She is 63 years old with 45 years of career in the entertainment industry and 100 plays to her credit. But the career of Australian actress, Jackie Weaver is about to turn for the better after her first nomination for Best Supporting Actress category at 2011 Oscars, albeit losing to Melissa Leo of “The Fighter” in Sunday’s event at the Kodak Theater.
Twilight hunk, Robert Pattinson has admitted that his real-life romance with co-star Kristen Stewart has put a ‘’strain’ on their relationship.In an interview with Vanity fair for its April issue, R-Patz have hinted that his relationship with his onscreen love ‘may not stand the test of time’ as it has inevitably made an impact with him and Kristen.
As if trying to follow celebrity names for couples made popular by Brad Pitt and Angeline Jolie or Brangelina as media call them, Scarlett Johansson popularly known as ScarJo, has paraded the Oscars red carpet with an unidentified hunk named Joe.
Francaway must have really failed to wow as first time Oscars host big time for it has paved way for the birth of “Billy Crystal for 2012 Oscars Host” pages both on Twitter and Facebook. The outcry to bring Crystal back on Oscars stage ensued from the dismal thumbs down given to first time hosts, James Franco and Anne Hathaway by critics and viewers following the 83rd Academy Awards ceremony.
We have seen her in her odd gowns and out-of-this-world get ups she had donned at the red carpet in various award giving bodies. She had come in sporting mismatched shoes, or shoes in different colors, outrageous gowns with all sorts of laces and headdresses of different forms. But not at this year's Oscars.
Best Supporting Actress winner, Melissa Leo has made the first person in Oscars history to have dropped the F-bomb when accepting award. She has been inviting criticisms for the self-promoting ads she had run in film trade papers before the actual ceremony Sunday night. But this attention was overshadowed when Oscars Best Supporting Actress winner, Melissa Leo had dropped the F-bomb while accepting her statue.
They were not kidding when Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences decided to tap James Franco and Anne Hathaway to represent this year’s Academy Awards held Sunday night at the Kodak Theater, Los Angeles.
The King Speech screen writer, David Seidler knew that writing the story of stammering monarch, King George VI would empower hundreds of thousands of orally challenged individuals with speech difficulties.
An estimated 37.6 million Americans tuned in to Sunday’s Oscar ceremony, representing a nearly 10 percent decrease to last year’s audience share. Citing the ratings data by Nielsen, Reuters said that the viewership was recorded at 41.7 million at last year’s Oscars with Avatar as among the enlisted nominees.
Being on location shoot is not so fun at times so Twilight star, Robert Pattinson has adopted a four-legged friend to keep him company when he gets lonely.
Celebrity couple, Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones have just had their dinner celebration and they were all smiles as they were exiting their car until Catherine complained she was punched by one of the paparazzis scampered outside their London Hotel.
The Melbourne Magistrate’s Court has ordered Melbourne Underground Film Festival director, Richard Wolstencroft to pay a fine to the Royal Children’s Hospital as a penalty for showing Bruce La Bruce’s Film LA Zombie last year.
“The King’s Speech” has ruled at this year’s 83rd Academy Award for bringing home the elusive and much coveted Best Picture category.
British actor, Colin Firth has been a heavy favorite, having bagged the award in the same category in almost all high-profile accolades - - including British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), the British counterpart for America’s Oscars - - before it was capped at this year’s 83rd Academy Awards. Firth was honored Best Actor Award at 2011 Oscars for his role as the stammering wartime monarch, King George VI in “The King Speech”.
Natalie Portman honored Best Actress Award for "Black Swan" at 83rd Academy Award
Pregnant Portman defeated Kidman, and three others in the Best Actress category at 2011 Oscars
Pixar, a unit of Walt Disney Co. has won another trophy for this year’s Oscars Best Animated Feature for “Toy Story 3”, an additional to the list of numerous other Pixar films recognized for the same category.
Justin Bieber’s newly cut hair has cost the teen pop sensation thousands of fans who have adorned him as they could not admit the fact that the young innocent looking boy from Canada is now growing up along with his mature look.
Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs accepted the Oscar award for best documentary feature during the 83rd Academy Awards Sunday night at Kodak Theater, Los Angeles, defeating four other nominees in the category.
Controversial actor, Christian Bale is the proud winner of the Best Supporting Actor award at 83rd Academy Awards held Sunday night at the Kodak Theater, Los Angeles on February 27, 2011.
Denmark’s drama entry “In a Better World” has won the award for the Best Foreign Language Film category. Honored for the award is the drama’s acclaimed filmmaker, Susanne Bier.
Academy Award winning actress and now a staunch women advocate, Geena Davis has lashed out at the continued marginalization of women in Hollywood particularly on the stereotyped representation of women on television and films.
Actress Melissa Leo was honored with the Best Supporting Actress award for her role as the ‘domineering matriarch’ of a boxing family in the movie, “The Fighter”, featuring Matt Damon and Australian actor, Christian Bale.
Alice in Wonderland, starring A-list actor, Johnny Depp and first-time Oscar host, Anne Hathaway has nabbed the first prize at 83rd Academy Awards at Kodak Theatre Sunday night.
This year’s Oscars would not have been possible without the talented and powerful Hollywood celebrities who have illuminated the red carpet before the show began at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles.
Nominated for her first Academy Awards in a major category, Australian actress, Jacki Weaver arrived at the Oscars red carpet in a ‘white and silver princess dress’.
Television host, Whoopi Goldberg has maintained Wednesday that the black actors and actresses are not marginalized in the film industry despite the absence or lack of nominees from the black community in this year’s Academy Awards.
In a bid to spawn production fund, the ABC TV Arts and Entertainment and the Adelaide Film Festival (AFFP) have announced their newly established partnership at the opening night of the world premiere of the AFF.
First-time hosts James Franco and Anne Hathaway are given by the Oscars writers their celebrity name, Francaway and the two are described cool and excited and in any way does not shed any sign of tension and nervousness days before the big event.
Ellen Degeneres is one of the few television hosts to have invited Justin Bieber when he was relatively unknown and was just starting to find his way in Hollywood. But his guest appearance with Ellen and Oprah and a few others served as gateway to make him a sensation teenage pop star he never hoped he would be.
Recognized for her contribution to the Australian film industry, actress Judy Davis accepted the 2011 Don Dunstan Award on the opening night of the BigPond Adelaide Film Festival.
