The Oscar nominations are in: Joker leads 2020

Taking home a gold statuette may be the ultimate prize for those in Hollywood, but businesses can reap benefits from the Academy Awards as well.Theater chains AMC and Cinemark are offering deals to catch up on the 2020 contenders ahead of the Feb. 9 telecast.

Joker leads the nominations at the British Academy film awards, which will be handed out today amid controversy about the lack of diversity in the acting nominees.

Harriet Frank Jr., the two-time Oscar nominee forHudandNorma Raewho partnered with her husband, the late Irving Ravetch, to form one of the great screenwriting teams in Hollywood history, has died. She was 96.Frank died Tuesday at her home in Los Angeles, her nephew, Michael Frank, told The New York Times.Frank and Ravetch worked on 17 features together, including eight directed by Martin Ritt over a 32-year span and three that were adapted from William Faulkner novels.

Brad Pitt sure knows how to crack his fans up. The actor has been tickling everyone's funny bone with his acceptance speeches this award season.

The nominees for this year’s Academy Awards gathered Monday for the annual Oscar Nominees Luncheon and class photo.

The additional nominees for the 57th annual ICG Publicist Awards have been announced. The publicists behind Oscar-nominated movies “The Irishman,” “Avengers: Endgame,” “Joker” and “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” are up for the Maxwell Weinberg Award for Motion Picture Publicity Campaign.

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Once you're done steaming about how the Powers That Be in Hollywood seem unable to recognize women directors (as if Little Women, Booksmart, The Farewell, A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood, and again Hustlers just sprung into theaters fully formed), here are the nine Best Picture Nominees and how you can watch them before the big day. They're not all bad, promise!

By Amanda N'Duka

Joker led the nominations for the 92nd annual Academy Awards with a total 11 nods.

Issa Rae is calling it like she sees it. The Insecure creator and star, 35, threw shade after the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences failed to nominate any women directors for Oscars in 2020.

It’s official.The Oscars have turned into a big joke.

Joker leads the nominations for the 92nd Academy Awards, closely followed by The Irishman, 1917 and Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood.

“Joker,” an R-rated blockbuster, led the list of Oscar nominations, becoming the rare comic book film to be a hit with awards voters. The best picture contender earned a leading 11 nominations, but the story of the morning will be the lack of diversity among the leading nominees and the exclusion of female filmmakers.