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Feb 4, 2012

HOLLYWOOD News, Feb 04, 2012

Jean Dujardin's Racy Movie Poster Controversy 'Is Over,' Says 'Artist' Producer
Hollywood Reporter
Something similar happened last year when ads for the sex comedy No Strings Attached began appearing just as Natalie Portman was making her final bid for a best actress Oscar for Black Swan. Although some wondered whether the ads, in which the actress ...
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Hollywood Reporter
'The Help' stars line up new projects
CNN (blog)
... nabbed a Golden Globe for her role in the movie) and Viola Davis are looking toward future projects. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Spencer, who is up for the best supporting actress Oscar, has signed on for the sci-fi film "Snow Piercer.
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Is It Personal? No One Ever Likes the Best Picture Winner Anymore
First Showing
Movie bloggers, a very vocal group, seem pissed off that Hugo might lose to The Artist. The most rational response to all this hoopla is that the "BestPicture" represents the highest honor given to any film in a year, and represents the best of film ...
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Commentary: For your inconsideration
Los Angeles Times
Many small-budget features and their actors were overlooked by the Oscars. That includes 'The Music Never Stopped,' Maria Bello, Ashley Rickards and Anson Mount. JK Simmons as "Henry Sawyer" and Lou Taylor Pucci as "Gabriel Sawyer" in themovie "The ...
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Los Angeles Times
Top 10 Football Movies: Celebrating the Super Bowl
Movie Fanatic
One of Hollywood's first football movies is also one of its 10 best. Sandra Bullock scored an Oscar for Best Actress for The Blind Side, which also was nominated for Best Picture. It is an inspiring story that exemplifies the saying, ...
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'Transformers' and 'Rango' Try Campaigning on TV
New York Times (blog)
The studio has taken to the airwaves in Academy voter bastions Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco with a television spot highlighting themovie in these fields. It's not subtle, either: “What you are hearing was created by the best sound team of ...
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Madonna's 'WE': The Reviews Are In!
MTV.com
At her entertainer best, Madonna distilled ideas and emotions into solid pop gold, transmitting a worldview through songs, music videos and her shape-shifter persona. The movies, by contrast, have largely defeated her both as an actress and as a ...
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Walking the Red Carpet
Huffington Post
The Hollywood publicity machine is hard at work now that we know the nominations for the 84th Academy Awards. Several of my favorite stars and their movies are in the running, but for me, as a Feng Shui expert and professional colorist, the best part ...
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The Oscar Warrior: Hollywood Celebrates Itself!
ComingSoon.net
Now it's a few months later and two of the top Best Picture contenders aremovies about making movies that either celebrate Hollywood as a whole or celebrate the earliest filmmaking pioneers. Clearly, this is the year whenHollywood is ready to ...
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It's a dog's life
Irish Times
Not only will “Rinty”, as he was also known, be supporting thefilm which celebrates the pioneering era before sound changed everything, he will be cheering his countrymen. For the handsome German shepherd, who was voted best actor for the inaugural ...
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Irish Times
“Hunger Games,” “John Carter” among anticipated films in early 2012
NewsOK.com (blog)
Remember, moviegoers, Hollywood often shuffles release dates for their films, so check your local movie listings before heading out to the theater. The former “Boy Who Lived” stars in “The Woman in Black.” Daniel Radcliffe plays a young lawyer who ...
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NewsOK.com (blog)
'The Great Waltz' and 'Moses and Aaron' on DVD
New York Times
To star as Strauss MGM imported the Belgian musical comedy star Fernand Gravey, changing his name to Gravet to avoid any unfortunate culinary associations, and paired him with the German-born Luise Rainer, who had won back-to-back best actress Oscars ...
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New York Times
Vanity Fair's Hollywood cover puts America's secret weapon on show
The Guardian
It was taken by Mario Testino, best known for his portraits of Princess Diana, and it is not hard to see the connection with current Hollywood: the two most nominated films for this year'sOscars, Hugo and The Artist, both linger in the early days of ...
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The Guardian
Brad Pitt: Going in to bat
New Zealand Herald
He plays Billy Beane, a former baseball player turned general manager of the Oakland A's baseball team in a performance which has garnered him a best actor Oscar nomination. The film is also up for best picture and bestsupporting actor - for Jonah ...
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Brad Pitt on his Moneyball Oscar Nomination
Pursuitist
The movie took six nominations in all, while Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life, in which he also stars, went home with three. “We're so defined by the last success or the last failure that we even start to see ourselves that way,” says Pitt.
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It takes TWO: Hollywood's Greatest Couples
Tempo
Loath though the devotees of horror movies or action/adventure may be to admit it, many of the best films ever made are about couples, building much of their appeal on a man, a woman and whether they'll get together, stay together or live happily ever ...
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Snow Piercer picks up momentum
TG Daily
Snow Piercer, a high-profile sci-fi indie project, is picking up serious momentum now that Oscar Frontrunner Octavia Spencer has joined the film's cast. According to TheHollywood Reporter, Spencer will star alongside Chris Evans, John Hurt, ...
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TG Daily
Big actors, small story in true-crime based 'Texas Killing Fields'
The Virginian-Pilot
This movie had potential and an excellent cast including British action star Sam Worthington (“Avatar,” 2010's “Clash of the Titans” and “Man on the Ledge”) as detective Mike Souder of Texas City. The role of partner Brian Heigh went to actor Jeffrey...
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The Virginian-Pilot
2012 winter-spring movie preview: “Hunger Games,” “Woman in Black,” “John ...
NewsOK.com (blog)
Remember, movie-goers, Hollywood often shuffles release dates for their films, so check your local movie listings before heading out to the theater. The former “Boy Who Lived” stars in “The Woman in Black.” Daniel Radcliffe plays a young lawyer who ...
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NewsOK.com (blog)
Actor Ben Gazzara dies
London Free Press
The film picked up seven Oscar nominations and shot Gazzara into theHollywood spotlight - where he became a revered actor for 50 years. Key projects have included Convicts 4, Saint Jack, The Big Lebowski, Buffalo 66, Happiness, Dogville, Summer of Sam ...
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AE Movie Club Part 3D: "Big Miracle", "WE" and Vintage Olyphant Beefcake!
AfterElton.com
But the film also marks the return of the legendary Hammer Studios, who were responsible for churning out some of thebest Victorian horror movies of the '60s and '70s (alongside some of the worst), and turning actors like Christopher Lee and Peter ...
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AfterElton.com
Anthony Mackie Makes His Mark In Hollywood
WKNO FM
I starred in a film called "Brother to Brother," which was about a young poet trying to find his way and his voice through literature, and Langston Hughes was one of the variety of actors we used to help him understand what it meant to be a Harlem ...
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Caught in action
Oman Tribune
I have the same excitement making movies today that I had as a boy, making 8-millimetre films in the 1960s,'' Steven Spielberg says. ''I don't want to examine why too much, but the excitement of making movies never goes away.
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Weekly Ketchup
Rotten Tomatoes
Hasbro made two big deal announcements this week for movies based on their properties. The bigger news is the long-in-development movie based on the classic board game Candy Land. The movie was recently one of several Hasbro projects dropped by ...
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John Hawkes: 'I play nerds, psychos … psycho-nerds'
The Guardian
Partly that's because exposure is the last thing the Texan actorwas seeking, partly it's because his latest role has also taken its toll on his body. He's just got back from this year's SundanceFilm Festival, where his movie, The Surrogate, ...
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The Guardian
Something for Cate: the mantle of refined beauty borne so regally by Grace Kelly
Sydney Morning Herald
From left: Cate Blanchett at the 2012 AACTA Awards, Cate Blanchett wins the 2005 Best Supporting Actress in The Aviator, Grace Kelly wins the 1955 Best Actress for The Country Girl and Grace Kelly in High Society, 1956. IS CATE the new Grace?
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Sydney Morning Herald
In demand ... Mia Wasikowska. Photo: Reuters
Sydney Morning Herald
The actor from Canberra has taken Hollywood by storm over the past 18 months but remains completely oblivious, or uninterested, about the buzz she is creating. And it is to her advantage. Not a single paparazzo has tailed her since she returned for a ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
Film Clips: Big Chronicle of Rampling in Black
Creative Loafing Atlanta
A feel-good film starring The Office's Josh Krasinski and Drew Barrymore. CHARLOTTE RAMPLING: THE LOOK (NR) This biographical documentary profiles actress Charlotte Rampling from her early years as a 1960s sex symbol to her mature work in such recent ...
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Creative Loafing Atlanta
Photo: Contributed - CBS Films
Castanet.net
I spent most of the past 17 years working for Rogers Video, so not only have I seen an immense amount of movies, but I've recommended many films to people over the years. So enough about me… let's get crackin' on the previews.
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Josh Fox and Gasland: Does The Media Prefer Smoke?
Mediaite
by Brad Slager | 3:01 pm, February 3rd, 2012 Earlier this week, when documentary film maker Josh Fox was escorted out of House chambers, it was the perfect marriage of drama and optics. And, like most instances ofHollywood visiting DC, ...
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For actors, SAG Awards are a night out to play
Hollywood's acting guild spread awards across the television and film ...She was named best movie actress and spoke for the cast of The Help when it ...
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Hollywood embraces hopeful tales with Oscar nominations - Movies ...
A group of movies offering personal redemption and hope swept up Oscar... India's 1st social news app on Facebook .... "It's a small movie and a simple movie. ... Earlier this month, Streep won the Golden Globe for best actress in drama and ...
ibnlive.in.com/news/hollywood...tales.../224318-8-67.html
Oscars 2012 Nominations (Complete List) - The Hollywood Reporter
The Hollywood Reporter ... Oscars 'Celebrate the Movies' Campaign Goes Live ... With a new voting procedure implemented and the nominees in thebest picture ... Best Actor. Demian Bichir, A Better Life George Clooney, The Descendants .... New Trailer Takes Flight with Mockingjay Pin, More of the Reaping (Video). 8 ...
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The Wrap Movies | Entertainment Industry Analysis, Breaking ...
Albert Brooks in "Drive" -- He received best supporting actor nominations for the ... actor and the Clint Eastwood-directed film received no Oscarnominations. ... Start your day with all of the news worth knowing ... Bill Murray Fires Up David Letterman's 30th Late Night Anniversary (Video) ....TheWrap Covering Hollywood ...
www.thewrap.com/.../oscar-nominations-snubs-slideshow-347...
Oscar Nominations 2012: Academy Award Nominees List
Relative newcomer Rooney Mara got a nomination for Best Actress for her chilling turn in "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo," though director .... "The Artist," the silent, black and white tribute to old Hollywood, earne. .... Why aren't we nominating the greatest of the great movies? ... Oscars 2012 | Photos, Video, News | EW.com ...
www.huffingtonpost.com/.../oscar-nominations-2012-list_n_1...
France's Jean Dujardin plays down Hollywood success
Save Page Layout. MORE HEADLINES. Latest Headlines. Video. thumbnail... First single from new Madonna album released February 3 ...ENTERTAINMENT. Latest Headlines. Movies. Music. Games. TV. TV Listings ... movie icon George Valentin in French film "The Artist" has earned him a best actor Oscar nomination.
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Oscar 2012 Predictions: Best Actor - MTV Movie News| MTV
Before Oscar nominations are announced, we make our predictions forBest Actor. ... 'Descendants' star George Clooney and 'Artist' actor Jean Dujardin are two of MTV News' nominee picks. ... It's not easy for the star of an NC-17 film to cross over to the awards-season elite, ... Video: Oscars2012: And The Nominees Are.
www.mtv.com/news/.../oscar-predictions-best-actor-2012.jhtm...
Oscar nominations: Clooney, Jean Dujardin among best actor picks ...
Oscar nominations: George Clooney appears to be the front-runner among abest actor field that ... Last year, he won best actor at the Cannes FilmFestival for the black-and-white silent movie and he's also ... The followingvideo is from the Envelope Directors Roundtable. ... ENTERTAINMENT -Hollywood news and buzz ...
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Hollywood embraces hopeful tales with Oscar nominations - Indian ...
A group of movies offering personal redemption and hope swept up Oscarnominations on ... 'Hugo' with 11 and silent-era romance 'The Artist' with 10, including a best film nod for both. ... “It's a small movie and a simplemovie. ... said about his film telling of a silent film-era actor whoseHollywood star falls until he finds love.
www.indianexpress.com/news/hollywood...tales.../903835/
SAG Preview: Hollywood To Honor Icons Past - Access Hollywood
Access Hollywood - Celebrity News, Photos & Videos ... Plummer would become the oldest actor ever to win an Oscar at age 82, two years older ...Spencer, a veteran actress who had toiled in small TV and movie parts ...Before the official ceremony, the Screen Actors Guild presented its honor forbest film stunt ensemble to ...
www.accesshollywood.com/sag-preview-hollywood-to-honor-...
'Hugo,' 'The Artist,' Clooney Lead Oscar Nominees ... - Movies - Yahoo
Movies. Buzzed about silent black-and-white film "The Artist" and Hawaii-set dramedy "The ... silent film to talkies in 1920s Hollywood, "The Artist" also landed a best actor nomination ... Both films revved up the Oscar race with best film and fest actor Golden Globes in .... Jason • Buffalo, New York • 6 days ago .... All Videos » ...
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Oscars 2012: Academy Awards nominations - in full - Movies News ...
Digital Spy presents the full list of nominations for the 2012 Oscars, to be held on February 26 at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre, below: Best Picture War Horse ... Best Actor Demián Bichir (A Better Life) George Clooney (The Descendants) Jean Dujardin (The ... 'One Day' exclusive TV spot · This Week's 5 Hottest Movie Videos ...
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Oscar nominations 2012: 'Hugo' and 'The Artist' lead, but why ...
Hollywood just loves movies about movies ... In particular, movies aboutacting tend to play well with the Academy's ... last year's Best Picture winner: The King's Speech is essentially about a guy who fights the ...Oscars 2012: Nominees react to news ... Nick Jonas tackle Broadway in 'How to Succeed' -- EXCLUSIVE VIDEO ...
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actor James Cromwell interview - HollywoodChicago.com
Interview: Actor James Cromwell on Role in Oscar-Nominated 'The Artist' ...He grew up in New York City, and studied acting at the Carnegie Mellon school ... 1995 with “Babe,” as Farmer Hoggett, landing a Best Actor Oscarnomination in the process. ... HollywoodChicago.com: The director of thefilm, Michel Hazanavicius, ...
www.hollywoodchicago.com/.../interview-actor-james-cromw...
Viola Davis, 'The Help' take top SAG honors - MSN Movies News
Plummer would become the oldest actor ever to win an Oscar at age 82, two years older than Jessica Tandy when she won best actress for "Driving Miss Daisy." ...
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