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Films hoping to qualify for best picture at the Oscars will soon have to meet strict diversity guidelines, the Academy has announced (PA)

Oscars to introduce strict diversity guidelines for best picture eligibility

September 9, 2020

Next year’s Oscars have been pushed back by two months (Jennifer Graylock/PA)

Next year’s Oscars postponed in response to coronavirus pandemic

June 15, 2020

Jake Gyllenhaal has revealed his Brokeback Mountain co-star Heath Ledger objected to joking about the film at the Oscars (Ian West/PA)

Jake Gyllenhaal says Heath Ledger refused to present at the Oscars

April 8, 2020

Donald Trump has mocked South Korean film Parasite and its best picture victory at the Oscars (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump mocks Parasite’s best picture win

February 21, 2020

Riverdale actress Lili Reinhart says the ‘spirit’ of her late co-star Luke Perry visited her in a dream (Ian West/PA)

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Riverdale star Lili Reinhart says Luke Perry’s ‘spirit’ visited her in a dream

February 20, 2020

South Korean director Bong Joon-ho arrives at the Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea (Ahn Young-joon/AP)

Cheers for Oscar-winning director Bong Joon-ho on his return to Korea

February 16, 2020

Billie Eilish performed during the in memoriam tribute at the Oscars, but the segment was criticised for not including Luke Perry (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Academy explains Luke Perry’s omission from Oscars In Memoriam tribute

February 12, 2020

Florence Pugh attending the Vanity Fair Oscar Party (Ian West/PA)

British stars lost out at the Oscars to US ‘favourites’

February 10, 2020

Sir Elton John and Bernie Taupin (Jennifer Graylock/PA)

Bernie Taupin on Oscar win: You know where the Grammys can put this

February 10, 2020

Parasite made history at the 2020 Oscars (Ian West/PA)

Oscars 2020: All the key statistics

February 10, 2020

Oscar winner Joaquin Phoenix championed a string of progressive causes during his acceptance speech for best actor (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Joaquin Phoenix champions list of progressive causes during Oscars speech

February 10, 2020

Bong Joon-ho won best director (Chris Pizzello/AP)

South Korean film Parasite makes history at Oscars in upset for 1917

February 10, 2020

Sir Elton John paid tribute to Bernie Taupin, his song-writing partner of more than five decades, as the jubilant pair were victorious at the Oscars (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Sir Elton John and Bernie Taupin win best original song at the Oscars

February 10, 2020

Parasite has become the first non-English-language movie to win the best picture Oscar (Curzon)

Oscars 2020: Everything you need to know about winner Parasite

February 10, 2020

James Corden and Rebel Wilson as their characters from Cats (Chris Pizzello/AP)

James Corden and Rebel Wilson present Oscar wearing Cats costumes

February 10, 2020

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Billie Eilish becomes a meme after she reacted to Oscars skit

February 10, 2020

Laura Dern (Chris Pizzello/AP)

Laura Dern gets early birthday present with Oscars win

February 10, 2020

Chris Rock and Steve Martin raised the curtain on this year’s Oscars (Chris Pizzello/AP)

Chris Rock and Steve Martin mock lack of diversity during Oscars opening

February 10, 2020

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Oscar winner’s 2012 Tweet wishing to be nominated goes viral after victory

February 10, 2020

Julia Butters, 10, appeared in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood (Richard Shotwell/AP/PA Images)

Julia Butters packs turkey sandwich in her Oscars handbag

February 10, 2020

Ricky Gervais is known for his sharp jibes when presenting the Golden Globes (Ian West/PA)

Ricky Gervais shares jokes he would have made as Oscars host

February 9, 2020

British stars James Corden and George MacKay have been added to the list of presenters at the Oscars (Rick Findler/David Parry/PA)

British stars added to Oscars presenting line-up

January 30, 2020

Sir Sam Mendes, Sir Anthony Hopkins and Florence Pugh are among the British Oscar nominees but there is mounting anger over a lack of diversity among the contenders (PA)

Academy facing backlash over lack of diversity in Oscar nominations

January 13, 2020

John Willians (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

John Williams and Martin Scorsese make Oscars history with nominations

January 13, 2020

Greta Gerwig is one of just five women who have ever been nominated for a best director Oscar (Isabel Infantes/PA)

Women miss out again in all-male Oscars shortlist for best director

January 13, 2020