If you've been wondering whether pop princess Britney Spears has her heart set on taking the stage for a performance at this years Grammy Awards show, it looks like the answer is, "No."
Contrary to an earlier rumored report that Spears would be performing during the February 13th awards telecast, which airs live on CBS from the LA Staples Center, Jive Records has jumped in to set the record straight, stating those reports are not true; Spears has no plans to perform.
Aw...shucks.
In an article via The Hollywood Reporter, it looks like Conan O'Brien has been forbidden to talk trash about his former employer, NBC, during the Emmy Awards, which air on Sunday.
Conan's former show, "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien," is among the Emmy nominees in the Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series category.
Per O'Brien's exit contract from NBC, he's prohibited from making false, derogatory and insulting comments about his former employer.
If he wins, I still look for Conan to get his digs in. Somehow.
Look for O'Brien's new show, which will pop up on the TBS network, this November.
On Sunday, actor Sean Hayes hosted the 2010 Tony Awards, which were held at Radio City Music Hall in New York.
Red walked away the biggest winner of the night, winning six Tonys, including Best Play, while Memphis scored five awards, including Best Musical. Fences and La Cage aux Folles went home with three each.
Catherine Zeta-Jones and Kelsey Grammar were among the night's big-name performers, belting out tunes from the nominated musicals.
Also gracing the Great White Way stage were Katie Holmes, Daniel Radcliffe, Paula Abdul, Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, Raquel Welch, Kristin Chenoweth, Chris Noth, Idina Menzel, Mark Sanchez, Cate Blanchett, Helen Mirren, Michael Douglas, David Hyde Pierce, and Ricky Martin.
Sean Hayes helped kick off the awards with a mega mash-up opening number from the musical nominees.
Everyone looked elegant and oh-so beautiful! Congrats to all the winners and nominees! For a complete list of winners, click here to visit TonyAwards.com.
Here's some snaps of red carpet arrivals, including Cate Blanchett, Chris Nrth, Constantine Maroulis, Daniel Radcliffe, David Hyde Pierce, Helen Mirren, Jada Pinkett Smith, Kelsey Grammer and his wife Camille, Kerry Washington, Kristen Chenoweth, Lucy Liu, Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michelle Williams, Kenny Leon, Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber, Paula Abdul, Ricky Martin, Scarlett Johansson, Will Smith, Ryan Reynolds, Antonino Banderas and Melanie Griffith, Aretha Franklin, Viola Davis, Bebe Neuwirth, Angela Lansbury, and Branford Marsalis.
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Stars lined up on the red carpet for the 2010 MTV Movie Awards, held on June 6. Among those who stopped for photo opps were Audrina Patridge, David Spade, Julianne Hough, Lauren Bosworth, Michael Cera, Nicky Hilton, Nikki Reed, Samantha Harris, Shaun White, Stephanie Pratt, Whitney Port, Anna Kendrick, Christina Aguilera, Eva Mendes, Vanessa Hudgens & Zac Efron, Katy Perry, Kristen Stewart, Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, Russell Brand and Scarlett Johansson.
To see the complete list of winners, visit MTV.com.
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Yesterday in Century City, Women In Film paid tribute to some of our favorite female actors at the 2010 Crystal+Lucy Awards. The event was held at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel. Courteney Cox received the 2010 Lucy Award, while Zoe Saldana recieved the MaxMara "Face of the Future" Award.
Congratulations, ladies!
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Among the flashing lights, the glitz and the glamour, Hollywood paid homage to the "best of the best" movies for 2009, some of which are already available for viewing, while others will be available soon.
In case you missed it, here are last night's Academy Award winners:
• Best Picture: The Hurt Locker (Available Now)
• Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker (Available Now)
• Lead Actor: Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart
• Lead Actress: Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side (Available March 23)
• Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds (Available Now)
• Best Supporting Actress: Mo'nique for Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' By Sapphire (Available March 9)
• Best Original Screenplay: Mark Boal for The Hurt Locker (Available Now)
• Best Adapted Screenplay: Geoffrey Fletcher for Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' By Sapphire (Available March 9)
• Best Animated Film: Up (Available Now)
• Best Documentary: The Cove (Available Now)
• Best Foreign Language Film: El Secreto de Sus Ojos, Argentina
• Best Cinematography: Mauro Fiore for Avatar
• Best Art Direction: Avatar
• Best Costume Design: Sandy Powell for The Young Victoria
• Best Film Editing: Bob Murawski and Chris Innis for The Hurt Locker (Available Now)
• Best Sound Editing: Paul N.J. Ottosson for The Hurt Locker (Available Now)
• Best Makeup: Star Trek (Available Now)
• Best Original Score: Michael Giacchino for Up (Available Now)
• Best Original Song: The Weary Kind (from the film, Crazy Heart), with music and lyrics by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett
• Best Visual Effects: Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones for Avatar
Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, handed out top honors to Precious and Crazy Heart at last night's 25th Spirit Awards. (500) Days of Summer, Anvil! The Story of Anvil, An Education, Humpday, The Messenger, and A Serious Man also received awards at the milestone ceremony, which was held at LA Live's event deck in downtown Los Angeles and broadcast live and uncut on IFC.
Comedian Eddie Izzard was Master of Ceremonies, and Ben Stiller served as Honorary Chair.
This year's major category winners were Lionsgate's Precious, which won Best Feature, Best Director, Best First Screenplay, Best Female Lead, and Best Supporting Female; Fox Searchlight's Crazy Heart, which won Best First Feature, and Best Male Lead; Fox Searchlight's (500) Days of Summer, which won Best Screenplay; Abramaorama's Anvil! The Story of Anvil, which won Best Documentary; Sony Pictures Classics' An Education, which won Best Foreign Film; Magnolia Pictures' Humpday, which won the John Cassavetes Award; Oscilloscope Laboratories' The Messenger, which won Best Supporting Male; and Focus Features' A Serious Man, which won Best Cinematography.
The Spirit Award encores will air on IFC tonight, March 6 at 5:00am EST/PST and 11:15am EST/PST, and Sunday, March 7 at 8:30am EST/PST and 2:30pm EST/PST.
For a complete list of winners, visit SpiritAwards.com.
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In a letter sent to dozens of Oscar nominees and others in the film industry set to attend Sunday's Academy Awards, actor Danny Glover called on his fellow Hollywood elite and asked them not to wear Hugo Boss to the event.
Glover, in collaboration with labor union Workers United, is asking Hollywood to take a stand on behalf of nearly 400 Hugo Boss manufacturing workers in Cleveland, Ohio, who are set to lose their jobs if the company is allowed to close its plant there.
He is also asking attendees to wear a pin they were sent showing solidarity with the workers.
The pin reads: "Keep the Hugo Boss Plant Open."
Attendees who were sent the letter and pin include George Clooney, Jeff Bridges, Sean Penn, Colin Firth, Morgan Freeman, Jeremy Renner, and Matt Damon.
Writes Glover in the letter:
"Please tell the world you won't be wearing Hugo Boss on March 7."
Click on the link below to read the entire letter:
http://seiumaster.3cdn.net/1c589c4e974dfc5b24_z8m6bxuwn.pdf
Through ads on celebrity news websites and Google search ads, as well as a campaign via email, Facebook, and Twitter, Workers United is promoting an online petition asking fans to join Danny Glover in calling on Oscar attendees not to wear Hugo Boss. The signatures will be delivered to attendees before Sunday night.
To read the online petition, click below:
According to an online survey of more than 1,000 film fans on Fandango, at least 32% of moviegoers plan to host or attend an Oscar-viewing get-together this Sunday.
To help film lovers make their parties a little more festive, Fandango's Awards Watch section is offering food, drink and activity suggestions for Hollywood's big night. Film fans can also print their own Oscar ballots - a idea for tallying votes at your party! - and read awards predictions and commentary on the best and worst fashions on the red carpet.
Among the Oscar viewing party suggestions from awards blogger Sarah McLaughlin:
• The Avatar-Themed Party: Create a "Welcome to the Jungle" milieu and serve Blue Terra chips, Blue Gatorade, etc.
• The District 9-Themed Party: A "Humans Only" motif, serving prawns for finger food.
• The Inglourious Basterds-Themed Party: Stage a movie premiere setting, with various kinds of milk (Colonel Hans Landa's favorite drink).
• The Up in the Air-Themed Party: Business attire only, with airline snacks like bags of peanuts, mini-bar liquor.
As part of its Oscar party survey, Fandango also asked moviegoers about their interest in Sunday's telecast. Among the findings:
• 66% are more interested in watching Steve Martin & Alec Baldwin as Oscar hosts than they were in watching last year's host, Hugh Jackman.
• 58% will not miss the live musical numbers for Best Song.
• 57% would like to see more awards removed from the main event to help trim the show's running time.
• 48% are more interested in this year's Oscars because Avatar is in the running for major awards.
• 35% are interested in watching this year's show to see the real-life Best Director showdown between ex-spouses James Cameron (Avatar) and Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker).
And the Oscar goes to...Wouldn't you like to know?
If you'd like to know in advance who will take a home a coveted Academy Awards on March 7, you can always try your luck by asking a psychic and Psychic Source, which claims to be the nation's oldest and most respected psychic network, seems to be in high demand this Oscar season.
The Psychic Source advisor's offer up the following forecasts of winners for some of the hottest Oscar categories:
Honestly, I like these predictions! I'm backing Gabourey Sidibe for Best Actress and Inglourious Basterds for Best Picture, as well as Woody Harrelson for Best Supporting Actor.
