Show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Wednesday that international recording artist, songwriter and actress Rita Ora will perform the "Grateful" from "Beyond the Lights," one of the five compositions up for this year's Best Original Song Award at the 87th Academy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 22.
The Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, is being held Feb. 22 at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, Los Angeles.
In addition to being the top contender for Best Actress at this year's Oscars, award-winning player Julianne Moore will also be facilitating design elements for the backstage green room at the 87th Academy Awards, scheduled to take place the Dolby Theatre.
On Sunday night, "Birdman," the 2014 American arthouse black comedy film by Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu, took home the top prize at the 21st Screen Actors Guild Awards, winning for outstanding cast in a motion picture.
The 2015 Oscars race is heating up, with many films having already premiered and opened theatrically. "Fury" opened to rave reviews for Brad Pitt and the cast but received mixed reviews for the overall product. Meanwhile "Birdman" received universal acclaim and is considered to be the front-runner. However, there are still a number of films that have yet to screen for critics and hope to obtain Oscar consideration.
Every year studios find themselves with overcrowded slates by the end of the year as they are attempting to qualify and compete for the Academy Awards. But this Oscars strategy hardly ever works, and here's why.
With 77 countries having submitted for consideration in Foreign Film Category at the 2015 Academy Awards, the Academy will now have to look through all the films and narrow it down to nine before announcing the five final Oscar nominees. Which Latin American contenders will actually get nominated?
"Wild Tales" is Argentina's 2015 Oscars selection among the new nations meeting the Best Foreign Film category submission deadline recently. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and later played at the Telluride and Toronto Film Festivals where it became the a huge hit. Will it win the Academy Award for Argentina?
With David Fincher's "Gone Girl" having made its world premiere at the 2014 New York Film Festival, reviews are out and audiences are raving about the film. However, the ultimate question is: will it live up to the Oscar buzz that has been talked about for months?
The Oct. 1 Oscars submission deadline is rapidly approaching with Spain and Uruguay among the recent countries to have submitted for the 2015 Academy Awards.
With the Toronto Film Festival having come to a close, a number of films disappointed while others surprised and continued to gain buzz. Which movies at the festival stood out as potential Oscar favorites at the 2015 Academy Awards?
The 2015 Oscars' foreign film competition has become even more competitive over the past week and Mexico has surprised by submitting the biopic "Cantinflas," starring Oscar Jaenada. But is Mexico's choice for the 2015 Academy Awards a wise one?
The Foreign Language film race for the Oscars continues to get more competitive as 13 new countries submitted features to compete at the 2015 Academy Awards, three of them being Latino nations Peru, Chile and the Dominican Republic.
The Adapted Screenplay categories is always crowded. This year, the category is dominated by a number of films also vying for Best Picture and directed by auteurs. Latin Post.com breaks down the potential Oscar favorites in that category
Six new countries have submitted films for the Best Foreign Film categories at the 2015 Oscars. This week Venezuela, Sweden, Serbia, Finland, Croatia and Estonia submitted to the Academy.
With the Telluride Film Festival having concluded, a number of films confirmed their Oscar prospects. Latin Post.com takes a look at which films may have gotten an assist in their 2015 Oscars bids thanks to this past weekend's festival.
The foreign film 2015 Oscar race is starting to get competitive, with Venezuela narrowing its submission contenders and Germany, Nepal and Luxembourg already submitting their respective choices. Latin Post.com takes a look at some of the top potential contenders for the foreign film Academy Awards category.
This week, "Cantinflas" will be released nationwide and is hoping to become a box office success. The new film tells the life story of the famous Mexican actor Mario Moreno "Cantinflas." The film stars Oscar Jaenada in the title role as well as Barbara Mori, Joaquin Cosio and Ana Layevska.
This year, the Original screenplay category is shaping up to be one of the most competitive in a long time. From Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu's 'Birdman' to the critically-acclaimed 'Boyhood', the field for the Oscars' screenplay category is looking strong.
