination

“Fresh Off the Boat,” star Constance Wu is outraged over Casey Affleck’s Best Actor Oscar nomination for “Manchester by the Sea,” and she’s taken to Twitter to go after him and the Academy.

January 24, 2017

Michelle Williams has an Oscar nomination for 'Manchester by the Sea' but she hasn't seen it

Maybe she’s superstitious?

January 24, 2017

#OscarsNotSoWhite: Diverse nominees help Academy recover from #OscarsSoWhite controversy

In 2015 and 2016, there were no minority actors or actresses nominated in the Best Actor and Best Actress Academy Awards categories and it caused quite a stir.

January 24, 2017

ABC sorry for wrongly posting Tom Hanks, Amy Adams Oscar noms

Amy Adams and Tom Hanks are not Oscar nominees this year, but for a moment Tuesday morning both were listed on the official Oscars website as having scored lead acting nominations.

January 24, 2017

After years as an outcast, Mel Gibson earns an Oscar nomination

Gibson had long been shunned in Hollywood since an anti-Semitic tirade while being arrested for drunk driving in 2006 and a 2011 conviction for domestic violence.

January 24, 2017

Oscar nominations: 'La La Land' leads with 14 nods

The 89th annual Oscar nominations are announced.

January 14, 2017

Oscars make slight change to nominations announcement

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is ditching its traditional method of announcing Oscar nominations to a live audience at its headquarters in favor of a more digital disclosure.