Treats in small packages await the curious as the academy nominates five worthy shorts each in live-action, documentary and animation. Here's a guide to help you win your Oscar pool.

Reviews for "Perfectly a Strangeness," "The Devil Is Busy," “Armed With Only a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud," "All the Empty Rooms" and "Children No More: 'Were and Gone'." ...

The 98th Oscar-Nominated Shorts Presented by Taika Waititi is the official title this year, and it is a program that annually ...

Before riding off to The Cottage in "Heated Rivalry," Hudson Williams, popularly known as Shane Hollander in the hit TV series, spent the better part of six years writing, producing, directing and ...

NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA) hosts its February Monthly Film Festival and annual InFocus: Black Cinema program, spotlighting Black stories and emerging Black talent in front of and behind the ...

The release of GTA 6 may still be a long way off, but indie filmmaker Todd Wiseman Jr. has made an ambitious new short film, titled Six Stars, that essentially brings Grand Theft Auto into live-action ...

A swimming film has been nominated for the 98th Academy Awards in the Animated Short Film category. “Butterfly” depicts the life of Jewish French swimmer Alfred Nakache, who competed in the 1936 ...

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EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has acquired and will globally release the Oscar-shortlisted film The Singers from director Sam Davis. One of 15 current semifinalists for the Academy Award for Live Action Short ...

As Magic: The Gathering gears up for another year packed with “Universes Beyond” crossovers, Wizards of the Coast is kicking off 2026 by turning its focus inward. The game is returning to one of its ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — When the Magic crushed the 76ers by 41 points in a Nov. 25 matchup at Xfinity Mobile Arena, Philadelphia was without former league MVP Joel Embiid, six-time All-NBA wing Paul George ...