The legendary Richard Widmark died at age 93 on Monday, following a long illness. Richard Widmark was best known for his Oscar nominated turn as psychotic killer Tommy Udo in the 1947 film “Kiss of Death.”
Richard Widmark also appeared in more than 60 movies during his career, including a role as Jim Bowie, opposite John […]

The biopic chronicling the life and death of Biggie Smalls (a.k.a. the Notorious B.I.G.) has found its star. Jamal Woolard, a Brooklyn rapper, will play Biggie Smalls in the film “Notorious.”
Jamal Woolard joins a solid cast for “Notorius,” including Angela Bassett (as Biggie’s mom, Voletta Wallace), Derek Luke (playing Sean “Diddy” Combs) and Anthony Mackie […]

The candidates for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for the 80th Annual Academy Awards:

George Clooney for Michael Clayton.
Daniel Day-Lewis for There Will Be Blood.
Johnny Depp for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
Tommy Lee Jones for In the Valley of Elah.
Viggo Mortensen for Eastern Promises.

The Oscar goes to Daniel Day-Lewis […]

The candidates for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for the 80th Annual Academy Awards:

Casey Affleck for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.
Javier Bardem for No Country for Old Men.
Philip Seymour Hoffman for Charlie Wilson’s War.
Hal Holbrook for Into the Wild.
Tom Wilkinson for Michael Clayton.

The Oscar goes to […]

The candidates for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (aka Best Supporting Actor) for the 80th Annual Academy Awards are:

Casey Affleck for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.
Javier Bardem for No Country for Old Men.
Philip Seymour Hoffman for Charlie Wilson’s War.
Hal Holbrook for Into the Wild.
Tom Wilkinson for […]

The candidates for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (aka Best Actor) for the 80th Annual Academy Awards are:

George Clooney for Michael Clayton.
Daniel Day-Lewis for There Will Be Blood.
Johnny Depp for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
Tommy Lee Jones for In the Valley of Elah.
Viggo Mortensen for Eastern Promises.

In reflection, […]

Perth, Australia, the hometown of Heath Ledger, was the location of first his service (attended by as many as 400 mourners) and then a private funeral. The service was accompanied by an Aboriginal mourning song  An eulogy was given by Cate Blanchett and a speech by his sister Kate Ledger. After the private funeral, Heath’s […]

Javier Bardem seems to have endured something very uncomfortable for the sake of his work as an actor. It seems that the haircut he was given (left) for his sadistic killer role in the award-winning No Country For Old Men caused him severe depression.
If you see regular pictures (right) of him, he’s very handsome. But […]

Randy Quaid has often played kooky characters in the movies he has appeared in. So maybe he was practicing for some new role when he reputedly acted crazy on the stage of Broadway play “Lone Star Love”. Quaid is said to have repeatedly struck an actor on the back of the head, warned other actors […]

So Demi Moore left Bruce Willis for young stud and professional doofus Ashton Kutcher. And Bruce hung around the new couple for years (never understood that). Now, he’s found himself a very attractive 27-year old model/ actress, Emma Hemming, who has a resemblance to Demi Moore (but is not a “spitting image” of her like […]