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'New Moon' sets midnight showing record The second installment in the 'Twilight' saga, starring Robert Pattinson as vampire Edward Cullen, Kristen Stewart as his star-crossed love and Taylor Lautner as the wolfboy who loves her, has already ripped through a box office record. According to

'Kid at heart' Biel travels to 'Planet 51' There's an innocence to Jessica Biel, she says. The actress, who has starred in 'The Illusionist' and 'I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry,' wanted to tap into her childlike side for 'Planet 51,' a new animated film about an Earth astronaut who lands on Oscars Pick Director, Unveil Documentary Shortlist Oscar organizers joined the MTV generation on Wednesday, naming Hamish Hamilton as director of March's movie awards ceremony, and they also unveiled their shortlist of films vying for a best documentary nomination. British-born Hamilton, 43, is a Will Ferrell Is Hollywood's Most Overpaid Star: Forbes Funnyman Will Ferrell and British actor Ewan McGregor on Wednesday headed a Forbes.com list of Hollywood's most overpaid stars when looking at the financial returns of their movies. Billy Bob Thornton, Tom Cruise and Jim Carrey also made the top 10 tally Notes on the Town: Portman, Plummer and a new Oscar voting rule voting process that affects writing, directing and acting hyphenates. The way it has normally worked is members of a branch such as acting who may also have been nominated previously in another category such as writing or directing were still only



Few frontrunners for revamped Oscars Weekly: Will the new Governors Awards infuse Oscar night? -- Awards season is upon us, and here's the conundrum: There's not much out there yet that's screaming "Oscar!" Variety To Honor Young Hollywoods Top Philanthropists Variety has announced the line up for their Third Annual Varietys Power of Youth event, dubbed the Worlds Greatest Block Party, on Paramount Studios streets of New York in Los Angeles on December 5, 2009. This years event, produced in conjunction with Anvil Snubbed By The Oscars Boooooooooo! No, seriously. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! The dream of watching Lips and Rob Reiner in tuxedos and putting two-fingers behind Halle Berrys head on the red carpet is over. After a year of non-stop acclaim from both the music press and the movie The Oscar talk is nonsense, but Capone thinks THE BLIND SIDE is fairly watchable stuff!!! Oscar talk is nonsense, but thinks THE BLIND SIDE is fairly watchable stuff!!! -- Ain't It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news. Published on Friday, November 20, 2009 - 7:30am The Oscar talk is nonsense, but thinks THE BLIND SIDE Gold Derby nuggets: Hit docs left off Oscars long list \| Crazy journey for 'Crazy Heart' \| 'Lost' returns Feb. 2 • Only 15 of the 89 feature-length documentaries eligible made it onto the academy's long list that will now be winnowed down to a final five by members of the documentary branch. Among those widely distributed docs that failed to make the cut were Gold Derby nuggets: 'A Serious Man' goes for laughs at Globes \| Oscarcast gets new director \| 'Precious' honored by PGA Gold Derby has learned 'A Serious Man' is aiming to enter the Golden Globes race in the comedy/musical classification where it will vie for best picture nods against such other strong rivals as '(500) Days of Summer,' 'It's Complicated,' 'Julie & Oscars derby update: 'Nine' finally debuts \| Best picture upset by 'Inglourious Basterds'? \| Alec Baldwin may be a truly winning host BEST PICTURE: 'Nine' finally unspooled at industry screenings in New York and Los Angeles for the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. and the junket media. Nearly all of the principal cast members (Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz, Judi Us Weekly Hot Hollywood Honorees Us Weekly, the source for all things celebrity, celebrated release of the Hot Hollywood issue, honoring Hollywood's hottest stars of 2009 in Hollywood Wednesday night. (Sponsored by SKYY Vodka, Vaseline Sheer Infusion, Yahoo!, MGD 64, Snapple and True Hollywood’s Hottest Howlers Revealed Last week, we reminisced about the hottest vampires ever to hit Hollywood, so it’s only fare to recognize the leading werewolves on the silver screen. So in honor of the release of New Moon , OK ! recalls the wildest werewolves of all time. And Review: Cage and 'Bad' intriguing Nicolas Cage and Val Kilmer size up a crime scene in 'Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans.' STORY HIGHLIGHTS Nicolas Cage in 'Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans,' directed by Werner Herzog Collaboration of two screen eccentrics make film Starpulse Scene: Top 10 Latest Hollywood Gossip Contributing writer Erin Demchak shares the Top 10 latest Hollywood gossip on the Starpulse Scene. This week Erin discusses a few Hollywood actors taking on some new gigs- Read more! 'An Education' Generates Oscar Buzz There is "Oscar buzz" in Hollywood for the performance of rising young star Carey Mulligan as a teenager learning some life lessons in a bittersweet film written by English novelist Nick Hornby and directed by Danish filmmaker Lone Scherfig. Your views: 'New Moon' is 'awesome' A number of CNN iReporters made sure to get in line for screenings of 'The ,' and their reaction can be summed up in one word: 'More!' 'Grade A film! Better than the first,' said frequent iReport movie reviewer Rajiim Gross of Fort Thomas, Kentucky. In Pictures: 'US Weekly Fall Hot Hollywood Party' US actress Julie Benz arrives at the US Weekly Fall Hot Hollywood party held at the Voyeur Club in West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, 18 November 2009. EPA/NINA PROMMER Van Der Beek files for divorce (PEOPLE.com) The couple had no children together. The pair separated earlier this year. Van Der Beek, 32, and McComb got engaged in early 2003 and were married over the Fourth of July weekend that year in Malibu. The two had exchanged vows in an outdoor The view: John Woo's departure from Hollywood is a loss to us all Once hailed as the man to shake up Hollywood, the maestro of dizzying, exquisitely choreographed action movies has returned to the far east Let's say from the start that the life of a major league film-maker, with a thriving career in several corners of Weitz hints at Hollywood retirement New Moon director Chris Weitz has revealed plans to quit making movies The filmmaker has admitted he struggles with the workload being a director and is looking forward to take some time out to travel and learn new skills. Animated films could impact Oscars As the buzz on a best picture nomination for WALL-E hit a fever pitch last year, one Pixar confided, “This is it. This is our last chance. After this year, we’re out of the awards game.” Well, perhaps not The Oscar buzz this year couldn’t be Korea invades Hollywood References to Korean culture are seeping into American films and TV In the late 1990s, a Korean wave washed over Asia. From TV soap operas and movies to pop music, the region couldn’t get enough of Korean culture and its good-looking stars. But the Toback Speaks Out on 'Tyson' Oscars Snub Photo GalleryThe shortlist for the best ry Oscar, which came out on Wednesday, has caused quite a bit of comment in the blogosphere, with such films as , and Tyson being left off the roster. The New York Times caught up with Tyson director James Toback,

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