Hollywood Revealed

With the Academy Awards fast approaching, Mike Goodridge of Screen Daily Dot Com has compiled key facts and figures behind the Oscar nominations.
MERYL STREEP’S OSCAR HISTORY
1978 The Deer Hunter (supporting)
1979 Kramer Vs Kramer* (supporting)
1981 The French Lieutenant’s Woman
1982 Sophie’s Choice*
1983 Silkwood
1985 Out Of Africa
1987 Ironweed
1988 A Cry In The Dark
1990 Postcards From The Edge
1995 [...]

Meryl Streep and Sean Penn won lead-acting honors at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Streep was named best actress for her role as a Catholic school nun in Doubt, and Penn for his performance as trailblazing gay politician Harvey Milk in the film Milk.  In an emotional speech that was the highlight of the awards, Penn [...]

The nominations for the 2009 Academy Awards were announced in Hollywood this morning.
Benjamin Buttons cleaned up with a total of 13 nods. The audience favorite, Slumdog Millionaire got 10 nominations.
Clint Eastwood was snubbed for his latest, Gran Torino.
Some surprises included Melisa Leo as a Best Actress nominee, and Michael Shannon for his brilliant turn in [...]

You’ve got to love Josh Brolin.  The actor called Russell Crowe, his co-star in last year’s “American Gangster,” an “A-hole.”  Receiving the Best Supporting Actor for his work in the Gus Van Sant directed feature, “Milk” on Monday night at the New York Film Critics Awards dinner Brolin stole the show with his candor.
After Sean [...]

For a film about a guy that was assassinated, MILK is actually a joyous ride. Directed by Guy Van Sant and starring the always amazing Sean Penn, MILK tells the story of gay activist Harvey Milk who was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, only to be killed a year later by a [...]