When Tina Fey and Amy Poehler trashed the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) at this year's Golden Globes, they were only pointing out the obvious. ...
Charlize Theron says all that glitters isn’t gold with the Golden Globes. She took the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to task for failing to nominate any women in the best director category this year....
Lucifer be damned. One church is taking Christian Bale’s shout-out to Satan during the Golden Globes very seriously. But they’re not protesting. They’re thanking him. WTF??...
Movies ripped from headlines captured Golden Globe nominations with “Vice,” the story of George W. Bush vice president Dick Chaney, leading the way. But the Hollywood Foreign Press Association still appears to be culturally tone deaf, judging by its snubs....
Director Guillermo del Toro’s “The Shape of Water” is this year’s Oscar darling.
Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel has promised to go light on the political and sex ...
Director Guillermo del Toro’s “The Shape of Water” is this year’s Oscar darling with 13 nominations, but Hollywood’s sex scandals appear to have influenced this year’s picks, most notably in James Franco’s snub. The nominations were announced this morning (Jan. 23) by Tiffany Haddish and Andy Serkis. Mary J Blige’s nomination for best supporting actress in “Mudbound” was the biggest surprise....
James Franco allegedly took sexual advantage of students at his now defunct acting school, forcing some to perform topless or nude and becoming angry when they refused. Five women made the charges in a stunning expose. Franco provoked outrage from women when he won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical. Actress Ally Sheedy called out Franco in a series of tweets throughout the show, which aired Sunday....
The Golden Globes arguably have been the most susceptible to political pressure over the years, but without Harvey Weinstein twisting arms behind the scenes, this year’s awards may be the most influence free in recent memory. But that doesn’t mean politics won’t be playing a part. Overshadowing this year’s ceremony will be the #MeToo movement, which led to Weinstein’s downfall....
Jodie Foster, who famously came out at the 2013 Golden Globes Awards, lashed out at gender bias in the film industry, saying it remains as strong as ever in Hollywood largely because women are “idealized” in most scripts. “Even with the number of movies I’ve made, I’ve never made a movie that was about women, made by women, that was seen through women’s eyes,” she told Harper’s Bazaar magazine....
Donald Trump is almost guaranteed to be the butt of numerous jokes and some sharp political remarks at the 2017 Academy Awards ceremony. After all, he’s the guy who called Meryl Streep a second-rate actress. Payback is expected to be hell. White House press secretary Sean Spicer has already been asked about the event and claims Trump won’t be watching....
Emily Ratajkowski, the sultry model and actress, brought sensuality, sexiness and controversy to the Golden Globes red carpet in a look that easily stole the evening and caused some to criticize her look. But she was totally on fire in her revealing gown....
The Golden Globes put “La La Land” at the head of the pack in Hollywood’s awards sweepstakes, with seven nominations, including best picture and best director, but Martin Scorsese’s “Silence” and Clint Eastwood’s “Sully” were no shows when nominations were announced today (Dec. 12). “La La Land” was one of five films nominated for best picture in the comedy or musical category....
Selena Gomez has become an unlikely player in the Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt divorce drama, after a slew of tabloids reported that she was the source of a jealous rage for supposedly flirting with Pitt at the Golden Globe Awards. French actress Marion Cotillard, Pitt’s co-star in their upcoming movie, Allied, was the subject of similar rumors....
Alicia Vikander scored a breakout role in “The Danish Girl” that catapulted her to an Oscar win for Best Supporting Actress last night at the 88th Academy Awards. With a film resume as thin as a razor, she did the near impossible. Now, she’s Hollywood’s newest A-Lister. On Oscar night, she was up against Winslet again. Other nominees included veteran actresses Jennifer Jason Leigh in “The Hateful Eight,” Roonery Mara in “Carol,” and Rachel McAdams in “Spotlight.”...
The Oscars are doing their best to become The Golden Globes, another meaningless award to Hollywood egoism and self-importance. Nothing says it more than this year’s flap–for the second year in a row–over the lack of minorities among Oscar nominees. Talk about self-entitlement. But first, let’s start with the Golden Globes. They’re doled out every year by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), a sketchy group with a long, tainted history....
Jennifer Lawrence was a no show at the Critics Choice Awards, even though she was up for an award for Best Actress Award. She also seeing BFF Amy Schumer with for Best Actress Comedy, and take home the MVP award. Lawrence was stung last weekend when a seemingly innocuous exchange with a Golden Globes journalist turned into a major social media storm. Last night, Brie Larson, 26, won the Critic’s Choice Award for best actress for her role in “Room.”...
Jennifer Lawrence is suffering the first public relations disaster of her very charmed career, after mildly scolding a Golden Globes reporter for “living behind his phone” while trying to ask her a question. Video of the seemingly minor incident has gone viral and won’t die. The social media scorn has been so strong, other celebrities have stepped forward to defend her. Today it was Anne Hathaway’s turn....
Oscar nominations cut their own course this awards season, departing from the Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild, and favoring big-budget films and established Hollywood actors for its top categories–best picture, best actor and best director. Best Picture nominations went to eight films, one less than last year. Making the list were “The Big Short,” “Bridge of Spies,” “Brooklyn,” “Mad Max Fury Road,” “The Martian,” “The Revenant,” “Room” and “Spotlight.”...
The Golden Globes are the ugly step-sister of Hollywood’s season of self-congratulation, largely because of the sketchiness of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. So how did their nominations stack up against the more prestigious Screen Actors Guild? A good starting point is the Best Actor category. The SAG nominated Steve Carell (“Foxcatcher”), Benedict Cumberbatch (“The Imitation Game”), Jake Gyllenhaal (“Nightcrawler”), Michael Keaton (“Birdman”) and Eddie Redmayne (“The Theory of Everything”) The HFPA, which nominates separately for drama and comedy films, added David Oyelowo (“Selma”) to its list for drama and match the SAG on all of its other nominations, except for Keaton....
Meryl Streep has gotten more Oscar love than any other actress, but doesn’t share the affection for this year’s picks. She told Ellen deGeneres she was “surprised” by the “injustices,” to actors who were passed over this year. There were so many performances that year that were great. I’m thinking of my friend Emma Thompson,” she said....
“American Hustle,” “Gravity” and “12 Years a Slave,” are undeniably the biggest contenders for Oscars following the Critics Choice Awards, the first credible group to pick this year’s standouts. But whether their picks point to Oscars is another question. Among the leading categories, “12 Years a Slave,” was named best picture, while “Gravity,” scored seven awards and “American Hustle” won four....
Taylor Swift may not have won a Golden Globe, but she was a winner on the red carpet with a stunning Carolina Herrera gown that exuded old Hollywood glamour. Oh so sexy. The 24-year-old country and pop singer was nominated for her song “Sweeter Than Fiction” from the movie “One Chance....
Amy Adams plays an oversexed con artist in her latest movie “American Hustle” and she looked the part at the 71st Annual Golden Globe Awards (Jan. 12). She wore an ultra-revealing halter-gown by Valentino that sent her sexual quotient soaring. Adams, 39, won the Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy....
Miley Cyrus’s performance at the MTV Music Video Awards continues to generate fearsome reaction from nearly every quarter, ranging from the mainstream media to egg-head publications and, of course, the blogosphere. Most of it has been negative and most of it equally way off-base. Here are ten principal arguments critics are using to lambaste the 20-year old singer and why they are all mostly ridiculous....
Taylor Swift has found out the hard way that success breeds contempt. Having a thing skin doesn’t help either. Ever since the Golden Globes when Amy Poehler and Tina Fey made fun of her dating habits, Swift has been under attack by haters. It’s as if a dam broke when Poehler and Fey joked about her peripatetic love life....