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Here Were the Best Moments From the Oscars
The Oscars Got
Pretty Emotional
Mar 13, 2023 6:53 AM CDT

The Oscars Got Pretty Emotional

Some of the night's best moments included a tribute from Travolta, reunion between Indiana Jones stars

(Newser) - Everything Everywhere All at Once was the big winner at Sunday night's Academy Awards , but there were plenty of big moments to go around at the star-studded event:
  • Irritation, actually: Before the show even began, Hugh Grant made an appearance on the "red" carpet that had everyone buzzing,
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Brendan Fraser Has Choice Words for Golden Globes

'I don't want it,' Oscar-nominated actor from 'The Whale' says of HFPA 'hood ornament,' er, trophy

(Newser) - Brendan Fraser is widely considered a top contender to win a best actor Oscar next month for his moving performance in The Whale, despite some critics raising eyebrows at how his character's obesity is handled in the film. One person who's sure of a Fraser victory at the...

Brendan Fraser Cries as He Wins Best Actor

And more from the Critics' Choice Awards

(Newser) - Brendan Fraser started crying as soon as his name was announced as the winner of the best actor category at Sunday night's Critics' Choice Awards. He then gave what Deadline calls "one of the most emotional speeches of the night," praising his co-stars and the film's...

The Whale Is 'Heavy, Indeed'
The Whale Is 'Heavy, Indeed'
MOVIE REVIEW
Dec 9, 2022 1:00 PM CST

The Whale Is 'Heavy, Indeed'

Brendan Fraser stars as morbidly obese recluse

(Newser) - Brendan Fraser is being tipped for a best actor Oscar for his performance in The Whale, for which he donned a fatsuit to play Charlie, a morbidly obese English literature teacher whose eating got out of control after the death of his same-sex partner and who never leaves his apartment....

Brendan Fraser Would Decline One Awards-Show Invite

If he's invited to the Golden Globes, he'll RSVP 'no'

(Newser) - Brendan Fraser has transformed from a Hollywood ghost to a whale of a commanding actor, with plenty of Oscar buzz swirling around his name thanks to his performance in Darren Aronofsky's The Whale. Zach Baron checks in with him in a GQ cover story and wastes little time in...

Is That You, Brendan Fraser?
Is That You,
Brendan Fraser?
MOVIE TRAILER
Nov 8, 2022 11:55 AM CST

Is That You, Brendan Fraser?

Trailer shows actor transformed into a 600-pound man for 'The Whale'

(Newser) - We finally have our first good look at Brendan Fraser's return to the big screen. To say the actor transformed for his role in Darren Aronofosky's The Whale would be an understatement. The 53-year-old was required to don a prosthetic suit for his portrayal of Charlie, a 600-pound...

Brendan Fraser 'Sobs' Throughout 6-Minute Standing Ovation

Fraser's 'The Whale' goes over well at Venice Film Festival

(Newser) - Once nearly impossible to avoid at the theater, it's now been years since Brendan Fraser was in a Mummy or George of the Jungle film, a romantic comedy, a comedy-comedy, or a big-budget action flick or adaptation. But now it's comeback time, and so far, the comeback seems...

Brendan Fraser Explains Where He's Been
Brendan Fraser
Explains Where
He's Been
longform
Feb 22, 2018 5:55 PM CST

Brendan Fraser Explains Where He's Been

And alleges groping at the hands of a former HFPA president

(Newser) - Brendan Fraser was once seemingly omnipresent on the big screen, dominating the box office with leading roles in everything from Encino Man in 1992 to a series of Mummy films that ended in 2008. But for quite some time he's been off the Hollywood radar; when he popped up...

55 Stars Who've Gone Broke
 55 Stars Who've Gone Broke 
Jun 15, 2013 10:55 AM CDT

55 Stars Who've Gone Broke

Celebrities who've spent, owed millions

(Newser) - "Rich" and "famous" don't always go together. Radar rounds up 55 celebrities who've been broke:
  • Pamela Anderson was said to owe $1.1 million in back taxes and debts to construction companies that were working on her Malibu house last year. She reportedly had to put
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11 Great Actors in Awful Films
 11 Great Actors in Awful Films 
'you talkin' to me?'
May 8, 2010 5:03 AM CDT

11 Great Actors in Awful Films

Sometimes bad movies happen to good people

(Newser) - There are some movies that actors probably wish they could scrub from their IMDb profiles. Ben Widdicombe notes 11 of the most embarrassing skeletons in otherwise talented stars’ closets, on PopEater :
  • Brendan Fraser: Yes, he has done serious work, “like Gods and Monsters, where he got to display some
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Give Brendan Fraser a Round of Applause
 Give Brendan Fraser 
 a Round of Applause 
viral video
Jan 25, 2010 3:38 PM CST

Give Brendan Fraser a Round of Applause

Actor's Golden Globes reactions + Gwen Stefani song = Genius

(Newser) - Brendan Fraser seems to have a good sense of humor about the world watching an endless loop of his awkward laughing and clapping at the Golden Globes, which is good—it will probably spin out into increasingly involved viral video mashups. Here's one, flagged by Videogum , that sets Fraser's spasmodic...

Race-for-Cure Pic Regrettably Ordinary

 Race-for-Cure Pic 
 Regrettably Ordinary 

'extraordinary measures' REVIEW
Jan 22, 2010 8:47 AM CST

Race-for-Cure Pic Regrettably Ordinary

Despite Harrison Ford and Brendon Fraser, it's small-screen fare

(Newser) - Medical drama Extraordinary Measures is well-intentioned and reasonably compelling, say critics, but most of them agree that it's TV-movie rather than big-screen fare.
  • The first release from CBS films doesn't go beyond its "genotype as a disease-of-the-week telepic," writes Rob Nelson at Variety , "despite the star power
...

Inkheart Better on the Page
 Inkheart Better on the Page 
MOVIE REVIEW
Jan 23, 2009 10:33 AM CST

Inkheart Better on the Page

Kids' movie about bringing books to life struggles to bring book to life

(Newser) - When it comes to the kids-lit adaptation Inkheart, fans are probably better off sticking to the book, say critics. Brendan Fraser stars as a father with the power to bring characters off the page to life, but the special-effects-driven movie fails to capture the "dark whimsy" of the...

Time to Wrap Up Mummy
 Time to Wrap Up Mummy  
MOVIE REVIEW
Aug 1, 2008 11:52 AM CDT

Time to Wrap Up Mummy

Franchise feels distinctly creaky

(Newser) - The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor is more than a little musty. The third movie in the cycle features "more ancient corpses come to life amid digital effects laid on with a trowel," Jane Horwitz writes in the Washington Post, but the "tiresome and messy" result...

3-D Doesn't Ensure an Exciting Journey
 3-D Doesn't Ensure 
 an Exciting Journey 
movie review
Jul 11, 2008 10:47 AM CDT

3-D Doesn't Ensure an Exciting Journey

Generic visual tricks bore critics

(Newser) - The 3-D adventure flick Journey to the Center of the Earth is generating tepid reviews. The Brendan Fraser vehicle is “rambunctious and ridiculous,” though some younger moviegoers might enjoy it, writes Jan Stuart in the LA Times. Aimed at “kids of an age group more conversant with...

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