Los Angeles Times reporter Nick Ducassi is on the red carpet at the 2025 Academy Awards. Follow his interviews with the stars at our Instagram page.

The smiling winners all thank "the Academy" on the Oscars stage. But who is the group behind the Academy Awards, and how is it changing?

The audience at the 2024 Oscars were having a great time during Gosling's show-stopping performance of "I'm Just Ken." ...