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    By Jonathan Berr

    | 9:00AM 2/20/2011
    The King's Speech, which tells the tale of how King George VI overcame his stammer to deliver a moving speech to his countrymen as they fought the Nazis in World War II, is considered a front-runner to win the Oscar for Best Picture next weekend. For people with speech problems today, however, the...

    By Sarah Coffey

    | 6:00AM 3/09/2010
    Oscar is sure to help sales of "The Hurt Locker," welcome news for a picture that has only grossed $7 million domestically. Sales of "The Hurt Locker" DVDs spiked on Amazon.com following the low-budget movie's Oscar win on Sunday, rising to third place from 13th, and the Iraq war drama was the...

    By Josh Smith

    | 2:30PM 4/09/2009
    It's hard to believe an Oscar winner who pulled in $38 million in 2008 would need to part with one of his homes because of the economy, but that's exactly why Nicolas Cage is selling his 28-room castle. Citing a "difficult economic situation" as Cage told the German celebrity weekly Bunte (via...