Jack Nicholson's Joker was a blast. Heath Ledger's Joker is as dark and anarchic a figure as Randle McMurphy in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," the role that brought Nicholson his first Academy Award.
Hancock is no supermovie, says Richard Corliss. But critics are powerless against a star who merely has to show up on Independence Day for fans to line up
The final credits of the new Batman movie will acknowledge the late actor
Ever since Robin Williams' turn as the Genie in "Aladdin," voice artists who specialize in character work for animated movies have been sidelined by celebrities, no doubt tickled to do something they can show to their children.
Ellen Page, Will Smith, Zac Efron & Adam Sandler also win golden popcorn honors
"I have learned to have way more fun," says the returning (and more relaxed) host
Jack Black, Anne Hathaway and Steve Carell will also hand out golden popcorns
The rite of spring will also draw Madonna, Blanchett, Bardem, Cruz and Indiana Jones
The actor said his Academy Award makes him "much harder to live with"
The teen sensation is named 2008's Favorite TV Actress and Favorite Female Singer at the awards show
Jack Nicholson's Joker was a blast. Heath Ledger's Joker is as dark and anarchic a figure as Randle McMurphy in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," the role that brought Nicholson his first Academy Award.
Hancock is no supermovie, says Richard Corliss. But critics are powerless against a star who merely has to show up on Independence Day for fans to line up
The final credits of the new Batman movie will acknowledge the late actor
Ever since Robin Williams' turn as the Genie in "Aladdin," voice artists who specialize in character work for animated movies have been sidelined by celebrities, no doubt tickled to do something they can show to their children.
Ellen Page, Will Smith, Zac Efron & Adam Sandler also win golden popcorn honors
"I have learned to have way more fun," says the returning (and more relaxed) host
Jack Black, Anne Hathaway and Steve Carell will also hand out golden popcorns
The rite of spring will also draw Madonna, Blanchett, Bardem, Cruz and Indiana Jones
The actor said his Academy Award makes him "much harder to live with"
The teen sensation is named 2008's Favorite TV Actress and Favorite Female Singer at the awards show
With Hollywood still reeling from the untimely death of actor Heath Ledger, the news of director Anthony Minghella's passing after surgery, has sent the film industry into a tailspin.
The actor's close friends share memories of him with Interview magazine
Jimmy Kimmel really does love Ben Affleck.
As threatened, Jimmy Kimmel has blasted back at girlfriend Sarah Silverman in the wake of her recent revelation – in an hysterical music video – that she and PEOPLE's Sexiest Man Alive Matt Damon are intimate.
The 80th annual Academy Awards proved to be nothing if not international – honoring performers from Spain, England and France on Hollywood's big night Sunday.
Oscar night offers comforting awards and few surprises, as No Country for Old Men takes the top honor
With the Writers Guild of America strike finally over and Jon Stewart tinkering with his opening monologue, the 80th annual Academy Awards is expected to offer plenty of high wattage glamour on Hollywood's big night.
Ellen Page took top honors at the Film Independent's Spirit Awards, winning best actress for her role in Juno, but Angelina Jolie's baby bump was the show stopper.
The Oscars will be a showdown between a coldblooded killer and a coldblooded tycoon.
Last year's Academy Award acting winners Helen Mirren, Forest Whitaker, Jennifer Hudson and Alan Arkin will be put to work this Feb. 24 Oscar night – as presenters.
Daniel Day-Lewis did more than scoop up yet another award for best actor on Sunday night: he earned a little street cred from his kids.
As that "great determinator" Super Tuesday quickly draws near, some new high-powered celebrity endorsements – as well as additional bolstering by loyal top-name supporters – are adding further rhetoric to the race.
Friends and celebrity colleagues – including Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, Sienna Miller, Ellen DeGeneres and director Todd Haynes – gathered on the Sony lot in Los Angeles to remember Heath Ledger on Saturday, PEOPLE has confirmed.
Eva Mendes checked into Utah's Cirque Lodge and has been in the facility, which deals with substance-abuse problems, for several weeks.
Like wine vintages, some years at film festivals are better than others. This year's Sundance Film Festival was by general consensus a lackluster one.
Like wine vintages, some years at film festivals are better than others. This year's Sundance Film Festival was by general consensus a lackluster one.
After the writers' strike doomed the Golden Globes, the stars will finally come out Sunday for the Screen Actors Guild Awards – the first major televised award ceremony to get a waiver from the Writers Guild of America.
Tom Cruise has been taking a beating in the press lately, but several of the star's pals are standing up for him.
A coldblooded killer and a coldblooded tycoon led the Oscar nominations Tuesday, with a lawyer suffering from an ethical crisis also earning a strong showing.
George Clooney and 20-year-old Juno star Ellen Page woke up to great news on Tuesday – they are among the top nominees for the 80th annual Academy Awards, announced at dawn in Beverly Hills.
Forget the Big Buzz. It's all about the Big Brrr this year at the 27th annual Sundance Film Festival, which kicked off in snow-covered Park City, Utah, Thursday.
The British romance and war epic Atonement led the list of nominees announced on Wednesday for the Orange British Academy Film Awards, the U.K.'s answer to the Oscars.
They may not have been on hand to take home their Golden Globes on Sunday night, but Hollywood's top actors – including Johnny Depp and Daniel Day-Lewis – expressed gratitude for the honor Monday.
Tim Burton's macabre musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street won big at the 65th Annual Golden Globe Awards, announced during a live press conference from Hollywood on Sunday, while the film's star, Johnny Depp, picked up best actor in movie comedy or musical.
From Harry Potter to Beatrix Potter, Bond to Borat, David Lean to Mr Bean, British cinema, the skills of British actors, directors and technicians have long been respected around the globe. And as the London Film Festival opens in the British capital, one of the starring roles is the city itself.
Movie deaths can be tragic, heroic, spine-chilling -- even funny. This month, we've brought together our favorite screen exits, from Psycho to Bambi.
Although the writers' strike continues to slow down the award season, on Tuesday night the people were heard – and not just in New Hampshire.
As the Golden Globes became the first awards-show casualty in the Hollywood writers strike, the Critics' Choice Awards fared better Monday – and with no picket lines in sight, that meant an all-star showing, from Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie to George Clooney and Katie Holmes.
The stars are shining over New Hampshire – at least as far as Tuesday's presidential primaries are concerned.
Cate Blanchett was recognized for leading- and supporting-actress performances, and Into the Wild earned four top nods as the nominations for the 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were announced Thursday.
"Atonement," the drama based on the Ian McEwan novel about a shattered love affair, led all films with seven nominations at Thursday's announcement for the 65th annual Golden Globes.
When it comes to John Hancocks, Johnny Depp's the man.
Trophy season kicked into high gear Thursday morning, with an impressive roster of seven movies nominated for best dramatic picture in the Golden Globes race.
Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams share the honor of being recent Oscar nominees. But are they sharing a bit more these days?
The critics hailed films no one will see. Now the Hollywood Foreign Press tries to balance prestige and popularity
Nominees for the 65th annual Golden Globe Awards announced Thursday in Beverly Hills, California:
George Clooney and Casey Affleck took top male honors from the National Board of Review, which prides itself on being the oldest movie organization in the country (it's 98 years old) and the first to announce its prizes each year.
Reese Witherspoon should have no problem meeting the demands of her holiday shopping list: The Hollywood headliner tops the list of 2007's highest-paid actresses in the business.
Angelina Jolie is already attracting movie awards attention.
Days after losing Brad Pitt from the cast of the movie State of Play, Universal Pictures is courting Russell Crowe to star in the film, according to reports.
Ben Affleck has joined forces with a team of celebrity advocates filming a public service announcement drawing attention to health-care reform.
Suri Cruise captivated Berliners during her four-month stay in Germany. Now, another Hollywood baby has arrived to steal their hearts.
Nickelodeon made a splash on the other side of the Atlantic on Saturday, debuting the U.K. edition of its Kids' Choice Awards in London.
On a muggy Friday evening in September, photographers and fans lined the red carpet outside the Design Exchange in downtown Toronto. They were waiting for George Clooney, the guest of honor at the afterparty celebrating the premiere of "Michael Clayton," the hottest ticket at this year's Toronto Film Festival. Inside the cavernous room, Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal, Hollywood's undercover It Couple, quietly danced. A tipsy blond knocked over an ice sculpture.
Matthew McConaughey will replace Owen Wilson in the film comedy Tropic Thunder, Variety reports.
Toronto - Too many movies, not enough time. That's the dilemma confronting anyone, whether a critic or just a film fan, lucky enough to attend the annual Toronto International Film Festival.
Hollywood may not have a Harry Potter, Spider-Man, Shrek or Capt. Jack Sparrow on its upcoming lineup. Yet the fall and holiday schedule does offer filmgoers a chance to catch up with some familiar characters, stories and movie-making teams.
Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Scarlett Johansson and Keira Knightley are among those expected to hit the red carpet at this year's Venice Film Festival, which kicks off Wednesday.
The Venice Film Festival opens its 75th anniversary edition Wednesday with an all-world premiere competition for the coveted Golden Lion, a cascade of stars including George Clooney and Keira Knightley, and its share of international controversy.
Life is good for Scarlett Johansson. The actress and aspiring singer just recorded her debut album and has a calendar full of film projects that will keep her busy for months.
While some celebrities are outspoken about their political causes, others prefer to keep mum, publicly, about their political inclinations.
The superstitious believe bad things happen in threes. Hollywood is counting on the opposite this summer, with the industry's hopes resting on the third installments of some mammoth movie franchises.
Back in 1973, New York's Little Italy district supplied the backdrop to the film "Mean Streets," a mob movie which marked the first step in a long collaboration between two of the city's finest film-makers: director Martin Scorsese and a young actor named Bobby.
If you're looking for some VIP treatment or just some star sightings, try these Los Angeles hot spots next time you're in town.
After losing out five times, director Martin Scorsese was awarded his first Oscar on Sunday for his mob informer movie "The Departed."
Like a potential hit movie, the 79th Academy Awards come equipped with any number of promising storylines.
There is a good chance that Jennifer Hudson is going to win an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress this Sunday for her performance in "Dreamgirls."
Talk about musical chairs.
The first-round votes are in, the top fives are being finalized, and now all that's left is the announcement of the nominations for the 79th annual Academy Awards. The big moment is slated for Tuesday morning at 8:38 a.m. ET (5:38 a.m. on the West Coast).
Actors, actresses and directors were eagerly awaiting the Academy Award nominations announcement on Tuesday morning.
The following are the winners for the 64th annual Golden Globe Awards, presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association:
"Babel," which earned a pack-leading seven Golden Globe nominations, won only one Monday night, but it was a biggie -- best drama -- cementing the film's position as an Oscar front-runner.
Looking at some of the Golden Globe nominees, you wonder if anyone speaks the same language.
The nominations for the 13th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were announced Thursday morning:
Leonardo DiCaprio doubled up at the 13th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations Thursday, with nods for best actor and best supporting actor.
CNN.com's top 10 entertainment stories of the year:
It has become almost meaningless to talk of "the year" in American film. The business is now more seasonal than the climate. No less than three of my top five choices were released within the last two weeks of December; such is the magnetic lock of the Oscar period.
Nominees for the 64th annual Golden Globe Awards announced Thursday in Beverly Hills, California:
"Babel," the intertwined, cross-cultural story of desperate people in three far-flung parts of the world, led all films in nominations for the 64th Golden Globes, picking up seven nods Wednesday.
It's the time of year when Hollywood has one eye on the box office and the other on a certain 13 1/2-inch-high golden boy and all of his similarly gold-plated buddies.
The Emmy Awards academy was hoping to mix things up this year.
In L.A., where you go is just as important as what you drive--and who goes where is as carefully plotted as The Da Vinci Code: Stars such as Heath Ledger, Natalie Portman, and Scarlett Johansson dig the Chateau Marmont (no surprise), while studio brass can be spotted breakfasting at the Belvedere, where you can often catch them popping open a bottle of Bollinger to celebrate a deal.
With Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie holed up in Namibia for the birth of their child, one of the most pressing questions in Hollywood has been: How much money will the photograph of Baby Brangelina fetch?
We're barreling down the streets of Beverly Hills and Angelina Jolie is in our sights. Her black Range Rover, just ahead. I'm in the middle of a pack of paparazzi in pursuit of the red-hot actress, and my adrenaline is pumping.
Maureen Stapleton died Monday, eulogized as an Oscar winner and a fine actress. But even though she was known, she wasn't so easily remembered.
There are few wide-open races in this year's Academy Awards.
It has been the subject of controversy and the subject of jokes -- how many times have you heard variations on "I wish I knew how to quit you" or seen parodies of its poster? -- but mostly "Brokeback Mountain" has been the subject of honors.
For more than eight months, "Crash" has been the little movie that could.
A complete list of nominees for the Screen Actors Guild Awards, with Sunday's winners underlined:
Tom Cruise led a poll of movie exhibitors aimed at determining the top 10 moneymaking stars of 2005.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - This is the speech that some movie studio executives should be practicing in anticipation of Tuesday's Oscar nominations announcement.
George Clooney thanked Jack Abramoff. Steve Carell thanked his wife -- several times.
"Brokeback Mountain" continues rustling up honors, picking up nominations Thursday for best ensemble, best actor, best supporting actor and best supporting actress for the 12th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards.
For the most part, 2005 was a rather mediocre year at the multiplex -- a sad fact reflected in some of the box office numbers.
The most-talked about movie-star scene this year wasn't Harry Potter getting chosen by the Goblet of Fire. It wasn't "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" getting his chest hair ripped off. It wasn't Sarah Silverman telling a filthy joke, or Darth Vader getting burned, or George Clooney being tortured.
Here are the motion picture and television nominees for the 63rd annual Golden Globe Awards announced Tuesday. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is scheduled to present the awards on January 16 in Beverly Hills, California.
"Brokeback Mountain," the story of two cowboys grappling with their love for each other, was the top Golden Globe contender Tuesday, picking up seven nominations, including best dramatic picture.
One of the worst kept secrets in the entertainment industry is no longer a secret.
Sometimes, when it comes to movies, no publicity is better than too much -- especially when it comes to any affairs that sparked on the set.
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