Director Kathryn Bigelow, whose film "The Hurt Locker" won six Oscars, says "never give up on your dream."
Oscar-nominated screenwriter John Milius, author of some of Hollywood's most famous lines from films such as "Apocalypse Now," "Dirty Harry" and "Jaws," is a student of history -- especially the history of war.
U.S. troops in Marjah, Afghanistan, offer their opinion on the Oscar winning film "The Hurt Locker."
The final score: David 6, Goliath 3.
Christoph Waltz, who won best supporting actor, credits director Quentin Tarantino for bringing his dreams back to life.
Below is a complete list of the 82nd annual Academy Awards winners and nominees.
Fine, so you didn't exactly need a functioning crystal ball to predict last night's big Oscar winners.
Bravo Neil Patrick Harris and Lauren Bacall, but why a salute to horror?
Kathryn is first female director honored while Sandra and Jeff give heartfelt tributes to their parents
CNN's Ali Velshi talks to CNN Producer Graham Flanagan about who should win and who will win at the Academy Awards.
For the first time in almost 70 years, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has made room for 10 nominees for best picture.
It's Avatar vs. The Hurt Locker, Sandra Bullock vs. Meryl Streep and more
Below is the list of nominees for the 82nd annual Academy Awards. The Oscar ceremony will take place on March 7 and will be televised by ABC.
Entertainment correspondent Kareen Wynter speaks with members of an explosive ordinance disposal team.
When Henry Engelhardt III is driving, an odd thought will sometimes pop into his head.
A U.S. soldier who defused roadside bombs in Iraq wants credit for inspiring the main character in "The Hurt Locker," a movie up for nine Oscars this weekend.
CNN's Larry King sits down with the filmmakers of "The Hurt Locker."
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Tuesday that "Hurt Locker" producer Nicolas Chartier will not be allowed to attend the March 7 awards show because of an e-mail that has been deemed in violation of the Academy's campaigning standards.
Michael Giacchino is "Up" for an Oscar and he also has "Lost" to keep him busy. CNN's Douglas Hyde reports.
Ed Asner has collected virtually every small-screen and lifetime achievement honor Hollywood has to offer.
A look inside the 10 movies up for the coveted best picture Oscar.
"Avatar," watch your back. You too, Jeff Bridges and Meryl Streep.
"The Hurt Locker" picked up six awards at the BAFTAs, including best picture and best director for Kathryn Bigelow.
Iraqi war drama "The Hurt Locker" won big with the National Society of Film Critics on Sunday. It was selected by the group of film reviewers from some of the country's top publications as the best picture of 2009.
Chris Hunter reputedly had the most dangerous job in the world in the most treacherous place on earth -- he was a special forces bomb disposal expert in Iraq.
CNN's Max Foster speaks to former bomb disposal expert Chris Hunter on the dangers of the job.
Former husband and wife James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow to compete for Best Director prize
Here are my latest predictions for who'll get nominated in the eight main Oscar races on February 2.
The stars of Julie & Julia and The Blind Side continue their mock rivalry for best actress awards
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture:
Some reviewers have called "Saving Private Ryan," Steven Spielberg's World War II film about D-Day and the search for a soldier, one of the greatest war movies.
Eleanor Coppola met her husband, Francis in Ireland in 1962.
Making great wine is like making a great film, according to director Francis Ford Coppola -- it's defying the impossible. During his 70 years, he has done both.
Film director, Francis Ford Coppola looks back at the making of his second World War epic, "Apocalypse Now."
He immortalized the "smell of napalm in the morning" in "Apocalypse Now," but Robert Duvall's first meeting with director Francis Ford Coppola was no indication of the fruitful relationship to come.
The great director Alfred Hitchcock used to describe the distinction between surprise and suspense in terms of a bomb placed underneath a table.
Watch a clip from the film 'The Hurt Locker.'
And he points out her potty mouth at an all-star tribute at New York's Lincoln Center
You know that line in "Dirty Harry" in which Clint Eastwood's Harry Callahan describes the power of the .44 Magnum? John Milius wrote that line.
The question of Jewish resistance to the Nazis -- or the lack of it -- has loomed large ever since the true extent of the horrors of the Holocaust became impossible to ignore.
'Defiance'
updated: Fri Jan 16 2009 08:32:00
Daniel Craig stars in the World War II drama "Defiance."
New picture gives first glimpse of the star in latest movie role
Spike Lee's last film, the gratifyingly tense and tricky "Inside Man," was celebrated -- rightly -- for the way that Lee finally jumped, feet first, into the studio-genre-movie game.
Film director Spike Lee opens up on politics and his new movie, "Miracle at St. Anna".
We can laugh about it now. Last year's Iraq movies -- "Grace is Gone," "Lions for Lambs," "Redacted," "In the Valley of Elah" -- were conflicted, anguished, and disillusioned. Which must have been how the filmmakers felt when the public shrugged and went to "Transformers" instead.
The exes are screening two of 249 films featured during the Toronto Film Fest
From the Venice Film Festival, a dynamite cinematic drive through the Iraqi occupation
'Tropic Thunder'updated: Mon Aug 11 2008 15:25:00
Actor Brandon T. Jackson talks about his new movie, also starring Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr.
There's no question "Tropic Thunder" takes chances.
Love him or hate him, it is impossible to deny Spielberg is one of the most significant directors in Hollywood history. From the summer blockbuster to the resurgence of historical dramas, his influence can be felt across the film industry.
The Screening Room's Myleene Klass takes a look at the eagerly awaited new Indiana Jones film.
Through 2006, at least 81,000 U.S. military have been "stop-lossed" since September 11, 2001. That means they have been refused discharge and compelled to serve another tour of active duty, even though their original term has expired.
Hollywood's earnest antiwar films bombed at the box office. But Richard Corliss says this is 2007's funniest smart movie
The critics hailed films no one will see. Now the Hollywood Foreign Press tries to balance prestige and popularity
"Jarhead," a blow-by-blow first-person account of the Persian Gulf War, is far less compelling than Anthony Swofford's 2003 memoir of the same name on which the movie is based.
In "Kingdom of Heaven," Ridley Scott's handsome but curiously remote Crusades epic, the bloody holy war between Christians and Muslims surges forth with the boiling logistical fury we've come to expect from films that feature a cast of digital thousands.
Airdate: December18th, 2004
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