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Treats in small packages await the curious as the academy nominates five worthy shorts each in live-action, documentary and animation. Here's a guide to help you win your Oscar pool.

Lesley Manville and Ciarán Hinds play a couple trapped in stasis, one with trauma embedded in its past, in a movie based on Bernard MacLaverty's novel.

Japan's highest-grossing live-action movie of all time, the hit drama goes into lavish detail on the art of kabuki performance, as well as decades of rivalry.

While the 'movie brats' like Coppola and Spielberg won the box office, they may have lost the war for artistic independence.

Actor Peter Greene's cause of death has been revealed by the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner. He was found dead in his apartment in mid-December.

Constructed from excerpts of his Las Vegas concerts during the early 1970s, the documentary captures a glitzy, reborn Presley working the crowd and thrilling fans.

In this week's episode of The Envelope podcast, the 'Weapons' star discusses finding viral fame with her Oscar-nominated role as Aunt Gladys after years of ups and downs.

Director John Patton Ford's spin on the 1949 British thriller "Kind Hearts and Coronets" doesn't have his star in eight roles, but it does have a spirit of dark fun.

Tom Noonan, the actor best known for playing villain Francis Dolarhyde in 'Manhunter' and the Ripper in 'Last Action Hero,' has died. He was 74.

Tragedy plus time plus comedy equals Rose Byrne: The first-time Oscar nominee has proven herself a master of many tones since her U.S. breakout in 'Damages.'

Visual effects supervisor Charlie Noble explains the painstaking research that helped 'The Lost Bus' capture the fury of California's most destructive wildfire in history.

Contenders for this year's costume design Oscar show that period menswear can be as eye-catching as tight corsets and wide skirts.

Writer-director Joachim Trier and actor Stellan Skarsgård reflect on their friendship, the importance of cinemas and making the year's most-nominated international feature.

The cause of death for Victoria Jones, the daughter of Hollywood legend Tommy Lee Jones, has been revealed a month and a half after she was found dead in a hotel in San Francisco on New Year's Day.

From "The Godfather," "Apocalypse Now" and "Network" to "Widows," these films capture the flinty grace of the Oscar winner, a combustible screen presence.