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By The Huffington Post News Team LOS ANGELES — James Caan is seeking a divorce from his wife of 14 years. Court records in Los Angeles show "The Godfather" actor filed... LOS ANGELES — James Caan is seeking a divorce from his wife of 14 years. Caan, who earned an Academy Award nomination for his role as Sonny Corleone in "The Godfa...

By The Huffington Post News Team Will talk show maven Oprah Winfrey mingle with as many as 400 guests who huddle under the big top? What members of Congress got the tickets – and which did not? Will the dinner be filled with guests from Hollywood and Bollywood? And how much spice will be added to the curry?

By Tallulah Morehead It was dawn in Samoa, and at Camp Igag, while everyone else slept, Russell was out looking for the immunity idol. This is why he's kicking all your butts, Galuvians. You're sleeping. He's out playing the game, though I don't see how the production team has had an opportunity to re-hide it again...

By Meg Hemphill The Twilight Saga: New Moon comes out today. And it's a safe bet that it'll be number one at the box office. If you're unconvinced whether this flick is for you, here's an overview to help you along your way ... or not. The Twilight Saga: New Moon comes out today. And it's a safe bet that it'll be number o...

By The Huffington Post News Team The Academy Award winner (best original screenplay for 2002's "Talk to Her"), whose films are watched across the world, attributes his success to the fact that his films "are very entertaining." He says old Hollywood movies in which the main character is a woman and everything happens ar...

By Meg Hemphill But that's what the film's stars, Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, both said was the best part about this night: coming to see the fans. Pattinson looked very dapper in a navy suit, while Stewart said she decided to mix it up and wear a gown for the first time (she chose wisely with Oscar de la Ren...

By Stephen Gyllenhaal And now he's gone. But the movie isn't. Don't miss it. As a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences I haven't yet been hammered with a campaign for This Is It to grab the documentary Oscar, probably because the "brilliant" studio guys think it's not "meaningful" enough. Funny h...

By The Huffington Post News Team Five documentary features from that list will be chosen as nominees for the 82nd Academy Awards. Nominations will be announced Feb. 2, 2010, and the awards will be presented March 7. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, http://www.oscars.org/

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By Regina Weinreich When asked why he chose this potentially difficult subject, Bob Weinstein of the Dimension arm of The Weinstein Company said, "Either the material grabs you or it doesn't. I knew this film had to be made and I wanted to be part of that," and added, "I have a son." Writers, among them Calvin Tril...

By The Huffington Post News Team Mayer has rarely shied away from attention. He provides must-read updates to his more than 2.6 million followers on Twitter, engaged in a high-profile romance with Jennifer Aniston (which followed the high-profile romance with Jessica Simpson, which followed a romance with yet anothe...

By Evelyn Leopold Thompson, an Academy Award winner, and Helen Bamber, who heads a foundation dedicated to survivors of torture and trafficking, spoke to a luncheon of journalists, UN officials, diplomats and others at United Nations. Many in the audience of 150 had met victims of abuse but listened in hu...

By Sharon Salzberg In her book Joan has put together a collection of quotes from writers, philosophers, artists, musicians, poets, mystics and folks like the rest of us, all about, well, nothing. It is so much fun, along with being provocative and illuminating, to read. Everything is there, from Paul Valery...

By Scott Mendelson That's all the news that's fit to print. Join us next weekend when the major new releases are the Sandra Bullock drama The Blind Side (a 'you wouldn't believe it if it wasn't a true story' movie) and the animated Planet 51 (basically The Battle For Terra, with more comedy and less genocide). Th...

By John Farr The Night Of The Hunter ( 1955)- Ben Harper (Peter Graves) hides away ten thousand dollars he stole, only revealing its location to his small children John and Pearl (Billy Chapin and Sally Jane Bruce). Eventually caught, Ben is sentenced to death, since a man was killed during the robbery....

By Richard Laermer It's boring to say but--she's the angel, the whore, the good girlfriend, the contemplative thesbian, and for good measure, the person Hirschberg decides "is not warm or friendly [that day] or particularly interested in small talk." Small talk in Hollywood? Only smart parts.

By Jose Antonio Vargas And on the social Web -- where the often overlooked Filipino diaspora gather on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube -- today is Manny Pacquiao Day, when the 5-foot-6-inch boxer faces Puerto Rico's Miguel Cotto for a welterweight title at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Win or lose (and, for my money,...

By Regina Weinreich There's something hot about the guys in Oren Moverman's well-crafted movie The Messenger. Woody Harrelson and Ben Foster play a team of soldiers whose... There's something hot about the guys in Oren Moverman's well-crafted movie The Messenger. Woody Harrelson and Ben Foster play a team of s...

By Alex Remington All in all, it's a team much better suited for MTV or a Brooklyn poetry reading than a live-action adaptation of a children's picture book. The tonal dissonance that results is about what you'd expect, though no less disappointing. The movie's shorthand for emotional resonance is unresol...

By Regina Weinreich Also surprising in its appeal is the matted fur of Mr. Fox in the movie version of Roald Dahl's classic, voiced by George Clooney reprising his role as Danny Ocean, a wily schemer in good suits. Maybe that's why dioramas of his woodsy world adorn the windows of Bergdorf Goodman's Men's Store o...

By Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin Composer and master of sax Illinois Jacquet was born Jean-Baptiste Jacquet in Broussard, Louisiana, one of six children of Sioux Indian and French-Creole descent, at the genesis of the Jazz Age. Son of a railroad worker and part-time musician, young Jean learned tap dancing and drums, a...

By Daniel Altschuler Shannon compounded the error when he declared in a CNN interview that the signing of the agreement assured that the US would recognize the elections whether or not Zelaya was reinstated. This was the moment when the US first strayed from its Latin American neighbors in handling the crisis...

By Marshall Fine It's been more than two years since Sean Penn cast Hal Holbrook in Into the Wild - but Holbrook is still singing his praises. "Sean... It's been more than two years since Sean Penn cast Hal Holbrook in Into the Wild - but Holbrook is still singing his praises.

By Diane Tucker Hollywood is still an old boys' club. But does the National Film Registry have to be? Maybe not, because you can nominate films for inclusion. The Washington D.C. chapter of Women In Film & Video (disclosure: I am a member) has nominated the following women-made films to the Registry in 20...

By The Huffington Post News Editors The two Hollywood veterans will share hosting duties at the 82nd Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Tuesday. The 82nd Academy Awards will be presented March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre. Nominations will be announced Feb. 2, 2010. More on The Oscars

By Marshall Fine Jennifer pops up in Needy's kitchen later that night, covered with blood and spewing black vomit. The next day in class, however, Jennifer seems none the worse for wear. When male classmates start turning up brutally disemboweled, Needy eventually figures out that Jennifer is responsib...

By Gregory Weinkauf That genius -- né Melvin Kaminsky in New York in 1926, world-renowned as Mel Brooks -- received a glorious tribute Friday night at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Samuel Goldwyn Theater, in Los Angeles. The capacity event was open to the public, and yet sustained a cozy fam...

By Marshall Fine Or, ignoring that hypothetical, another question: How many of the films on a top-10 list for the year's first half will survive to make it to year-end lists? Or receive Oscar nominations - even in a year when the Academy has made the chuckleheaded decision to water down the best-picture ca...

By Barry Levinson I thought I'd ask one of the so-called treasured demographically enhanced viewers what they thought of the Oscar changes. I have been reading about the Academy of Motion Pictures changes for the coming Oscar telecast. What seems clear is that the changes are basically about achieving hig...

By Jon Chattman For far too long comedies and box office blockbusters (and fantasy movies not frolicking with hobbits) have got little to no respect. Well, they had to do something. Year-in, year-out, decade after decade, the Academy Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have dropped the ball when it comes to...

By Andrea Chalupa Two years ago, while at Portfolio.com, I was moved by my colleague's review of the Webby Awards -- the Oscars for the Internet. She was... Two years ago, while at Portfolio.com, I was moved by my colleague's review of the Webby Awards -- the Oscars for the Internet. She was disappointed that, given...

By Brad Balfour It had a very sizeable Japanese audience before the Academy Award but the box office has more than doubled [to over $60 million] after the Academy Award, yet there's a part of me that wishes it wouldn't take an Academy Award for it to get that big.

By Melissa Silverstein It's hard to watch Megan Mylan's Oscar winning short film Smile Pinki without having emotions. At the beginning it was sadness, but by the end... <p>It's hard to watch Megan Mylan's Oscar winning short film <strong>Smile Pinki</strong> without having emotions. At the b...

By Marshall Fine When Departures won the Oscar in February as best foreign-language film, no one was more surprised than director Yojiro Takita. But then, Departures was a... When Departures won the Oscar in February as best foreign-language film, no one was more surprised than director Yojiro Takita.

By Marshall Fine You'd think that WALL-E would be a tough act to follow - but here comes Pixar with Up, a movie that matches that Oscar-winner for... You'd think that WALL-E would be a tough act to follow - but here comes Pixar with Up, a movie that matches that Oscar-winner for heart, laughs and pure excitement.

By Marshall Fine It's that time of year when, with the Oscars out of the way and the Grammys and Emmys still just dots on the horizon, the... It's that time of year when, with the Oscars out of the way and the Grammys and Emmys still just dots on the horizon, the entertainment press runs out of things to write about -...

By Michael Jones The Harvey Milk behind Milk is ill served. He is probably a much more interesting man inhabiting a much more interesting time than is revealed by the Oscar winning screenwriter, the Oscar nominated director, or the actor who won an Oscar for best example of what the Academy thought we shoul...

By Jamie Frevele Before completely writing me off, I know it must seem a bit strange to compare an Oscar-nominated and award-winning film with a small movie that... Before completely writing me off, I know it must seem a bit strange to compare an Oscar-nominated and award-winning film with a small movie that...

By Earl Pomerantz The Oscars mark "on the curve." It's "Best Picture" this year. If it weren't, the above pictures and other indisputable classics would be nominated over and over. Instead of more than three hours, the Oscars telecast would be over in twelve seconds.

By The Huffington Post News Team Rinna noted, however, that from her perch she saw fewer stars than she had expected. It was a tactic to keep some stars off the red carpet so they'd be a surprise during the ceremony. Jennifer Aniston and Tina Fey were among those kept under wraps until the telecast.

By Tallulah Morehead As my longtime readers and fans know, I have only contempt for the silly trinket known as The Oscar, which is why in a movie career that spanned the silents and the talkies, I have never been nominated for one. The Academy respected my contempt, and never nominated me, which is more than they d...

By Dennis Palumbo But there are also foreseeable events, as cyclical as weather patterns, and we're in one now--the awards season. Just as accountants get swamped at tax time, I've noticed a severe spike in my creative patients' career axnieties during this annual frenzy of award nominations.

By Scott Mendelson The funniest film of the year, and proof that Wet Hot American Summer was no fluke. In a year where everyone wanted to be Judd Apatow, director David Wain topped the current king of comedy by toning down the smut and adding just a touch of low-key empathy to the sorts of juvenile losers that usu...

By Scott Mendelson A token amount of plot: Every thirty seasons, a mythical dragon 'the world-gobbler' returns to wreak death upon the lands of Lord Arnold. All of his subjects have fled in terror, leaving him alone with his orphaned niece, Zoe, who someday wishes to be a dragon hunter. Meanwhile, penny-ante...

By Brad Balfour My agent wants me to do American films. He's always trying to get me to do a film here, but I never do. And then I saw screenwriter Simon [Beaufoy]'s name on it. I'd never met him, but I thought, "I'd better read at least five pages of it. " Q: Did you have any trouble with ratings [for Slumdog Milliona...

As the Academy Award season has now opened its door of greeting, and Hollywood has begun the dance of screening next year's hopefuls to voters, entertainment thoughts turn to visions of sugarplums and movies that got overlooked. "How could that person not get nominated?!!" is a traditio...