Oscars

John Legend and Justin Timberlake are among the seasoned performers set to take the Academy Awards stage on February 26.

It’s that time of the year again where we must set aside our personal opinions and favorites to try and guess which movies the Academy will deem the most culturally significant. A lot had changed since our initial Oscar predictions last December. Manchester By the Sea is no longer a Best Picture frontrunner, a race dominated by La La Land with Moonlight shortly behind. The days of calling Natalie Portman a Best Actress shoe-in last fall feel like a distant dream, and Lion and Hacksaw Ridge might just lend this year’s Oscars some surprising upsets.

Before the 89th Academy Awards airs this Sunday (February 26), here are ten fun facts you probably didn't know about this year's Oscars.

Ah, can you smell it? The aroma of scorching hot awards season debates is already in the air! The nominees for the 2017 Oscars were announced bright and early this morning – or should we say dark and early, as the ScreenCrush team beat the sunrise for the big announcement.

Since the introduction of the Best Animated Feature Oscar at the 74th Academy Awards in 2002, we’ve seen a steady exponential increase in animated movies over the years. Pixar, and, by extent, Disney, has usually dominated the competition, with eight wins out of ten nominations, followed by DreamWorks and Disney’s animation studio. This year, we have a record 27 movies eligible for the award, and while the Academy can pick only five to nominate, for now it’s anyone’s game.

Now that it's Thursday, it's a good time to plan something fun to do this weekend.  Will you be heading to the movies?  If so, are you going to see something that won or was nominated at the Academy Awards Sunday night? It happens every year, these little known, critically acclaimed films get nominated for an Oscar and suddenly there's a lot of interest...

If you watched last night’s Oscars, surely you saw Lady Gaga’s showstopper performance of “Til It Happens to You,” her Oscar nominated song from The Hunting Ground. Gaga’s performance, which brought the audience to its feet, introduced survivors of sexual assault onto the stage at the end of the song as they all stood hand-in-hand. It was a powerful moment, but equally as powerful was a moment you didn’t see: Oscar-winner walking up and hugging every single survivor as they walked off stage during a commercial break.

Check out the full list of 2016 Oscars winners here.

Have you ever referred to the Academy Awards as "your Superbowl?"  I mean, is the annual Oscars ceremony something you look forward to and like to watch with friends?  It's usually a great night and I think it's best when shared with other movie loving people...

You don't make pictures for Oscars. ~ Martin Scorsese   The 88th Academy Awards are this Sunday from Hollywood! Shawn Michaels sat down to talk with legendary film critic Leonard Maltin and get his take on this years Oscars ....   ...