Anne Hathaway: Oscar Host's Red Dress outshone Oscars' Red Carpet. Anne Hathaway Oscar host: Red dress one of countless outfits Blast from the Past: Pictured above is Oscar host Anne Hathaway sporting a blindingly bright white smile while on the 2011 Academy Awards' Red Carpet just outside the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. But wait. In the photo, Hathaway is wearing a blindingly bright red gown. Wasn't her dress of a metallic blue hue? Actually, no. It was beige (with patterns). Wait. Come to think of it, she actually wore a tux, not a dress. Or maybe it was all of the above. And more. How could that be? Well, the color, texture, format, and type of Anne Hathaway's outfits varied according to which 15 minutes of the Oscar telecast you watched on Sunday night, Feb. 27. Hathaway, a Best Actress nominee for Jonathan Demme's Rachel Getting Married in early...
- 1/4/2016
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Amy Adams drop dead gorgeous on Oscars' Red Carpet Amy Adams at the 83rd Academy Awards Looking drop dead gorgeous, Amy Adams is pictured above donning a scintillating blue dress while arriving at the 2011 Oscar ceremony, held on Feb. 27 at the Kodak Theatre in the fast-thumping heart of Hollywood. Adams was – for the third time in six years (more info below) – a Best Supporting Actress nominee. This time around, she was shortlisted for her performance in David O. Russell's The Fighter, a generally well-regarded and surprisingly successful (in the U.S.) boxing drama that earned fellow supporting actress Melissa Leo the evening's Oscar. Another The Fighter actor, Christian Bale (Batman Begins, The Dark Knight), took home the Best Supporting Actor Oscar statuette. In fact, the film's only major cast member left without an Oscar nomination in the acting categories was lead Mark Wahlberg (pictured with wife) – though he did...
- 5/15/2015
- by D. Zhea
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Steven Spielberg and daughter Destry Spielberg on the Oscars' Red Carpet Steven Spielberg and daughter Destry Steven Spielberg and daughter Destry Spielberg arrive at the 83rd Academy Awards, held on Feb. 27 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. Spielberg has taken home two Best Director Oscars: Schindler's List (1993) and Saving Private Ryan (1998). Schindler's List also won Best Picture, but Saving Private Ryan lost to John Madden's Miramax-distributed Shakespeare in Love. There was quite a bit of animosity at the time, as some felt that Miramax, owned by brothers Bob and Harvey Weinstein, overdid its Oscar campaigning – while still managing to sway enough Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences members to vote for its film. Somewhat ironically, at the 2011 Academy Awards ceremony Steven Spielberg presented the Best Picture Award to The King's Speech. Toplining Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter, Geoffrey Rush, Guy Pearce, and Claire Bloom, this British production was...
- 5/14/2015
- by D. Zhea
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Annette Bening and Warren Beatty on the Oscars' Red Carpet Best Actress nominee Annette Bening and husband Warren Beatty Smiling radiantly, Best Actress Academy Award nominee Annette Bening and husband Warren Beatty are seen above as they arrive at the 83rd Academy Awards ceremony, held on Feb. 27 at the Kodak Theatre, located in the world-renowned (but locally not all that prestigious) Los Angeles suburb of Hollywood. Annette Bening was in the running for her performance as a lesbian companion/wife to Julianne Moore and mother/adoptive mother of Mia Wasikowska and Josh Hutcherson in Lisa Cholodenko's The Kids Are All Right. Bening lost the Best Actress Oscar to Natalie Portman for her mentally unbalanced ballerina in Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan. See also: Pregnant Natalie Portman on the Oscars' Red Carpet. Annette Bening: Four Oscar nominations The Kids Are All Right was Annette Bening's fourth Academy Award nomination.
- 5/12/2015
- by D. Zhea
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Hilary Swank Oscar dress Hilary Swank on Oscars' Red Carpet Pictured above is Hilary Swank, wearing an Oscar dress consisting of (what looks like) tons of frills and feathers, on the 2011 Academy Awards Red Carpet this past Sunday, Feb. 27. Swank wasn't nominated for anything, but she acted as a presenter of sorts at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. How so? Well, she introduced last year's Best Director winner, Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker), who then presented this year's Best Director Oscar to Tom Hooper for The King's Speech. Two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank has taken home two Best Actress Oscar statuettes. Kimberly Peirce's Boys Don't Cry (1999). Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby (2004). These were her only two nominations as well. Both times she beat Annette Bening, who was in the running this year once again for her role as a lesbian wife and mother in Lisa Cholodenko's The Kids Are All Right,...
- 5/9/2015
- by D. Zhea
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Scarlett Johansson Oscar dress Scarlett Johansson at the Oscars Looking great in a long purple dress, Scarlett Johansson displays her tight-fitting costume and bare back at the 83rd Academy Awards held on Feb. 27 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. Oscar 2011 co-host and Best Actor nominee James Franco (for Danny Boyle's 127 Hours) thus introduced Johansson and fellow Oscar presenter Matthew McConaughey: "I am six degrees of Kevin Bacon away from our next two presenters. Figure it out on the Internet." Well, if you're lucky. Some have remarked that Franco was a more effective Oscar host online, where he tweeted some of the evening's to-dos, than on the stage of the Kodak Theatre. His fellow equally panned Oscarcast host was actress Anne Hathaway. Scarlett Johansson movies Scarlett Johansson has been featured in more than 40 films since her debut at age 10 in Rob Reiner's North, back in 1994. Johansson, in fact,...
- 5/8/2015
- by D. Zhea
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Cate Blanchett and Michelle Williams at the Oscars, with a purple-garbed Scarlett Johansson in the background Cate Blanchett and Michelle Williams at the 83rd Academy Awards A bit of newfangled Old Hollywood glamour as five-time Oscar nominee Cate Blanchett, who presented the 2011 Oscars for Best Costume Design and Best Make-Up, and two-time Oscar nominee Michelle Williams are seen chatting backstage during the live broadcast of the 83rd Academy Awards ceremony, held on Feb. 27 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. Cate Blanchett Oscar nominations Cate Blanchett took home the 2004 Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for her work in Martin Scorsese's The Aviator, in which she plays Katharine Hepburn opposite Leonardo DiCaprio's Howard Hughes. Blanchett's other Oscar nominations were the following: Best Actress for Shekhar Kapur's Elizabeth (1998). Best Supporting Actress for Richard Eyre's Notes on a Scandal (2006). Best Actress for Shekhar Kapur's Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007). Best...
- 5/4/2015
- by D. Zhea
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Zachary Levi and guest on the Oscars' Red Carpet Zachary Levi at the Academy Awards Pictured above is Zachary Levi and a guest on the 83rd Academy Awards' Red Carpet this past Sunday, Feb. 27, just outside the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. At the Oscar ceremony, Zachary Levi and Mandy Moore performed "I See the Light," a Best Original Song nominee – music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Glenn Slater – from the animated feature Tangled. The 2011 Best Song winner turned out to be Randy Newman's "We Belong Together," from another animated feature, Toy Story 3 – last year's biggest domestic box office hit. Zachary Levi movies Below is a partial list of Zachary Levi films.* His movie debut took place in Mark Douglas Miller's comedy short Reel Guerrillas (2005), while his feature film debut was in a supporting role in John Whitesell's comedy Big Momma's House 2 (2006). Thor: The Dark World (2013). Director: Alan Taylor.
- 4/26/2015
- by D. Zhea
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Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, and Angelina Jolie's notorious right leg ("Brangeleg" for short?) are seen backstage at the 2012 Academy Awards ceremony, which took place at the Hollywood and Highland Center in Hollywood on February 26. Pitt was a Best Actor nominee for Bennett Miller's Moneyball. (Photo: Darren Decker / ©A.M.P.A.S.) Pitt, 48, and Jolie, 37 next June, have been in the headlines in the last day or so after it was announced that the couple, who have been living together for years and have six children, are officially engaged. Now, before you start Omg'ing: No wedding date has been set. Both actors had previously stated that they'd hold off getting married until the United States allowed for marriage equality (i.e., gay and lesbian couples having the same marriage rights as heterosexual couples). Previously, Brad Pitt was a Best Actor nominee for David Fincher...
- 4/15/2012
- by Zac Gille
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Cameron Diaz Cameron Diaz backstage during at the 84th Academy Awards held last February 26, 2012. Diaz was a presenter along with Jennifer Lopez. She has never been nominated for an Academy Award, though she did win a Best Actress from the New York Film Critics Circle for her performance in, this is not an April's Fools joke, There's Something About Mary. (Photo: Darren Decker / ©A.M.P.A.S.) Cameron Diaz, who'll turn 40 next August, will next be seen in Kirk Jones' What to Expect When You're Expecting. Diaz's co-stars are Lopez, Brooklyn Decker, Anna Kendrick, Elizabeth Banks, Dennis Quaid, Chace Crawford, Rodrigo Santoro, Chris Rock, Megan Mullally, and Genesis Rodriguez. Next, Diaz shall be seen in Michael Hoffman's Gambit, written by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, and featuring Colin Firth, Cloris Leachman, Stanley Tucci, Alan Rickman, and veteran Tom Courtenay. Michael Caine and Shirley MacLaine co-starred in the...
- 4/7/2012
- by D. Zhea
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Meryl Streep, J. Roy Helland Meryl Streep and J. Roy Helland toast their respective Oscar wins at the Governors Ball following the 84th Academy Awards held at the Hollywood and Highland Center in Hollywood on Sunday, February 26, 2012. After thanking husband Don Gummer in her acceptance speech, Streep expressed her joy that her "other partner," makeup artist Helland, had finally won an Academy Award (shared with Mark Coulier). Both Streep and Helland were honored for their work on Phyllida Lloyd's The Iron Lady. (Photo: Darren Decker / © A.M.P.A.S.) Helland has been working Streep since Alan J. Pakula's Sophie's Choice, the movie that earned the veteran actress her first Best Actress Oscar back in early 1983. Among his other movies with Streep are Robert Benton's Still of the Night, Mike Nichols' Silkwood, Ulu Grosbard's Falling in Love, Sydney Pollack's Out of Africa, Nichols' Heartburn,...
- 3/6/2012
- by D. Zhea
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Bret McKenzie Bret McKenzie, Best Original Song Oscar winner for The Muppets' "Man or Muppet," at the 2012 Academy Awards after-party. The song had only one competitor: Sergio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown, and Siedah Garrett's "Real in Rio," from Carlos Saldanha's Rio. (Photo: Darren Decker / © A.M.P.A.S.) "I grew up in New Zealand watching The Muppets on TV," McKenzie said in his acceptance speech. "I never dreamed I’d get to work with them. And I was genuinely starstruck when I finally met Kermit the Frog. But once you get to know him, he’s just a normal frog. And like many stars here tonight, he’s a lot shorter in real life. Just a few jokes." Bret McKenzie kept on with his "jokes" at the q&a backstage. See partial transcript (courtesy of AMPAS) below. Q. Here you are joining the ranks of Hugh Jackman, Jane Campion.
- 3/5/2012
- by Anna Robinson
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Robert Richardson Cinematographer Robert Richardson, Oscar winner for his work on Martin Scorsese's Hugo, attends the Oscar 2012 Governors Ball on February 26. (Photo: Darren Decker / © A.M.P.A.S.) Richardson's competitors were The Artist's Guillaume Schiffman, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo's Jeff Cronenweth, The Tree of Life's Emmanuel Lubezki, and War Horse's Janusz Kaminski. Lubezki was the critics' favorite and the winner of the American Society of Cinematographers Award — which Richardson has never won despite his ten nominations. On the other hand, Richardson has taken home three Academy Awards. Besides Hugo, he won for Scorsese's The Aviator, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, and Oliver Stone's JFK, starring Kevin Costner. Below is the Robert Richardson Q&A (courtesy of AMPAS) held in the Oscar 2012 pressroom. Q. You did make a comment on stage about the cinematography award being first. Were you serious? Is that something that's...
- 3/5/2012
- by Anna Robinson
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Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Daniel Junge Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Daniel Junge, Oscar-winners for the Documentary Short Subject Saving Face, attend the Governors Ball following the 84th Academy Awards held at the Hollywood and Highland Center in Hollywood on Sunday, February 26, 2012. (Photo: Darren Decker / © A.M.P.A.S.) Saving Face tells the story of women who have had their faces disfigured by acid attacks in Pakistan. Below is the transcript of the q&a (courtesy of AMPAS) with Obaid-Chinoy and Junge held in the pressroom backstage. A. (Junge) This is only a third less nerve racking than being up there. But still all the same. I think it's important to note that this is the first Pakistani director nominated and now winning an Academy Award, which is really worth, yeah, applaud. Thank you. Q. Hi. I am wondering other than, of course, winning, what has been the most exciting thing about your night so far,...
- 3/5/2012
- by Anna Robinson
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Alex Henning Alex Henning shows his newly-engraved Oscar for Best Visual Effects at the Governors Ball following the 84th Academy Awards held at the Hollywood and Highland Center in Hollywood on Sunday, February 26, 2012. Henning shared the Academy Award with Rob Legato, Joss Williams, and Ben Grossman for their work on Martin Scorsese's Hugo. The other competitors in that category were Shawn Levy's Real Steel, Rupert Wyatt's Rise of the Planet of the Apes, and Michael Bay's Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. (Photo: Darren Decker / © A.M.P.A.S.) While accepting his Oscar, Rob Legato told the crowd: "I didn’t expect this. I know it’s a huge thrill to be nominated, but it’s awesome to win and it’s really underrated. I really wouldn’t be here for not for the genius of Martin Scorsese. It’s an epic thrill to work on...
- 3/4/2012
- by D. Zhea
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Jessica Chastain Jessica Chastain attended the Governors Ball following the 2012 Academy Awards ceremony held at Hollywood & Highland on Sunday, February 26. Chastain won numerous Best Supporting Actress critics' prizes this awards season, but lost the Oscar to Octavia Spencer. (Photo: Darren Decker / ©A.M.P.A.S.) Both Chastain and Spencer were in the running for Tate Taylor's socially conscious drama The Help. Their competitors were Janet McTeer for Rodrigo García's Albert Nobbs, Melissa McCarthy for Paul Feig's 2011 summer sleeper hit Bridesmaids, and Bérénice Bejo for Michel Hazanavicius' The Artist. Jessica Chastain kept herself busy in 2011. In addition to The Help, she could be spotted in Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life, with Brad Pitt and Sean Penn; John Madden's The Debt, with Sam Worthington and Helen Mirren; Ami Canaan Mann's Texas Killing Fields, with Worthington and Jeffrey Dean Morgan; Jeff Nichols' Take Shelter,...
- 3/1/2012
- by D. Zhea
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Owen Wilson Owen Wilson attended the Governors Ball following the 84th Academy Awards ceremony at Hollywood & Highland on February 26, 2012. Wilson and Penelope Cruz presented Oscar for Best Original Score and Best Original Song. The winners were, respectively, The Artist's Ludovic Bource and Bret McKenzie for The Muppets' "Man or Muppet." (Photo: Darren Decker / ©A.M.P.A.S.) Bource's competitors were Howard Shore for Martin Scorsese's Hugo, Alberto Iglesias for Tomas Alfredson's Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy, and John Williams for two Steven Spielberg-directed movies, War Horse and The Adventures of Tintin. McKenzie's song only had one competitor, "Real in Rio," from Carlos Saldanha's animated feature Rio. The song's composers were Sergio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown, and Siedah Garrett. Billy Crystal was this year's Oscar show host. Among the Academy Award presenters / Oscarcast participants were The Fighter / Batman Begins / The Dark Knight / The Dark Knight Rises'...
- 3/1/2012
- by D. Zhea
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Meryl Streep Meryl Streep ended up beating Viola Davis at the 2012 Academy Awards this past Sunday. In the above photo, Streep is seen on her way to picking up her third Oscar statuette. In the background, Sandra Bullock can be seen applauding enthusiastically, while George Clooney admires Streep's dress and Owen Wilson holds his trousers up. (Photo: Darren Decker / ©A.M.P.A.S.) Two days after her Oscar victory, it was announced that Streep had donated $10,000 on behalf of Viola Davis to a charter school in the Rhode Island town of Central Falls, Davis' hometown. The school is reportedly attempting to raise money to buy the building where it's located or move to another site. Some have taken to the Internet to complain that Streep's donation represents a minuscule percentage of her earnings. Never mind the fact that Streep has donated (much more?) money to other causes as well — but that those go unreported.
- 3/1/2012
- by D. Zhea
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Meryl Streep Meryl Streep defeated Viola Davis at the 2012 Academy Awards this past Sunday. In the above photo, Streep is seen on her way to picking up her third Oscar statuette. In the background, Sandra Bullock can be seen applauding enthusiastically, while George Clooney admires Streep's dress and Owen Wilson holds his trousers up. (Photo: Darren Decker / ©A.M.P.A.S.) Two days after her Oscar victory, it was announced that Streep had donated $10,000 on behalf of Davis to a charter school in the Rhode Island town of Central Falls, Davis' hometown. The school is reportedly attempting to raise money to buy the building where it's located or move to another site. Some have taken to the Internet to complain that Streep's donation represents a minuscule percentage of her earnings. Never mind the possibility that Streep has donated (much more?) money to other causes as well — but that those go unreported.
- 3/1/2012
- by D. Zhea
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Kate Capshaw, Steven Spielberg Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw attend the Governors Ball following the 84th Academy Awards in Hollywood, CA February 26, 2012. Along with Kathleen Kennedy, Spielberg produced Best Picture nominee War Horse, which he also directed, and which features Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson, and Tom Hiddleston. (Photo: Darren Decker / ©A.M.P.A.S.) This year, War Horse's Best Picture competitors were the following: Martin Scorsese's Hugo, with Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz, Ben Kingsley, and Sacha Baron Cohen; Alexander Payne's The Descendants, with George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, and Judy Greer; Bennett Miller's Moneyball, starring Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, and Robin Wright; Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life, with Pitt, Jessica Chastain, and Sean Penn; Stephen Daldry's Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, with Thomas Horn, Sandra Bullock, Tom Hanks, and Max von Sydow; Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris, with Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams,...
- 2/29/2012
- by D. Zhea
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Rooney Mara Rooney Mara attends the Governors Ball right after the 2012 Academy Awards on February 26. Mara was a Best Actress nominee for her performance as a computer hacker who helps out an unjustly maligned journalist in David Fincher's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. (Photo: Darren Decker / ©A.M.P.A.S.) Rooney Mara's competitors in the Best Actress category were Viola Davis for The Help, Michelle Williams (as Marilyn Monroe) for Simon Curtis' My Week with Marilyn, and Glenn Close for Albert Nobbs, and the eventual winner, Meryl Streep for her performance as former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher in Phyllida Lloyd's The Iron Lady. One of the featured players in Fincher's Oscar-nominated The Social Network, Mara is currently attached to star in two upcoming film projects: Steven Soderbergh's The Bitter Pill, to feature Channing Tatum, Jude Law, and Catherine Zeta-Jones; and Terrence Malick's Lawless,...
- 2/29/2012
- by D. Zhea
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Shailene Woodley, Judy Greer Shailene Woodley and Judy Greer at the Governors Ball following the 84th Annual Academy Awards ceremony on February 26, 2012. Woodley was a Spirit Award in the Best Supporting Actress category for her performance as George Clooney's daughter in Alexander Payne's The Descendants. However, she failed to be shortlisted by the Academy. Greer was another The Descendants cast member. (Photo: Darren Decker / ©A.M.P.A.S.) As per the IMDb, Shailene Woodley will next be seen in The Monogamy Experiment, directed by Amy Rider. Judy Greer will next be seen in Gabriele Muccino's Playing the Field, a comedy-drama featuring Gerard Butler, Jessica Biel, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Uma Thurman, Dennis Quaid, and James Tupper.
- 2/29/2012
- by D. Zhea
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Maya Rudolph Maya Rudolph attends the Governors Ball following the 84th Academy Awards ceremony held at Hollywood & Highland in Hollywood on February 26, 2012. Rudolph wasn't nominated for any Oscars, but she was a presenter alongside fellow Bridesmaids actresses Rose Byrne, Ellie Kemper, Melissa McCarthy, Wendi McLendon-Covey, and Kristen Wiig. (Photo: Darren Decker / ©A.M.P.A.S.) Billy Crystal was this year's Oscar host. Among the Academy Award presenters / Oscar show participants were The Fighter / The Flowers of War / The Dark Knight / The Dark Knight Rises' Christian Bale; Casa de Mi Padre / Dogfight's Will Ferrell; 30 Rock / Date Night's Tina Fey; The King's Speech / Gambit's Colin Firth; The Hangover's Zach Galifianakis; Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close / Cloud Atlas / Forrest Gump / Big's Tom Hanks; The Tourist / Salt / Maleficent / Girl, Interrupted's Angelina Jolie; Resident Evil: Apocalypse / Resident Evil: Retribution / The Three Musketeers' Milla Jovovich; and 21 Grams / Welcome to the Rileys...
- 2/29/2012
- by D. Zhea
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Michael Douglas Michael Douglas attends the Governors Ball following the 84th Academy Awards ceremony held at Hollywood & Highland on February 26, 2012. Douglas was a presenter at the Oscar show; he handed out the Best Director Oscar to The Artist's Michel Hazanavicius. (Photo: Darren Decker / ©A.M.P.A.S.) Michael Douglas has been nominated for — and won — two Academy Awards: He and Saul Zaentz co-produced Milos Forman's 1975 Best Picture winner One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; in early 1988, he won a Best Actor Oscar for Oliver Stone's Wall Street, also featuring Charlie Sheen, Darryl Hannah, Sean Young (who had an altercation with a security guard outside this year's Governors Ball), Hal Holbrook, and Terence Stamp. Douglas is one of the relatively few Best Actor winners to have had (to date) only one Oscar nomination in the acting categories. Douglas' father, Kirk Douglas, was nominated for three Best Actor Oscars:...
- 2/29/2012
- by D. Zhea
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Octavia Spencer, Meryl Streep Octavia Spencer — quite literally — joins Meryl Streep at 2012 post-Oscar ceremony Governors Ball held at Hollywood and Highland Center in Hollywood, CA, Sunday, February 26. Spencer was the Best Supporting Actress winner for her performance in Tate Taylor's socially conscious comedy-drama The Help. Streep was the Best Actress winner for her performance as former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher in Phyllida Lloyd's The Iron Lady. (Photo: Darren Decker / ©A.M.P.A.S.) Octavia Spencer was a first-time nominee. Her Best Supporting Actress competition consisted of fellow first-time nominees Jessica Chastain for The Help, Bérénice Bejo for Michel Hazanavicius' The Artist, and Melissa McCarthy for Paul Feig's Bridesmaids, in addition to two-time nominee Janet McTeer for Rodrigo García's Albert Nobbs. McTeer had been previously shortlisted in the Best Actress category for Gavin O'Connor's Tumbleweeds (1999). Meryl Streep's competitors in the Best Actress...
- 2/29/2012
- by D. Zhea
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Governors Ball 2012 The Governors Ball, the official post-Academy Awards party, was held at the Hollywood & Highland Center on February 26, 2012. Oscar winners and losers, presenters and performers showed up at the ball for drinks, food, and some groovy lighting and ambiance, as can be attested above. But the big news at the 2012 Governors Ball wasn't the mauve illumination, or Meryl Streep's third Oscar, or Christopher Plummer's first, or Jean Dujardin's one-for-the-books Best Actor victory, or even Angelina Jolie's bare right leg — but that Sean Young was arrested just outside the Ball. (Photo: Darren Decker / ©A.M.P.A.S.) "I was just standing by the little line [outside the Ball]," Young told People magazine. "I wasn't bothering anybody." She explained she was taking pictures with the likes of Jolie, Brad Pitt, and Sandra Bullock (right, with Young) to post them on her Facebook page when a security guard told her to leave.
- 2/28/2012
- by Zac Gille
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Tina Fey Tina Fey attends the Governors Ball following the 84th Annual Academy Awards from Hollywood, CA February 26, 2012. Fey and Bradley Cooper presented the Best Film Editing Oscar to a couple of surprised winners: Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall for David Fincher's thriller The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, starring Rooney Mara and Daniel Craig. That was the only Oscar for Fincher's remake of the Swedish original starring Noomi Rapace. (Photo: Darren Decker / ©A.M.P.A.S.) Among Tina Fey's credits are the television series 30 Rock and the movie Date Night, in addition to the screenplay for the Lindsay Lohan-Rachel McAdams-Amanda Seyfried comedy Mean Girls. This year's Oscar ceremony was hosted by Billy Crystal. Besides Fey and Cooper, presenters included The Fighter / Batman Begins / The Flowers of War / The Dark Knight / The Dark Knight Rises' Christian Bale; Mission: Impossible IV – Ghost...
- 2/28/2012
- by D. Zhea
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Three-time Academy Award®-nominated actor Tom Cruise and Academy Award®-winning actress Halle Berry will present at the 84th Academy Awards® ceremony, telecast producers Brian Grazer and Don Mischer have announced.
Cruise was nominated for his lead performances in “Born on the Fourth of July” and “Jerry Maguire.” He also was nominated for his supporting role in “Magnolia.” Cruise was recently seen in “Mission: Impossible . Ghost Protocol” and will be seen next in “Rock of Ages.” His other film credits include “Tropic Thunder,” “War of the Worlds,” “Collateral,” “Minority Report,” “A Few Good Men,” “Rain Man,” “The Color of Money” and “Top Gun.”
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Berry won an Oscar® in 2001 for her lead performance in “Monster.s Ball.” She was recently seen in “New Year.s Eve” and will be seen next opposite Tom Hanks and Hugh Grant in “Cloud Atlas.
Three-time Academy Award®-nominated actor Tom Cruise and Academy Award®-winning actress Halle Berry will present at the 84th Academy Awards® ceremony, telecast producers Brian Grazer and Don Mischer have announced.
Cruise was nominated for his lead performances in “Born on the Fourth of July” and “Jerry Maguire.” He also was nominated for his supporting role in “Magnolia.” Cruise was recently seen in “Mission: Impossible . Ghost Protocol” and will be seen next in “Rock of Ages.” His other film credits include “Tropic Thunder,” “War of the Worlds,” “Collateral,” “Minority Report,” “A Few Good Men,” “Rain Man,” “The Color of Money” and “Top Gun.”
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Berry won an Oscar® in 2001 for her lead performance in “Monster.s Ball.” She was recently seen in “New Year.s Eve” and will be seen next opposite Tom Hanks and Hugh Grant in “Cloud Atlas.
- 2/2/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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Nominations for the 84th Academy Awards® will be announced on Tuesday, January 24, by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak and Academy member and Oscar-nominated actress Jennifer Lawrence.
Sherak and Lawrence will unveil the nominations in 10 of the 24 categories at a 5:30 a.m. Pt news conference at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, where hundreds of media representatives from around the world will be gathered. Nominations information for all categories will be distributed simultaneously to news media in attendance and via the Internet on the official Academy Awards website, www.oscar.com.
Last year, for the 83rd Academy Awards, Lawrence received a nomination for her lead performance in “Winter’s Bone.” She will be seen next in “The Hunger Games” and recently completed work on “The Silver Linings Playbook.” Lawrence’s other film credits include “The Burning Plain,...
Nominations for the 84th Academy Awards® will be announced on Tuesday, January 24, by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak and Academy member and Oscar-nominated actress Jennifer Lawrence.
Sherak and Lawrence will unveil the nominations in 10 of the 24 categories at a 5:30 a.m. Pt news conference at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, where hundreds of media representatives from around the world will be gathered. Nominations information for all categories will be distributed simultaneously to news media in attendance and via the Internet on the official Academy Awards website, www.oscar.com.
Last year, for the 83rd Academy Awards, Lawrence received a nomination for her lead performance in “Winter’s Bone.” She will be seen next in “The Hunger Games” and recently completed work on “The Silver Linings Playbook.” Lawrence’s other film credits include “The Burning Plain,...
- 1/9/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Gil Cates, 2008. credit: Darren Decker / ©A.M.P.A.S.
Gil Cates, producer of 14 Academy Awards, has sadly passed away at the age of 77.
From Variety:
Cates, whose film producing credits include “I Never Sang for My Father” and “The Last Married Couple in America,” most recently oversaw the Oscars as executive producer in 2008, the 80th annual kudofest. He produced his first Oscarcast in 1990, which earned him a Primetime Emmy for his work
According to his Geffen Playhouse bio, he is survived by wife Dr. Judith Reichman, four children, two stepchildren and grandchildren. Son Gil Cates Jr. is a writer-director.
AMPAS Statement Regarding the Passing of Gil Cates:
Beverly Hills, CA - “Gil was our colleague, our friend and a former governor of the Academy,” said Academy President Tom Sherak. “He was a consummate professional who gave the Academy and the world some of the most memorable moments in Oscar® history.
Gil Cates, producer of 14 Academy Awards, has sadly passed away at the age of 77.
From Variety:
Cates, whose film producing credits include “I Never Sang for My Father” and “The Last Married Couple in America,” most recently oversaw the Oscars as executive producer in 2008, the 80th annual kudofest. He produced his first Oscarcast in 1990, which earned him a Primetime Emmy for his work
According to his Geffen Playhouse bio, he is survived by wife Dr. Judith Reichman, four children, two stepchildren and grandchildren. Son Gil Cates Jr. is a writer-director.
AMPAS Statement Regarding the Passing of Gil Cates:
Beverly Hills, CA - “Gil was our colleague, our friend and a former governor of the Academy,” said Academy President Tom Sherak. “He was a consummate professional who gave the Academy and the world some of the most memorable moments in Oscar® history.
- 11/1/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
A handout released by the Miss Universe Organization shows Miss Belgium 2011, Justine De Jonckheere, posing for the camera as part of a taping for the upcoming Miss Universe 2011 competition while in Guaruja, Brazil on 30 August 2011. The contestants will spend the next 2 weeks appearing at events and preparing to compete in the 2011 Miss Universe Competition on 12 September 2011 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Epa/Darren Decker Handout Editorial Use Only A handout released by the Miss Universe Organization shows Miss Finland 2011, Pia Pakarinen, posing for the camera as part of a taping for the upcoming Miss Universe 2011 competition while in Guaruja, Brazil on 30 August 2011. The contestants will spend the next 2 weeks...
- 8/31/2011
- by M&C
- Monsters and Critics
A handout photo released by the Miss Universe Organization shows Miss France 2011, Laury Thilleman, posing in her swimwear in Sao Paulo, Brazil on 22 August 2011. She will spend the next 3 weeks appearing at events and preparing to compete in the 2011 Miss Universe Competition on 12 September 2011 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Epa/Darren Decker Handout Editorial Use Only A handout photo released by the Miss Universe Organization shows Miss Germany 2011, Valeria Bystritskaia, prepares for registration and fittings upon arriving in Sao Paulo, Brazil on 22 August 2011. She will spend the next 3 weeks appearing at events and preparing to compete in the 2011 Miss Universe Competition on 12 September 2011 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Epa/Richard...
- 8/23/2011
- by M&C
- Monsters and Critics
A handout released by the Miss Universe Organization shows Miss USA 2011, Alyssa Campanella, as she gets prepared for registration and fittings upon arriving in Sao Paulo, Brazil on 21 August 2011. She will spend the next 3 weeks appearing at events and preparing to compete in the 2011 Miss Universe Competition on 12 September in Sao Paulo. Epa/Darren Decker Handout Editorial Use Only A handout released by the Miss Universe Organization shows Miss Paraguay 2011, Alba Riquelme, as she gets prepared for registration and fittings upon arriving in Sao Paulo, Brazil on 21 August 2011. She will spend the next 3 weeks appearing at events and preparing to compete in the 2011 Miss Universe Competition on 12 September in...
- 8/22/2011
- by M&C
- Monsters and Critics
Mandy Moore arrives at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood last Sunday evening. Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi sang "I See the Light" from Disney's Tangled. "I See the Light" was one of four nominees for the Best Song Academy Award. The winner in that category was Randy Newman's "We Belong Together" from Toy Story 3. Tangled performed quite well at the domestic box office, but Lee Unkrich's Disney-Pixar release Toy Story 3 was the year's biggest financial hit. Photo: Darren Decker / ©A.M.P.A.S. Click on the photo to enlarge it.
- 3/4/2011
- by D. Zhea
- Alt Film Guide
Charles Ferguson, Audrey Marrs Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs arrive at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. Directed and co-produced by Charles Ferguson and co-produced by Audrey Marrs, Inside Job was voted the year's Best Documentary Feature. Inside Job depicts the causes behind the global economic meltdown that began in 2008. Matt Damon is the documentary's narrator. Inside Job's competitors were Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley's Waste Land, Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic's GasLand, Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger's Restrepo, and Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz's Exit Through the Gift Shop. Photo: Darren Decker / ©A.M.P.A.S. Click on the photo to enlarge it.
- 3/1/2011
- by D. Zhea
- Alt Film Guide
Denis Villanueve and guest Denis Villeneuve, whose Incendies was an Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year, arrives with guest for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. Incendies lost the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar to Susanne Bier's In a Better World (Denmark). The other competitors in the Best Foreign Language Film category were Dogtooth (Greece), Biutiful (Mexico), and Outside the Law (Algeria). Villeneuve's Polytechnique won Canada's Genie Award for Best Picture last year. Photo: Darren Decker / ©A.M.P.A.S. Click on the photo to enlarge it.
- 3/1/2011
- by D. Zhea
- Alt Film Guide
Scarlett Johansson Scarlett Johansson, one of the stars of Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation and Woody Allen's Match Point and Vicky Cristina Barcelona, arrives at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. Scarlett Johansson was a presenter along with Matthew McConaughey. Oscar 2011 co-host and Best Actor nominee James Franco (in the running for Danny Boyle's 127 Hours) introduced McConaughey and Johansson by saying, "I am six degrees of Kevin Bacon away from our next two presenters. Figure it out on the Internet." Some have remarked that Franco was a more effective Oscar host online, where he tweeted some of the evening's to-dos, than on the Kodak Theatre stage. Photo: Darren Decker / ©A.M.P.A.S. Click on the photo to enlarge it.
- 3/1/2011
- by D. Zhea
- Alt Film Guide
The biggest night in Hollywood, the 83rd Academy Awards, has passed, but Tinseltown will be buzzing with Oscar talk all year. We all know who went home with a golden statuette last night: “The King’s Speech,” Tom Hooper, Natalie Portman, Colin Firth, Christian Bale, Melissa Leo and more!
But let’s see how well you really know the Oscar winners.
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***This Just In! Two winners has already been selected!
But let’s see how well you really know the Oscar winners.
The Rules
The following questions refer to exclusive videos and interviews with Oscar winners found on MovingPicturesNetwork.com.
Answer every question correctly and you will win $250 in film prizes including
The latest issue of Moving Pictures Magazine A black long-sleeve crewneck T-shirt with silver Moving Pictures logo A white “Comic Book: The Movie” T-shirt
The first three (3) people to email all the correct answers to movingpicturesnet@gmail.com will be announced on our site, so check back often!
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- 3/1/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
The biggest night in Hollywood, the 83rd Academy Awards, has passed, but Tinseltown will be buzzing with Oscar talk all year. We all know who went home with a golden statuette last night: “The King’s Speech,” Tom Hooper, Natalie Portman, Colin Firth, Christian Bale, Melissa Leo and more!
But let’s see how well you really know the Oscar winners.
The Rules
The following questions refer to exclusive videos and interviews with Oscar winners found on MovingPicturesNetwork.com.
Answer every question correctly and you will win $250 in film prizes including
The latest issue of Moving Pictures Magazine A black long-sleeve crewneck T-shirt with silver Moving Pictures logo A white “Comic Book: The Movie” T-shirt
The first three (3) people to email all the correct answers to movingpicturesnet@gmail.com will be announced on our site, so check back often!
Remember to Be Specific!
***This Just In! Two winners has already been selected!
But let’s see how well you really know the Oscar winners.
The Rules
The following questions refer to exclusive videos and interviews with Oscar winners found on MovingPicturesNetwork.com.
Answer every question correctly and you will win $250 in film prizes including
The latest issue of Moving Pictures Magazine A black long-sleeve crewneck T-shirt with silver Moving Pictures logo A white “Comic Book: The Movie” T-shirt
The first three (3) people to email all the correct answers to movingpicturesnet@gmail.com will be announced on our site, so check back often!
Remember to Be Specific!
***This Just In! Two winners has already been selected!
- 3/1/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Tom Hooper, was an Oscar nominee for Achievement in Directing, when he arrived at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. He left that evening carrying an Oscar statuette for Best Direction for the British drama The King's Speech. This was Tom Hooper's first Best Direction Oscar nomination. Earlier this year, he also won the Directors Guild of America Award. Only six times since 1950 has the DGA winner failed to win a matching Oscar. Photo: Darren Decker / ©A.M.P.A.S. Click on the photo to enlarge it.
- 2/28/2011
- by D. Zhea
- Alt Film Guide
Céline Dion arrives at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. Dion has one previous major connection to the movies, the Titanic ballad. This year, she sang "Smile" during the Oscarcast's "In Memoriam" segment. Among those featured were Patricia Neal, Jill Clayburgh, Mario Monicelli, Leslie Nielsen, Robert Culp, Blake Edwards, Claude Chabrol, and Lena Horne, who also earned a special tribute from Halle Berry. Corey Haim was ignored in the segment, an omission that caused a furor online. Photo: Darren Decker / ©A.M.P.A.S. Click on the photo to enlarge it.
- 2/28/2011
- by D. Zhea
- Alt Film Guide
Annette Bening, Oscar nominee for Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role, arrives with Warren Beatty for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. Bening was in the running for Best Actress for Lisa Cholodenko's The Kids Are All Right. Bening lost the Oscar to Natalie Portman for Black Swan. Bening's previous Oscar nominations were for The Grifters (supporting, 1990), American Beauty (1999), and Being Julia (2004). She has never won an Academy Award. Beatty has never won a Best Actor Oscar, but he did win in the Best Direction category for Reds (1981). Photo: Darren Decker / ©A.M.P.A.S. Click on the photo to enlarge it.
- 2/28/2011
- by D. Zhea
- Alt Film Guide
Steven Spielberg arrives with Destry Spielberg for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. Steven Spielberg has won two Best Direction Oscars: for Schindler's List (1993) and Saving Private Ryan (1998). Schindler's List also won Best Picture, but Saving Private Ryan lost to Shakespeare in Love. This year, Spielberg presented the Best Picture Award to The King's Speech, a British production distributed in the United States by Harvey Weinstein's The Weinstein Co. Back in 1998, Weinstein's Miramax distributed Shakespeare in Love. Photo: Darren Decker / ©A.M.P.A.S. Click on the photo to enlarge it.
- 2/28/2011
- by D. Zhea
- Alt Film Guide
Reese Witherspoon arrives at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. Witherspoon presented the Best Supporting Actor Oscar to Christian Bale, who won for his performance in The Fighter. Last year's Best Supporting Actress winner, Mo'Nique, had reportedly refused to come to this year's ceremony. Reese Witherspoon will next be seen in Water for Elephants, co-starring Robert Pattinson and Christoph Waltz. Waltz was last year's Best Supporting Actor winner for Inglourious Basterds. Photo: Darren Decker / ©A.M.P.A.S. Click on the photo to enlarge it.
- 2/28/2011
- by D. Zhea
- Alt Film Guide
Amy Adams, Oscar nominee for Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, arrives at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. Amy Adams was nominated for David O. Russell's The Fighter, which earned fellow supporting actress Melissa Leo the Oscar. This was Adams third Oscar nomination in the supporting category, following Junebug (2005) and Doubt (2008), in which she co-starred with Meryl Streep. Among Adams' upcoming releases is Walter Salles' On the Road, starring Garrett Hedlund and Kristen Stewart. Photo: Darren Decker / ©A.M.P.A.S. Click on the photo to enlarge it.
- 2/28/2011
- by D. Zhea
- Alt Film Guide
Sharon Stone arrives at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. Sharon Stone wasn't nominated this year, but back in 2005 she was a Best Actress contender for Martin Scorsese's Casino, co-starring Robert De Niro. Stone became a star after Basic Instinct in 1992, but apart from Casino her film career has been mostly a series of critical and box-office disappointments. Basic Instinct 2 is considered by some as one of the worst movies of the past decade. Photo: Darren Decker / ©A.M.P.A.S. Click on the photo to enlarge it.
- 2/28/2011
- by D. Zhea
- Alt Film Guide
Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg, Oscar nominees for Original Screenplay, arrive at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. Cholodenko and Blumberg were up for the Best Original Screenplay Oscar for The Kids Are All Right. Starring Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska, and Josh Hutcherson, The Kids Are All Right is the story of a lesbian-led family whose sperm donor comes into their lives and almost breaks their household apart. Bening was a Best Actress nominee. Photo: Darren Decker / ©A.M.P.A.S. Click on the photo to enlarge it.
- 2/28/2011
- by D. Zhea
- Alt Film Guide
Mila Kunis laughs as she arrives at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland. Kunis was a presenter along with Justin Timberlake, who kept making Banksy jokes. Last year, Kunis was one of the top cast members in Darren Aronofsky's psychological thriller Black Swan. The sleeper hit also stars Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Winona Ryder, Barbara Hershey, Vincent Cassel, and Benjamin Millepied. Portman was voted the year's Best Actress. To date, Black Swan has grossed more than $200m worldwide. Its budget was only $13m. Photo: Darren Decker / ©A.M.P.A.S. Click on the photo to enlarge it.
- 2/28/2011
- by D. Zhea
- Alt Film Guide
Jesse Eisenberg, Oscar nominee for Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, arrives at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. Jesse Eisenberg's Best Actor nomination was for David Fincher's acclaimed drama The Social Network. The Social Network was the early Best Picture favorite this awards season, after it won nearly every Best Film award from North American film critics' groups. The King's Speech, however, won the top guild awards and came out victorious at the Oscars as well. The King's Speech's Colin Firth was the year's Best Actor. Photo: Darren Decker / ©A.M.P.A.S. Click on the photo to enlarge it.
- 2/28/2011
- by D. Zhea
- Alt Film Guide
Anne Hathaway arrives for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. Hathaway, a Best Actress nominee for Rachel Getting Married two years ago, was this year's Oscar ceremony co-host with James Franco. She got to sing, pose, and tell jokes. Roger Ebert wasn't impressed with his year's Oscar telecast. In a tweet posted a little while ago, he called it "The worst Oscarcast I've seen, and I go back awhile. Some great winners, a nice distribution of awards, but the show? Dead. In. The. Water." Photo: Darren Decker / ©A.M.P.A.S. Click on the photo to enlarge it.
- 2/28/2011
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
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