Unlike the Emmys, Grammys and Tonys, the Oscars arrive at the end of a loooong season of speeches and industry self-congratulation. Various guild awards have already offered plenty of clues about how academy members might vote and, in many cases, all that’s left to do is engrave the trophy with...

With multiple projects in the works, Jordan Peele, the Oscar-nominated writer-director-producer of "Get Out," plans to remain squarely in the genre field. And he's not opposed to "expanding" the world of that film.

NBC’s morning TV franchise has become adept at leveraging the network’s coverage of the Olympic Games. Every two years viewers can count on emotional athletes and their families and friends stopping by the remote set of the program on the Olympics site to share the glory. “Today” always gets first...