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2009 MTV Movie Awards

Bill Sullivan — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:41:09 +0000

Here’s a list of the nominees and winners of the 2009 MTV Movie Awards, announced May 31 in Los Angeles:

BEST MOVIE
* Twilight
The Dark Knight
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire

BEST MALE PERFORMANCE
* Zac Efron, High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Christian Bale, The Dark Knight
Robert Downey Jr., Iron Man
Shia LaBeouf, Eagle Eye
Vin Diesel, Fast & Furious

BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE
* Kristen Stewart, Twilight
Angelina Jolie, Wanted
Anne Hathaway, Bride Wars
Kate Winslet, The Reader
Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

BEST VILLAIN
* Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Derek Mears, Friday the 13th
Dwayne Johnson, Get Smart
Johnathon Schaech, Prom Night
Luke Goss, Hellboy II: The Golden Army

BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE
* Jim Carrey, Yes Man
Amy Poehler, Baby Mama
Anna Faris, The House Bunny
James Franco, Pineapple Express
Steve Carell, Get Smart

BEST FIGHT
* Robert Pattinson vs. Cam Gigandet, Twilight
Anne Hathaway vs. Kate Hudson, Bride Wars
Christian Bale vs. Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Ron Perlman vs. Luke Goss, Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Seth Rogen and James Franco vs. Danny McBride, Pineapple Express

BEST KISS
* Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, Twilight
Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy, Wanted
Freida Pinto and Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionaire
James Franco and Sean Penn, Milk
Paul Rudd and Thomas Lennon, I Love You, Man
Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron, High School Musical 3: Senior Year

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE, FEMALE
* Ashley Tisdale, High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Amanda Seyfried, Mamma Mia!
Freida Pinto, Slumdog Millionaire
Kat Dennings, Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist
Miley Cyrus, Hannah Montana: The Movie
Vanessa Hudgens, High School Musical 3: Senior Year

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE, MALE
* Robert Pattinson, Twilight
Ben Barnes, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Bobb’e J. Thompson, Role Models
Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionaire
Taylor Lautner, Twilight

BEST WTF MOMENT
* Peeing In The Sink, Amy Poehler in Baby Mama
Curved Bullet Kill, Angelina Jolie in Wanted
Jumping In The Poop Shed, Ayush Mahesh Khedekar in Slumdog Millionaire
Tasting Decapitated Head, Ben Stiller in Tropic Thunder
Naked Break Up, Jason Segel and Kristen Bell in Forgetting Sarah Marshall

BEST SONG FROM A MOVIE
* Miley Cyrus “The Climb”, Hannah Montana: The Movie
A.R. Raham “Jai Ho”, Slumdog Millionaire
Bruce Springsteen “The Wrestler”, The Wrestler
Paramore “Decode”, Twilight

Stars who fell in love making movies

Philip Wuntch — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:54:03 +0000

Brangelina will always be with us. Even if Brad and Angie don’t stay together, they’ll remain a point of reference for the media. Owen Wilson and Kate Hudson, an on-again, off-again duo, are now on again. Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon are still on. Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez didn’t last, but Ben found solace with Jennifer Garner.

There’s something provocative about movie stars falling in love while making a movie. What follows is a list of cuddly movie co-stars, some contemporary, some from days of yore.

You may wonder why Liam Neeson and Natasha Richardson or Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward or Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh didn’t make the list. It’s because Cupid struck them during the production of a stageplay, not a movie. After all, we aim for total accuracy.

And now, the list, beginning with some golden oldies:

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Bill Sullivan — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:00:10 +0000

Here are the winners of the Screen Actors Guild Awards, presented January 25, 2009:

Theatrical Motion Pictures

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Sean Penn, Milk

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Meryl Streep, Doubt

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Kate Winslet, The Reader

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Slumdog Millionaire

Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
The Dark Knight

Television

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Hugh Laurie, House M.D.

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Tina Fey, 30 Rock

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Mad Men

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
30 Rock

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Paul Giamatti, John Adams

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Laura Linney, John Adams

Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
Heroes

Source: Los Angeles Times

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Shocking moments of 2008

Bill Sullivan — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:13:21 +0000

The stock market tumbled. A black man was elected President of the United States. The Tampa Bay Rays made it to the World Series. Financial institutions crumbled, and once-proud automobile manufacturers went to Washington, seeking bailout money to survive.

Some genuinely unusual things happened in 2008, too.

As always, People magazine was keeping track of such offbeat events. Here’s the publication’s list of the most shocking moments of the year just completed:

1. Man gives birth

2. Britney held in psych ward

3. Heath found dead

4. Governor’s call girl scandal

5. Patrick (Swayze) cancer diagnosis

6. Mariah secretly weds

7. Jennifer (Hudson) family murder

8. Travis and DJ AM survive crash

9. Golden Globes canceled

10. Eddie and Tracey suddenly split

11. Clay: I’m a gay dad

Personally, our most shocking moment in 2008 was opening our 401k statement in November. But, we digress…

To read more about all these choices, and to see a slideshow, visit People.

66th Golden Globe winners

Bill Sullivan — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:05:58 +0000

Here are the winners of the 66th Golden Globe Awards, presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association:

MOTION PICTURES:

– Picture, Drama: Slumdog Millionaire

– Picture, Musical or Comedy: Vicky Cristina Barcelona

– Actor, Drama: Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

– Actress, Drama: Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road

– Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire

– Actor, Musical or Comedy: Colin Farrell, In Bruges

– Actress, Musical or Comedy: Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky

– Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

– Supporting Actress: Kate Winslet, The Reader

– Foreign Language Film: Waltz With Bashir

– Animated Film: WALL-E

– Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire

– Original Score: A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire

– Original Song: “The Wrestler” (performed and written by Bruce Springsteen), The Wrestler

TELEVISION:

– Series, Drama: Mad Men

– Actor, Drama: Gabriel Byrne, In Treatment

– Actress, Drama: Anna Paquin, True Blood

– Series, Musical or Comedy: 30 Rock

– Actor, Musical or Comedy: Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock

– Actress, Musical or Comedy: Tina Fey, 30 Rock

– Miniseries or Movie: John Adams

– Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Laura Linney, John Adams

– Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Paul Giammatti, John Adams

– Supporting Actress, Series, Miniseries or Movie: Laura Dern, Recount

– Supporting Actor, Series, Miniseries or Movie: Tom Wilkinson, John Adams

– Cecil B. DeMille Award: Steven Spielberg

Source: Hollywood Foreign Press Association

14th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards winners

PR Newswire — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:14:58 +0000

The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) announced the winners of the 14th annual Critics’ Choice Awards at a star-studded ceremony at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium and which aired live on VH1.

Slumdog Millionaire was the big winner with five wins for Best Picture, Best Director for Danny Boyle, Best Writer for Simon Beaufoy, Best Young Actor/Actress for Dev Patel and Best Composer for A.R. Rahman. Sean Penn and Milk received two awards, Best Actor and Best Ensemble. Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married) and Meryl Streep (Doubt) tied in the lead actress category, marking only the second tie in a lead actor category.

WINNERS OF THE 14TH ANNUAL CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARDS

BEST PICTURE: Slumdog Millionaire

BEST ACTOR: Sean Penn – Milk

BEST ACTRESS: – Tie: Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married and Meryl Streep – Doubt

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Kate Winslet – The Reader

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE: Milk

BEST DIRECTOR: Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire

BEST WRITER (Original or Adapted Screenplay): Simon Beaufoy – Slumdog Millionaire

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Wall-E

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS (Under 21): Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire

BEST ACTION MOVIE: The Dark Knight

BEST COMEDY: Tropic Thunder

BEST PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION: John Adams

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Waltz With Bashir

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: Man On Wire

BEST SONG (performer/writer, film): “The Wrestler” – Bruce Springsteen/Bruce Springsteen – The Wrestler

BEST COMPOSER: A.R. Rahman – Slumdog Millionaire

JOEL SIEGEL AWARD: Richard Gere

For a complete list of winners, celebrity interviews from the red carpet and to see the full televised broadcast, go to VH1’s “Critics’ Choice Awards” site.

Source: VH1

35th People’s Choice Awards

Bill Sullivan — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:37:46 +0000

Here are some of the major category winners at the 35th People’s Choice Awards, announced Jan. 7, 2009:

Favorite Movie: The Dark Knight

Favorite Comedy Movie: 27 Dresses

Favorite Movie Drama: The Secret Life of Bees

Favorite Family Movie: WALL-E

Favorite Independent Movie: The Secret Life of Bees

Favorite Action Movie: The Dark Knight

Favorite Cast: The Dark Knight

Favorite On-Screen Matchup: Christian Bale and Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

Favorite Male Movie Star: Will Smith

Favorite Female Movie Star: Reese Witherspoon

Favorite Male Action Star: Will Smith

Favorite Female Action Star: Angelina Jolie

Favorite Leading Man: Brad Pitt

Favorite Leading Lady: Kate Hudson

Favorite Super Hero: Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman

Favorite TV Drama: House

Favorite TV Comedy: Two and a Half Men

Favorite New TV Drama: The Mentalist

Favorite New TV Comedy: Gary Unmarried

Favorite Animated Comedy: The Simpsons

Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy Show: Heroes

Favorite Competition/Reality Show: Dancing with the Stars

Favorite Game Show: Deal Or No Deal

Favorite Male TV Star: Hugh Laurie

Favorite Female TV Star: Christina Applegate

Favorite Talk Show Host: Ellen DeGeneres

Favorite Scene-Stealing Guest Star: Robin Williams on Law & Order: SVU

Favorite TV Drama Diva: Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer

Favorite Male Singer: Chris Brown

Favorite Female Singer: Carrie Underwood

Favorite Group: Rascal Flatts

Favorite Combined Forces: “No Air” by Jordin Sparks featuring Chris Brown

Favorite Hip-Hop Song: “Low” by Flo Rida featuring T-Pain

Favorite Rock Song: “All Summer Long” by Kid Rock

Favorite Country Song: “Last Name” by Carrie Underwood

Favorite R&B Song: “No One” by Alicia Keys

Favorite Pop Song: “I Kissed a Girl” by Katy Perry

Favorite Song from a Sound Track: “Mamma Mia!” by Meryl Streep from Mamma Mia!

Favorite Funny Male Star: Adam Sandler

Favorite Funny Female Star: Tina Fey

Favorite User Generated Video: Barack Roll

Favorite Online Sensation: Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog
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Golden Globe nominations

Bill Sullivan — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:30:39 +0000

Here are the Hollywood Press Association’s 2008 Golden Globe Award nominations for the year ending Dec. 31, 2008:

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

– THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (Warner Bros. Pictures and Paramount Pictures; Warner Bros. Pictures and Paramount Pictures)

– FROST/NIXON (Imagine Entertainment, Working Title, Studio Canal; Universal Pictures)

– THE READER (Mirage Enterprises; The Weinstein Company)

– REVOLUTIONARY ROAD (An Evamere Entertainment BBC Films Neal Street Production; DreamWorks Pictures in Association with BBC Films and Paramount Vantage)

– SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (Fox Searchlight Pictures and Warner Bros.; Fox Searchlight Pictures and Warner Bros.)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

– ANNE HATHAWAY, RACHEL GETTING MARRIED

– ANGELINA JOLIE, CHANGELING

– MERYL STREEP, DOUBT

– KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS, I’VE LOVED YOU SO LONG
(IL Y A LONGTEMPS QUE JE T’AIME)

– KATE WINSLET, REVOLUTIONARY ROAD

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

– LEONARDO DICAPRIO, REVOLUTIONARY ROAD

– FRANK LANGELLA, FROST/NIXON

– SEAN PENN, MILK

– BRAD PITT, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON

– MICKEY ROURKE, THE WRESTLER

Actors who played gay roles

Philip Wuntch — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:49:47 +0000

At this point, Sean Penn ranks high among probable Best Actor Oscar nominees. The dynamic Penn stars as assassinated gay politico Harvey Milk in Gus Van Sant’s Milk, which opened nationwide Nov. 26. There was a time, though, when such a role would have been considered risky. Among those who proved otherwise: Hugh Jackman. What’s this, People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive once played gay? Yes, and he was heaped with praise for it. Although Jackman’s buff performance in Australia, not to mention X-Man Wolverine, helped make him People’s cover boy, he won a Tony as gay entertainer Peter Allen in The Boy from Oz. That musical hasn’t made it to the screen yet, but if it does, you can be sure Jackman will be cast. Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal. Probably the movie world’s most famous onscreen gay couple, they moved critics and moviegoers in Brokeback Mountain(Watch) . But when Brokeback surprisingly lost the 2005 Best Picture Oscar to Crash, Academy homophobia was blamed. Maybe Oscar voters will anoint this year’s Penn as means of erasing that label. Russell Crowe. Six years before Gladiator, Crowe played a good-natured gay in 1994’s The Sum of Us. He and his widowed father bond while searching for appropriate Significant Others. However, Crowe was reportedly offended when he and his rock band 30 Odd Foot of Grunts played San Francisco and gays threw their underwear onstage. Meryl Streep. In 2002’s The Hours, Madame Meryl played a plain-spoken lesbian who vainly tries to keep AIDS-ridden friend Ed Harris from suicide. And near the beginning of her movie career, when handlers discourage such role choices, she played Woody Allen’s ex-wife in Manhattan. When she writes a book explaining how her same-sex relationship had been much more nurturing than her marriage, Woody’s character was not amused. Didn’t hurt Meryl’s career at all.

Top summer movie openings

Bill Sullivan — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:34:04 +0000

Glowing reviews and Academy Award buzz are nice, but when America goes to the movies each summer, the studios are looking at the bottom line: Blockbuster numbers at the box office.

Usually, how a film opens will give you a pretty good idea of how well it eventually will do. After that first weekend, word of mouth goes a long way toward determining continued success, and negative comments can drive a film to the second-run houses before you can say “Love Guru.”

The Dark Knight had no such issues. In its first weekend of release, Batman’s latest joust with Joker earned $155.34 million, making it the biggest opening ever.

Who else has produced some of the biggest summer debuts of all time? Here’s a list of the other movies movies that brought in $100 million or more in that all-important debut weekend:

1. Spider-Man 3 (2007): $151,116,516

2. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006): $135,634,554

3. Shrek the Third (2007): $121,629,270

4. Spider-Man (2002): $114,844,116

5. Pirates of the Caribbean (2007): At World’s End: $114,732,820

6. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005): $108,435,841

7. Shrek 2 (2004): $108,037,878

8. X-Men: The Last Stand (2006): $102,750,665

9. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008): $100,137,835

Source: BoxOfficeMojo.com