The Conversation|Pegah Shahbaz, Anders Marklund, Kim Toft Hansen, Lothar Mikos & Marc Tabani: A marriage on the rocks in Iran, a prankster German father and a grumpy old Swede. Landmines in Denmark and a love story in Vanuatu. These stories are all vying for the same prize: that of Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards. Maren ...

TEHRAN A long-smoldering battle over government control of media and culture in Iran is heating up, as opposing political forces fight over where the limits should be drawn on access to information. President Hassan Rouhani and his supporters say that press restrictions should be reduced and that the public should be trusted with greater access to ...

Zaineb Abdul-Nabi made history during the 2014 Oscars as the first American-Muslim woman to wear a hijab on the red carpet and on stage at the awards. One writer points out that it is her work in film that should define her, and not her head covering. When Zaineb Abdul-Nabi made an appearance onthe Oscars red carpet and stage last weekend, my Twitter ...

12 Years A Slave won best picture at the 86th Academy Awards on Sunday night, a poignant victory for the harrowing look at slavery in the United States. Brad Pitt, one of the producers and stars, accepted the honor and then handed off accepting duties to director and fellow producer Steve McQueen. Everyone deserves not just to survive but to ...

Ellen DeGeneres @TheEllenShow If only Bradley's arm was longer.Best photo ever.#oscarspic.twitter.com/C9U5NOtGap Mar. 2, 2014 When Oscars host Ellen DeGeneres took her record-breaking "selfie" during the 86th Academy Awards social audiences responded in three ways.First, they retweeted it more than 2 million times.It broke the current ...

Best Picture Oscar goes to 12 Years A Slave, which also wins Best Supporting Actress for Lupita Nyong'o and Best Adapted Screenplay for John Ridley, whose resume includes Three Kings (1999) and TV shows Third Watch and The Wanda Sykes Show. 12 Years' win in the biggest category shows that Academy voters do not mind a harrowing depiction if it is in ...