Independent Spirit Awards winners

The ceremony was hosted by comedian Patton Oswalt and held in Santa Monica, California, a day before the 2014 Oscars.

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Inside the First Televised Oscars

Bob Hope hosted the 110-minute telecast (taped simultaneously at New York's NBC International Theatre so actors working on Broadway could take part), becoming flustered only once when Charles Brackett surprised him with an honorary Oscar. The show, sponsored by RCA for $100,000, was not without glitches: Cameras caught Shirley Booth, who was in New York, tripping on her way to the stage to accept the best actress statuette for Come Back, Little Sheba.

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Oscars: The Process Behind How the Statuettes Are Made

The Oscar starts at Chicago's R.S. Owens & Co., which has manufactured the statuettes since 1983. (It also makes the Emmy statuettes.) Ingots of proprietary Britannia pewter alloy are melted and poured into molds based on the original 1928 design by MGM art director Cedric Gibbons that depicts a stylized knight holding a crusader's sword. Aside from minor alterations to the base, the statuette today is identical to the original. About 50 are made for each ceremony.

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‘Ghostbusters’ Star Harold Ramis Dies at 69

Harold Ramis, best known as an actor in Ghostbusters and Stripes and a writer/director for Caddyshack and Groundhog Day died Monday died today from complications related to auto-immune inflammatory vasculitis, a disease he battled for four years. He was 69.

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'Gravity' Tops Sound Mixers Awards

Gravity -- which last weekend won the BAFTA in the sound competition -- topped a field that included the sound mixers from Captain Phillips, Inside Llewyn Davis, Iron Man 3 and Lone Survivor.

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Oldest Surviving Superman Art Sells at Auction

Dated August 1939, the cover to Action Comics No. 15 features Superman underwater rescuing a disabled submarine. It was drawn by Fred Guardineer, who illustrated many of DC's earliest covers. The book is considered by many to be among the 100 most significant Golden Age comics.

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'Blue Jasmine,' '12 Years a Slave' Win At Costume Designers Guild Awards

Costume designer Suzy Benzinger received an award for her work on Blue Jasmine, while Patricia Norris was awarded for 12 Years a Slave. Trish Summerville nabbed a win for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire in the fantasy film section.

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