LOS ANGELES -- With the Oscars just weeks away, the dash to awards season's finish line has begun. This year's Oscar contenders include big names like Viola Davis, Andra Day, Frances McDormand, ...

James Franco and Anne Hathaway are earning rave reviews for new films in which they portray, respectively, a self-amputating hiker and Jake Gyllenhaal's girlfriend. Now the Academy of Motion Picture ...