Hollywood Revealed

Conan O’Brien was justifiably rewarded with an Emmy nomination for his short lived tenure on “The Tonight Show” edging out the returning bore Jay Leno and the bitter, cynical tone of David Letterman’s “Late Show with David Letterman.”
That seems to be the only bit of excitement at the Emmys this year. It is again the [...]

The Polish Film Festival which opens April 20th will honor Anna Paquin for portraying Irena Sendler and Hugh Grant for portraying Frederic Chopin. Each will receive the Pola Negri Award to be presented at the Egyptian Theater next Tuesday night.
The festival continues on till April 29th at the Laemmle’s Sunset 5 Theater and other venues [...]

SAVING THE FAIRFAX THEATER
Friends of The Fairfax Theater, threw an 80th birthday party on Saturday, March 27th to draw attention to the recent closing of the Art Deco landmark on Beverly Boulevard. Built in 1929, the theater now faces a threat to its existence by developers who are proposing that the Fairfax and some adjacent [...]

The Razzies were announced last night and Sandra Bullock made good on her public promise to accept the worst-in-cinema trophy should she win her category.
“I didn’t realize that all I had to do was show up and then I’d win,” Bullock said to the cheering crowd of movie critics and cynics. She then proceeded to give [...]

The 25th Annual Film Independent Spirit Awards were awarded in Los Angeles last night at the LA Live Theater, and Precious swept the ceremony. The drama won Best Feature, Best Director for Lee Daniels, Best Actress for Gabourey Sidibe and Best Supporting Actress for Mo’Nique, and Best Screenplay for Geoffrey Fletcher.
Conspicuously absent was the much [...]

The 2009 Academy Award nominations were announced this morning in Hollywood by Academy President Tom Sherak and 2008 Oscar-nominated actress Anne Hathaway.
The mega hit Avatar received nine nominations, matching that of The Hurt Locker. Perhaps for the first time in the Oscar’s history, ex husband and wife James Cameron and Catherine Bigelow are going head [...]

The Razzie nominations were announced for 2009, and there were many bad pictures and performances to choose from.
John Wilson, Razzie president and founder, tells the L.A. Times that 2009 was such a banner year for bad movies that the Razzies considered expanding their worst-picture list to 10 nominees like the Oscars’ best-picture list, “but then [...]

David Minnihan’s pitch of Father John will receive a People’s Choice Award as winner of the American Film Market’s 2009 Favorite Film Pitch contest, announced AFM Managing Director Jonathan Wolf and People’s Choice Awards President Fred Nelson.
After casting tens of thousands of votes at www.peopleschoice.com from Jan. 6-20, the public named the pitch for the [...]

Here are the complete list of nominees and winners (in bold) of the 2010 Golden Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, January 17, 2010.
Best motion picture — drama:
“Avatar”*
“The Hurt Locker”
“Inglourious Basterds”
“Precious: Based on the novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire ”
“Up in the Air”
Best motion picture — comedy or musical:
“(500) Days of Summer”
“The Hangover”*
“It’s Complicated”
“Julie & [...]

The Jason Reitman film, “Up in the Air” earned six nominations for the 57th Annual Golden Globes. The musical, “Nine” was next with five, followed by “Avatar” and “Inglourious Basterds” with four nominations each.
On the TV side, newcomer “Glee” led all contenders with four nominations, followed by “30 Rock,” “Damages,” “Dexter” and “Big Love,” with [...]