Celeb News Aggregate
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Penelope Cruz and Gwyneth Paltrow have been giving the Cannes Film Festival paparazzi plenty to flash about over the last couple of days with Madonna, Sharon Stone and a return visit Tuesday night from Angelina Jolie still to come.
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Stars Reese Witherspoon and Joaquin Pheonix lent their support to a pre-recorded TV version of the People's Choice Awards after the ceremony was cancelled due to the Hollywood writers strike.
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Johnny Depp has another reason to celebrate this Christmas, a day after becoming a Golden Globe nominee--the actor has topped a list of the best signing celebrities.
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The Dixie Chicks stunned America at the Grammy Awards Sunday night by claiming five big prizes, including Album of the Year, Record of the Year and Song of the Year.
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Box Office Analysis, Nov 2: Top Ten: Scary Movie 3 Brother Bear Texas Chainsaw Massacre Radio Runaway Jury Mystic River Kill Bill Vol. 1 School of Rock Intolerable Cruelty In the Cut
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Teen pop idol Britney Spears could be the next Daisy Duke--tiny shorts and all. Also: The Dukes of Hazzard Mike Tyson Joaquin Phoenix Buffalo Soldiers Jackie Chan Vince Neil Tupac Shakur William Friedkin The Book of Skulls
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Box Office Analysis: July 27 Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over took the top spot, followed by Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl Bad Boys II Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life Seabiscuit Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Johnny English Finding Nemo Legally Blonde 2: Red White and Blonde Masked and Anonymous Buffalo Soldiers
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Charlie's Angels star Cameron Diaz is seeking an injunction to keep photos of her taken at a private modeling session over 10 years ago from being released. Also: Catherine Zeta-Jones Michael Douglas Stephen Frears Monkeyface Madonna Mr. Ray Finding Nemo Rosanna Arquette Roseanne Barr Simon Cowell Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl sequel Adrian Brody The Woods
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With three nominations and nothing to show for it, could this be the year HBO's critically acclaimed series The Sopranos finally gets its Emmy for best drama? Also: William Friedkin William Blatty Exorcist Diana Ross Civilian Pictures Inc Billy Dead Lloyd Braun Eminem Slim Shady Betty Thomas The Smoker Sigourney Weaver The Woods Johnny Messner Anacondas
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With a tag line that reads "Steal All You Can Steal," it was bound to set off sparks. Miramax's Buffalo Soldiers, a satire of corruption on American military bases, is set to bow in theaters July 25, but its humor is being lost on military representatives and right-wing consumers who have sent complaints about the movie's negative depiction of U.S. Army conduct to Miramax and corporate parent Disney. Also: Steve Harvey Jennifer Beals The L Word Compay Segundo Benny Carter Arnold Schwarzenegger Big Sir Westworld Conan the Barbarian Cameron Diaz Jim Carrey Fun With Dick and Jane
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Spider-Man star Kirsten Dunst and prankster Ashton Kutcher are set to star in Cameron Crowe's Elizabethtown, which DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures are in final talks to co-finance. Also: The Osbournes Martin Scorsese The Twelve Keira Knightley Tulip Fever Queen Latifah Jada Pinkett Smith
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News, May 29: Fox Cleans Up With American Idol The Matrix Reloaded Puts Warner Bros. on Top, Stars Battle SARS Fears With Concert Ron Howard Wrong Turn Kate Bosworth Party Monster Macauley Culkin Seth Green M. Night Shyamalan
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The second annual Tribeca Film Festival, which ran from May 3-11, more than doubled last year's traffic. Also: 29th annual Saturn Awards Steven Spielberg Peter Jackson Nicole Kidman Luther Vandross Eminem Just for Laughs Festival Bill Cosby Kelly Ripa Brad Garrett M. Night Shyamalan Ashton Kutcher The Woods Peter Boyle Scooby Doo 2
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The musical Chicago may be lighting up movie theaters everywhere, but not theaters on Broadway. When Broadway musicians went on strike on Friday, 18 of 19 Broadway musicals were shut down, including Chicago, Hairspray and Mamma Mia!, at a cost of about $1.2 million per performance in lost box office revenue. Also: Dave Letterman, Tom Sizemore, Fred Durst, Adam Faith, Reese Witherspoon, Joaquin Phoenix, Walk the Line, Tom Welling, Hillary Duff, Cheaper by the Dozen, Christopher Walken, Glenn Close, The Stepford Wives, Ryan O'Neal, Miss/Match
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Diana Ross pleads innocent to drunk driving charges. Nicole Kidman Jennifer Connelly Paul Bettany Toni Collette Jennifer Aniston John Travolta Joaquin Phoenix Madonna
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Martin Grove's box office analysis for September 2, 2002.
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As the summer season winds down, so do box-office dollars. Signs won the heated battle for first place with a mere $14.3 million, while xXx failed expectations to be the summer's first three-peat at No. 1 with a close $13.7 million.
Sigsn XXX Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams My Big Fat Greek Wedding Blue Crush Serving Sara Austin Powers in Goldmember Undisputed Sione Blood Work The Good Girl One Hour Photo
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Box Office Analysis: Aug. 4 Signs comes out like gangbusters, taking the number one spot. Others as follows Austin Powers in Goldmember Master of Disguise Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat Road to Perdition Stuart Little 2 Men In Black II My Big Fat Greek Wedding K-19: The Widowmaker The Country Bears
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On the bill for the Super Bowl ad lineup is Pepsi covergirl Britney Spears the White House and movies Bad Company and Signs
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News Roundup for Jan. 17: Sundance brings out the stars Jennifer Aniston Brad Pitt Christina Ricci Matt Damon Ben Affleck Robin Williams X-Files Chris Carter Star Trek Scott Bakula Patrick Stewart Kate Mulgrew Robert Altman Gosford Park Joaquin Phoenix Philip Seymour Hoffman Liv Tyler William H. Macy Steve Buscemi Tony Shalhoub Bob Balaban James Earl Jones Barbra Streisand
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HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 10, 2000 -- What a little war movie can do to a career. Colin Farrell, who got on the Hollywood radar with his performance in the war flick "Tigerland," has signed on to star in not one but two projects, Daily Variety says.
Farrell will first headline the drama "Phone Booth" for his "Tigerland" director, Joel Schumacher, in November. And then he'll segue to a courtroom drama flick, "Hart's War," where he'll play a POW who must defend a black soldier for murder.
The actor got the part in "War" after Edward Norton bailed on the project. The stellar cast for the film includes Bruce Willis and possibly Anthony Hopkins.
TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME: The Hollywood Reporter says that Dennis Quaid might star in the Disney flick "The Rookie." Based on a true story, the film is about a high school baseball coach (Quaid) who makes the major leagues at age 35.
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Universal's "Meet the Parents" continued to meet box office success, becoming the year's third film to place first for three consecutive weeks.
The PG-13-rated comedy was still laughing all the way to the bank in its third weekend with an estimated $16.32 million (-23%) at 2,619 theaters (+4 theaters; $6,230 per theater). Its cume is approximately $81.0 million, heading for a domestic theatrical gross of $130 million or more.
"Parents'" international release is through DreamWorks Pictures, which co-financed the film and will share equally in its success.
"Parents" had the highest per-theater average for any film playing in wide release last weekend.
"Being number one for the third week in a row is extraordinary," Universal distribution president Nikki Rocco said Sunday morning. "It's only been twice this year that that's happened. The last time was with 'E
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HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 21, 2000 -- The 58th Annual Golden Globe Awards is shaping up to be one heck of a testosterone-charged run.
Steven Soderbergh's "Traffic" and Ridley Scott's "Gladiator" have emerged as the frontrunners in this year's race for the Globes, each receiving five nods apiece as nominations for the annual bash were announced this morning by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in Beverly Hills, Calif..
Trailing closely behind are Cameron Crowe's semi-autobiographical rock flick "Almost Famous," "Chocolat," "Wonder Boys" and Soderbergh's "Erin Brockovich," each earning four nominations.
Soderbergh's drug trafficking drama (which has yet to bow in theaters) picked up almost all the prized loot with a nod for best picture (drama), best director, best screenplay for scribe Stephen Gaghan and a best supporting actor and actress (drama) mention for Benecio D
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HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 19, 2000 -- "Gladiator" leads the list of nominations and winners announced by the Broadcast Film Critics Association.
The Roman epic directed by Ridley Scott and starring Russell Crowe made the group's Top 10 list along with, in alphabetical order, "Almost Famous," "Billy Elliot," "Cast Away," "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," "Erin Brockovich," "Quills," "Thirteen Days," "Traffic," "Wonder Boys" and "You Can Count on Me."
Due to a tie, there are actually 11 films in BFCA's Top 10 list this year. The best picture winner will be announced at an awards luncheon on Jan. 22.
Among the group's winners announced today: best actor, Russell Crowe ("Gladiator"); best actress, Julia Roberts ("Erin Brockovich"); best supporting actor, Joaquin Phoenix (for "Gladiator," "Quills" and "The Yards"); best supporting actress, Frances McDormand ("Almost Famous" and
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HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 19, 2000 -- "Gladiator" and "Traffic" lead the nominations for the fifth annual Golden Satellite Awards presented by the International Press Academy.
"Gladiator," with 10 nominations, and "Traffic," with nine nods, are competing against "Billy Elliot," "Erin Brockovich," "Quills" and "Dancer in the Dark" for best motion picture drama, according to Daily Variety.
The nominations for best motion picture comedy or musical are "Almost Famous," "Best in Show," "Nurse Betty," "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?," "State and Main" and "Wonder Boys."
The 10 nods for "Gladiator" include a director nomination for Ridley Scott, Russell Crowe for best actor in a drama and Joaquin Phoenix for supporting actor in a drama.
"Traffic's" nods include Steven Soderbergh for director and Benicio Del Toro for supporting actor. Soderbergh is competing against himself: H
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HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 29, 2000 -- They were hits on the big screen and now they’re even bigger hits on DVD.
“Gladiator” and “X-Men” each took in $60 million in DVD sales and VHS rentals over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The estimates for “X-Men's” home video and DVD sales even surpassed the film’s opening weekend domestic gross of $57.5 million over the summer. The summer hit features an ensemble cast including Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, James Marsden, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos and Anna Paquin.
“Gladiator’s” numbers, however, were most impressive considering the film, starring Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix and Connie Nielsen, isn’t available to purchase in the VHS format -– a format that most home movie watchers use.
Currently in the United States, there are about 9 million DVD players compare
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Insiders thought they knew "Witch" movie would top the Halloween weekend chart, but it turned out to be "Meet the Parents" and not the "Blair Witch" sequel.
Universal's PG-13-rated blockbuster comedy "Meet the Parents" was still meeting and greeting moviegoers in first place in its fourth week with a hefty estimated $15.06 million (-6%) at 2,647 theaters (+28 theaters; $5,690 per theater). Its cume is approximately $100.0 million, heading for a domestic theatrical gross $130-150 million.
"Parents'" international release is through DreamWorks Pictures, which co-financed the film and will share equally in its success.
"Parents" had the highest per-theater average for any film playing in wide release last weekend.
"'Meet the Parents' has surprised everybody in the press," Universal distribution president Nikki Rocco said Sunday morning. "All of the estimators
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CBS won the first week of the May sweeps, powered by its hit reality show Survivor II: The Australian Outback and its coupled drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. The two shows scored second- and third-place finishes respectively, behind an episode of NBC's E.R., which saw the return of Sally Field. CBS averaged an 8.4 household rating for the week with a 14 share. NBC, no longer feeling the drag of ratings for its XFL football telecasts, was close behind with an 8.2/14. ABC, which placed two editions of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire in the top ten, was third with a 7.1/12, followed by Fox with a 5.7/10. Meanwhile, NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw set a modern record by maintaining the lead among network newscasts for 52 consecutive weeks.
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HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 30, 2001 -- Nominations for the 7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were announced today in Los Angeles at L.A.'s Pacific Design Center.
The unique show, honoring performers from 13 movie and TV categories, will air on TNT, Sunday, March 11 from the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center.
The nominations in the movie categories aren’t surprising, with frontrunners Russell Crowe’s from “Gladiator” and Golden Globe winner Julia Roberts from “Erin Brockovich” easily making the list. Golden Globe winners Tom Hanks for “Cast Away” and Kate Hudson for “Almost Famous” snag nominations as well.
Several nominees in the television categories are returning to try their luck again, namely James Gandolfini and Edie Falco from “The Sopranos,” who both won in their respective categories last year. Also, die-hard dramas, such as “ER” and “Law & Order,” are back fo
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Jan. 21, 2001 -- One thing remains clear after tonight's 58th Annual Golden Globe Awards: There was a definite lack of a dominant film on the block. Though certain sure bets did come out victorious, no single film was able to sweep the Globes, leaving the upcoming Oscar race as wide open as it was before.
Heavy contenders "Traffic," "Almost Famous," "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Gladiator" all took home two Globes apiece at the annual star-studded event.
As expected, Julia Roberts won the award for best actress in a movie (drama) for her work in "Erin Brockovich". However, she was visibly surprised when "Brockovich" director Steven Soderbergh went home empty-handed.
"I was shocked, actually," Roberts said backstage. "I suppose when I presented the best director and Steven [Soderbergh] didn't win for either film ["Traffic" and "Erin
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HOLLYWOOD, Oct 26, 2000 - Look for "Blair Witch 2" to do killer business this Halloween weekend.
Artisan Entertainment's R-rated sequel "Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2," opening at about 3,000 theaters, should scare up enough ticket sales to end "Meet the Parents'" three week reign in first place.
"'Blair Witch' is going to play very young," explains an insider. "They ought to be able to open to $20 million." The original "Blair Witch Project," last summer's sleeper blockbuster, was made independently for about $35,000 and picked up by Artisan. It grossed about $140.5 million in domestic theaters.
Directed by Joe Berlinger, "Blair Witch 2" stars Kim Director, Jeffrey Donovan, Erica Leerhsen, Tristen Skylar and Stephen Barker-Turner.
Universal's PG-13-rated comedy "Meet the Parents" should slide one slot to second place in its fourth
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Moviegoers don't seem bedazzled by "Bedazzled" and probably won't pay enough for "Pay It Forward" to finish first. That should mean a third consecutive chart-topping weekend for "Meet the Parents."
The PG-13-rated comedy from Universal finished first last weekend with $21.2 million. It actually held even better than its modest 26% decline suggests. Its drop was measured against the previous Sunday, which was a stronger than normal Sunday since the next day was Columbus Day.
"The way that picture's holding up, if it drops another 25% -- and it may actually hold better than that -- it will still do $15 million," an insider speculates. "There won't be anything else that can do $15 million."
"Parents'" strength has been its appeal to a broad audience of younger Ben Stiller fans and older Robert De Niro fans.
Directed by Jay Roach, "Parents" stars De Niro and S
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The month of April welcomes the spring season, and with spring comes the season of love. Among the most recent weddings: Brooke Shields married television writer Chris Henchy on Tuesday. Last week, Drew Barrymore and comedian Tom Green surprised everyone by announcing that they had tied the knot.
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HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 21, 2001 - Liv Tyler is engaged to her rock-and-roll beau, Royston Langdon, lead singer and bass player for the group Spacehog.
The 23-year-old actress reportedly accepted a Valentine's Day proposal from the musician whom she has been dating for over two years. Tyler met the rocker in 1998 after ending her relationship with recent Oscar nominee Joaquin Phoenix, her co-star in "That Thing You Do."
Tyler, 23, is the daughter of Aerosmith front man Steven Tyler and former model Bebe Buell, who had an eight-month romance with the Boston rocker while she was still living with musician Todd Rundgren in the '70s.
Tyler began her career as a model and quickly evolved to the big screen just films such as "Armageddon," "Stealing Beauty" and "One Night at McCool's."
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HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 4, 2001 -- Director Robert Altman will be bringing his signature brand of filmmaking to Britain, and the country's top-notch actors are apparently the first to rejoice.
Jude Law ("The Talented Mr. Ripley"), Emily Watson ("Breaking the Waves") and Kristin Scott Thomas ("The English Patient") are among the ensemble cast that have signed on to Altman's "Gosford Park," Daily Variety reports.
And Helen Mirren ("The Passion of Ayn Rand") and Michael Gambon ("Sleepy Hollow") might also join a cast that could amount to 20 people.
"Lots of actors want to be in the film, but it is a question of fitting it into their schedules," Altman's spokesman said.
In typical Altman-esque narrative style, the film is said to be about the relations among different social classes in 1930s Britain.
PHOENIX FINDS 'LOVE': Actress Claire Danes has found her mat
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HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 20, 2000 -- The Golden Globe nominations are coming! The Golden Globe nominations are coming!
Thursday at 5:19 a.m. PST, The Hollywood Foreign Press Association will begin announcing the nominations for the 58th Annual Golden Globe Awards, to be held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Jan. 21.
But before the nominations are made official, we at Hollywood.com take a stab at who the odds-on favorites will be for nominations in some of the major categories for motion pictures.
So without further ado, here are our picks as sure bets for nominations:
Best Motion Picture -- Drama
"Almost Famous" "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" "Gladiator" "Erin Brockovich" "Traffic"
These are the likely five, although "Dancer in the Dark" could sneak in there.
Best Motion Picture -- Musical or Comedy
"Billy E
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HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 7, 2000 -- Let the awards season begin!
The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, one of the Industry's high-profile Oscar indicators, has announced its top film picks this year, with the Marquis de Sade tale "Quills" nabbing the best film nod and helmer Steven Soderbergh earning the title of best director for films "Erin Brockovich" and the upcoming "Traffic" with newlyweds Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
The best actress nod went to "Brockovich" star Julia Roberts, and "Before Night Falls'" Javier Bardem, who played exile Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas, picked up the best actor award.
As to the supporting role categories, Joaquin Phoenix was named best supporting male for his work in "The Yards," "Gladiator" and "Quills," and Lupe Ontiveros scored the best supporting female nod for the indie film "Chuck and Buck."
Ang Lee's
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HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 19, 2000 -- He once portrayed an Iggy Pop-inspired rocker in "Velvet Goldmine," and it looks like Ewan McGregor is about to do the same with British pop pioneer Billy Fury. According to Reuters, the "Star Wars: Episode I" actor's next project will be a film biography about Billy Fury, the Liverpool, England, pop icon who dominated the rock scene in the early 1960s.
No title has been attached to the project. Reuters said that McGregor's uncle, Dennis Lawson, who had a minor part in "Episode I," will also be in the film.
INFIDELITY LANE: Cheating on someone such as Richard Gere ain't easy, but someone's got to do it. The Hollywood Reporter says that Diane Lane is in final talks to star opposite Gere in the thriller "Unfaithful." The film, a takeoff of the French classic "La Femme Infidele," is about the extramarital affair of a woman that leads to murder. <
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HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 16, 2000 -- Kate Winslet has a new addition to her marriage with director Jim Threapleton. And her name is Mia.
The "Titanic" and "Holy Smoke" actress, 25, and her 26-year-old hubby welcomed their new baby girl into the world in London on Thursday.
The name was a last-minute selection.
"Kate and Jim had drawn up a list of 10 names but when the baby was born, none of them seemed right," Winslet's agent, Robert Garlock, told Reuters.
"Then Mia came to them, and it just seemed right. There is no family significance. They just thought it was a really beautiful name," Garlock added.
Winslet is taking a seven-month break to be with Mia.
The British actress next appears in the Marquis De Sade drama "Quills" with Geoffrey Rush and Joaquin Phoenix.
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HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 16, 2000 -- Who'd have guessed that so many people would want to play an ape? But it's true. After Tim Roth and Helena Bonham Carter, the latest actor to join the remake of "The Planet of the Apes" as a simian is "The Green Mile" man, Michael Clarke Duncan, The Associated Press says.
Specifically, Duncan is going to play a silverback gorilla.
Helmed by Tim Burton, the much-anticipated remake also stars Mark Wahlberg, who's got the role of the rare humanoid crashing the planet.
BACK TO 'BASIC': We know a good cast when we see one: Catherine Keener ("Being John Malkovich) and Benicio Del Toro ("The Way of the Gun") might both star in "Basic," Daily Variety says. The drama concerns a DEA agent who's investigating the disappearance of an army instructor and several of his cadets.
'HOUSE' CALL: Variety also reports that Kristin Scott Thomas of
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HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 22, 2000 -- "Evolution" is starting to evolve. Julianne Moore and Orlando Jones are in the final stages of negotiations to appear in the Ivan Reitman comedy with David Duchovny, Daily Variety reports. Seann William Scott ("Road Trip") also has signed up to appear in the film about a group of misfits who encounter an alien organism that lands in the New Mexico desert.
GERE UP: Richard Gere and "Arlington Road" director Mark Pellington have committed to "The Mothman Prophecies," a film revolving around the real-life paranormal activities that took place in West Virginia in the late 1960s.
BRUCKHEIMER'S 'BLACK SHEEP': Walt Disney Co. has given a thumbs-up to the Jason Richman-written action comedy "Black Sheep," Variety also reports. Jerry Bruckheimer ("Coyote Ugly") will produce, with possible directing by Jon Turteltaub ("Phenomenon").
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