A timeline of the 90th Oscars from Jimmy Kimmel's opening monologue to "Shape of Water's" big win.

What if they awarded the Oscars and not one of the winners was a real surprise, not a single solitary one? What would the show be like, would people be glad they watched or wish they’d played pinochle instead? That question is not an academic one — it happened Sunday night at the 90th Academy Award..

This was Hollywood at its sanitized best. After months of horrifying revelations about widespread sexual harassment and assault in the industry, the 90th Academy Awards presented a toothless, feel-good nod to the scandal. So many of this year’s films feature transgressive female characters —Frances..

How did “The Shape of Water,” a movie about a mute cleaning woman falling truly, madly, deeply in love with a fish-man, wind up winning the Oscar for best picture? It starts with the power of love, the film’s Oscar-winning director, Guillermo del Toro, says. “Love is much stronger than hatred and...

Bringing an end to one of the most wide open best picture races in years, “The Shape of Water” — a fantastical fable about a mute woman who falls in love with an aquatic creature — claimed the top prize Sunday night at the 90th Academy Awards, beating out a strong field of eight rivals that included..

March at Walt Disney Concert Hall opened Friday night with a big-thinking Los Angeles Philharmonic extravaganza: Andrew Norman’s first opera, “A Trip to the Moon,” as staged by the L.A. Phil’s inventive artist-collaborator Yuval Sharon. But then again, February also started out big, when the orches..