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Oscars Venue Reopens As Dolby Theatre

The 3,400-seat theater formerly known as the Kodak Theatre reopened Monday as the Dolby Theatre with new signage and a new audio-visual system.

CBS2 / KCAL9–2012/06/11

Academy Awards To Call Hollywood Home For Next 20 Years

The theater at the Hollywood & Highland Center will be renamed the Dolby Theatre.

2012/05/01

Hollywood & Highland Center To Remain Home Of 2013 Oscars

The former Kodak Theatre will remain the home of the Oscars next year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Wednesday.

CBS2 / KCAL9–2012/03/14

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Actress Sean Young, 9 Others Arrested At Academy Awards

Actress Sean Young was among seven people arrested for suspicion of committing misdemeanors before and after the Academy Awards ceremony while four arrests were made for suspicion of committing felonies.

CBS2 / KCAL9–2012/02/27

‘The Artist’, ‘Hugo’ Dominate; Streep Surprises At 84th Academy Awards

For the first time since the show’s inception in 1929, a silent film won Best Picture Sunday night at the 84th Academy Awards.

CBS2 / KCAL9–2012/02/27

Highland Open, Hollywood Boulevard Still Closed For Oscars Cleanup Effort

The party may be over on Monday, but for crews cleaning up the streets after the Academy Awards, the show is just getting started.

KNX 1070 NEWSRADIO–2012/02/27

‘Dictator’ Sacha Baron Cohen Pours Ashes On Ryan Seacrest During Oscar Arrivals

Best actor nominees George Clooney and Jean Dujardin hit the Academy Award red carpet Sunday night to the delight of fans in the bleachers outside the Hollywood & Highland Center, the first group of nominees to arrive for the ceremony under a cool but glorious California sky.

2012/02/26

Red Carpet Hits And Misses From Fashion’s Biggest Night

As much as we’d like to say we watch award shows for the performances and to see who wins, more often than not, the fashion is what gets everyone talking.

2012/02/26

French actor Jean Dujardin attends a press conference for the movie "Les Infideles" on February 16, 2012 in Rennes, western France. Dujardin was nominated for best actor in the black-and-white film "The Artist" that tells the story of silent star George Valentin whose career is torpedoed by the arrival of the talkies. The movie also won nine more Oscar nominations, just behind the 11 scooped by Martin Scorsese's lavish 3D adventure "Hugo", and has turned the French actor into the current darling of Hollywood. (credit: DAMIEN MEYER/AFP/Getty Images)

‘The Artist’ Aims To Bring Silence Back To Oscars

Meryl Streep might join the acting three-peat club with a third Academy Award. Jean Dujardin could become the first Frenchman to win best actor. Christopher Plummer is in line to become the oldest acting winner ever at 82.

2012/02/26

Nate Sanders displays the collection of Oscar statuettes that his auction company will sell online to the highest bidder on February 24, 2012 in Brentwood, California. (credit: Toby Canham/Getty Images)

Academy Unhappy But Helpless To Stop Oscar Auction

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is not pleased with plans to auction off 15 Oscar statuettes from such films as “Citizen Kane,” ”Wuthering Heights” and “Little Women.”

2012/02/25

Billy Crystal (Photo Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Crystal To The Rescue For 84th Academy Awards Show

The Oscar ceremony has much to prove Sunday, including whether a blockbuster-free field can draw a TV audience and if Billy Crystal’s host routine remains a crowd-pleaser.

2012/02/25

LA Ramps Up For the Oscars

The parties have already started – here are highlights from some of this week’s bashes. QVC’s Annual Red Carpet Style Party On Thursday, February 23, QVC held its annual pre-Oscar Red Carpet Style Party. The […]

CBS Los Angeles–2012/02/24

Post-Oscar Embarrassments

And I don’t want to get too personal, but Ellen Burstyn lost to Julia Roberts, in Requiem for a Dream, and Erin Brockovich, respectively. Watching Brokovich was like watching …

2012/02/24