Hollywood
Before the slap: Five other Oscar moments
It might be the most unforgettable, but it's not the only incident that set tongues wagging.
Black-and-white is the new trend in Hollywood, where directors of Oscars-contending films such as "Belfast" and "The Tragedy of Macbeth" are embracing monochrome for its storytelling power.
The low-budget Western on which Alec Baldwin fatally shot a cinematographer in a tragic accident last week was running behind schedule after crew members walked off the New Mexico set in protest over low pay and poor conditions.
Anguish and anger were on display as Hollywood held vigil for Halyna Hutchins, as questions grew over how such a tragedy could have happened, despite rigorous safeguards.
The US actor said he was fully cooperating with a police investigation "to address how this tragedy occurred."
AFP compiled a list of deadly movie accidents after the news that a cinematographer was killed and a movie director wounded after US actor Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun during filming.
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a poverty-stricken entertainment industry with very little in the way of quality cinematic art to offer, writes Haji Mohamed Dawjee.
The project is expected to create more than 4,500 permanent jobs and contribute over £300 million annually into the local economy.
Police told AFP on Monday that they were investigating a theft of jewellery from the hotel but it was unclear whether the jewellery was Gucci's, loaned for the premiere, or the Jodie Turner-Smith's own.
Organizers are scrambling to reform the influential but scandal-hit Globes after NBC canceled next year's ceremony amid widespread and vocal criticism of the group's record on diversity and transparency.
Darnell Hunt, co-author of the Hollywood Diversity Report, said it was 'encouraging to see skyrocketing numbers this year in front of the camera' for women and people of color.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has drastically reformed its membership in recent years, admitting large batches of new Oscars voters each year who better reflect society's diversity, after much criticism for its mainly white, male base.
Beijing-born filmmaker Chloe Zhao, who is touted to win big for her acclaimed American road movie 'Nomadland', has also faced criticism back home after some questioned her loyalty to China.
Johnny Depp wants to overturn "wife beater" libel case.
Los Angeles - the nation's most populous county - has emerged as the latest US epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic, topping 7,000 COVID hospitalisations for the first time Monday.
In 2019 only 6.3% of directors in the United States were black. And a staggering 93% of all producers were white men.
The agreement was jointly negotiated by five of Hollywood's biggest unions, including the actors, directors and craft guilds, totalling over 350,000 members.
Politics often take center stage at the Emmys, and even without a traditional red carpet, this year was no different.
The groundbreaking move comes after years of criticism over a lack of diversity among the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' members, and among the Oscar nominees and winners they select.