Academy condemns Oscar exaggerations
Oscars body publicly rebukes talent agency for overstating number of nominations in trade ads
Black and tearful - the new face of Hollywood
Halle Berry's historic victory breaks the last barrier - but doubts remain, writes Duncan Campbell.
From the brave to the banal
This year, the Academy broke from the script to honour Hollywood's long overlooked black actors, but then lost its nerve, in a subdued Oscar ceremony, writes Xan Brooks
'The invisibility of black actors has long been a scandal'
Halle and Denzel were winners, Dame Judi got nothing and Whoopi made a spectacle of herself. Film critic Peter Bradshaw salutes this year's Academy awards.
Bosnia emerges from no man's land
Bosnians hope that Danis Tanovic's Oscar for best foreign film will finally lead to recognition of the talent in their war-torn country, writes Kate Connolly
'Would Berry have a heart attack?'
Andrew Pulver survived the five-hour TV marathon.
Frocks and shocks: the best and the worst
Kate Winslet was regal, Helen Mirren classy - but what was Gwyneth Paltrow thinking? Jess Cartner-Morley, the Guardian's fashion editor, casts an eye over the red carpet catwalk
Poll: Who was the best dressed?
The full list of Oscar winners and nominees
From the best picture through to sound edit and make-up, see which nominees grabbed the gong.
Nominations by film
Talk about it
Disconnected from reality
Duncan Campbell watched the Oscars from the press room and didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Live report
The Oscars as they happened; a minute-by-minute commentary
Halle Berry | Denzel Washington | Ron Howard | Julian Fellowes
The red carpet | The ceremony | The winners
This glorious mess
Shawn Levy, one of the US's leading film writers, surveys the field for 2002 - and explains why the world watches
Take a bet on the outcome...
Form guides: best actor | ... best director | ... best actress | ... best picture
Bombed ... Pearl Harbor dubbed a stinker
Pearl Harbor and Lord of the Rings have won! As the red carpet for Sunday's Oscars ceremony was being metaphorically rolled out, two sets of Hollywood's least-coveted awards were announced yesterday.
Hollywood knives are out as Oscars get nasty
The Nobel prize-winning mathematician John Nash, the subject of the Oscar-nominated film A Beautiful Mind, will appear on nationwide television tomorrow in the US to answer questions about his sexuality and alleged anti-semitism.
Beautiful mind, lousy character
A Beautiful Mind does not tell the whole truth about John Nash - he was not a nice man. But it should still win an Oscar, writes John Sutherland
And the best goody bag is...
It's not just the Oscars that are up for grabs on Sunday - the freebies heaped on the stars are worth thousands. Jess Cartner-Morley looks on in envy.
Deadline for Oscar votes as controversy heats up
Voting closes on Oscar nominations Tuesday afternoon LA time, as A Beautiful Mind struggles to dodge eleventh hour flak
And the Oscar for best actor goes to...
...Judi Dench? Well, why shouldn't women compete against men for the top acting honours, asks Daniel Radosh
It smells like... victory
Goodbye, Russell Crowe. Step forward, Denzel Washington. In their battle for the Oscars, the Hollywood studios have unveiled their most potent weapon yet - the Celebrity Endorsement, says Joe Neumaier
It'll be all sprites on the night
The signs of hope in yesterday's Oscar nominations, with nods for British thesps and indy longshots, will be swept up on the night by the Academy's love of an epic, says Peter Bradshaw
Who switched the envelopes?
The field for this year's Oscars is so welcomely unexpected it's hard to believe the faceless Academy voters could have chosen it, says Xan Brooks
Brits to the fore in Oscar nominations
Dench and Winslet both named for Iris but Lord of the Rings leads the dance with 13 citations
Full list of Oscar nominations
Full coverage of all the other film awards...
Triumph of the black actors
One of the more gratifying aspects of this year's nominations, says John Patterson, is that no fewer than three black performers were nominated for best actor and actress
Actors go mad for the Oscars
Playing a character having a mental breakdown wins awards, thinks Mark Lawson
The bankable statuette
Analysis: Studios spend millions pushing their movies in the run-up to the Academy Awards. It usually pays off.
From the brave to the banal
This year, the Academy broke from the script to honour Hollywood's long overlooked black actors, but then lost its nerve, in a subdued Oscar ceremony, writes Xan Brooks
Our minute-by-minute commentary
Firsts among equals
Duncan Campbell reports from Los Angeles on a historic Hollywood night.
The night in quotes
"So much mud has been thrown this year, all the nominees look black."
Whoopi Goldberg to host Oscars for fourth time
Academy 'seeks safe pair of hands' for first ceremony at new home
Mulholland Drive | Moulin Rouge | A Beautiful Mind | Amelie | In the Bedroom | Lord of the Rings | Shrek | Gosford Park | Black Hawk Down | Memento | Monsters, Inc.
Sissy Spacek | Julian Fellowes | Helen Mirren | David Lynch | Ridley Scott | Sean Penn | Renée Zellweger | Danis Tanovic, director of No Man's Land
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