We got our first look at Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart this week, and that might not seem like a big thing to get excited about, but Bridges is being penciled into the Best Actor category with about six other guys. Still, with his track record, he's got to be a good bet to make it in the category, especially since Fox Searchlight is uncharacteristically weak with Oscar nominees this year. There's also...
After heart surgery and seven years away from the stage, comedian Robin Williams is ready to storm Broadway with his one-man show It takes some confidence to extend the Broadway run of your one-man show before opening night, especially a few months after undergoing heart surgery. But then Robin Williams has never been short of nerve. His lengthy career is due in equal measure to the fearless nature...
The town of Paso Robles California is rumbling with the power of rock 'n' roll as the Paso Robles Digital Film Festival rolled on this afternoon with a concert at the Silvester Winery featuring Chris Montez, Gary Busey Dimond Dave Somerville and Sonny Curtis.Musician/producer Vic Germano and Chris MontezYes, that Gary Busey, who will be at the screening of his Oscar-nominated turn in The Buddy
In honor of the World War II in High Definition series that's been airing on The History Channel (if you haven't been watching, you should), here's a triple feature of Oscar nominated documentaries from the period: To the Shores of...
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Nov. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Jean Rah Fya Records recording artist Bobby Tinsley won the award for Best R&B/Soul Artist at the 2009 HMMA awards alongside some of Hollywood's music industry greats. Also taking home awards were legendary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Dave Mason and Oscar-nominated film composer John Debney with Outstanding Career Achievement honors; Steve Rushton,...
I am not a person that seeks out many documentaries. I enjoy watching them whenever I do see them, but I don't hunt them down the way so many others do. So, when the Academy announced the 15 documentaries that made their short list for Oscar nomination consideration I didn't even think twice about dissecting [...]
Yes, she's in the Twilight movies. But right now she's best known within the Industry as the actress who steals the probable Oscar nominated Up In The Air. This is the time of year when the major agencies hunt for awards-touted talent.
Werner Herzog is one of the most fascinating figures in film. He's the only director who has made a film on every continent — "Encounters at the End of the World," which received a best-documentary Oscar nomination this year, was a study of Antarctica and its people. The well-traveled German once walked from Munich to Paris. The film "Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe" chronicled...
Claire Catherine Danes (born April 12, 1979 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA) is a Golden Globe Award-winning and Emmy Award-nominated American film, television, and theater actress most known for the television series My So-Called Life and the films Romeo + Juliet, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, and Stardust. Danes is perhaps most famous for bringing Angela Chase to life in the 1994...
Kate Hudson shines in a show-stopping number in her new movie 'Nine,' in theaters Christmas Day, and the Oscar-nominated star dishes on working with such co-stars as Nicole Kidman and Daniel Day Lewis -- and life with Yankee slugger Alex Rodriguez ! "It was a great year -- even better fall," Kate tells our own Mary Hart , referring to the Yankees' World Series win. Asked if she's in a good...
Oscar-nominated German director Werner Herzog will lead the international jury at the 60th Berlin Film Festival from February 11-21, organisers said on Thursday.
It happens almost every year. This is deeply disappointing but unfortunately not surprising at all. The two best documentaries I’ve seen this year have just been screwed out of a shot at an Oscar nomination. “Anvil! The Story of Anvil” and Michael Moore’s “Capitalism: A Love Story” were not picked as one of 15 films deemed eligible [...]
The list of films that might get nominated for Oscar’s Best Documentary prize have been announced and I have some very exciting news, both Food, Inc and The Cove are on it! The shortlist consists of 15 films and will eventually be whittled down to the 5 actual Oscar nominees. I am so happy that both The Cove and Food, Inc are on the list. They are easily two of my favorite docs of the year and...
Oscar-nominated German director Werner Herzog will lead the international jury at the 60th Berlin Film Festival from February 11-21, organisers said on Thursday. The critically acclaimed Herzog, 67, will head the panel that chooses the winners of the festival's coveted Golden and Silver Bear prizes which will be awarded on February 20. "Werner Herzog's films convey the artistic strength of cinema....