His instincts proved correct when reviews praised Oberon as a revelation. “Miss Oberon, abandoning the Javanese slant of the ...

The origin of the Academy Awards' iconic nickname, Oscar, remains a mystery. Three main theories exist—Bette Davis claimed it ...

This is excerpted from the book Love, Queenie: Merle Oberon, Hollywood’s First South Asian Star, by Mayukh Sen. Copyright © ...

Learn why Academy Awards are called Oscars—and all the potential backstories behind the golden statuette's iconic name.

A Hollywood beauty whose celebrated roles included Anne Boleyn, Merle Oberon kept her South Asian origins a secret from the ...

Her handlers banked on no one challenging the new biography they fabricated for ... Bette Davis and Katharine Hepburn, were already proven quantities in Hollywood, and Hepburn already had gained ...

There are a number of venues that could rightfully earn the title of 'cathedral of music,' but only one of them actually ...

April 14, 1969 was a big night for Barbra Streisand, and not just because she and Katharine Hepburn both took home the Best Actress award. “That night, in my dressing room, I was choosing ...

Note, be on the lookout for Hepburn's dog in this film who appeared as Asta in the Thin Man Franchise. Journalist Steve O'Malley (Spencer Tracy) wants to write a biography of a national hero who died ...

Over the years, there have been plenty of Oscar moments that have shaken up the esteemed Academy Awards. From Will Smith’s ...

The Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, have been the pinnacle of film industry recognition for nearly a century.