Seth MacFarlane will take on the always tough task of hosting what could be memorable, even historic, 85th Academy Awards. It could see either the oldest or youngest actress win a Best Actress award, plus who’s betting on Bond thriller “Skyfall” to win something? ...
Kathryn Bigelow is making the talk show rounds in an apparent effort to head off an organized campaign to prevent the film from winning a best picture Oscar. Martin Sheen and Ed Asner are the latest Hollywood celebrities to urge Oscar voters to bypass the film because it “glorifies” torture....
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler were totally the moment as hosts of the Golden Globe Awards. They treated the night with just the right touch of irreverence, humor and not a few biting comments, including a little riff on former host Ricky Gervais. “Ricky Gervais could not be here tonight because he is no longer technically in show business,” Fey, 42, quipped....
Ben Affleck was gold at the Golden Globes. He not only won best director while his film, “Argo,” won best picture, but he also was clearly the crowd favorite, after giving an emotional shoutout to his wife Jennifer Garner....
Martin Sheen and Ed Asner, the liberal conscious of Hollywood, have joined the protest against Kathryn Bigelow’s film “Zero Dark Thirty,” for the way it portrays torture in the hunt for Osama Bin Laden. Actor David Clennon began the campaign urging other Academy members to boycott the film in the Best Picture category....
Seth MacFarlane and actress Emma Stone will announce the nominations for the 85th Academy Awards Today from the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater. The show is in...
Jessica Chastain is ready to settle scores with those junior high school boyfriends who didn’t like her as a tomboy. She shows them what they’re missing now in a sizzling photo spread in the British edition of GQ magazine. Chastain, 35, says she was such a tomboy growing up she still feels uncomfortable being viewed as a sex symbol. “I always find sex scenes embarrassing. But at times they are necessary – I get that,” she tells the magazine. ...
Kathryn Bigelow’s latest film, “Zero Dark Thirty,” about the U.S. raid on Osama Bin Laden, has come under fire by right-wing nabobs. They claim it’s a political commercial for President Obama. Only one problem; it comes out weeks after the election. So what’s the beef? Apparently it’s not the film, but its first trailer that’s causing the rub. It has just been released to promote the picture. The 2:14 clip doesn't even mention the president. Even so, critics are complaining. They claim it could remind the public that the Obama gave the order to take out the Al Qaeda leader, something the Bush administration failed to do....
President Obama never looked more presidential than when he announced Osama Bin Laden’s death in May, and a television movie about the raid may give his campaign a last-minute lift. “Seal Team Six: The Raid On Osama Bin Laden” will debut on the National Geographic Channel on Sunday, Nov 4, just two days before the election. The film will put a positive spin on the event and will be a not-so-subtle reminder that Obama got the job done. “Twilight’s” Cam Gigandet will star with Anson Mount, Freddy Rodriquez, Xzibit, Kathleen Robertson, Eddie Kay Thomas and Kenneth Miller,...
