CGI primates from “Better Man” and “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” face off in this year’s Oscars race for best visual effects.

There's genuine suspense over who will win major categories like Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress and Best Actor, meaning that even the people who have paid attention to every twist and turn of awards season don't know what's going to happen.

I always find myself rooting not necessarily for the actor who gave the best performance — because, really, who can say which of two entirely different performances is “better”? — but for the one I think would make the best speech.

No sooner did "Emilia Pérez" -- a Spanish-language musical crime drama from a French director -- receive the most nominations (13) of any movie this year than its chances were dinged by resurfaced tweets from the film's star,