Friday, March 05, 2010 - Posts
Director Quentin Tarantino ranks it in the "top three of all rock movies." "Little Steven" Van Zandt proclaims it "the greatest rock movie you've never seen."
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Mo'Nique won the supporting-actress honor Friday at the Spirit Awards honoring independent film for the Harlem drama "Precious," while Woody Harrelson earned the supporting-actor trophy for the war-on-terror story "The Messenger."
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Oscar nominees Woody Harrelson and Mo'Nique took home early prizes on Friday at the Spirit Awards, the independent film world's version of the Oscars.
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With She & Him's 2008 debut, "Vol. 1," M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel proved it's possible for a respected indie-rock troubadour to successfully team with a songwriting film star. The duo's first effort won over fans and critics with the combination of Deschanel's
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Organizers of this year's Oscar telecast promised on Friday the competition will be fierce and the show fast-paced in a bid to boost viewership as box office hits like "Avatar" vie for best film.
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The Los Angeles Times' critic may have panned the film, but that didn't stop Disney from paying top dollar to turn the newspaper's front page into a special advertisement on Friday for the new movie, "Alice in Wonderland."
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“Like I told him, he (needs) to go to church. If he had a little bit of Jesus in him, then he wouldn’t be so mean,” Sellers said. “I’ve never known (anybody) that don’t smile.”
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Entertainment Weekly has learned it’s a travelogue-type documentary from Mark Burnett ("Survivor") in which the former vice presidential candidate gives viewers an intimate look at Alaska.
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Oscar favorites Jeff Bridges and Mo'Nique will likely add trophies to their collections at the Spirit Awards on Friday, their final dress rehearsal before the Academy Awards two days later.
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Here's a tip for Charlie Sheen and Brooke Mueller: want to improve your troubled marriage? Try Twittens.
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Sources confirm to me exclusively that Mercy West transplants Robert Baker (Dr. Percy) and Nora Zehetner (Dr. Adamson) are not expected to return next season.
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The people behind Sunday's Oscars show are urging people to turn in early for one of the program's best sequences.
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The Academy Awards have a tiresome habit of calling the annual Oscar telecast "Hollywood's biggest night."
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Wolfgang Puck will arguably be busiest man in Hollywood once the best motion picture Oscar is handed out Sunday night in Hollywood.
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AFP - Scandal-tainted Iraq war drama "The Hurt Locker" is poised to overcome science-fiction epic "Avatar" at the Oscars Sunday as the movie industry descends on Hollywood for the 82nd Academy Awards.
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The president of the film academy and the producers of Sunday's Oscar ceremony promise it won't rain on the Academy Awards.
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Mo’Nique, Jeff Bridges, Sandra Bullock and Christoph Waltz have long been favored in their respective acting categories. Can anyone upset them at the Academy Awards?
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Will the big 3-D blockbuster take home the best-picture Oscar, or will it go to the smaller, and more critically acclaimed, "Hurt Locker"? The Academy has seen this battle before.
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Films presenting tough urban drama, breezy romance, immigrant tales and the last days of Leo Tolstoy are competing for top honors at the Spirit Awards honoring independent cinema.
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Films presenting tough urban drama, breezy romance, immigrant tales and the last days of Leo Tolstoy are competing for top honors at the Spirit Awards honoring independent cinema.
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Are movies your way of escaping the daily grind? You're not alone, with a Reuters/Ipsos poll finding more than one in four people across the globe go to the cinema often to suspend reality, if only for a few hours.
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In an interview airing on this weekend's "Sunday Morning" on CBS, the outspoken actor says he hopes any cynic who dismisses his efforts as a star turn will "die screaming of rectal cancer."
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Sean Penn has strong words for those who think he's showing off with his aid to earthquake-ravaged Haiti.
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Quentin Tarantino rewrote the ending of World War II with "Inglourious Basterds," his "Dirty Dozen"-style commando adventure that is nominated for best picture at Sunday's Academy Awards.
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The Karolinska institute says it will give the actor an honorary degree of medicine for his work to raise funds and awareness for Parkinson's disease.
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Sweden's Karolinska institute says it will give an honorary degree of medicine to Canadian-American actor Michael J. Fox for his work to raise funds and awareness for Parkinson's disease.
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Held captive for 18 years in a ramshackle backyard compound, Dugard is seen cooking with her sister and mother and riding horses in recently shot home videos aired on ABC Friday.
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As Hollywood rolls out the red carpet for the Oscars, a world away in remote eastern India, activists say the story of the blockbuster sci-fi film Avatar -- nominated for nine awards -- is being played out.
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The corn industry is lashing out at an Oscar-nominated documentary that has grossed out grocery shoppers, saying the film is unfair to many of the nation's farmers and shouldn't win.
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Taylor Lautner isn't a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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Hollywood is not exactly known for its grip on reality, but the experts have given an "A" for authenticity to the 10 contenders for the best picture Oscar on Sunday
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In "Green Zone," director Paul Greengrass brings the frenetic, run-and-gun style with which he utterly transformed the movie thriller in the Jason Bourne series to a different kind of thriller, one with a sharper political edge.
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