Oscars2015

Birdman takes top honours at intensely political Oscars 2015

"Birdman" captured Hollywood's top honor at the Academy Awards on Sunday, where the jazzy, surreal comedy about an actor fleeing his superhero past won best picture at a ceremony punctuated by passionate pleas for equality.

Boyhood review: Despite the royal snub at Oscars, Richard Linklater's film is fabulous

Boyhood is a long, meandering film, but it's masterful and elegant.

Full list: Birdman named best film at Oscars 2015, Inarritu bags Best Director Award

Here is a list of winners at Sunday's 87th annual Academy Awards presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Birdman review: Keaton misses out the best actor award for his superb act but this is Oscars 2015's best film

If you find a movie better than Birdman, I’ll clip off my wings, bathe in batter and offer myself on the platter at the nearest KFC.

Oscars 2015: Idina Menzel finally gets her revenge on Travolta, calls him Glom Gazinga

John Travolta still can't live down his mangling of Idina Menzel's name from last year's Academy Awards when he called her Adele Dazeem.

Polish director Pawel Pawlikowski wins best foreign language Oscar for Ida

The tautly made "Ida," is a period film that plunges into a dark chapter of Polish history of German occupation during World War II via a young nun who discovers her family's secrets from the era

Oscars 2015: JK Simmons bags best actor in supporting role for Whiplash

JK Simmons predictably bagged the Oscar for best supporting actor for his role as a terrifying jazz instructor in <em>Whiplash</em>.

Birdman and Boyhood lead the race as Hollywood gears up for Oscars

Hollywood is preparing for its Oscars close-up on Sunday, as Tinseltown's annual awards season comes to its climax with two films expected to face off for the top prize

Oscar special: Outstanding acting and direction make Whiplash a masterpiece

As the applause thunders in from the audience at the end of the show, you have to wonder whether it would have happened without the whiplashes Fletcher inflicted upon Andrew.

Oscars 2015: Here is a PSA that gives you a 101 on how to lose gracefully

Celebrity impressionist Piotr Michael has come out with a public service advertisement where he teaches the losers to accept their defeat gracefully.