You can forgive George VI, the central figure in "The King's Speech," for painfully picking through his syllables when he steps up to the microphone. Like all stammerers, the guy lived in terror of public speaking.

But don't we deserve some speechifying for the ages from the Hollywood elite that win Academy Awards on Sunday? They're paid millions for their creative talents, so why do they often bore the stuffing out of TV audiences with droning thank-you lists?

A Colorado adventurer who inspired the Oscar-nominated movie "127 Hours" has won $125,000 for an environmental group on the NBC game show "Minute to Win it."

Aron Ralston appeared in two pre-recorded episodes that ran back-to-back on Wednesday.

Ciara had her fellow pop performer Rihanna seeing red following a comment she made on E!'s "Fashion Police" with Joan Rivers.

Best Actor Oscar nominee Jesse Eisenberg has been asked again and again throughout awards season if he has a Facebook page, a question "The Social Network" star always replied "no" to.

Hailee Steinfeld is on top of the world this weekend, nominated for her first Oscar – for Best Supporting Actress, for her role in "True Grit" – but things weren't always easy for the teen.

The Kodak Theatre was rocking as Gwyneth Paltrow, Mandy Moore, Celine Dion and other musicians ran through the numbers they'll perform on Sunday's Academy Awards.

Stars prepare for the Academy Awards! Plus, a Justin Timberlake sighting!

Neil Patrick Harris' 5-month-old twins have found a young new friend from across the pond – Elton John and David Furnish's 2-month-old son, Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John.

Charlie Sheen has let loose again at his CBS bosses in yet another radio rant – this time calling into former Access Hollywood host Pat O'Brien's FOX Sports radio show, "Loose Cannons," on Friday afternoon, dubbing "Two and a Half Men" creator Chuck Lorre and executive producer Lee Aronsohn "a couple of AA [Alcoholics Anonymous] Nazis" and "blatant hypocrites."

Anne Hathaway might just have a recording career in her future, and it has nothing to do with her angelic pipes.

"Oh, yeah, you know, my street cred went way up with the [Oscar] promos," Anne joked to Access Hollywood's Maria Menounos on Thursday, referring to her "Don't Cry For Me" / "Rump Shaker" rendition, released in advance of her Oscar co-hosting duties.