One-and-a-half years working on the spectacular costumes for the "Wicked" movie was a labor of love for designer Paul Tazewell, an Akron native ... Thursday for 10 Oscar awards, including one ...

After launching a large-scale effort to address long-standing challenges with race relations in the city in 1997, President Bill Clinton chose Akron and the University of Akron’s E.J. Thomas ...

From a Jewish architect and a Brooklyn stripper to a couple of Ozian witches and a whole bunch of wannabe popes, this Oscar season is giving us everything. Everything but an actual front-runner.

The Sundance Film Festival reliably delivers Oscar contenders every year, whether they be usually one or two standout narrative features (like recent picks “A Real Pain,” “A Different Man ...