Academy Awards president Sid Ganis is positive the Oscars will go ahead despite the threat from the current Hollywood writers strike.

Organisers of the Oscars insisted the show would go on next month despite the Golden Globe ceremony being cancelled due to the Hollywood writers’ strike.

Two-times Oscar winner Tom Hanks has been elected as one of the vice presidents of America's Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Hit movie Little Miss Sunshine has prompted the bosses of the Oscars to change their rules, so that all "legitimate" producers of a film can be nominated.

The term power lunch took on a new meaning when 140 Hollywood stars including Clint Eastwood, Leonardo DiCaprio, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Will Smith and Penelope Cruz tucked in at the 26th annual Oscar Nominees Luncheon.

In the last official briefing before the big show, Oscar producer Gil Cates, director Lou Horvitz and Academy president Sid Ganis promised no political uproar – and no rain – at the Academy Awards tomorrow.