With the star power of hip-hop group The Black Eyed Peas and "Avatar" director James Cameron, South Korea's Samsung Electronics giant late Wednesday unveiled the world's first 3-D TV technology aimed at revolutionizing the home viewing experience. At a glitzy ceremony in New York's Time Warner Center, the leading consumer electronics maker announced the launch of a ...

Welcome to AFP's live report on the 2010 Oscars. A crush of stars in all their finery are beginning to descend on Hollywood?s Kodak Theatre for the movie industry?s biggest night out. This year's Oscars countdown has seen some unexpected gloves-off drama with one nominee even banned for illegal campaigning. But will the ceremony, now in ...

Iraq war drama "The Hurt Locker" blew away box office king "Avatar" to take six Oscars, with Kathryn Bigelow becoming the first woman to win the best director award on a historic Hollywood night. The nerve-jangling movie about a US Army bomb disposal squad in Baghdad also took best picture and best screenplay while "Avatar", made by Bigelow's ex-husband ...