Reuters – Sony Pictures Classics is about to buy the Sundance movie “Smashed,” starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead as an alcoholic schoolteacher who decides to get sober, TheWrap has learned. Read More →
Reuters – Two of The Weinstein Company’s contenders for Academy Awards — “The Artist” and “The Iron Lady” — surpassed the $20 million mark at the box office this weekend. Read More →
AP – What do you do after recovering from a serious illness? If you’re Nick Cannon, you celebrate by attending the Super Bowl. Read More →
Reuters – Andy Serkis and Patton Oswalt, who were passed over when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences handed out its nominations, stole the show on Friday night at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, which honored Serkis, Oswalt, Shailene Woodley and three Oscar nominees with its annual Virtuoso Awards. Read More →
AP – John Travolta not only knows who’s going to win the Super Bowl, but by how much. Read More →
AP – Some unknown kids with superpowers have nudged out the world’s most famous teen wizard at the weekend box office. Read More →
Reuters – Thriller “Chronicle” edged haunted house film “The Woman in Black” in a tight box-office race that saw both movies beating pre-weekend forecasts, studio estimates released on Sunday showed. Read More →
AP – Award-winning American cinematographer Mike deGruy and Australian television writer-producer Andrew Wight have died in a helicopter crash in eastern Australia, their employer National Geographic said Sunday. Read More →
AP – Ben Gazzara, whose powerful dramatic performances brought an intensity to a variety of roles and made him a memorable presence in such iconic productions over the decades as the original “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” on Broadway and the film “The Big Lebowski,” has died at age 81. Read More →
Reuters – Daniel Radcliffe admitted he was drunk while filming some scenes for the “Harry Potter” movies during a period in his life where he was drinking “nightly,” the young star said in an interview. Read More →
