PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- The nominations for the 96th Annual Academy Awards are out and there are a few nods. From Bradley Cooper to two Temple University alumni, Da'Vine Joy Randolph and Colman Domingo. Years before these icons were starring in Hollywood films, their journey started in Philadelphia. For many actors, the journey to Broadway or Hollywood begins on the intimate stages of college theaters like Temple, where freshman James Williams II is proud to have earned his first leading role. "Seeing the alumnus of Temple, it told me that this...

Movies — or more accurately the moviegoing experience — finally recovered this year from the pandemic shutdown. Not completely, mind you, but enough to mint a few big box-office winners and draw audiences back to the big-screen experience. 2023 was, after all, the year of “Barbenheimer.” Yet home video still remains the primary way many viewers see movies, a trend that began long before the advent of streaming, and the shrinking windows between big-screen release and small-screen availability has shrunk to, in some cases, a matter of weeks. Which means...

If the Oscars are meant to display the film industry’s ideal image of itself, the choice of “Killers of the Flower Moon” and “Barbie” among the year’s best movies is evidence that the spirit of artistic audacity has survived the age of superheroic domination. Those two films are high on my list of favorites, too, and even many of the Best Picture nominees that I find less accomplished are nonetheless unorthodox, at least on the surface: there’s the sheer volume of historical intricacies in “Oppenheimer,” the blend of Victorian finery...

From who is nominated to who is hosting, here's everything to know about the 96th annual Academy Awards The biggest night in Hollywood is upon us! On Jan. 23, the full list of Oscar nominations was unveiled, revealing which star-studded movies and actors would be up for awards during the upcoming ceremony. led the race with a whopping 13 nominations, followed by the Emma Stone-led , which earned 11, with 10 nominations, and last year's biggest hit scoring eight. The 96th annual Academy Awards will be held this March, featuring...

It’s a very big day for Lily Gladstone, Martin Scorsese (nominated for the 10th time as best director, for “Killers of the Flower Moon”), “Oppenheimer,” “Poor Things,” and numerous other happy Academy Award nominees — but for now, let’s turn our attention to a time-honored ritual: the Oscar snub. Here are a few titles and names that Oscar watchers were surprised to not see on Tuesday morning’s slate. Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie, “Barbie”: The news was mixed for the pink-hued summer smash. “Barbie” received an impressive total of eight...