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LOS ANGELES — Consider the color of Chad Augustin's collar blue. He's a former Sacramento firefighter turned Fire Chief for the Pasadena Fire Department, but on Sunday night in front of a black-tie ...

Today, the Academy announced that the theme of this year's Oscar ceremony will be "heroes." That's not a great theme for this or any year, really. In a statement, producers Craig Zadan and Neil ...

The Oscars have done something the Academy too often resists: It listened. On Wednesday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the creation of a new competitive category for ...