Slumdog sweeps Oscars
Low-budget, fan favourite completes unlikely rise from Toronto Film Festival to the pinnacle of Hollywood.
Stephanie Nolen
Now that Oscar loves Slumdog, so does India
Initially critical, Indians now hail Slumdog Millionaire's success as a win for the whole country
The Oscars
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Advocates hope awards fuel support for same-sex marriage battle in California
Oscar viewership up, Oscar numbers down
Preliminary U.S. ratings show Oscar numbers up six per cent over last year, but the audience is still at near-record lows
Oscar's hits & misses
The 'Super Bowl for women' was all about taking risks this year.
Galas still glam, but guest lists are shorter
Amy Verner
Recession can't take sparkle out of red carpet
Well, the dresses certainly weren't downscaled this year.
Globe Panel
Oscar puts on his dancing shoes
Hugh Jackman – Mr. Wolverine himself – at the helm of a ‘tap your troubles away' Academy Awards? It's enough to give our esteemed panel the heebie-jeebies
Millionaire's star
Freida Pinto has one film credit to her name, but what a credit. The Slumdog star gives an interview as she prepares for her royal walk down the red carpet
A star is born
A pink-frock search for a red-letter day
In a storyline similar to that of Slumdog Millionaire, the film's young actress is heading from Mumbai slum to Los Angeles glitter
From the margins to the mainstream
Gus Van Sant's atmospheric films are always about outsiders – now the outsider himself is flirting with Oscar
Elizabeth Renzetti
Still a master of the softly-softly skewering
Interviewer David Frost is nothing if not a showman
Hollywood health report
Numbers are strong on the surface, but they are masking some worrisome trends
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Why is the film so popular? It's the zeitgeist, stupid
One of the top officials of the Toronto International Film Festival discusses the hype surrounding Oscar contender Slumdog Millionaire
Israeli Oscar hopeful got a Canadian boost
Two takers for Waltz with Bashir emerged at Toronto's Hot Docs fest in 2005
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Style
Hit or miss?
Globe Style's Amy Verner offers her take on Oscar glitz and glamour, but you get the final say
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Your Oscar picks
Choose your favourites in these top categories
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Quiz
Oscar never forgets a face
How well do you know your celebrities?
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The Host
Hugh Jackman marks Oscar departure
People magazine's ‘Sexiest Man Alive' a move away from the awards show's usual trend of comic hosts
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Quiz
Guess the dress
How well do you know the celebrities on the red carpet?
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Interactive
Oscar nominations
Complete list of the contenders




















