Academy Awards

It's a question of whether animals featured in movies are acting in the first place.

Cheryl Boone Isaacs spearheaded the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' diversity initiative.

In 1979, six women directors banded together to challenge the male-run Hollywood machine—then the industry tried to erase them. On the eve of the Oscars, the Original Six share important truths about the industry.

Director Deniz Gamze Ergüven on critiquing oppression—and shooting a subversive film on the run.

Research on diversity and the film industry suggests studios are shooting themselves in the foot by promoting and awarding too many stories about white men.

We use different criteria to decide which creative products we like, and which we find worthy of recognition.

As long as environmental groups oppose hunting, eating, and wearing seal, there’s little chance of trust and cooperation with Canada’s Inuit.

Birdman was a deserving Oscar winner, sure. But it also plays into Academy voters' favorite subject: themselves.

I sort of loved Boyhood, but it’s what happened when the lights came on that really matters.

Sociologists at the University of California-Los Angeles have come up with statistical predictors for getting the nod.

Awards shows are great for women in Hollywood, but they can still do much more.

How the Academy Awards shrink the year in movies to down to no more than a few months.