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'Moonlight鈥� wins best picture Oscar in surprise victory as Trump dominates speechesThe story of a young gay black man, which stars actors including Trevante Rhodes and Naomie Harris, was named the best movie of the year by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, though the movie 'La La Land' was initially and erroneously announced as best picture.
Emma Stone wins best actress Oscar for playing an aspiring actress in 'La La Land'Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling co-star as a couple falling in love in contemporary Los Angeles in the film 'La La Land.' Stone was nominated for best supporting actress for her role in 2014's 'Birdman.'
Casey Affleck, troubled janitor in 'Manchester by the Sea,' receives 2017 best actor OscarAffleck has been nominated before, as best supporting actor for his work in 2007's 'The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.' He stars in 'Manchester' with Lucas Hedges and Michelle Williams.
Viola Davis wins best supporting actress Oscar for role as wronged wife 'Fences'Davis was previously nominated for two Oscars for her work in the movies 'The Help' and 'Doubt.' She stars in the best picture nominee 'Fences' with actor Denzel Washington.
Beyond Oscars' glare, a glimpse of women on the riseThe Oscars are embracing diversity this year. The gains for women in cinema and TV are hard fought 鈥� and just gaining momentum.
Singer Janelle Monae finds critical acclaim as two of her movies score Oscar best picture nodsMonae stars in both 'Hidden Figures' and 'Moonlight,' which will compete for the best picture Oscar prize at the ceremony on Feb. 26. 'I consider myself not just an actor or a musician or singer, but an artist-storyteller, and my hope is to continue to tell untold, unique, universal stories in unforgettable ways,' she said.
Here's why 'La La Land' just may be unstoppable at the 2017 OscarsIndustry watchers think it will be a major upset if anything but 'La La Land' wins the best picture Oscar on Feb. 26. Why critics say it looks like a sure win for the movie musical.
'I Am Not Your Negro' shows that the world today is poorer for not having James Baldwin鈥檚 viewsThe documentary, which is based on Baldwin's writings, has accusatory force.
Comedian Jordan Peele's horror movie 'Get Out' draws praise for its take on race relationsThe new film by Peele, who directed and wrote 'Get Out,' is being called 'perfectly tailored to our post-postracial moment' and 'almost certain to be the boldest 鈥� and most important 鈥� studio genre release of the year.' The movie stars Daniel Kaluuya and Allison Williams.
'Moonlight' earns WGA best original screenplay: Could big Oscar win be next?'Moonlight,' which depicts the life of a young gay black man, received one of the highest awards from the Writers Guild of America. What are the movie's chances on Oscars night?
Box Office: 'Lego Batman' Flies High Over 'Great Wall,' 'Fist Fight'Boosted by strong critical support, the spinoff of 2014's "The Lego Movie" has made $108 million in its first 11 days. "Great Wall," the most expensive movie ever shot in China, has struggled.
Here's how the valued Oscar statuettes are createdNew Oscars will be handed out at the 2017 ceremony on Feb. 26. Here's how the statuettes themselves are made.
'Hidden Figures' screenwriter Allison Schroeder came to movie following NASA-centric family historySchroeder's grandfather and grandmother worked at NASA, while Schroeder herself, growing up near Cape Canaveral, remembers seeing launches at school.
Critics advise against scaling 'The Great Wall' 鈥� could it kill East-West collaboration?'The Great Wall,' a Hollywood-China co-production, has received negative reviews and industry watchers are predicting it will open behind such box office holdovers as 'The LEGO Batman Movie.'聽
Grand-scale extravaganza in 'The Great Wall' lacks transcendenceThe movie centers on battles between ravenous lizards known as the Taotie and those who defend the Great Wall. If you've seen one Taotie, you've seen them all.
'Kedi' is about how animals can bring out the kindness in peopleThe Turkish documentary centers on the stray cat population in Istanbul. Director聽Ceyda Torun has made a movie so far beyond the cute kitty stuff one sees on YouTube that it鈥檚 almost insulting to draw the comparison.
Disney's live-action 'Mulan' hires female director, Niki Caro, in still-rare moveNiki Caro becomes one of the few women to be brought on to helm a movie budgeted at more than $100 million. Caro has previously directed 'Whale Rider' and聽the upcoming film 'The Zookeeper's Wife.'
'I Am Jane Doe' lucidly presents important subject'Doe' is about the聽mostly middle- and high-school girls who have been victims of sex trafficking predominantly on the adult classified site Backpage.com.
'The LEGO Batman Movie' is exhilarating and exhaustingAt its best, 'Batman' has the same whiplash wit and inspired freneticism as 'The LEGO Movie,' though it's not quite as good.
'A United Kingdom' simplifies a complex political dynamicThe film, which depicts the mixed-race marriage聽between Seretse Khama (David Oyelowo), the prince of Bechuanaland (and later the first democratically elected president of Botswana), and Ruth Williams (Rosamund Pike), makes its subjects glorified waxworks.
