Hailee Steinfeld

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Jennifer Lawrence, the Oscar-nominated star of "Winter's Bone," has been officially cast as plucky protagonist Katniss Everdeen in "Hunger Games," the film adaptation of the Suzanne Collins young adult novel.

21:58 PST: What the commentators will be talking about: Was the show-all, tell-all nature of this year's Oscars too much, with all its live streaming and online interactivity? Did it reduce what little element of surprise was left? What mystery is left when you can get an App to watch blurry footage of the after parties?

2011 PST: Hathaway and Franco are back, still in the same clothes. They welcome Jeff Bridges, last year's best actor Oscar winner and a nominee this year, who introduces the best actress nominees: Annette Bening for The Kids Are All Right, Nicole Kidman for Rabbit Hole, Jennifer Lawrence for Winter's Bone, Natalie Portman for Black Swan and Michelle Williams for Blue Valentine. Bridges addresses each actress in the audience personally and praises their work. Then he announces the winner - and it's Natalie Portman!

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Melissa Leo won her first Academy Award on Sunday for her supporting role in "The Fighter," a movie that propelled the 50-year-old actress into the mainstream for the first time in her career.

Britain's Christian Bale won the best supporting actor Oscar for his role as a former boxer brought down by drug addiction in "The Fighter."

Melissa Leo won the best supporting actress Oscar on Sunday for playing the fiery mother of troubled Irish-American boxing brothers in "The Fighter."

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Hal Needham's Hollywood career started in front of the camera, not behind it.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Having marched through Hollywood's major guild awards with hardly a misstep, royal film "The King's Speech" has in past weeks been a frontrunner to sweep through the Oscars, but that may be about to change.

As widely predicted, Tom Hooper's British film "The King's Speech" swept the board with seven BAFTAs including best film at Sunday evening's awards ceremony -- but David Fincher grabbed the best director award for "The Social Network".

As widely predicted, Tom Hooper's British film 'The King's Speech' swept the board with seven BAFTAs including best film at Sunday evening's awards ceremony -- but David Fincher grabs the best director award for 'The Social Network'.

With the Oscars just two weeks away, Colin Firth will be hoping to sweep the board at the BAFTAs in London on Sunday where his role as the stammering monarch in "The King's Speech" is up for 14 awards.

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - "The King's Speech," in which Colin Firth plays stammering King George VI, is the bookmakers' favorite to be crowned best film at Britain's top movie accolades the BAFTA awards on Sunday.

With the Oscars just two weeks away, Colin Firth will hope to add to a raft of awards at the BAFTAs on Sunday when his role as the stammering monarch in "The King's Speech" is up for 14 awards.

Larry King was a guest on Conan OÕBrienÕs TBS talk show, aptly titled ÒConan,Ó on Monday night. Naturally, the discussion veered into a debate over the seating capacities of two of Las VegasÕ best-known theaters.The give-and-take began when OÕBrien asked about KingÕs recent foray into stand-up comedy. King said heÕs scheduled to perform at the Mirage (we expect that would be Terry Fator Theater, though the venue was not specified). OÕBrien appeared at Pearl Theater at the Palms back in May.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar nominations were announced on Tuesday by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Winners of the 83rd annual Academy Awards will be revealed in Hollywood on February 27.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Child star Hailee Steinfeld hit the jackpot with her first feature film, Australia's Jacki Weaver had to wait 40 years and Jesse Eisenberg joined the elite club of Oscar nominees on Tuesday by bringing to life the publicity-shy creator of Facebook.

LONDON (Reuters) - "The King's Speech," in which Colin Firth plays the stammering King George VI, won 14 BAFTA nominations on Tuesday, ahead of ballet drama "Black Swan" which garnered 12.

2017 PST: The Social Network is the big winner of the night, clinching the top award for best picture and scooping the most honours of the night - four (best picture, best screenplay, best director, best score). The thank-yous from the stage again acknowledged Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, whose life served as "a metaphor for communication and the way we relate to each other."

2017 PST: The Social Network is the big winner of the night, clinching the top award for best picture and scooping the most honours of the night - four (best picture, best screenplay, best director, best score). The thank-yous from the stage again acknowledged Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, whose life served as "a metaphor for communication and the way we relate to each other."

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Little Fockers" opened in the top spot at the Christmas holiday weekend box office in North America with weaker-than-expected sales while the Coen brothers' remake of "True Grit" started strongly at No. 2.