Celeb News Aggregate
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Everyone in Hollywood is asking an intriguing question this week: “How high can Sex and the City go?” After all, the average red-blooded American male will have to be dragged into the theater to see Carrie Bradshaw and friends (although, gay men will likely be among the movie’s early attenders). According to industry tracking relayed to me, an astounding number of American women have a weekend appointment to see these four 40+ actresses in their first big-screen adventure.
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This weekend, there is one for the girls at America’s multiplexes as Warner Bros rolls out the long-awaited Sex and the City movie.
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Oscar-winning director Sydney Pollack has died of cancer. He was 73.
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Tom Hanks, George Clooney, Meryl Streep and Robert De Niro have taken out newspaper advertisements appealing to leaders of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) to start talks with movie studios in a bid to avert a possible strike.
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Film director Woody Allen fears Scarlett Johansson will ruin her promising acting career by indulging in the party lifestyle--advising her to take inspiration from Meryl Streep instead.
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Oscar winner Reese Witherspoon has fired her Hollywood agents at Endeavor and moved over to Creative Artists Agency (CAA).
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Judi Dench is so convinced she won't win this year's Best Actress Academy Award she has advised gambling film fans to bet on another candidate.
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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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Helen Mirren's portrayal of The Queen has turned the British actress into the hottest Oscar favorite ever.
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Academy Award winner Meryl Streep is putting her vocal talents to the test in the Hollywood adaptation of ABBA musical Mamma Mia!
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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 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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Tributes have poured in for director Robert Altman, who died on Monday from complications related to cancer.
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Sophie's Choice author William Styron has died at the age of 81.
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Movie icon Al Pacino has been announced as next year's recipient of the 35th American Film Institute's (AFI) Life Achievement Award.
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Former lovers Brad Pitt and Gwyneth Paltrow are reuniting on the big screen for a feature film about former President Richard Nixon.
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News, Mar. 18: Gibson Eyes Hanukkah Movie, "Passion" Sparks Marital Discord, Charges Dropped Against R. Kelly, More…
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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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CBS Denies Paying Michaek Jackson for Interview, Rush Guitarist Arrested, Natalie Imbruglia Weds Woody Allen Finding Nemo
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Pop singer-turned-reality TV star Jessica Simpson has signed a development deal with ABC to star in a comedy series project targeted for fall 2004. Also: Ted Harbert Joe Simpson Catherine Zeta-Jones Michael Douglas Halle Berry Justin Guarini Chuck Wepner Sylvester Stallone Rocky G Unit 50 Cent Duran Duran Luis Guzman Craig Ferguson Brad Silberling Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
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According to a poll by UK movie magazine Empire, Oscar winner Sean Connery has been named the actor with the worst film accent of all time. Also: MPH Entertainment My Big Fat Greek Wedding Katharine Hepburn Madonna Brandy David Beckham Sean "P.Diddy" Combs Uncle Stiltskin
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News, March 18: Gandolfini, HBO Drop Lawsuits; War Won't Disrupt Movie Release Sked, Dire Straits Mark Knopfler Injured in Accident Martin Sheen Tom Hanks Susan Sarandon Robin Williams
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The Screen Actors Guild Awards give Chicago big wins including Renee Zellweger and Catherine Zeta-Jones. The Sopranos Edie Falco and James Gandolfini also win. Daniel Day-Lewis Christopher Walken
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BAFTA nominees Meryl Streep Adrien Brody Nicolas Cage Nicole Kidman Salma Hayek brave the threats of terrorism and head to the U.K. Ashley Judd Kate Hudson Melissa Joan Hart The Osbournes
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For those who opted not to watch the drawn-out two-hour series finale of Fox's limited-run reality show Joe Millionaire, here's a brief recap of the night's anticlimactic event. Also: Peter O'Toole Billy Bob Thornton 53rd Berlin International Film Festival Michael Winterbottom In This World Conrad L. Hall Cedric the Entertainer Barbershop 2 Tim Story Kingpin Paul McCartney
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Box Office Analysis Feb. 16 Daredevil How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days Chicago The Jungle Book 2 Shanghai Knights The Recruit Final Destination 2 Deliver Us From Eva Kangaroo Jack About Schmidt
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Whitney Houston's dad dies. Michael Jackson Jude Law Nicole Kidman Ben Affleck Jennifer Lopez Courtney Love Russell Crowe Ron Howard Meryl Streep The Hours Adaptation
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Sony Pictures admitted Tuesday that an unidentified employee submitted Meryl Streep in the wrong awards category, probably causing her a Screen Actor's Guild nomination--or even two.
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A full list of the nominees for the 2003 SAG (Screen Actors Guild) Awards.
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Martin Scorsese's period epic Gangs of New York and the musical Chicago led the way Monday with 12 nominations each for the British Academy Film and Television Arts awards, also known as the BAFTAs. The drama The Hours followed close behind with 11 nods.
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Box office analysis for Jan. 26, 2003. Top 10: Darkness Falls Kangaroo Jack Chicago Just Married National Security The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Catch Me If You Can Confessions of a Dangerous Mind About Schmidt The Hours
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Box office analysis for Jan. 19, 2003. Top 10 Kangaroo Jack, National Security, Just Married, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Catch Me If You Can, Chicago, A Guy Thing, About Schmidt, The Hours, Two Weeks Notice.
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Box Office Analysis for Jan. 12
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Far From Heaven starring Julianne Moore and Dennis Quaid is chosen by Chicago Film Critics as best film
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Box office analysis for the weekend of Dec. 29: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Catch Me If You Can Two Weeks Notice Maid in Manhattan Gangs of New York Drumline The Wild Thornberrys Movie Harry Potter and the Chamer of Secrets The Hot Chick Die Another Day
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About Schmidt and Adaptation lead the Broadcast Film Critics Nominations
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Martin Grove's box office analysis for Dec. 15, 2002, featuring Maid in Manhattan, Star Trek: Nemesis, Die Another Day, The Hot Chick, Drumline and more.
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box office analysis for weekend of Dec. 8
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National Film Board of Review announces top 10 films including The Hours Chicago Gangs of New York Far From Heaven Frida The Pianist The Quiet American Rabbit-Proof Fence
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News Roundup, Nov. 27: Backstreet Boys Sue Record Label
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Leonardo DiCaprio, who has not given a TV sit-down interview since 1997, had a face-to-face with Barbara Walters in an interview set to air Friday on 20/20. Also: Madonna Danny Glover Garfield Peter Hewitt Jodie Foster Flora Plum Ewan McGregor Meryl Streep Claire Danes The Good Shephard Robert De Niro Eric Roth Snoop Dogg Doggy Fizzle Televizzle Bill Maher
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Robert De Niro and business partner Jane Rosenthal, who started the Tribeca Film Festival, couldn't have imagined that it would grow so big so fast and draw the premieres of big Hollywood movies About a Boy, Insomnia, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood and Star Wars: Episode II-Attack of the Clones in its inaugural year.
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Heather Graham, who stars in upcoming film "From Hell" with Johnny Depp, to In Style on doing something great.
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 2, 2000 -- With a limited number of new films hitting the theater, this weekend will be the perfect time for filmgoers to catch up on the movies they missed during the holiday frenzy.
Opening in New York on Friday is the award-winning "Life is to Whistle" from Cuba . Expanded releases include the adaptation of John Irving's "The Cider House Rules" and Universal's romantic drama "Snow Falling on Cedars" with Ethan Hawke.
Also in theaters Friday is the re-issue of Miramax's "Music of the Heart" starring Meryl Streep, Gloria Estefan and Angela Bassett.
The following is a complete list of the films opening this week.
Limited Release
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"Life is to Whistle" (New York) -- The award-winning film from Fernando Perez follows the intersecting lives of three Cubans on the Day of Santa Barbara: a ballerina who ponders breaking
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Ten years after it became a sensation on Broadway, Tony Kushner's Pulitzer Prize-winning gay-themed play Angels in America, may be coming to television as an HBO miniseries starring Al Pacino and Meryl Streep and directed by Mike Nichols, the New York Post reported Friday, citing a person close to the project.
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Role Call: Catherine Zeta-Jones looking to do "Chicago"; Vin Diesel and his hunt for his next project; Cameron Diaz, Mike Myers and Eddie Murphy are in talks for "Shrek 2"; Actor Eric Stoltz's directorial debut; Meryl Streep and son take acting on the road; Robert De Niro eyes new comedy; director Philip Kaufman will be directing a remake of "Suspicion."
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It certainly pays to be an Academy Award winner-in more ways than one. Sure, there's the adulation and prestige one receives when winning an Oscar, but did you also know it could help you live longer?
According to a study published in Tuesday's Annals of Internal Medicine, Academy Award winners live nearly four years longer than those actors who have been nominated but haven't actually won the gold statuette.
Lead author Dr. Donald Redelmeier, director of clinical epidemiology at Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Center in Toronto, who specializes in general Internal Medicine, attributes these additional years of life to the kind of satisfaction a person gets from a deep sense of accomplishment, making them more resilient.
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Joining past honorees Robert Altman, Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, and Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro will receive the lifetime achievement award at the 11th annual Independent Feature Project Gotham Awards, Variety reports. De Niro, a six-time Oscar nominee and two-time winner, has appeared in more than 70 films and produced almost 20. The awards, which take place in October at New York's Chelsea Piers, will be taped by Bravo and aired at a later date.
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HOLLYWOOD, Mar. 7, 2001 -- What's the price of fame?
On Tuesday, Sotheby's discovered the answer as Hollywood memorabilia was auctioned off with all proceeds benefiting UNICEF. The charity event, organized by Liam Neeson, has already raised over $400,000 and concludes today.
The highest-ticket item was Mel Gibson's sword from the Oscar-winning "Braveheart" which sold for $170,000. Harrison Ford's bullwhip used in the "Indiana Jones" trilogy was donated by Steven Spielberg and brought in $74,000. A light saber from "Star Wars: Episode I--The Phantom Menace" collected $54,000, and a wedding gown worn by Oscar-nominee Julia Roberts in "Runaway Bride" fetched $16,000.
"I am genuinely stunned and humbled by the generosity of my colleagues in the business," Neeson said. "Many have donated items they intended to keep forever. These really are pieces that money can't buy, a
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HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 19, 2001 -- Looks like Dylan McDermott has had enough of playing good guys.
"The Practice" star is in talks to star opposite Jennifer Lopez in the thriller "Enough," Daily Variety says.
In the film, McDermott would play an abusive husband who pursues Lopez to the bitter end.
PILLOW TALK: Emmy winner Allison Janney will join Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman and Julianne Moore in the drama "The Hour," Variety columnist Michael Fleming says. The film is based on Michael Cunningham's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, which is an homage to writer Virginia Woolf.
Janney will play Streep character's lesbian lover. Also joining the cast are Claire Danes and Ed Harris.
A 'ONE' AND A TWO: Jet Li's going to have company for his next project. Variety reports that Delroy Lindo ("Gone in 60 Seconds") and Jason Statham ("Snatch") will join the martial arts
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The chance of winning a shiny trophy isn't necessarily what always draws the stars to the Golden Globes ceremony. Nor is it the chance to possibly see Jim Carrey talk out of his rear end.
In many cases, it's the fine grub. And this year's ceremony is no exception. At the Oscars, the stars have to wait until after the ceremony to fill their bellies. But at the Globes, they eat during the ceremony -- which makes acceptance speeches very interesting if someone like Kevin Spacey or Julianne Moore has a piece of cilantro stuck between his/her teeth.
The Globes ceremony is a fiesta in and of itself, with multiple entrees on the menu and an open bar. (Now you know why Jack Nicholson didn't mind whippersnapper Matt Damon getting a better seat, and telling everyone so on live TV.
So what exactly will Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep dine on when you're stuck eating leftover meatloa
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PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 10, 2000 -- If the Gallup pollsters of America had their way, "The Sixth Sense" and "Big Daddy" would sweep the Academy Awards. The two films dominated the film categories at the 26th Annual People's Choice Awards on Sunday night at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium.
"The Sixth Sense," which also stands a strong chance of Oscar nomination, won awards for Favorite Motion Picture and Favorite Dramatic Motion Picture; its star, its star, Bruce Willis, picked up the award for Favorite Motion Picture Star in a Drama.
"Big Daddy," which stands virtually no chance at an Oscar nomination (unless voters suddenly concoct a Best Achievement in Spitballs category), won for Favorite Comedy Motion Picture; Adam Sandler won Favorite Motion Picture Star in a Comedy.
Julia Roberts, who scored a double box-office whammy last summer with "Notting Hill" and "Runaw
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 4, 2000 -- They might not win Oscars, but several singer/actors/divas are up for Grammys.
Nominations for the 42nd Grammy Awards, honoring the would-be best in music, were announced in Los Angeles today -- and the list of hopefuls reads like a who's-who in movieland, with Jennifer Lopez ("Out of Sight"), Courtney Love ("Man in the Moon") and Cher ("Tea With Mussolini") among those making the cut.
Here's a look at some of the key Grammy races involving Hollywood types:
'BELIEVE' IT OR NOT: That infectious dance song you heard all last year, Cher's "Believe," set the stage for the Oscar winner ("Moonstruck") to make her pop comeback. The Grammy people handed Cher three nominations, for Record of the Year, Best Pop Album and Best Dance Recording. Rivaling her in the Dance Recording category is Jennifer Lopez. Lopez's nomination is for "Wait