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The best picture victor at the PGAs has gone on win the same award at the Oscars every year for the past eight years.

For Mildred Wilson, 92, of Greensboro, celebrating her granddaughter’s leap year birthday is a heartfelt celebration.

The Razzies were created in 1980 as an antidote to Hollywood’s star-studded, back-slapping annual awards season, which climaxes tomorrow with the 88th Oscars. There was a tie for Worst Picture of the Year, though, as Fantastic Four and Fifty Shades of Grey shared the honor.

As the 88th annual Academy Awards loom, so too have the questions surrounding Leonardo DiCaprio and his dogged pursuit of the gold statuette. As he tracks down the people who abandoned him, he battles hunger, fierce warriors from the Arikara tribe, and a brutally cold wilderness.

Shane McGhie, acting student: “I was glad to see people like Jada taking a stance”, McGhie, a black senior at the University of Southern California, says.

“It’s often been said anecdotally that the only award of merit that has monetary value is the Oscar”, said veteran publicist and awards strategist Tony Angellotti. Both she and Spike Lee announced that they would not be attending the award show, while Tyrese...

“Normally it’s not terrifically meaningful for stocks, but here and there you can get situations where it matters a little”, FBR Capital Markets analyst Barton Crockett said.

For the second year in a row, no actors of color were nominated.

Hollywood has certainly come a long way since McDaniel’s Oscar win, but there’s still progress to be made.

He was named best British male twice – in 1984 and 2014 – and received the outstanding contribution to British music award in 1996.

Earlier this year, Rampling made some incendiary comments regarding the racial diversity controversy surrounding this year’s awards, so giving her a statue would work counter to the increased racial sensitivity the Academy is trying to foster. Superhero movies are ruling...

But no one is talking about it. Chris Rock seems an iffy choice to host the stuffy ceremony, even if the racial imparity scandal wasn’t as prevalent as it is in 2016. Academy officials are staying mum. Plus, with the Oscars being Hollywood’s biggest night,...

“He’s really good at skewering show business and at skewering race relations in this country”, said Variety’s Tim Gray.

Brits are overwhelmingly backing five-time Oscar-nominated film star Leonardo DiCaprio to win the best actor gong at the Academy Awards on Sunday, a new poll shows.

Since Titanic, Leonardo DiCaprio has been a top celeb crush and I think he totally deserves to win at the 2016 Oscars on February 28. “Mad Max: Fury Road” or “Spotlight” follows the list of the possible winners. The last time he was nominated was in 2014...