LOS ANGELES This year's OSCAR nominations have been released and no surprise maybe that George Clooney has been nominated for "The Descendants". We don't usually put the information on this page for LA but since this year's nominations are diverse we thought it applies. Gary Oldman has been nominated in the same category for "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" and Jean Dujardin for T"The Artist". To complete best actor category we have Brad Pitt for "Moneyball" and Damian Bichir for "A Better Life". Max Von Sydow and Christopher Plummer compete in the supporting actor category alongside Kenneth Branagh, Nick Nolte and Jonah Hill. How about the female side of the house - best actress nominees are: Glenn Close for "Albert Nobbs" Meryl Streep for "The Iron Lady", Michelle Williams "My week with Marilyn", Rooney Mara "the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" and Viola Davis "The Help. Good luck to the voting members on that category! Best supporting actress are as follows: Melissa McCarthy, Janet McTeer, Octavia Spencer, Jessica Cjhastain and Berenice Bejo. For best film there are more nominees than in previous years (and not all have best director nominations attached - is that a sign?) and are as follows: War Horse, The Tree of Life, Moneyball, Midnight in Paris, Hugo, The Help, The Descendants, The Artist and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. It may be too early to speculate but the lists look good for a possible upset on the night or it will be the inevitable over the best. The same could be said for the Best Film category. There will be more on this as the publicity machine gets rolling. Most of the best film nominees have showings in other categories. Best Animated has some popular films including "Puss in Boots" and Rango as well as Kung Fu Panda 2. |
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NEW YORK
Benjamin Millipied choreographer of Black Swan and dancer with New York City Ballet has taken to partnering Natalie Portman full time as the couple have not only got engaged but announced that Portman is pregnant with their first child. You can see them dance together in the film and with the intense training necessary it is no surprise they became close. Looks like Portman will have an eventful 2011.
FLORIDA
Actor Wesley Snipes has been ordered to surrender for jail time after a Florida judge decided that he received a fair trial and dismissed the appeal again the sentence. Snipes was convicted of tax evasion and sentenced to three years. However the story isn't quite over as his lawyer will appeal to the US Supreme Court saying that the sentene was unreasonable. Snipes made a reported $37m gross between 1999 and 2004 but did not file returns. He was convicted in 2008 but out on bail pending appeal.
CHICAGO
For the first time in 40 years the cast playing the Von Trapp family in the Sound of Music reunited on the Oprah Winfrey Show. There had been a documentary to commenorate the 30th Anniversary but famously Christopher Plummer would not attend. This time he along with Dame Julie Andrews and the rest of the actors who played their children came to talk to Oprah. Plummer still managed to have a little diss at the film calling it The Sound of Mucus. He has always tried to distant himself from the role, perhaps more so because it was such a hit.
PALM SPRINGS
At the Palm Springs Film Festival Colin Firth won the best actor award for his role as King George VI in the King's Speech. He was presented with the award by Dame Helen Mirren and Firth bowed as he accepted the trophy. Mirren made a point of saying that neither Firth nor herself were actually a King or a Queen. The latter reference to her role as Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen. Of couose the role plays is father to Mirren's role.
LONDON: The King's Speech went on to win a slew of awards at this year's BAFTA Awards in London. For more details click the London link on left or text. Find out where the film is at the box office - click here.
Daniel Craig the current James Bond marries Rachel Weisz of The Mummy fame in a secret ceremony in New Yorl. For more details - click here.
New York director Sidney Lumet has died at from complications following Lymphoma. He made 40 films which colleactively earned 50 Oscar nominations. This included his first breakout film 12 Angry Men. Al Pacino praised him as an "actor's" director brining out some of their best performances. Pacino worked with Lumet on Dog Day Afternoon and Serpico. Woody Allen also famous for staying in New York to film said he was an amazing director leaving a legacy of great film. Among some of his other films were Network garnering Peter Finch an Oscar and The Verdict with Paul Newman. Lumet said he wasn't anti-LA per se when asked why he chose New York for his films but he didn't like company towns.
