Golden Globes and Critics’ Choice Agree: Argo’s Ben Affleck is Best Director
Those who like to point out that the Golden Globes are the most fun awards show in Hollywood may not have experienced the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, which rival it as an unbuttoned affair where the biggest names in show business booze and schmooze, on and off camera. Perhaps noticeably because of the camaraderie they engender between awards voters and contenders—although some might use a more profane term to describe the...
Kevin Smith Keynote a Wild, Emotional Ride Through Moviedom
Filmmaker and entrepreneur Kevin Smith has a rabid fan base, and although we had admired some of his past films, including “Chasing Amy” and of course, his breakthrough, “Clerks,” we didn’t consider ourselves amongst them. Until yesterday. That’s when Smith, clad in a trademark hockey jersey and introduced by KROQ’s Ralph Garman, came clambering through the crowd of entertainment...
CNN’s All Star Tribute to Heroes Celebrates Giving, Provides Inspiration
It is an awards show where you hear some unusual words coming out of the winners’ mouths, as in, “It’s not about me.” And therein lies the spirit of celebrating everyday people who are changing the world in the two-hour program that is “CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute.” The sixth annual edition of the show, hosted again by the cable news net’s Anderson Cooper, was broadcast live from the Shrine...
Then I Saw His Face–at the AMAs–and I’m a Belieber
If the 40th edition of the American Music Awards, broadcast live on ABC from the Nokia Theater in downtown Los Angeles, came down to a battle between Justin Bieber and Psy, then it was the South Korean pop sensation who had the last word. His performance of the chart breaking “Gangnam Style,” featuring MC Hammer, topped off the three-hour kudocast that was originally created by the late Dick Clark and nominally hosted by...
An Eddie Murphy Lovefest on Spike TV
Still funny after all these years could be a tagline for Eddie Murphy’s brilliant career. During the 1980s, Murphy was the trailblazing comedy king of all media. Spike TV’s tribute to the comedy legend takes you back to those glory days and then forward to the present as it traces Murphy’s illustrious path. Unlike the roasts on sister, or in this case, brother network Comedy Central, what you will get in “Eddie...
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