Oscars 2016 Nomination

Game of Thrones picked up nine statuettes at last weekend's Creative Arts Emmys, which reward artistic and technical achievement, giving it a total haul over the years of 35 - more than any other drama series

An Oscar-winning music drama hits the streaming service at the start of the month, plus a Shonda Rhimes show starring Viola Davis, and a lot more.

Lady Gaga performed Till It Happens To You which was nominated for the Oscar for best song for The Hunting Ground, a documentary about rape on campus. As she neared the end of the song, several young women took to the stage together with slogans handwritten on their arms

Alejandro G. Inarritu picked up the Best Director trophy for The Revenant at the 88th Academy Awards on February 28. This is Mr Inarritu's second consecutive win after last year's Birdman. Other nominated in the category were Adam McKay, George Miller, Lenny Abrahamson and Tom McCarthy

Mark Rylance won the Best Supporting Oscar for his role in Bridge of Spies. The actor beat Sylvester Stallone, nominated for Creed to win the top honour. Other actors who competed for the golden statuette were Christian Bale (The Big Short), Tom Hardy (The Revenant), Mark Ruffalo (Spotlight)

"Well, I'm here at the Academy Awards -- otherwise known as the white People's Choice awards. You realize if they nominated hosts, I wouldn't even get this job. Y'all would be watching Neil Patrick Harris right now," joked Chris Rock. For the second year running, all 20 nominees in the main acting categories are white

Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy, co-stars of The Revenant, posed together at the Oscars red carpet, which was followed by cheers and hoots by the crowd. Leonardo is the favourite for Best Actor for his role in the Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu-directed film. Tom is also nominated in the Best Supporting Actor Category

Hollywood elite is looking forward to the usual sparkling night of celebration, with survival epic The Revenant leading the charge for golden statuettes. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's The Revenant is the overall frontrunner, with 12 nominations, followed by George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road with 10

It's time for all moviemakers to be judged not by the color of their skin but by the content of their creations. Now, some like Director Spike Lee say they will boycott the show, but host Chris Rock and award winners may use their time onstage to call attention to the subject. We'll see if action follows awareness

"I was not raised with the idea that you could achieve that," said Bryan Cranston, who has been nominated in the Best Actor category for his role in Trumbo at the upcoming 88th Academy Awards. "My dad was an actor, sometimes doing fairly well and other times, not so well," he said

Washington Post movie critics picked the movies they think will win, should win and should have been nominated at the Academy Awards this year. The only name on Best Actor's list that really matters is Leonardo DiCaprio. Barring some unthinkable fraud, he has this category locked down

Leonardo DiCaprio has nominated in the Best Actor category for his film The Revenant while Eddie Redmayne has scored a nomination for The Danish Girl. The Academy Awards will be held in Los Angeles on February 28. Eddie won the Best Actor Award at the Oscars last year for The Theory of Everything

On January 28, the Academy announced that Lady Gaga, Sam Smith and the Weeknd would perform their nominated tunes from The Hunting Ground, SPECTRE and Fifty Shades of Grey on the telecast

Sylvester Stallone had previously said that he felt "incredibly humbled" by the nomination but he was not sure whether he should celebrate it. "I spoke to Ryan Coogler when this happened. I said, 'Ryan how do you want to handle this? Because I really believe you are responsible for me being here,'" he said

India's official Oscar entry for this year - the National Award-winning Court - made an early exit from the nominations race but there's still reason to cheer - actress Priyanka Chopra will be at Hollywood's big day, presenting an award

Game of Thrones picked up nine statuettes at last weekend's Creative Arts Emmys, which reward artistic and technical achievement, giving it a total haul over the years of 35 - more than any other drama series

An Oscar-winning music drama hits the streaming service at the start of the month, plus a Shonda Rhimes show starring Viola Davis, and a lot more.

Lady Gaga performed Till It Happens To You which was nominated for the Oscar for best song for The Hunting Ground, a documentary about rape on campus. As she neared the end of the song, several young women took to the stage together with slogans handwritten on their arms

Alejandro G. Inarritu picked up the Best Director trophy for The Revenant at the 88th Academy Awards on February 28. This is Mr Inarritu's second consecutive win after last year's Birdman. Other nominated in the category were Adam McKay, George Miller, Lenny Abrahamson and Tom McCarthy

Mark Rylance won the Best Supporting Oscar for his role in Bridge of Spies. The actor beat Sylvester Stallone, nominated for Creed to win the top honour. Other actors who competed for the golden statuette were Christian Bale (The Big Short), Tom Hardy (The Revenant), Mark Ruffalo (Spotlight)

"Well, I'm here at the Academy Awards -- otherwise known as the white People's Choice awards. You realize if they nominated hosts, I wouldn't even get this job. Y'all would be watching Neil Patrick Harris right now," joked Chris Rock. For the second year running, all 20 nominees in the main acting categories are white

Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy, co-stars of The Revenant, posed together at the Oscars red carpet, which was followed by cheers and hoots by the crowd. Leonardo is the favourite for Best Actor for his role in the Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu-directed film. Tom is also nominated in the Best Supporting Actor Category

Hollywood elite is looking forward to the usual sparkling night of celebration, with survival epic The Revenant leading the charge for golden statuettes. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's The Revenant is the overall frontrunner, with 12 nominations, followed by George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road with 10

It's time for all moviemakers to be judged not by the color of their skin but by the content of their creations. Now, some like Director Spike Lee say they will boycott the show, but host Chris Rock and award winners may use their time onstage to call attention to the subject. We'll see if action follows awareness

"I was not raised with the idea that you could achieve that," said Bryan Cranston, who has been nominated in the Best Actor category for his role in Trumbo at the upcoming 88th Academy Awards. "My dad was an actor, sometimes doing fairly well and other times, not so well," he said

Washington Post movie critics picked the movies they think will win, should win and should have been nominated at the Academy Awards this year. The only name on Best Actor's list that really matters is Leonardo DiCaprio. Barring some unthinkable fraud, he has this category locked down

Leonardo DiCaprio has nominated in the Best Actor category for his film The Revenant while Eddie Redmayne has scored a nomination for The Danish Girl. The Academy Awards will be held in Los Angeles on February 28. Eddie won the Best Actor Award at the Oscars last year for The Theory of Everything

On January 28, the Academy announced that Lady Gaga, Sam Smith and the Weeknd would perform their nominated tunes from The Hunting Ground, SPECTRE and Fifty Shades of Grey on the telecast

Sylvester Stallone had previously said that he felt "incredibly humbled" by the nomination but he was not sure whether he should celebrate it. "I spoke to Ryan Coogler when this happened. I said, 'Ryan how do you want to handle this? Because I really believe you are responsible for me being here,'" he said

India's official Oscar entry for this year - the National Award-winning Court - made an early exit from the nominations race but there's still reason to cheer - actress Priyanka Chopra will be at Hollywood's big day, presenting an award