Sean Penn Schools Prop. 8 Supporters in Oscar Speech

Staff / Truthdig Feb 23, 2009 Lest he miss an opportunity to speak his mind, Sunday night's Best Actor Oscar winner took a moment on the podium to encourage those who voted last November for California's Proposition 8, the anti-gay-marriage initiative, to rethink their choice. Turns out the Academy is actually made up of commie, homo-loving sons of guns. Update: Video Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘Slumdog Millionaire’: The Tour

Staff / Truthdig Feb 20, 2009 As "Slumdog Millionaire" continues to rack up critical accolades (not to mention awards-season promotional blitzes), the film has also drawn crowds to its setting in the slums of Mumbai, India. But does this kind of attention represent a welcome boon for tourism or a form of exploitation -- "poverty porn" -- for a city still recovering from last November's terrorist attacks? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Yet Another Oscar Snoozer?

Staff / Truthdig Jan 23, 2009 Well, the Academy has spoken, picking this year's Oscar nominees, and they couldn't be safer or more boring except for those categories in which "Milk" figures in somewhere At least that's what the San Francisco Chronicle's completely unimpressed critic Mick LaSalle thinks. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Taxi to the Dark Side

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Feb 28, 2008 On the Sunday following Sept. 11, 2001, Vice President Dick Cheney told the truth. On NBC's "Meet the Press," he said regarding plans to pursue the perpetrators of that attack: "We have to work the dark side, if you will. We're going to spend time in the shadows." Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Alex Gibney in Conversation With Robert Scheer

Staff / Truthdig Feb 24, 2008 Truthdig Editor Robert Scheer interviews documentarian Alex Gibney about his 2008 Academy Award-winning documentary, "Taxi to the Dark Side," a compelling examination of the circumstances that led Americans to commit torture. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Moore: Castro’s Ready for Closeup at Oscars

Staff / Truthdig Feb 22, 2008 Now that Fidel Castro's got a bit more time on his hands, documentary überdirector Michael Moore has a suggestion for how he might spend his first official weekend out of office -- as long as he's got a penguin suit handy. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Supreme Court Gives Gore’s Oscar to Bush

Andy Borowitz / Truthdig Mar 4, 2007 The satirist reports that the justices have applied their electoral wisdom to the Academy Awards. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Fox’s Take on the Oscars

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Best Joke of the Night

Staff / Truthdig Feb 26, 2007 Ellen DeGeneres opened this year's Academy Awards ceremony by celebrating its newfound diversity, and she pointed to the bigoted rants of Michael Richards, Mel Gibson and Tim Hardaway: "If there weren't blacks, Jews and gays, there would be no Oscars or anyone named Oscar, when you think about it". Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

And the Oscar Goes to … Al Gore

Staff / Truthdig Feb 26, 2007 "An Inconvenient Truth" took home two Academy Awards on Sunday, one for best documentary and the other for Melissa Etheridge's "I Need to Wake Up" (best song). In case you missed it, here's a video summary of Al Gore's night at the Oscars. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Oscars Postmortem

Sheerly Avni / Truthdig Mar 6, 2006 And the award for "Best Proof That Hollywood Is Out of Touch": No one made a single reference to the troops fighting and dying in Iraq. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

At the Oscars, Wear No Evil

Staff / Truthdig Mar 6, 2006 In 1986, Teri Garr wore a dress made of "mood-ring" material; most of the gown displayed blues and purples, but Garr's crotch, armpits and other warm bits turned orange. (Above, a Claire Joseph original on loan for this year's Oscars night.) Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )