LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Is "Avatar" truly the underdog? That's the way Fox co-chairman Tom Rothman saw the best picture race last month in an interview with the New York Times -- and that was before "Avatar" lost to "The Hurt Locker" at the producers and directors guild awards in recent weeks. The reality, though, is more complicated. Typically, the ...

The Academy Awards category for best director has historically been two things: white and male. This year, the five nominees are a slightly more diverse crowd. Kathryn Bigelow ("The Hurt Locker") is only the fourth woman to be nominated. If she wins, she'll be the first ...

Kathryn Bigelow and "The Hurt Locker" became official awards-season front-runners Saturday after Bigelow won the top prize from the Directors Guild of America. The 58-year-old filmmaker is the first woman to win the guild's top honor, which positions her and the film as shoo-ins for ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Avatar" ventured further into rarefied territory at the worldwide box office during the weekend, surpassing the $2 billion mark days after it broke the record held by "Titanic." James Cameron's 3-D sci-fi spectacular has grossed $2.039 billion after seven chart-topping weekends of release, distributor 20th Century Fox said on Sunday. The film last Monday smashed ...