Tom Cruise receives Friars Icon award in New York
By NICOLE EVATT The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Friars Club, best known for searing celebrity roasts, held the insults when it toasted Tom Cruise. The actor received the fourth ever Friars Club Entertainment Icon Award on Tuesday night, placing him in the same company as Douglas Fairbanks, Cary Grant and Frank Sinatra. … Read more
Oscars venue reopens as Dolby Theatre
By DERRIK J. LANG AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The venue for the Oscars has a new name — and sound. The posh 3,400-seat theater formerly known as the Kodak Theatre reopened Monday with a new audio-visual system and new signage as the Dolby Theatre. Dolby Laboratories Inc. announced a 20-year deal with … Read more
‘Hunger Games,’ ‘Bridesmaids’ top MTV Movie Awards
By SANDY COHEN AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — This year’s MTV Movie Awards will be a showdown between a bevy of bridesmaids and a cast of killer kids. “Bridesmaids” and “The Hunger Games” top nominees at MTV’s annual film honors with eight nods apiece, including bids for best cast, breakthrough performance and movie … Read more
NBC to keep Golden Globes for years, judge rules
By ANTHONY McCARTNEY AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge ruled Monday that producers of the Golden Globe Awards acted properly when they negotiated a deal keeping the glitzy gala on NBC through 2018. U.S. District Judge A. Howard Matz’s 89-page ruling states that the production company, dick clark productions, has a … Read more
‘Hugo,’ ‘Artist’ inject cinema nostalgia to Oscars
By CHRISTY LEMIRE and DAVID GERMAIN AP Movie Writers BEVERLY HILLS, California (AP) — American master Martin Scorsese journeyed to France, putting Hollywood’s newest technology to work for his dazzling 3-D re-creation of 1930s Paris in “Hugo.” French filmmaker Michel Hazanavicius came to America, reviving old-time Hollywood with his charming resurrection of early cinema in … Read more
Top directors miss out on Oscar doc prospects
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Acclaimed documentaries from Werner Herzog, Errol Morris, Morgan Spurlock and Steve James have missed out on a shot at the Academy Awards. Herzog’s “Into the Abyss,” Morris’ “Tabloid,” Spurlock’s “The Greatest Movie Ever Sold” and James’ “The Interrupters” did not make the short list of 15 documentaries eligible for the feature-length … Read more
Clooney gets top honors at Palm Springs film fest
LOS ANGELES (AP) — George Clooney is adding another award to his collection. The Palm Springs International Film Festival will present the 50-year-old actor with its Chairman’s Award in January. Festival chairman Harold Matzner said Friday that Clooney is “a consummate actor, director, producer and screenwriter (who has) demonstrated that no discipline within the film … Read more
Ricky Gervais to return as host of Golden Globes
By SANDY COHEN AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ricky Gervais is returning as host of the Golden Globes. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced through Twitter on Wednesday that Gervais will take his third turn as Globes host in January. Gervais left some wondering if he’d be back after his performance at this … Read more
Cronenberg ‘cures’ cast in Freud-Jung drama
By COLLEEN BARRY The Associated Press VENICE, Italy — Director David Cronenberg claims to have had ulterior motives when he chose the cast for “A Dangerous Method,” a period drama that examines the relationship between the founders of modern psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung. “I think my cast has great need of psychoanalysis, which … Read more
Trial over Golden Globes rights delayed a month
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A trial to resolve a dispute over broadcast rights to the Golden Globe Awards has been delayed for at least a month. Opening statements in the struggle for one of Hollywood’s glitziest award shows had been scheduled to begin Tuesday in Los Angeles. Representatives for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and … Read more
