The Academy Awards won't be presented until March, but the first Oscar statuettes of the season were set to be handed out Saturday night at a private, black-tie dinner in Hollywood.

Free-$10. 7 p.m. Wed., Nov. 18. The Literary Center at the Margaret Mitchell House, 990 Peachtree St.

Though there's the occasional Elia Kazan moment, where someone with a troubled Hollywood past has to step up and accept an award amid a crowd of detractors, the honorary awards at the Oscars and the Golden Globes are usually just a chance to catch up with some Hollywood legend you might not have seen in a while.

What's not to like about a good old-fashioned Hollywood cat fight? Especially when its between inconveniently pregnant career woman of mature years with a butch haircut "Sandra," and softly coiffed Maryland horse farmer of pap entitlement, "Maggie?" My initial viewing of the film about 25 years ago, pre -bastard consciousness, put me squarely on ...

It's part of any self-respecting radio reviewer's remit to drop in on The Archers at least once a year, and now's the time to do it, with the Lilian-and-Matt-on-the-run storyline reaching its climax.

When you think of quality classic cinema, most will immediately picture films by Alfred Hitchcock, or Cecil B. DeMille.

Director Martin Scorsese is receiving the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement at the Golden Globes.

What self-respecting horror film fan could possibly resist a novel about vampires inhabiting Hollywood, written by none other than Adrienne Barbeau, the star of such B-movies as 'Swamp Thing,' 'The Fog' and 'Escape from New York'? While nobody is ever going to confuse her with Bram Stoker, Barbeau does deliver a fast and occasionally funny read in ...

THE dominant cultural form of the 20th century is starting to unravel. What was the dominant cultural form of the 20th century? There are plenty of candidates and no lack of ones that are allegedly under threat.

Friday, November 06, 2009 As the California State Park system struggles with financial shortfalls, perhaps Hollywood should come to the rescue.

If you live in Los Angeles, there's a good chance that you love film. And if you love film, there's also a good chance that you love silent and old black and white films.

Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin are taking on the Oscars. The two Hollywood veterans will share hosting duties at the 82nd Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Tuesday.

ABSTRACT: A CRITIC AT LARGE about Ayn Rand. 13 years after Rand's death, her books still sell more than 300,000 copies a year; "The Fountainhead," her slow-building blockbuster of 1943, was made an honorary Book-of-the-Month Club selection.

It feels familiar a ' the boxy white plastered exterior, red tile roof, the ubiquitous arches, soaring ceilings and foot-thick interior walls.

Another is to sign your name in cement at Grauman's Chinese Theatre. But the most lasting of them all may be to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

As a kid, Steven Spielberg charged $0.25 admission for 8-mm adventure movies he made with friends.

As a heavyweight contender four decades ago, 6-foot-6 Jack O'Halloran battled such tough hombres as George Foreman, Ken Norton and Cleveland Williams.

"I am big. It's the pictures that got small," Gloria Swanson declaimed in "Sunset Boulevard." In the Japan film industry, though, the pictures are getting bigger - gargantuan, in fact.

Merrimack Hall has sent out an e-blast offering a "two-for-one" discount on the upcoming event, "An Evening with Jerry Stahl," scheduled for Oct.

Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau is best known and most celebrated for films such as Nosferatu , The Last Laugh , Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans and Tabu .