In a move that would seem insane except for the fact that Brett Ratner is producing the show, it looks like Eddie Murphy is on a very short list to host the next Academy Award show in 2012. UPDATE: CONFIRMED. Eddie IS the host!

“El Rumor de las Piedras”, directed by Alejandro Bellame, will represent Venezuela in the Best Foreign Film category at the 84th edition of the Oscars.

Hollywood is questioning the Academy’s controversial decision to felicitate Oprah Winfrey with an honorary Oscar, despite her spending the lion’s share of her career in television.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will introduce a new system from next year onwards that will allow anywhere between five to 10 nominees in the best picture category.

“Tabloid” follows the salacious adventures of a beauty queen with an IQ of 168, whose single-minded devotion to the man of her dreams leads her on a labyrinthine crusade for love.

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has officially begun its shift toward electronic voting for the Oscars.

Thoughts on the 82nd edition of The Oscars