Alain Boublil

In an Oscars broadcast that was packed with tributes to movie musicals, "Les Miserables" won three Academy Awards on Sunday, including a win for Anne Hathaway for supporting actress. The film also won in the categories of sound mixing and make-up....

How could veteran musical producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, whose credits include "Hairspray" and "Footloose," among others, create an Oscars telecast without a tribute to their favored genre?  With an introduction by John Travolta, the star of...

This time of year it’s common to hear many people saying, “It’s an honor just to be nominated.” But the comment sounds pretty convincing coming from Oscar-nominated film composer J. Ralph, considering the odds he beat in being...

The people who put "Les Misérables" on screen dreamed a mighty dream, they really did. They dreamed of filming one of the most popular of modern theatrical musicals — 60 million tickets sold in 42 countries and 21 languages since its 1980 Paris...

"Les Misérables" won the Golden Globe for best musical or comedy film on Sunday, adding to the movie's already considerable awards momentum. The movie adaptation of the honored stage musical also picked up awards for actors Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway....

Call it beginner's luck, or at least an auspicious start: First-time nominees won Golden Globes for both original score and original song for a motion picture. Composer Mychael Danna was recognized for his score for "Life of Pi," director Ang Lee's...

It's been a good week for "Les Miserables," which was nominated this morning for the Academy Award for best picture. Its songs are more than 25 years old, but that isn't stopping the movie's fans from rushing out to buy (and presumably download) the...

Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln"  earned 10 nominations for the EE British Academy Film Awards early -- including best film, actor for Daniel Day-Lewis, supporting actor for Tommy Lee Jones and supporting actress for Sally Field -- while Tom Hooper's musical ...

Complete list of 85th Annual Academy Award nominations announced Thursday: 1. Best Picture: "Amour," "Argo," "Beasts of the Southern Wild," "Django Unchained," "Les Miserables," "Life of Pi," "Lincoln," "Silver Linings Playbook," "Zero Dark Thirty." 2....

Tom Hooper's adaptation of the tip-top pop opera "Les Miserables" has already racked top nominations from the Screen Actors Guild and Golden Globes voters. How will the academy respond? Time to check in with the Oscar 8-Ball, that magical portal into...

Of course, it would be during "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables," an emotionally charged song of death and grief, that someone's cellphone would ring out loud and long through the theater. Apparently, some things are the same — equally annoying...

The new movie version of "Les Misérables," which opened on Christmas, has given fans of the original stage musical a reason to revisit their old cast albums and reminisce about the Broadway show. Songwriters Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil hit...