Microsoft is hoping to bring you closer to celebrity news with its brand new app for iOS.

It's time for the Academy Awards, so you may be looking for the best way to stay on top of all the Oscar news. This week, we updated this AppList so you can get up-to-the-minute news and gossip straight from the source.

Just a few short years ago phones were meant for calls and actors did nothing important other than act. It's a new time and MTV has done a great job of combining our desire to stay up with the latest entertainment news and gossip with the capabilities of the iPhone OS with the free MTV News app for the iPhone and iPad.

Anything you ever wanted to know about the celebrity culture in your hands. And what sweetens the deal is that you don't have to look at every joe shmo, B list, C list celeb. You can skip to your favorites and to the most interesting of their stories.