the oscars

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences this week announced that the 2010 Oscars will have twice the number of nominees vying to win the coveted best picture trophy. With 10 slots for best picture perhaps a few female-centric films will make the cut. A few possibilities could be Amelia with Hillary Swank, Julie and Julia with Meryl Streep and Amy Adams and The Tempest with Helen Mirren.

So, there was this little event called the Oscars that went down in Hollywood Sunday. We thought we’d cherrypick some photos of women we love including Grand Dame Meryl Streep, bisexual Lisbeth 2011 Rooney Mara, the lovely Octavia Spencer, Albert Nobbs gender benders Glenn Close and Janet McTeer, besties Michelle Williams and Busy Philips, Tina Fey, the Bridesmaids babes and many, many more…

Rev. Irene Monroe, a lesbian mom, weighs in on Mo'Nique's Oscar win and what it means. The historical legacy of the devaluation and demonization of black motherhood was both applauded and rewarded at this years Oscars. And the point was clearly illustrated with Mo’Nique, capturing the gold statue for best supporting actress in Lee Daniels' movie 'Precious,' based on the novel Push by Sapphire, as a ghetto welfare mom who demeans and demoralizes her child at every turn.

When Viola Davis lost the Oscar for best actress portraying an African American maid in Katherine Stockett’s The Help to Meryl Streep portraying former Britain Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady at the 84th Academy Awards ceremony, there was a collective sigh of relief from many of us African American sisters.

It's the Oscars from a lesbian POV. Here's what went down at Hollywood's biggest night - The Academy Awards - in 20 tweets, because that's really all it took to cover the highlights of the evening. From the red carpet arrivals, to the generally uneventful show, and some very entertaining commercials in between, check out the Twitter round up below.

SheWired's Editor in Chief, Tracy Gilchrist, will be tweeting The Oscars beginning at 4:30 PM PST. She'll be covering what the stars are wearing (or hopefully aren't wearing), the winners and speeches along with any other crazy antics that go down in Hollywood tonight. Join the conversation here!

This year the 83^rd Annual Academy Awards will be overflowing with major stars and the Best Actress nominees truly represent some of the most talented women working in film today. An outstanding year in cinema will be represented by ten Best Picture nominees and five of the most beautiful women ever to step foot in front of a Hollywood camera. Get to know the nominees.

Gaga's red carpet couture inspired a mountain of hilarious memes.

Do you think you know your queer women Oscar trivia? Find out here.

Songwriter Shawn Patterson is the actual nominee, but the sisters are thrilled to have played a role.

Ellen is hosting the Oscars for the second time in 2014.

Karen Black, the prolific actress best known for her iconic roles inEasy Rider, Five Easy Pieces,and Nashville, died Wednesday, according to her husband, Stephen Eckleberry. Black was 74, and had been suffering from cancer. Black appeared in more than 100 films throughout her career that spanned more than four decades, often portraying troubled, complex women. She played an openly transgender woman in 1982's screen adaptation ofCome Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, where she portrayed the post-operative trans woman portrayed pre-transition by openly gay actor Mark Patton. Black appeared opposite Cher, Kathy Bates, and out actress Sandy Dennis inFive and Dime.

The least lesbian Oscar nominations ever were announced this morning (caveat-‘least lesbian’ may be an exaggeration, but not by much). There was a dearth of lesbian and bisexual characters on the big screen in 2012, the likes of which have not been seen since Wings won the first Academy Award ever in 1927. Just last year Glenn Close and Janet McTeer were nominated for gender bending roles while Rooney Mara landed a nod for her incarnation of bisexual super hacker Lisbeth Salander in David Fincher’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. 2011 saw a nomination for Annette Bening for her annoying lesbian character in The Kids are All Right (but at least it was something). And in 2009 Penelope Cruz won Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of a fiery bisexual artist in Vicki Cristina Barcelona.