When the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences hosted their first annual Academy Awards on May 16, 1929 — a short, 15-minute ceremony at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel with tickets that cost the ...

To celebrate the Oscars 2026, I'm picking out the greatest Best Picture-winning movies from each decade from the 1920s to the 2020s.

Everybody has their own idea of what makes a best picture winner at the Oscars. Perhaps a biopic or something huge in scale such as "Dances With Wolves" and "Titanic," or a scruffy action dramedy ...

A new best picture will be named at the 98th Academy Awards on March 15. We rank all 97 movies to win the Oscars' top prize.

The Roots Man Project will play at Vino Godfather's reopening after their winter hiatus. Photo courtesy Roots Man Project VALLEJO — The weather is warming up, and Vino Godfather will reopen their ...

Shadow of a Doubt, Heaven Can Wait, and The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp are all great movies from the year 1943 that we now consider classics.

One of the most famous stars in Hollywood, she suffered severe setbacks in the last years of her life. This obituary was ...

The Jazz Singer” starring Al Jolson is often cited as marking the end of the silent era, with its synchronized recorded music ...

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Santa Clara County Assessor Neysa Fligor’s election at the end of last year was a moment of simultaneous breakthroughs. Not only did Fligor become the first Black female county assessor in California, ...