Awards Season Comes into Focus with Critics Choice Pix
Jan13

Awards Season Comes into Focus with Critics Choice Pix

The first major televised award show of the season has suddenly clarified the rest of the campaign leading up to its grand finale, the Academy Awards.   The 17th Annual Critics Choice Movie Awards, presented by the influential Broadcast Film Critics Association and aired on VH1, anointed some surprise winners during the two-hour telecast live last night from the Hollywood Palladium.   “The Help,” released last...

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The Good Wife, Men of a Certain Age and Justified Score New Gold
May26

The Good Wife, Men of a Certain Age and Justified Score New Gold

Ray Romano definitely knows what a George Foster Peabody Award is now. The co-executive producer and costar of TNT’s “Men of a Certain Age” is the new owner of one of the prestigious golden statuettes awarded in New York at the 70th annual Peabody Awards presentation. Just days earlier, at the technically challenged TNT/TBS upfront held at the Hammerstein Ballroom, Romano was one of the network’s talent– along with...

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Oscar Parties. Champagne, Caviar and Rivers of Vodka
Mar01

Oscar Parties. Champagne, Caviar and Rivers of Vodka

There are a few, but not many more high-profile events than the Academy Awards. The Oscars themselves, the afterparties, and all the parties leading up to the big night provide great opportunities for brands to make an impact with Hollywood elites. Especially when it comes to the ubiquitous open bars that come with the territory, the competition is fierce. Moet seems to have a lock on the bubbly quotient—it sponsors the Oscar...

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Melissa Leo F-Bombs. Christian Bale Atones. James Franco Spaces. Kirk Douglas Vamps. The Ratings Are In For Oscars ’11
Mar01

Melissa Leo F-Bombs. Christian Bale Atones. James Franco Spaces. Kirk Douglas Vamps. The Ratings Are In For Oscars ’11

“You look beautiful and hip,” said James Franco to Anne Hathaway as they began their hosting duties at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards on ABC.  “And you look like you appeal to a younger demographic,” she replied, thus addressing the apparent reason why the two young movie stars had been named as hosts of Hollywood’s biggest night. Big picture, the move pretty much backfired. Despite the wide popularity...

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$20 Million Worth of Glittering Jewels
Mar01

$20 Million Worth of Glittering Jewels

  A sparkling, sensational selection of jewels offered by StyleLab at its Academy Awards Suite Color and sparkle, in stunning gems from black diamonds to aquamarine, tourmaline, sapphires, emeralds and zultanite set in a variety of precious metals were the must-haves on the Academy Awards red carpet. About $20 million worth of precious jewelry was on loan from StyleLab and its arbiter of Oscar taste, celebrity stylist Michael...

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