Once an evening of backslapping and merrymaking within the narrow confines of Hollywood, the Academy Awards this time look like a United Nations exercise in diversity.

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Feb. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Casa Damiani, recipient of an unprecedented eighteen Diamond International Awards -- the "Oscars of the Jewelry World" -- proved that flawless diamonds truly are a girl's best friend at the SAG Awards.

The musical "Dreamgirls" led Academy Awards contenders Tuesday with eight nominations, but surprisingly was shut out in the best picture category after being considered a potential front-runner.

By MIKE CIDONI PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - Movie-goers last year may not have noticed the dramas "Babel" and "Little Children," but the films got plenty of attention at the Palm Springs International Film Festival 2007 Gala Awards.

By Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press Nov. 3--The gifted Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu didn't invent the everything-is-connected drama that has made for some of the most engrossing and meaningful movies of the past few years.