Hilary Swank
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BirthDate BirthPlace |
07/29/1974
Lincoln, NE |
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December's Big Films
August 15, 2001 11:35am EST'Twas the month before Christmas When all through the studios Execs were stirring, with high hopes and fear, Giant posters were hung and trailers rolled out All in hopes that the public would soon be in the movie houses. Come this December moviegoers can expect Flicks from Kevin Costner, as well as from Mel, But let's not forget there're also Meg and Russell Plus other big names like Hanks and Cage. So without further ado Here's our list Of all the high-profile films that are coming To accompany
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Another Day, Another Movie Award
August 15, 2001 10:04am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., Dec. 21, 1999 — A day after the Golden Globe nominations, the race continued to widen as the Broadcast Film Critics Association announced its picks for the best of the year. Most of them anyway. While the group named its picks for the Top 10 movies of 1999, it won't reveal the No. 1 film until its awards luncheon Jan. 24 in Beverly Hills. Competing for the title of best film (in alphabetical order): "American Beauty," "Being John Malkovich," "The Cider House Rules," "The G
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And the Winner Is: 'American Beauty'?
August 15, 2001 10:04am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., March 24, 2000 -- Well, they did it. The newspaper folks who threatened to scoop the Oscars have scooped the Oscars. Or have they? "American Beauty" Today's Wall Street Journal published the results of an "informal" survey of Academy voters -- a survey that purports to show that most Hollywood insiders are leaning toward "American Beauty" as Best Picture. Did we really need the Journal to tell us that? Maybe not. But some of the other results of the article were surpr
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Annette Bening Baby Boom!
August 15, 2001 10:04am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., April 10, 2000 -- The ambulance that stood by for Annette Bening at the Oscars can go home. She's done. The "American Beauty" star, who was very much with child when she attended the March 26 ceremony, has given birth to child No. 4, the publicist for husband Warren Beatty announced today. Details were beyond sketchy -- no word on when, where and how (although we can pretty much figure that one out on our own). Also no word on a name. All we know is that it was a girl. Ben
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'Whole Nine Yards' Defeats 'Next Best Thing'
July 31, 2001 12:30pm ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., March 5, 2000 -- Despite all the hype, Madonna came in second best at the weekend box office.Studio tracking studies predicting a first-place opening for Paramount's "The Next Best Thing," the romantic comedy/drama teaming the Material Girl with Rupert Everett, were wrong. Instead, top honors went for the third consecutive weekend to Warner Bros.' "The Whole Nine Yards."Bruce Willis "Yards," the R-rated hit comedy from Warners, Morgan Creek and Franchise Pictures, held str
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A 'Beauty' of an Oscar Night
July 31, 2001 12:30pm ESTLOS ANGELES, March 26, 2000 -- It wasn't exactly like the nosy newspaper said it was going to be, but as expected, "American Beauty" was the big winner, nabbing a field-best five Oscars, including Best Picture, at tonight's 72nd Annual Academy Awards. "American Beauty" "Beauty" star Kevin Spacey was named Best Actor. The relatively no-name Hilary Swank ("Boys Don't Cry") bested Spacey's big-name co-star Annette Bening in the Best Actress race. The Wall Street Journal may have spoiled some of
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'The Insider' Looking Golden
July 31, 2001 12:30pm ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 17, 2000 -- Yet another awards ceremony honoring the same people and the same films were held this past weekend -- this time by the International Press Academy for its fourth annual Golden Satellite Awards. Among the winners were some of the award circuit's established favorites including "The Insider", which took top honors as best dramatic film. Its helmer, Michael Mann, was named best director. Previous best-film laurels for "The Insider" came from the likes of the
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'The Limey,' 'Election' Got the Spirit
July 31, 2001 12:30pm ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 13, 2000 -- Steven Soderbergh's crime-drama "The Limey" and Alexander Payne's high school satire "Election" led the pack of (relatively) low-budget, high-expectation projects as nominations were announced Wednesday for the 15th Annual Independent Spirit Awards, honoring, yes, indie film. "The Limey" and "Election" received a field-best five nominations each. Hollywood blockbusters such as "Toy Story 2" and "The Green Mile" received zippo. (They're not indies.) With the
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'Malkovich,' 'Topsy' Tops with Critics
July 31, 2001 7:53am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 10, 2000 -- And the best picture of 1999 according to the National Society of Film Critics is ... a tie. The period piece "Topsy-Turvy" and the eccentric "Being John Malkovich" shared top honors at the group's awards ceremony Saturday in New York. It's the first time in the society's 34-year history that the best picture vote has been evenly split between two films. "Topsy-Turvy," a Mike Leigh film about operetta composers Gilbert and Sullivan, had previously been re
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News Roundup: July 27
July 27, 2001 11:44am ESTSinger-actress Courtney Love is being sued for failing to pay more than $40,000 in rent for a Vancouver home she rented while working in the on the film 24 Hours, The Associated Press reports.
