The Onion criticized for vulgar Quvenzhané Wallis tweet
theGRIO REPORT - The satirical website The Onion is under fire for a vulgar tweet aimed at pint-sized Oscar nominee Quvenzhané Wallis...
Michelle Obama presents best picture Oscar
LOS ANGELES (AP) - From the White House, First Lady Michelle Obama joined Jack Nicholson to help present the final prize...
Adele's 'Skyfall' theme wins Oscar for best song
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Adele's 'Skyfall' has won the Academy Award for best original song, a first for a James Bond theme...
Christoph Waltz wins his 2nd Oscar for 'Django Unchained'
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Austrian actor Christoph Waltz won his second supporting-actor Oscar for a Tarantino film, this time as a genteel bounty hunter in the slave-revenge saga 'Django Unchained'...
10 reasons to watch the Academy Awards tonight
SLIDESHOW - The 85th Academy Awards will air tonight, and everyone is buzzing about who’s going to take home a coveted Oscar trophy. However this year millions might be tuning just to see...
theGrio’s 100: Quvenzhané Wallis, 9-year-old actress making history
theGRIO's 100: Quvenzhané Wallis received an Oscar nomination for her leading role in 'Beasts of the Southern Wild,' making her the youngest performer to ever be nominated in the leading actress category...
Quvenzhané, Denzel and ‘Django’: What are their chances on Oscar night?
OPINION - Most African-Americans tuning to the Academy Awards this Sunday will be hoping to see some black history being made...
Odds for a bright future are slim for kid Oscar nominees
NBC NEWS - If 9-year-old Quvenzhane Wallis wins an Oscar for 'Beasts of the Southern Wild,' she’ll be the youngest performer ever to capture an adult version of Hollywood’s most coveted prize...
For 'Django' producer Reginald Hudlin, an unexpected Oscar ride
NEW YORK (AP) - Reginald Hudlin, director of films like 'Boomerang' and 'House Party,' never expected to be going to the Oscars as a best-picture-nominated producer of a slavery-era spaghetti Western by Quentin Tarantino...
First lady is a 'Beasts of the Southern Wild' fan
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Oscar-nominated film "Beasts of the Southern Wild" has gotten Michelle Obama's ringing endorsement...
