Academy Award

Halle Berry Blasts Violent Dad, Thanks Teacher At Gala

source: Starpulse.com

Oscar winner Halle Berry ripped into her father at the Hollywood Reporter's Women in Entertainment breakfast in Los Angeles on Friday, revealing his violent acts left an "indelible" mark on her life. Oscar winner Halle Berry ripped into her father at the Hollywood Reporter's Women in En...

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MMA Movies Getting Credit at Hollywood Award Shows?

source: Bleacher Report

As the award season is just on the horizon, rumors of several mixed martial arts themed awards at The Golden Globes and Academy Awards swirl. Ballyhooed holiday films usher in awards seasonPSU Collegio (subscription) all 3 news articles »

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Is Hollywood Afraid To Let Women Be Physically Strong?

source: OH NO!!

New York Times writer Manolha Dargis has written about the cultural trends surrounding women in film throughout the year. In her article, “Now Starring at the Movies: Famous Dead Women,” she states: “It’s rarely been more difficult to be a woman in the movies than now… Last year, only one m...

Published 5 hours ago

Five Questions with Patricia Clarkson

source: Cinematical

In an industry where actresses face fewer options as they get older, Patricia Clarkson has defied the odds. Years after making her debut in Brian de Palma's 1987 crime pic The Untouchables and landing a breakthrough role in 1998's High Art, she's hit her stride and become one of Hollywood'...

Published 17 hours ago

Music review: LA Phil's West Coast, Left Coast festival goes Hollywood

source: Los Angeles Times

There are those who dream of a stroll down the Academy Awards aisle. An important few attempt to find a healthy balance between commercial need and artistic ... and more »

Published 18 hours ago

Spike Jonze: 'I'm never going to compromise'

source: EducationGuardian.co.uk

Those expecting Wild Things to be a cute family movie should remember that Jonze set out his stall with his last film, Adaptation. Remember the scene when Nicolas Cage asks Brian Cox's Hollywood screenwriting guru, "What if the writer is attempting to create a story where nothing much hap...

Published 19 hours ago

Jacques Tati and French film comedy

source: EducationGuardian.co.uk

Tati now had the glory: My Uncle won an Oscar, he was shaking hands with De Gaulle at the Elyseé, snapped alongside Dean Martin and Sophia Loren in Hollywood and taking Edith Piaf's place for three months at Paris Olympia when she fell ill. But the public's fondness for Hulot also depressed T...

Published 19 hours ago

James Cameron: cue the iceberg

source: National

MTV.com Cameron crowed from the Academy Awards stage. It was payback time for this Hollywood outsider, a bullied Canadian high school nerd who jumped grades until ... James Cameron: Vision-forward in 'Avatar's' 3D technologyManila Bulletin James Cameron talks 'Avatar'Examiner.com

Published 23 hours ago