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Feb 1 2012 04:14 PM ET

Oscars: Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Jennifer Lopez, and cast of 'Bridesmaids' to present

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Slowly but surely, the Academy is beginning to build its star-studded list of Oscar presenters for this year’s ceremony. The telecast producers Brian Grazer and Don Mischer have so far announced that Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Jennifer Lopez, and the cast of Bridesmaids – Rose Byrne, Ellie Kemper, Melissa McCarthy, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Maya Rudolph, and Kristen Wiig — will be presenting. It will be the first Oscar show appearance for all six of the Bridesmaids actresses, and one can only hope they’ll still be playing the Scorsese drinking game.

The 84th Academy Awards airs Feb. 26 on ABC.

Feb 1 2012 12:49 PM ET

'The Dictator' Super Bowl spot: Or, when everyone at your party does their Sacha Baron Cohen impression

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You had better be incredibly invested in the outcome of the rematch between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots (or that Madonna and LMFAO halftime show) come Sunday, because at this point you’ve probably seen most of the pre-released Super Bowl commercials. Of course, if you’re just as interested in seeing Eli Manning face off against Tom Brady as you are watching Matthew Broderick face his Ferris Bueller past, you should probably steer clear of Sacha Baron Cohen’s General Aladeen.

In a Super Bowl-themed ad for The Dictator, Cohen’s Aladeen informs that not only has he purchased NBC (maybe he’ll do something about Whitney?), but he knows “the final score.” Thankfully the dictator spares us the news of who emerged victorious and instead shows previously seen trailer footage — including Megan Fox’s appearance and his own unsportsmanlike conduct during a track meet — from the upcoming comedy. Watch: READ FULL STORY »

Jan 29 2012 11:45 AM ET

Union news: AFTRA approves merger with SAG

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Hollywood’s two big acting unions just took another step toward a significant merger. The National Board of Directors of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, or AFTRA — which oversees more than 70,000 actors, broadcasters, singers, and dancers — voted Saturday to recommend a merger with the Screen Actors Guild by 94 percent. The vote comes a day after the SAG National Board of Directors voted in favor of approving the merger package by 87 percent.

Members of AFTRA and SAG (which oversees 120,000 members) will now vote on the merger after Feb. 27. More than 60 percent of the actors need to approve it in order to create a merged union that would be called SAG-AFTRA.

SAG National President Ken Howard said in a release:

This is a terrific outcome and I offer my sincere thanks and congratulations to AFTRA’s National Board  and National President Roberta Reardon. Professional performers are now an important step closer to the strongest union representation possible. Just as our boards have, I believe our members will decisively approve this merger and that SAG-AFTRA will be a leader in shaping the entertainment and media industries.

The proposed merger is expected to be addressed at tonight’s SAG Awards that will be telecast on TNT.  READ FULL STORY »

Jan 29 2012 01:26 AM ET

'The Artist' wins big at the Directors Guild Awards

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The Directors Guild of America announced its annual awards tonight at a ceremony in the Grand Ballroom above the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. The Artist‘s Michel Hazanavicius took home the prize for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Feature Film. Fellow nominees Martin Scorsese (Hugo) and Alexander Payne (The Descendants) also spoke at the event while accepting their nomination medallions. As is his custom for awards events, nominee Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris) was not present; nominee David Fincher (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) had to fly to the premiere of his film in Tokyo, Japan, although he did attend the nominee breakfast Saturday morning.

Hosted by Kelsey Grammer, the evening also feted directors for feature documentaries, and TV dramas, comedies, reality shows, made-for-TV movies and miniseries, soap operas, children’s programming, and commercials.

Since 1948, the DGA Award winner for feature film has gone on to win the Academy Award for Best Director every year save for six exceptions, most recently when Rob Marshall took home the DGA Award for Chicago in 2002, while Roman Polanski won the Oscar for The Pianist.

Check out the full list of winners below: READ FULL STORY »

Jan 26 2012 05:30 PM ET

Oscars 2012: Music branch chief Bruce Broughton on this week's controversial Best Song noms

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One of the big stories of this week’s Oscar nominations was the announcement that, for the first time in history, only two songs have been given the nod in the Best Song category: Bret McKenzie’s “Man or Muppet” from The Muppets and the Rio number “Real in Rio,” which was co-written by legendary Brazilian musician Sérgio Mendes. Below, Bruce Broughton, who is chair of the Academy’s Music Branch Executive Committee, explains how just a brace of songs came to receive noms and why the situation might prompt a rule change.

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Jan 26 2012 10:00 AM ET

Sundance: 'True Blood' star Carrie Preston talks her festival debut as a director -- VIDEO

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Most fans of Carrie Preston know her best as the high-strung Arlene on HBO’s True Blood, or her recurring role as the brilliantly ditzy lawyer Elsbeth on CBS’ The Good Wife. But she was at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival for her work behind the camera, as the director of the distaff sex comedy That’s What She Said. It isn’t her directorial debut — that was the 2005 indie 29th and Gay — but it is her first time at Sundance as a filmmaker. So to commemorate the occasion, we took to the skies, riding a gondola at the Canyons Resort high above Park City, Utah. As I struggled to overcome my fear of heights, Preston gamely talked about her film, her hilariously harrowing trip to the annual Sundance directors brunch, and what to expect from both True Blood‘s Arlene (more Scott Foley!) and The Good Wife‘s Elsbeth (is Will’s grand jury case over?). Check out our interview below:  READ FULL STORY »

Jan 25 2012 02:30 PM ET

Joel McHale, Zooey Deschanel to host WGA awards show

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The Writers Guild of America, West has enlisted Joel McHale and Zooey Deschanel to cohost its Feb. 19 awards show (which, unfortunately, is not televised). “I’m deeply excited to co-host the WGA Awards with Zooey Deschanel. She has that rare combination in that she’s beautiful, funny, and smells good. Without writers, movies and TV would be worse than untreated syphilis, so I’m thrilled to hand these fine people awards for their great work,” McHale said in the announcement. Who says the Golden Globes are the most fun?

Read more:
‘Boardwalk Empire,’ ‘Breaking Bad’ top WGA nominees
‘Bridesmaids,’ ‘The Descendants’ lead WGA nominees

Jan 23 2012 03:06 PM ET

Sundance: Tracy Morgan 'doing much better' after collapse, says director

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Tracy Morgan is “doing much better” after collapsing last night at the Sundance Film Festival, the co-director of Morgan’s film Predisposed tells EW. While visiting the EW photo and digital studio today in Park City, Utah, to promote his film, filmmaker Ron Nyswaner said that the 30 Rock star passed out while at the Creative Coalition Spotlight Awards due to “altitude sickness combined with his diabetes.” READ FULL STORY »

Jan 19 2012 05:48 PM ET

Slamdance preview: How Ed Wood's long lost horror film 'Final Curtain' finally made it to the big screen -- EXCLUSIVE

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Many people have a “funny uncle,” some eccentric, older blood relation or larger-than-life, close family friend. But few are funnier than Jason Insalaco’s late, great-uncle Paul Marco.

Marco was a close friend of the director Ed Wood and played a character called “Kelton the Cop” in three of the much derided auteur’s movies, including 1959′s infamously terrible Plan 9 From Outer Space. Not that Marco himself believed there to be anything wrong with the film or the cinematic chops of his pal Wood. READ FULL STORY »

Jan 16 2012 12:52 PM ET

Golden Globes after-party photos: Michelle Williams, Meryl Streep, Jon Hamm, more

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Last night, Golden Globe winners Meryl Streep, Michelle Williams, Laura Dern, and Kelsey Grammer were among the stars gracing the Hollywood after-party scene. Click through a few photos from the scene below. READ FULL STORY »

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