The Real Reason Why the Oscars Killed Sacha Baron Cohen's Avatar Sketch
Word emerged yesterday that Sacha Baron Cohen would no longer present an Oscar at Sunday's Academy Awards. Reasons were offered and rationalizations were made, all…
Making News Out of Nothing at All: Mission Impossible Edition
Some stories have more staying power than others in this lightning-fast news cycle of ours, and Tuesday's "Sumner Redstone is Dating Tom Cruise" is one of them…
Lavish Fête Planned for Oscar-Barred Producer
Nicolas Chartier will not be made an example of! Despite being disinvited and banned from Sunday's Oscars ceremony, the aggressive-campaigning Hurt Locker producer will…
Hollywood Ink: Tim Burton Presents Abe the Vampire Slayer
· Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov quickly optioned the novel Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Killer upon its publication Tuesday, bringing the latest revisionist-historical…
BREAKING: Hurt Locker Producer Banned From Oscars for 'Aggressive' Campaigning
Hurt Locker co-producer and ill-advised e-mail campaigner Nicolas Chartier was banned this afternoon from attending the 82nd Academy Awards. His revoked invitation was…
Say Whaaaa? Special Edition: Analyzing the Crazy Basterds' Oscar Finale
Loath as we are around here to give away free advertising, the last lunge of Inglourious Basterds' sprint to the Oscar-race finish line is something that both…
Director Sophie Barthes on Cold Souls and Her Spirit Awards Breakthrough
There are good years for a filmmaker, and then there are great years. Sophie Barthes' 2009 was an all-out great year, beginning with the premiere and acquisition of her…
ABC Threatens 3.1 Million New Yorkers with Oscar Blackout
While we're facing a dreadfully slow news day ahead, don't worry: We've got comedy! Thank ABC for the laffs this morning, with the network threatening to pull the…
MacGruber Delayed
The news that Universal pushed MacGruber back from April 23 to May 21 had Movieline's Dept. of Conspiracy Theories abuzz with speculation. Was this the result of ongoing…
Hollywood Ink: Nicole Kidman Will Steal Your Man
· Nicole Kidman is attached to star in the title role of The Wedding Doctor, playing a woman who analyzes couples' compatibility and "interpersonal dynamics" only to…
Robert Pattinson Talks to Movieline About Risk, Reward and Remember Me
Robert Pattinson probably didn't want to spend his Saturday at a press junket any more than the journalists who greeted him there, but we're all professionals here…
Now Oscar-Campaigning Rabbis Come to Inglourious Basterds' Aid
Last week's commandeering of the Oscar zeitgeist by the Inglourious Basterds team might have seemed too-little-too-late for a vote that ends tomorrow. But if you can…
Awards Round-Up: Precious Owns Image Awards; Prophet Takes Cesars
It rained hardware on the final weekend before the Oscars, when no fewer than five awards bodies deployed their year-end kudos to some front-runners you may have heard…
Shrek Forever After Opens Tribeca
The Tribeca Film Festival announced this morning that Shrek Forever After will open this year's fest April 21 in New York, marking the first time an animated (let alone)…
Hollywood Ink: Angelina Jolie Adds Serena to 'Maybe' List
· To whomever is out there making the phone calls and sending the e-mails that have created a bottleneck of new Angelina Jolie projects: Enough. We get it. The actress…
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