History makers have won best actress gold at the Oscars. Before another Academy Awards winner is named, we rank the best of the past 25 years.

Though there are differing accounts about how the singer’s pixie came to be, the most consistent story places its origin in 1966, when Ms. Minnelli impulsively lopped off her locks, and her boyfriend ...

With a film career spanning three decades, Miss Wong, who rose to stardom with “The Thief of Baghdad,” was acclaimed as a versatile and talented performer.

Once the world’s biggest moviemaker, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was weakened by corporate warfare and on the brink of collapse.