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LOS ANGELES The Academy Awards will be coming to you live from the same place - but with a different name.

LOS ANGELES Lindsay Lohan drew praise Wednesday from a judge who said the actress was one court hearing away from putting a long-running drunken driving case behind her.

PHILADELPHIA The Franklin Institute's automaton can't help you find a good sushi place, direct you out of a traffic jam or check your bank balance.

GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE

LONDON Actress Helena Bonham Carter, whose regal roles include the Red Queen in "Alice in Wonderland" and the mother of Queen Elizabeth II in "The King's Speech," has been honored by the British monarch for services to drama.

"We Need to Talk About Kevin" is a horror movie for parents. Strip away the showy flashbacks - cutting between several pasts and several points in the present - and it's "We Need to talk About Damien." Because the only simple, satisfying way of explaining the monster at the heart of this nightmare is "He's the spawn of the Devil."

Ratings by the Motion Picture Association of America are: (G) for general audiences; (PG) parental guidance urged because of material possibly unsuitable for children; (PG-13) parents are strongly cautioned to give guidance for attendance of children younger than 13; (R) restricted, younger than 17 admitted only with parent or adult guardian; (NC-17) no one younger than 17 admitted.

Ratings by the Motion Picture Association of America are: (G) for general audiences; (PG) parental guidance urged because of material possibly unsuitable for children; (PG-13) parents are strongly cautioned to give guidance for attendance of children younger than 13; (R) restricted, younger than 17 admitted only with parent or adult guardian; (NC-17) no one younger than 17 admitted.

LOS ANGELES What if you were engaged to your professional partner and called off the wedding - but decided to keep working together anyway? It sounds like the setup for a romantic comedy, but it's actually the real-life story of the writing duo behind the film "He's Just Not That Into You" and the new breakout hit "The Vow."

WELLINGTON, New Zealand The founder of the file-sharing website Megaupload was released on bail Wednesday after a New Zealand judge decided Kim Dotcom lacked means to flee because his funds had been seized.

LOS ANGELES Denzel Washington's action thriller "Safe House" held the No. 1 spot at the box office with $27.5 million over the long President's Day weekend.

WASHINGTON The Supreme Court has rejected Phil Spector's appeal of his conviction for killing actress Lana Clarkson.

WASHINGTON Navy SEALs never expected the film "Act of Valor," starring real, active-duty Navy SEALs, to be this big.

BEVERLY HILLS, California Anyone who knows their Oscars knows that nominees' fashion plans are strictly top secret until the big day. They seem to be more revealing about their designer undergarments, though.

"84th Annual Academy Awards" 8:30 p.m. EST, Feb. 26, ABC

Detroit has some nominees to root for during the Oscars, including the adapted screenplay for a movie that spent weeks filming here, "The Ides of March," and a documentary, "If A Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front," with an executive producer, Stephen Bannatyne, who hails from nearby Port Huron.

LOS ANGELES Independent filmmakers are joining Hollywood's major studios in praising a new trade agreement that eases restrictions on distributing movies in China.

LOS ANGELES When Dolores Hart, 73, walks the red carpet at this year's Academy Awards as planned, no interviewer will need to ask who made her dress. She will be wearing her nun's habit from the Benedictine Abbey of Regina Laudis in Bethlehem, Conn., where she lives a life of contemplation and hospitality and is mother prioress.

JAKARTA, Indonesia A film about one woman's efforts to rescue orangutans and return them to Indonesia's rapidly disappearing jungles has made its way home.

CHICAGO - This year's Oscar nominees are living in the past, whether it's World War I by way of classic studio pictorialism ("War Horse"), a movable Jazz Age feast a la Woody Allen ("Midnight in Paris") or, with the presumptive Oscar front-runner, "The Artist," the dawn of the talkies.

LOS ANGELES This year's box office is booming, except, gulp, for Oscar movies. The 2012 grosses have been surprisingly strong, up nearly 18 percent year to date compared with 2011. But if you think any of that is thanks to people rushing out to see the best picture contenders ahead of Sunday's Academy Awards show, think again.

LOS ANGELES With his latest film, "Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance," sputtering over the holiday weekend, Nicolas Cage's career as an action star continues to hit the skids.

ALLENTOWN, Pa. Paul Sorvino might finally be over his trouble with "The Trouble with Cali."

WARSAW, Poland Few would confuse the glitz of the Academy Awards with a ceremony held by a folk arts society in Poland, but Hollywood doesn't want anyone else handing out Oscars.

Quick, name the 10 most memorable Oscar acceptances speeches ever given, not including Sally Field's iconic "You like me" speech.

LOS ANGELES - They're among the most elite and mystery-shrouded members of the U.S. military, part of a traditionally anonymous group of alpha males known as the "quiet professionals" for their daring, clandestine missions like the raid that killed Osama bin Laden. But the secret world of the U.S. Navy SEALs is about to open up in dramatic fashion - in an unusual, independently financed action movie called "Act of Valor."

PHILADELPHIA - Picture this, why doncha: A betuxed Bradley Cooper rolling up to the red carpet at the Kodak Theatre on Oscar night, stepping off his bicycle, and heading in to present some awards. How about Academy Award nominees Jonah Hill, Rooney Mara, Michelle Williams, Brad Pitt and/or Bret McKenzie (best song: "Man or Muppet") likewise pedaling their way through Hollywood's blocked streets and limo jams Sunday evening, Feb. 26?

LOS ANGELES - When the names of winners are revealed on Oscar night, months of suspense give way to tears, smiles and speeches. Yet when the curtain falls, one question remains: Who cast the votes?

LOS ANGELES Cementing their position as front-runners for screenwriting Oscars, the three writers of "The Descendants" and Woody Allen for "Midnight in Paris" took the adapted and original screenplay awards, respectively, Sunday night from the Writers Guild of America.

LOS ANGELES Woody Allen's romantic fantasy "Midnight in Paris" and Alexander Payne's family drama "The Descendants" have won top screenplay honors from the Writers Guild of America.

LOS ANGELES The Oscar-nominated "The Descendants," "The Artist" and "The Help" all took honors over a busy awards weekend, leaving the best picture race at this Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony as cloudy as ever.

LOS ANGELES A study of Academy Awards voters has found that it's not a very diverse group that hands out Hollywood's highest honors.

LOS ANGELES The President's Day weekend box office was too close to call as the action tale "Safe House" and the love story "The Vow" competed for the No. 1 spot.

BERLIN Italian documentary "Caesar Must Die," showing inmates of a high-security prison staging Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar," was awarded the Berlin film festival's top award Saturday.

WASHINGTON Dorothy's ruby slippers from "The Wizard of Oz" are being removed from a Smithsonian exhibit to be conserved.

BUFFALO, N.Y. The license plate on movie projectionist Arnie Herdendorf's Buick is 35MM MAN, a nod to his work in the booth at the 1925 Palace Theatre, with its velvet-draped stage and chandeliered mezzanine.

WASHINGTON Cheering as loudly as any movie audience, Hollywood and the Obama administration on Saturday hailed China's agreement to reduce barriers that have kept U.S.-made films out of the booming Chinese market.

LONDON Actress Judi Dench is battling to save her sight.

Behind every crummy movie there are better ones to blame for its existence. Take "This Means War," opening this weekend. Please.

LOS ANGELES Winners of the 43rd annual NAACP Image Awards, presented Friday in Los Angeles:

PASADENA, Calif. A musical based on the romantic comedy "Sleepless in Seattle" will make its debut a little later than expected.

BELGRADE, Serbia The distributor in Serbia of Angelina Jolie's directorial debut - a love story set in the Bosnian war - said Friday the movie will start showing here next week, but without the red-carpet premiere it had in Bosnia.

LOS ANGELES "The Help" collected three prizes at the NAACP Image Awards, including top actress honors for Viola Davis, the supporting actress prize for Octavia Spencer and outstanding motion picture.

LOS ANGELES The movie studio behind "Kung Fu Panda" says it is tying up with three Chinese companies on a joint venture entertainment company that will make Chinese animated and live action content.

ACT OF VALOR (R): Enough with all the pretty-boy actors posing as heroic super-soldiers. Real-life Navy SEALs, still on active duty, star in this action-thriller about a worldwide manhunt to stop a terrorist plot, inspired by actual events.

LOS ANGELES - Two legendary actors - Christopher Plummer and Max von Sydow - are competing for the supporting actor trophy this Oscar season. Despite their pedigree - Plummer has been acting in films for more than 50 years and is best known as Captain von Trapp in 1965's "The Sound of Music," and Von Sydow is closely associated with the seminal Swedish director Ingmar Bergman - neither has won an Academy Award.

PHILADELPHIA - Leonardo DiCaprio likes his coffee smooth - a light roast, nectar-like, no bitterness.

NEW YORK Nick Cannon has stepped down from his New York City radio show.

Of all the bad horror / fantasy / sci-fi / action pictures Nicolas Cage has cranked out over the last decade, "Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance" is the Nic Cagiest. A goofy, gonzo thrill ride, "Vengeance" is a bad movie sequel so bad it's good - a bad movie that's almost a great bad movie.