Best Actress nominee Quvenzhané Wallis is interviewed on the red carpet at the Academy Awards Sunday, when several journalists struggled with the young actress's name. Joe Klamar/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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Linguist Geoff Nunberg finds that in the film Lincoln, screenwriter Tony Kushner oscillates between old and modern meanings of "equality." DreamWorks/Twentieth Century Fox hide caption
Monday
Actress Jennifer Garner has been at her husband Ben Affleck's side throughout the award show season. John Shearer/Invision/AP hide caption
Sunday
Actress Jennifer Lawrence arrives at the Oscars ceremony. Christopher Polk/Getty Images hide caption
Saturday
The cast of Crash celebrates after its surprise upset of Brokeback Mountain for best picture, at the 78th Academy Awards in 2006. Mark J. Terrill/AP hide caption
Anthony Breznican is a senior writer at Entertainment Weekly and its chief Oscars correspondent. Anthony Breznican hide caption
Friday
The tiger shows his toughness in Ang Lee's Life Of Pi. 20th Century Fox hide caption
Randy Newman performs "We Belong Together," his Academy-Award-winning entry in the Best Original Song category from the 83rd Annual Academy Awards. Newman has been nominated 15 times for the award. Kevin Winter/Getty Images hide caption
Thursday
John Goodman, Alan Arkin and actor-director Ben Affleck in Argo. Claire Folger/AP hide caption
Aereo allows users to connect to a distant antenna — a tiny device that acts like an old set of rabbit ears — and watch broadcast TV channels on their computer, tablet or smartphone. Currently the service is available only in New York City, and it's embroiled in legal complications. Source images from iStockphoto.com, composite by Camila Domonoske hide caption
Tuesday
The Duchess of Cambridge receives a bouquet of flowers, as she leaves after a visit to Hope House in London on Tuesday. The former Kate Middleton appeared unaffected by the controversy surrounding remarks made by author Hilary Mantel. Matt Dunham/AP hide caption
Sunday
A new version of Superman, penned by Orson Scott Card, has caused a stir in the comics world. AP Photo/DC Comics hide caption
Friday
As dockworker Terry Malloy in Elia Kazan's On the Waterfront, a young Marlon Brando firmly established himself as a leading Hollywood icon. Criterion Collection hide caption