Celeb News Aggregate
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Leonardo DiCaprio, the force behind a new campaign urging the youth to vote, turned up on Ellen DeGeneres’ talk show on Thursday, October 2, to hand deliver the PSA featuring a number of Hollywood entertainers including Ellen.
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This year's Democratic National Convention (DNC) is becoming a haven for Hollywood A-listers: Ben Affleck, Quentin Tarantino and Spike Lee have reportedly booked their appearances at the event.
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Rapper Bow Wow has joined the fifth season of the hit TV show Entourage.
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The limos have been rented, the corsages handed out: The horror remake Prom Night opened on top of the North American box office this weekend with $22.7 million.
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Denzel Washington's new movie The Great Debaters is leading the nominations for the NAACP Image Awards after landing nods including Best Picture.
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Forest Whitaker and Jennifer Hudson picked up acting prizes at the NAACP Image Awards on Friday, just six days after their Oscar wins.
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Former Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's son has hit out at the "degrading" portrayal of his "second mother" in Oscar-nominated movie The Last King of Scotland.
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The Queen and its star, Helen Mirren, were the big winners at Sunday’s Orange British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs), winning the Best Film and Best Actress awards.
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Paul Greengrass' harrowing 9/11 drama United 93 was named film of the year by British critics last night.
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Movie musical Dreamgirls walked away with six prizes at the Foundation for the Advancement of African-Americans in Film's (FAAAF) Black Reel Awards today, including Best Film.
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British actress Helen Mirren has picked up two Screen Actors Guild awards at the star-studded Los Angeles ceremony.
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Martin Scorsese's elusive Oscar dream looks closer to being realized after he was named Best Director by the Broadcast Film Critics Association last night.
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September 11 film United 93 has been named the Best Movie of 2006 by the Online Film Critics Society.
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Helen Mirren has been named Best Actress by America's National Society of Film Critics for her role in The Queen, with Forest Whitaker taking the Best Actor prize for his turn in The Last King of Scotland.
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The Departed has landed three honors from the Southeastern Film Critics Association, including Best Picture and Best Director for Martin Scorsese.
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Martin Scorsese's star-studded gangster movie The Departed has landed three honors from the Las Vegas Film Society, including Best Picture.
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Movie musical Dreamgirls has set a new record at the Foundation for the Advancement of African-Americans in Film (FAAAF) Black Reel Awards by becoming the first film to land more than 10 nominations in the event's 11-year history.
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The Departed is all set to claim gold at the Golden Globe Awards next year after being declared a 4-5 odds favorite by the Internet's top bookmakers.
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Ensemble drama Babel leads the nominations at next year's Golden Globe Awards, boasting seven nods including Best Dramatic Picture and an acting accolade for star Brad Pitt.
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September 11th drama United 93 has hurtled into the Oscar race after picking up two Best Film prizes in a day.
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Forest Whitaker's portrayal of dictator Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland and Helen Mirren's turn as The Queen have earned the two stars top honors from the fifth annual Washington, D.C., Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA).
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Clint Eastwood's World War II drama Letters from Iwo Jima has been named the top movie of 2006 by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.
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The Queen is the big winner at this year's New York Film Critics Online Awards, taking home five honors for the Helen Mirren-starring drama.
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Oliver Stone's gripping 9/11 drama World Trade Center was named Best Film in the first major awards show of the 2006/2007 season, beating out Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest at the Hollywood Awards last night.
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Hollywood studio boss James G. Robinson has performed a spectacular U-turn by praising Lindsay Lohan, just two months after accusing her of being "irresponsible and unprofessional."
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News, Oct. 18: Jolie called "sexiest woman", Law bashes press, Hilton gets her own club, more.
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Most moviegoers' mission Memorial Day weekend will be to see Paramount's "Mission: Impossible 2."
The PG-13-rated action adventure sequel -- known for short as "M:I-2" -- got off to a flying start with its Wednesday opening to $12.5 million at a record-setting 3,653 theaters ($3,422 per theater).
"It's a 37% first choice in the tracking," an insider points out, predicting blockbuster business for the long holiday weekend. Looking back, he adds, the original "Mission" was a 27% first choice when it opened, and last year's "Star Wars: Episode One -- The Phantom Menace" was a 43% first choice.
"M:I-2's" Wednesday gross compares very favorably to the original "Mission: Impossible's" opening day total of $11.8 million for Wed., May 22, 1996, at 3,012 theaters ($3,918 per theater). That gross actually included pre-opening Tuesday night preview showings as well
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Mystic River The Station Agent The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Seabiscuit and In America lead the acting ensemble nods for the 10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards.
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Moviegoers were still feeling angry this Easter Weekend, keeping Anger Management at the top of the box office with $25.6 million. Top 10: Anger Management Holes Malibu's Most Wanted Bulletproof Monk Phone Booth What a Girl Wants Bringing Down the House A Man Apart Chicago House of 1,000 Corpses
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Collin Farrel's Phone Booth sniped the competition by ringing in $15 million and debuting at the top of the box office this weekend. Top Ten: Phone Booth What a Girl Wants A man Apart Head of State Bringing Down the House The Core Basic Chicago Agant Cody Banks Piglet's Big Movie
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News, March 13: Don Johnson Denies Money Laundering; ABC News Goes 24-Hour; Jennifer Lopez Joins Richard Gere in a "Dance" Vin Diesel Michael Jackson Paul McCartney Chris Rock Mandy Moore
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"Ren and Stimpy" makes a comeback on TNN. Plus Arnold Scwrazenegger Russell Crowe Hollywood Walk of Fame Honorees Forest Whitaker Selling TimeNBC Miss Teen USA Donald Trump World Wrestling Entertainment Raw Is War Smackdown Oasis
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ABC and Ted Koppel sealed a deal that will ensure the future of the late-night news program Nightline for at least two more years in its 11:35 p.m. time slot
ABC Ted Koppel Nightline Victoria "Posh Spice" Beckham David Beckham Stella McCartney Mike Tyson Fat Albert Bill Cosby Forest Whitaker Russell Crowe Ridley Scott Tripoli Robert Franke Razors Rio de Janeiro The Simpsons 24 NBC Today book club Outkast Susan-Lori Parks Topdog/Underdog John Agar Shirley Temple Maria Felix
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The box office preview of the weekend beginning March 29 Jodie Foster David Fincher Panic Room Robin Williams Danny DeVito Edward Norton Death to Smoochy Clockstoppers Jonathan Frakes Dennis Quaid The Rookie E.T. Steven Spielberg Blade 2: Bloodhunt Wesley Snipes Ice Age Showtime Eddie Murphy Robert De Niro Resident Evil Paul Anderson The Time Machine We Were Soliders Mel Gibson Denzel Washington John Q The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Peter Jackson A Beautiful Mind Russell Crowe
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News Roundup for Dec. 13 Harry Potter books burned. Ben Kingsley The Bee Gees Dick Clark Michael Jackson Rosie O'Donnell Marilyn Manson Fat Albert Bill Cosby Forest Whitaker Barry Manilow
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, REM guitarist Peter Buck, Fleetwood Mac, Brian Denehey,Jay Leno, Clive Barker, Todd McFarlane, Forest Whitaker, Fat Albert, Paul Newman, Sylvester Stallone, Rambo IV, Jack Nicholson, more...
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 27, 2000 -- Acting ability aside, you have to admire Madonna's tenacity when it comes to putting herself time and again in front of the lens, raw and intrepid -- as if she's never heard of seriously bad flicks such as "Body of Evidence," "Who's That Girl" and "Shanghai Express." The list goes on and on.
"Next Best Thing" So this Friday finds the M One going at it all over again with "The Next Best Thing" (opening nationwide). In her continual quest to prove that she's a legit screen actress, Madonna tackles the role of a straight woman who forms an alternative household with her gay pal (played by her real-life gay pal Rupert Everett) and their son, whom they conceived on a night of drunken stupor.
The idea of a gay man living with a straight woman living with their kid may have been intriguing (or even provocative) a couple years back. But
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., May 25, 2000 -- Most moviegoers' mission Memorial Day weekend will be to see Paramount's "Mission: Impossible 2."
The PG-13-rated action adventure sequel -- known for short as "M:I-2" -- got off to a flying start with its Wednesday opening to $12.5 million at a record-setting 3,653 theaters ($3,422 per theater).
"It's a 37 percent first choice in the tracking," an insider points out, predicting blockbuster business for the long holiday weekend. Looking back, he adds, the original "Mission" was a 27 percent first choice when it opened, and last year's "Star Wars: Episode One -- The Phantom Menace" was a 43 percent first choice.
"M:I-2's" Wednesday gross compares very favorably to the original "Mission: Impossible's" opening day total of $11.8 million for Wed., May 22, 1996, at 3,012 theaters ($3,918 per theater). That gross actually included p
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Dinosaurs snapped back to life this weekend as Buena Vista/Disney's "Dinosaur" kicked off to nearly $39 million.
The PG-rated, computer-animated feature, which cut short the chart-topping reign of DreamWorks' "Gladiator," set a record as the year's biggest opening with an ESTIMATED $38.6 million at 3,257 theaters ($11,860 per theater).
"Dinosaur's" per-theater average was the highest for any film playing in wide or limited release this weekend.
"I think it's great," Buena Vista Distribution president Chuck Viane said Sunday morning.
Noting that some studios had estimated the picture as opening to even bigger numbers, Viane said, "I know some of my competitors have given me more credit than we're giving ourselves, but I'd rather see it than say it and then have to back off. If tomorrow (when actual weekend figures are released) it's a bigger num
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A "Dino"-mite opening by Disney's "Dinosaur" should cut DreamWorks' "Gladiator" down to size this weekend.
After its two-week box office reign, "Gladiator" should fall prey to Buena Vista/Disney's opening of its PG-rated computer-animated "Dinosaur" at 3,257 theaters.
"Dinosaur's" 21% first-choice tracking doesn't really tell the whole story, according to insiders. "It's just fine, because kids' movies don't track," says one executive.
Estimates by Hollywood handicappers of just how big "Dinosaur" will open range from a cautious $25-35 million to a really exuberant $35-40 million. Making projections even more challenging is the fact that a great many "Dinosaur" tickets will be sold at reduced prices to children.
"'Lion King' did $40.9 million in its opening weekend," explains one source. "Now, it opened the end of June. Kids were out of school
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"Gladiator" continued to rule the box office this weekend, collecting another $24 million in tribute from moviegoers.
The R-rated action adventure from DreamWorks easily held on to first place in its second week with a hefty ESTIMATED $24.3 million (-30%) at 2,943 theaters (+40 theaters; $8,257 per theater). Its cume is approximately $73.3 million, heading for about $150 million in domestic theaters.
"Gladiator's" per theater average was the highest for any film playing in wide release this weekend.
"Obviously, it's a strong hold," DreamWorks distribution head Jim Tharp said Sunday morning. "The positive word-of-mouth continues to be very strong."
Although DreamWorks is distributing "Gladiator" domestically, Universal is releasing it internationally. The two studios are 50-50 partners, sharing equally in its success. The film reportedly cost $1
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DreamWorks' "Gladiator" should be victorious again on the box office battlefield this weekend.
With "Gladiator" still commanding a 30% first-choice tracking score among opening and released movies, there's little doubt the R-rated action adventure will keep a tight grip on the top spot.
If "Gladiator" slips 36% from its $34.8 million opening, its second weekend tribute will still be a handsome sum of about $22 million.
DreamWorks is distributing "Gladiator" domestically, while Universal is releasing it internationally. The two studios co-financed the film, which reportedly cost $103 million to make, and are 50-50 partners, sharing equally in its success.
Directed by Ridley Scott, it stars Russell Crowe.
Warner Bros. and Franchise Pictures' PG-13 rated sci-fi action adventure "Battlefield Earth," opening at 3,307 theaters, should w