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*She may not have won an Oscar this time around, but Quvenzhané Wallis sure won the love and support of so many, including big sister in the industry, Octavia Spencer. The two met for the first time at the pre-Oscar party, Women in Film luncheon. Since then, Octavia has adopted the young actress as her [...]
*Wow, has little Miss Quvenzhané Wallis captured Hollywood. Yes, the little 9-year-old actress is really on fire. Being the youngest ever to be nominated for an Oscar catapulted her career to a new level so quickly, it’s almost unbelievable. On the red carpet, the cute, bold Southern Bell embellished her outfit with a Poochie & [...]
*Who didn’t see this coming? Michelle Obama’s Sunday night surprise appearance at the Oscars — where she announced “Argo” the winner for best picture — is in the crosshairs of conservative pundits who are complaining that it was overkill. The Oscars “had to throw her a crumb,” Rush Limbaugh said on his radio show, because [...]
*Writer-director Quentin Tarantino took home a Best Original Screenplay Oscar for his slavery-set film “Django Unchained.” Minutes later, he stepped backstage and treated reporters to a piece of the screenplay that never made it to the big screen. [Scroll down to listen.] Since its Christmas Day opening, some have criticized Tarantino for saturating his film [...]
*Twelve hours after satirical publication The Onion tweeted a joke about 9-year-old Oscar nominee Quvenzhané Wallis that was roundly criticized as crude and tasteless, an apology has finally arrived. The comment, tweeted at 8:42 p.m. PT on Sunday and deleted less than an hour later, stated: “Everyone else seems afraid to say it, but that Quvenzhané [...]
*During her Friday appearance on “Jimmy Fallon,” Michelle Obama said she would be attending the Governor’s Ball at the White House on Sunday night and would likely only catch the tail end of ABC’s live telecast. What she coyly left out was that she’d actually be ON the tail end of the telecast. This morning, [...]
*We saw it coming and still miss it. We were so freaked out by the sight of First Lady Michelle Obama at the Oscars we didn’t put two and two together until it had happened. But then again, the fact that Ben Affleck’s “Argo” won Best Picture wasn’t exactly a surprise since it was the [...]
*At Sunday’s Academy Awards, the Best Supporting Actor Oscar goes to … Christolph Waltz for his role as the smooth talking, anti-slavery bounty hunter in Quentin Tarantino’s “Django Unchained.” He previously won the Best Supporting Actor statue for his role as Nazi colonel in Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds” in 2009. Below, Waltz speaks with BlackTree TV [...]
*For the sixth time in his career, Denzel Washington will compete for an Academy Award…and if things go his way, he’ll leave Sunday’s ceremony in Beverly Hills with his third. The 58-year-old star of stage and screen was first nominated in 1987 – a best supporting nod for playing anti-apartheid activist Steven Biko in “Cry Freedom.” [...]
*After winning an Oscar for “The Help” last year, Octavia Spencer said she would treat herself to a breast lift as a reward. On “The View” this morning, she revealed that it’s a done deal. “I got them a little bit smaller, and a little lift,” she said. “You probably can’t tell too much.” Last [...]
*Rachel Mwanza, who won best actress prizes in Berlin and Tribeca last year for her lead performance in “War Witch,” has been granted a visa to travel from Congo to North America in order to attend the Oscars on Sunday and other awards shows, reports Deadline.com. “War Witch” is nominated for a Best Foreign Language [...]
*Oscar winners Jennifer Hudson And Catherine Zeta-Jones will join the cast of “Les Miserables” for a tribute to the movie musicals of the last decade at Sunday’s Academy Awards. “Dreamgirls” star Hudson and “Chicago” standout Zeta-Jones will hit the stage with Academy Award winner Russell Crowe and his “Les Mis” co-stars Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, [...]
*Academy Awards show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced this morning that Oscar-winning actors Jamie Foxx and Michael Douglas will join Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd as presenters newly added for the Oscars telecast Sunday. Foxx, who garnered a Supporting Actor nomination for “Collateral,” took home an Oscar for his title role in “Ray.” [...]
*Call it the Super Bowl bounce. Fresh from her halftime performance with a reunited Destiny’s Child, Kelly Rowland has been added as a host to the official Oscars red carpet pre-show. The singer made the announcement Friday and will join previously announced co-hosts Kristin Chenoweth, “Good Morning America” anchor Lara Spencer and Entertainment Weekly managing [...]
*Best Actress Academy Award winners Halle Berry, Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon join the list of presenters for the Oscar telecast, show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today. Berry won the award for her performance in “Monster’s Ball” (2001), Bullock for “The Blind Side” (2009), Kidman for “The Hours” (2002) and [...]
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