MTV Movie Awards Mixes it Up With a Pirate, a Queen and a Caped Crusader
Jun05

MTV Movie Awards Mixes it Up With a Pirate, a Queen and a Caped Crusader

It’s a tribute to the influence of the MTV Movie Awards that so many A-listers show up for the annual kudo-fest. The 2012 edition, the cable net’s 21st, aired live Sunday night from a packed Gibson Amphitheater in Los Angeles, featured — in addition to a bevy of up-and-comers — people who have had collective decades in the spotlight, including Jodie Foster, Johnny Depp, Mark Wahlberg, Jennifer Aniston and Christian...

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DDL: Class Act at the SAG Awards

I have always been a huge admirer of Daniel Day-Lewis, ever since his “My Left Foot” and “The Last of the Mohicans” days. But his DDL-ness reached new heights with his acceptance speech for winning The Actor for his riveting performance as Daniel Plainview in “There Will Be Blood.” Incongrously, he had appeared on Oprah the other day and told her he wanted to talk about Heath Ledger more than he...

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Call 3x…Dial 3 Digits

Please, if I am ever unconscious and in need of emergency medical attention, do not call Mary Kate Olsen to send over her bodyguards. Still so shocked and saddened by the horribly untimely death of Heath Ledger. I met him several years ago when he was promoting the film “Ned Kelly,” and he was definitely a reluctant star at that point and decidedly uncomfortable and fidgety in the spotlight in a one-on-one Q&A after...

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