Podcast: Why Seth MacFarlane got the Oscar hosting gig... and why the Oscars might be funny this year
Seth MacFarlane’s encoreWill the Oscar-hosting gig be the Family Guy creator’s stepping stone to onscreen superstardom?
Barbra Streisand to sing at Oscars, 36 years after first performanceBack in time to the 1977 Academy Awards
Movies that make (up) history Hollywood’s myth-making machine never lets facts get in the way of a good story
Don’t make your Oscar picks before checking out this blogAmanda Shendruk looks at 37 years of Best Picture winners to determine which film will win big
Maclean’s video: Brian D. Johnson on this year’s Oscar nomineesOur critic weighs in on omissions, surprises and shoe-ins
Now playing, two of the year’s strongest films: ’Amour’ and ’Zero Dark Thirty’Opening this weekend: Two of Brian D. Johnson’s favourite Oscar nominees
All the snubs, surprises and Oscar-firsts that this year’s nominees presentFun facts you need to know about the 2013 Academy Award contenders
Mythic history vs. magic realism: Oscar loves Lincoln and Life of PiCanadians can celebrate a foreign-language nomination for ’War Witch’ and music nods for ’Life of Pi’ composer Michael Danna