Walter Brennan

Daniel Day-Lewis won the lead actor Oscar for his portrayal of Abraham Lincoln in Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" on Sunday night at the 85th Academy Awards. Day-Lewis, 55, becomes the first actor to win three lead Oscars. Katharine Hepburn won four in the...

It's one of those irksome things that comes and goes when it darn well pleases, and it causes me to limp like a wounded loon. I'm pretty sure that this time it was related to a nerve because the pain jumped around within about a seven-inch area across...

He was born during the Great War and died this weekend, but in between, Ernest Borgnine became a legend in the film and television age, and remained one right up to the end. Continuing to work even at the arguably overripe age of 95, Borgnine was...

The late, great Ernest Borgnine will receive a 24-hour marathon salute from TCM on July 26. Borgnine died Sunday at age 95. He may be best remembered for the sitcom “McHale's Navy.” Starting at 7 a.m. ET Sunday, Antenna TV will offer the &#...

Surprising stats from the most famous awards show of them all...

For the first time since 1929, when the clubby, self-promotional and studio-driven Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognized “Wings” and “Sunrise” in the first Academy Awards ceremony, a black-and-white silent...

There may not be a lot of suspense, however, before the big night. Plummer and Spencer are seen as likely winners in the supporting categories. Streep and Clooney won at the Golden Globes, which suggests they will repeat on Oscar night. And "The Artist"...

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Several TV networks will commemorate the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, with news specials, live coverage from Ground Zero, films and special episodes of scripted series. Many of those specials begin this week, and I've tried...

Norman Corwin, the legendary writer, director and producer of original radio plays for CBS during the golden age of radio in the 1930s and '40s when he was revered as the "poet of the airwaves," has died. He was 101. Corwin, a journalist, playwright,...

The Three Stooges, a Gary Cooper double bill and a tribute to Japan’s Studio Ghibli are among the Thanksgiving week film offerings....

If last year's Academy Award champ Jeff Bridges ("Crazy Heart") triumphs next February for starring, just like John Wayne, in "True Grit," he'll become one of the few stars to nab consecutive Oscars. Some famous past examples: Luise Rainer ("The Great...