Oscar winners 2010: Avatar gets thrown in The Hurt Locker

Low-budget war movie about the might of the American military beats big-budget anti-war metaphor at the Irony Awards.

Oscar asshats ban Hurt Locker producer for polite email

Despite his film being a hot favourite at this weekend's Oscars, producer Nicolas Chartier won't be able to pick up any awards won by The Hurt Locker. He's been banned for breaking the rules - by sending an email.

Review: The Hurt Locker

Pop quiz, hotshot: name five female directors. Tick-tock, tick-tock... Did you manage five? Congratulations if so. Round two: name five female directors who don't make drippy, sappy, piece-of-shit rom-coms, musicals or turgid period dramas. Give up? Yeah, thought so. Doesn't say much for the fairer sex, does it?