The Red Carpet at the Kodak Theater hasn’t even been rolled up, and Tinseltown is already talking about next year’s Oscar race. Will Jeff Bridges and George Clooney be squaring off for Best Actor again? Bridges is stepping into John Wayne’s Oscar-winning role as a grumpy old...

After the drama at the beginning of last week with Crystal Bowersox being sent to the hospital, I was wondering if this would be another crazy week on the Power Ratings. It didn't turn out that there were too many surprises. I was mildly shocked that Michelle Delamor got sent home, but otherwise the singers sent home weren't much better or worse then others in the bottom half of the ratings ...

Taylor Lautner isn't a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

There aren't many horse races in the Oscar categories people care about, but there are plenty in the categories during which they probably visit the fridge.

On a personal basis, despite three nominations with his name on them for Up in the Air, writer-director Jason Reitman likely won't take home any major hardware from the Academy Awards. But he is already a winner.

How good are the Academy Awards at discovering new talent?

By Alexis Zotos

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Taylor Lautner isn't a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Nor is Woody Allen. Nor is George Lucas.

LOS ANGELES - Taylor Lautner isn't a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Nor is Woody Allen. Nor is George Lucas. But Rupert Murdoch is. And so are Pedro Almodovar and Sacha Baron Cohen.

Meryl Streep, Sandra Bullock, Gabourey Sidibe and more make for a uniqe Best Actress showdown at the 2010 Oscars.