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SLIDESHOW

 SAG Fashion 
 Highs, Lows 


Jan 26, 09 11:32 AM CST
(Newser) - The SAG awards have been handed out, but there are still plenty of snickers and praise to heap upon last night's red carpet fashions. Elizabeth Snead doles out plenty of both in the Los Angeles Times. Click the image to the left and judge for yourself.
  • Amy Poehler gets
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fashion • list • award show • red carpet • Screen Actors Guild • actor

 Streep, Penn Win SAG Honors 


Jan 25, 09 9:48 PM CST
(AP) - Meryl Streep and Sean Penn took lead-acting honors tonight at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, she for Doubt and he for Milk. The prize for overall cast went to the rags-to-riches saga Slumdog Millionaire, while Heath Ledger and Kate Winslet took supporting honors for The Dark Knight and The Reader.... More »

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Alec Baldwin • awards • Tina Fey • award show • Meryl Streep • Heath Ledger • Sean Penn • Screen Actors Guild • Kate Winslet

OPINION

 Grammys Should 
 Turn Up the Volume 

Oscars get much more attention

Jan 23, 09 11:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Academy Award nominations are all over the news, but people seem to have forgotten about the Grammys. “I didn't even know the Grammys still existed,” writes Dan Abramson on the Huffington Post, but “not only do the Grammy Awards still exist, they might even be coming up.... More »

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music • awards • celebrity • award show • Grammy Awards • Rihanna

 Family Thrilled by 
 Heath Oscar Nod 

Still-grieving kin celebrate Joker nomination

Jan 23, 09 4:36 AM CST
(Newser) - Heath Ledger's three sisters are still struggling with the loss of their brother, but they are grateful for the legacy he left behind, they tell the Sydney Morning Herald. His death a year ago "seems like nearly yesterday, and we are all nursing broken hearts," said sis Kate,... More »

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Academy Awards • awards • nomination • award show • The Dark Knight • Heath Ledger • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences • Oscars

 Brangelina Just
 Happy to (Both)
 Be Nominated 

Pitt's Benjamin Button scores 13 Oscar nods; Jolie scores for Changeling

Jan 22, 09 4:01 PM CST
(Newser) - Oscar was kind to Brangelina today, with both halves of the power couple landing nominations, People reports. Brad Pitt received a best actor nod for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, while Angelina Jolie is in the best actress running for Changeling. “I’m especially happy for David Fincher,... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Brad Pitt • Academy Awards • award show • Meryl Streep • Brangelina • Changeling • Kate Winslet • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button • Oscars

 Ledger, Rourke Nab Oscar Nods 

Benjamin Button, Slumdog lead the pack

Jan 22, 09 8:16 AM CST
(Newser) - Exactly a year after his death, Heath Ledger has been nominated for an Academy Award, AP reports. Ledger's Supporting Actor nod was the only nom for The Dark Knight, while The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Slumdog Millionaire rose to the top with 13 and 10 nominations respectively. Other... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Brad Pitt • Academy Awards • awards • nomination • award show • Heath Ledger • nominee • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button • Slumdog Millionaire • Oscars

 Love Guru Up For 7 Razzies 

Paris Hilton gets 4 nominations for awards for film's worsts

Jan 21, 09 4:57 PM CST
(Newser) - Mike Myers’ The Love Guru looks poised to dominate the Razzie Awards this year, the Los Angeles Times reports, with the film nabbing seven nominations, including worst picture. Myers specifically has nominations for writing, producing and acting. But Myers was bettered on personal Razzie noms by Paris Hilton, who’s... More »

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Paris Hilton • awards • award show • Razzies • Meet the Spartans • The Love Guru • Mike Myers

Rourke Finds Comeback Light at End of Dark Tunnel

Wrestler actor self-destructed on the way to role of a lifetime, Golden Globe honors

Jan 18, 09 3:55 PM CST
(Newser) - After the collapse of his career—admittedly his own fault—Mickey Rourke has found his way back up the Hollywood ladder with his recent Golden Globe for The Wrestler. Despite many promising turns during the 1980s, CNN reports, self-destructive behavior and problems with authority—which Rourke attributes to childhood abuse—... More »

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Hollywood • award show • Golden Globes • comeback • Mickey Rourke • Darren Aronofsky • Oscars • The Wrestler

Bird-Flipping Globes Could Cost NBC With Feds

Wrestler director Aronofsky's on-air gesture may be worst violation

Jan 15, 09 10:34 AM CST
(Newser) - The decency police are on NBC’s tail for Sunday’s obscenity-speckled Golden Globes. The Federal Communications Commission is reviewing the program after receiving 18 complaints, the Los Angeles Times reports. The most flagrant violation was probably when The Wrestler director Darren Aronofsky jokingly flipped off actor Mickey Rourke as... More »

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television • NBC • FCC • indecency • Tina Fey • award show • Communications Decency Act • Golden Globes • network television • Mickey Rourke • Darren Aronofsky

 Drunk Fan 
 to Brad: 
 Lose the 
 Ugly 'Stache 

Goatee is 'just horrible,' according to party guest

Jan 14, 09 12:32 PM CST
(Newser) - Thank goodness someone finally said aloud what we’ve all been thinking. A drunken guest at a Golden Globes after-party asked Brad Pitt to shave his "horrible" goatee, the Daily Mail reports. The woman also “went on and on about how the aging make-up in The Curious Case ... More »

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Brad Pitt • award show • Golden Globes • drunk • facial hair

OPINION

 Globes' Fashion 
 Winners, Losers 

The Golden Globes' fashion winners
and losers

Jan 13, 09 1:23 PM CST
(Newser) - The statues have been doled out, but here come the real awards. The Los Angeles Times delivers Golden Globes' red carpet winners and losers:
  1. Renee Zellweger wore what can only be described as a mermaid's funeral attire—"so many shades of wrong."
  2. Anne Hathaway looked shrunken
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fashion • Eva Longoria • celebrity • award show • red carpet • Cameron Diaz • Renee Zellweger • Drew Barrymore • Golden Globes • Demi Moore • Anne Hathaway • America Ferrera

 Peanut Gallery 
 to Fey: No, 
 You Suck It 

Internet poster fires back after acceptance speech

Jan 13, 09 10:20 AM CST
(Newser) - Only moments after Tina Fey lofted her Golden Globe and told several bloggers who've been chronic detractors to "suck it" Sunday night, they fired back with shrieks of sophomoric glee, reports the Daily News. "Give me something to suck on," posted "Cougar-Letter" on the... More »

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Internet • forums • Tina Fey • award show • blogger • Golden Globes • acceptance speech

 Ledger Awards 
 Are Legacy 
 for Matilda 

Actor's late accolades will be given to daughter

Jan 13, 09 7:59 AM CST
(Newser) - Heath Ledger’s posthumous Golden Globe and other awards for his role as the Joker in The Dark Knight will be given to his daughter Matilda, People reports. His family is “bursting with pride” over all the praise, but it has been “a bit of an emotional rollercoaster,... More »

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film • awards • celebrity • award show • The Dark Knight • Heath Ledger • Golden Globes • Matilda Rose Ledger

 Underdogs Rule at Globes 

Big winners include 30 Rock, Kate Winslet

Jan 12, 09 3:12 AM CST
(Newser) - Hollywood blockbusters bowed to award-grabbing underdogs like critics' darling Slumdog Millionaire at the Golden Globes last night, the Los Angeles Times reports. The Mumbai thriller once considered straight-to-DVD material swiped honors for Best Dramatic Film, and top awards for screenplay, director and original score. The quirky indie comedy In Bruges ... More »

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television • Hollywood • Tracy Morgan • award show • Golden Globes • Colin Farrell • Slumdog Millionaire • indie film

(AP) - Heath Ledger has won the supporting-actor Golden Globe nearly a year after his death, earning the prize for his diabolical turn as the Joker in the Batman blockbuster The Dark Knight, the AP reports. The robot romance WALL-E won for best animated film today, while Kate Winslet won the... More »

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awards • award show • Bruce Springsteen • The Dark Knight • Heath Ledger • Golden Globes • Kate Winslet

opinion

 Now We All Walk 
 the Red Carpet, 24/7 

Internet means you can't control fame

Jan 11, 09 6:17 PM CST
(Newser) - Calling all celebs on the red carpet tonight: No one cares about your work! In our society, it's all about the gawking, Robin Givhan writes in the Washington Post. Our cleavage and style-gaffe lust goes far beyond the Golden Globes, too. It's driven by YouTube, Facebook, paparazzi, and any... More »

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Internet • celebrity • award show • Suri Cruise • Sasha Obama • celebrity baby • Roland Burris

 Globes Fave 
 Hoffman Calls 
 Acting 'Torturous' 

Nominee and veteran character actors talks shop

Jan 11, 09 5:25 PM CST
(Newser) - A virtual shoe-in for a Golden Globes award tonight, Philip Seymour Hoffman insists that his supporting role in Doubt came "at a price"—as have most of his other parts as a veteran character actor. “For me, acting is torturous, because you know it’s a beautiful... More »

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film • award show • Philip Seymour Hoffman • Golden Globes • actor • movies • acting • acting career • characters • supporting cast

 Slumdog Wins Big  
 at Critics' Choice

Heath Ledger receives posthumous award

Jan 9, 09 9:56 AM CST
(Newser) - Slumdog Millionaire was the big winner at the Critics' Choice Awards last night, taking home five trophies, including best film and best director (Danny Boyle), MTV News reports. Heath Ledger, meanwhile, continued his posthumous honors, picking up best supporting actor (and a standing ovation) for his turn as the Joker... More »

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awards • celebrity • award show • The Dark Knight • Meryl Streep • Heath Ledger • Sean Penn • foreign film • Anne Hathaway • Kate Winslet • The Reader • Danny Boyle • Slumdog Millionaire • Milk • Rachel Getting Married

 Dark Knight Sweeps 
 People's Choice Awards 

Caped crusader movie goes 5 for 5 as chosen by online voters

Jan 8, 09 12:55 AM CST
(Newser) - The Dark Knight swooped in to collect all five trophies it was nominated for at last night's People's Choice Awards, reports the AP. The flick's awards included favorite movie, best cast, and best on-screen match-up, for Christian Bale and Heath Ledger. "On behalf of all of the cast from... More »

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award show • Batman • The Dark Knight • Heath Ledger • Christian Bale • Reese Witherspoon • Carrie Underwood • actor • People's Choice

OPINION

Critic's Confession: Seeing Oscar Movies Is a Big Pain

Getting to the theater a problem

Jan 2, 09 11:15 AM CST
(Newser) - There are 7 weeks left until the Oscars, and if you start now, and get to the theater every other day, you might just be able to see all the contenders. Hollywood has made being an Oscarphile tough work, writes David Carr of the New York Times. After months... More »

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Academy Awards • award show • movie industry • movies • movie theaters • Oscars • prestige movies

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