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May 20 2011 01:00 PM ET

Zach Galifianakis: 'My mom is not allowed to see ('Hangover 2')'

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Ask the stars of The Hangover Part II how the sequel differs from the original smash comedy, and everyone seems to agree: This go-around is much, much darker. How dark? “We do things in this movie that no mom should see her child subjected to,” said Zach Galifianakis, expressing amazement that co-star Ed Helms had brought his mother to yesterday’s Hollywood premiere at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre. “It is so bad in parts that I told my mom she is not allowed to see it. I forbid, forbade, forbid her from coming. In fact, I am going to hide my head in shame around Ed’s parents too.” READ FULL STORY »

Mar 15 2011 03:58 PM ET

SXSW: Rainn Wilson's Crimson Bolt fights crime in the streets of Austin

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The new James Gunn movie Super, a deeply weird, oddly endearing story of a mild-mannered man compelled to fight crime after his wife walks out on him, enjoyed a raucous premiere at SXSW. “Shut up, crime!” Rainn Wilson’s Crimson Bolt hollers at the world. Armed with a monkey wrench and his erratic sidekick, Boltie (Ellen Page), the Crimson Bolt makes everyone from drug dealers to line-butters pay for their sins. The day after the premiere, EW was invited to tag along as Wilson donned his Crimson Bolt suit once more to kick some unsuspecting criminal ass in downtown Austin.

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Feb 28 2011 07:30 AM ET

Oscars 2011: Backstage with Natalie Portman, Colin Firth, Melissa Leo, Christian Bale, and more

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Natalie-Portman-OscarImage Credit: Jason Merritt/Getty ImagesThe Academy Awards press room is a fascinating microcosm of the movie industry, and the press that covers it. Having just been tasked with the challenge of delivering a succinct acceptance speech in front of a bazillion people, the Oscar winners are then whisked backstage and bombarded with questions. Being the professionals that they are, they generally handle these queries with ease.

Then you have the 300 or 400 press members in the room — a vibrant spectrum of media representing multiple countries, varying levels of experience (college-newspaper reporters rub elbows with esteemed veterans), and different interests. There are always one or two reporters who ask a question so groan-inducing that, well, most of the room groans. But for the most part, it was a pleasant and insightful affair, during which Colin Firth, Natalie Portman, Melissa Leo, Christian Bale, and others were given the opportunity to reflect on their accomplishments and reiterate their gratitude. Here’s the best of who said what: READ FULL STORY »

Feb 28 2011 06:00 AM ET

Oscars 2011: What you didn't see on TV

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oscar-hathaway-francoImage Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesIf you’ve never actually attended the Oscars (and I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that a few of you haven’t), there are some things that might surprise you about them — at least, as a first-time attendee, there were things that surprised me. For one, the Kodak Theatre is inside of a mall, so when you’re walking down that last stretch of red carpet towards that glamorous staircase, you’re actually walking past a sunglasses shop, shoe store, coffee place, fudge shop, etc. (They cover the storefronts with red drapes to hide the mall-ness.) Also, on your way to the venue, you have to drive through a gauntlet of anti-Hollywood protesters holding signs bearing slogans like “Ask Me Why You Deserve Hell” and “The Wages of Sin is Death.” Festive! And while it looks on TV like the Oscar audience is wall-to-wall celebrities, in fact, the vast majority of people who attend the Oscars are random and decidedly un-famous people, trying to act blase in their fancy duds even though they’re actually just as excited to get a glimpse of the movie stars as everyone else. People like … well, me.

Here are a few more things you might have missed if you watched this year’s show from the comfort of your couch:  READ FULL STORY »

Feb 27 2011 09:42 AM ET

Razzies on-the-scene: M. Night Shyamalan 'wins' big at last night's camp-fest

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Watching a movie nominated for a Razzie may be one of the worst ways to spend a few hours, but actually attending the Awards turns out to be one of the best. Last night’s rousing, barb-flinging camp-fest handed Razzie repeat offender M. Night Shyamalan’s critically abhorred The Last Airbender the Worst Picture trophy (the movie led the pack with five “wins,” click here for a complete list of winners). But the actual wins were but a small part of what makes this annual pre-Oscars tradition such a fun, light-hearted pageant. READ FULL STORY »

Jan 11 2011 06:26 PM ET

Armond White vs. Darren Aronofsky: When critics and filmmakers collide in public

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Darren-AronofskyImage Credit: D. Dipasupli/FilmMagic.com; Tina Gill/PR PhotosThe New York Film Critics Circle awards dinner is traditionally a festive, elegant affair honoring the filmmakers and actors voted best in their category each year by one of the most prestigious critics’ groups in the country. But after last night’s edition — the 76th in the group’s proud history — all talk of the pleasures of Colin Firth’s charming acceptance speech as Best Actor or Michelle Williams’ sweet presentation to Mark Ruffalo as Best Supporting Actor was drowned out by chatter about critic Armond White and director Darren Aronofsky. READ FULL STORY »

Nov 20 2010 05:05 PM ET

Sofia Coppola and a Coen Brother talk 'Somewhere' at DGA screening

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Two celebrated modern American directors sat down for a chat this afternoon at the DGA Theater in New York. Joel Coen, fresh off of putting some very last-minute touches on True Grit, made a surprise appearance at a screening of Sofia Coppola’s new film Somewhere, moderating a Q&A with her following the movie. The film stars Stephen Dorff as a hard-living actor who unexpectedly finds himself with his 11-year-old daughter when her mother leaves her in his care. The quietly observed drama took home the top prize at the Venice Film Festival in September.

Coen, who began by professing his admiration of Coppola’s body of work, kick-started the discussion with a question he said he gets asked a lot: “When you were little, did you make movies with your brothers?” Coppola’s brother, Roman, is actually a producer on the film, and her father, film giant and oenophile Francis Ford Coppola, is an executive producer. The Lost in Translation director drew a big laugh when talking about the role her father plays in her own filmmaking saying, “I feel like he’s sort of a… well, I don’t want to say ‘godfather.’ But I can go to him for questions and advice along the way.” READ FULL STORY »

Nov 14 2010 05:58 PM ET

The Governors Awards: The stars come out to honor cinema greats -- and maybe snag an Oscar nod in the process

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Wallach-Coppola-BarlowImage Credit: Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty ImagesIf you wanted a preview of what the Governors Ball will look like after the 83rd Annual Academy Awards air on Feb. 27, 2011, you simply needed to score a ticket to last night’s 2nd Annual Governors Awards. Inaugurated last year as a separate ceremony from the Academy Awards, the event is ostensibly designed to celebrate the Honorary Oscar and Irving Thalberg Award honorees in a more thoughtful and meaningful way than a seven minute TV segment. (It also, of course, helps to streamline the infamously bloated Oscar ceremony.) Honorary Oscar winners Jean-Luc Godard, Eli Wallach (pictured, left), and Kevin Brownlow (right), and Thalberg winner Francis Ford Coppola (center), were indeed thoroughly feted in style, with heartfelt testimonials and toasts from colleagues and friends. (French New Wave legend Godard honored his well-documented decision not to attend the ceremony.)

But whereas last year’s Governors Awards contained just a small handful of actors, directors, and screenwriters angling for a nomination, this year’s event was near-to-bursting with bold-faced names eager for face time with Academy voters. To wit: Natalie Portman (Black Swan), Aaron Eckhart (Rabbit Hole), Robert Duvall (Get Low), and Ryan Gosling (Blue Valentine) dutifully worked the Grand Ballroom above the Kodak Theater, as did Conviction stars Hilary Swank, Juliette Lewis, and Sam Rockwell. The Social Network‘s Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, and Armie Hammer continued their campaign to be Oscar’s youngest (and, arguably, most adorable) troika of acting nominees in years. Social Network screenwriter Aaron Sorkin and Fair Game director Doug Liman appeared to make a point of happily greeting every luminary within a 50 foot radius, whereas The Kids Are All Right‘s co-writer-director Lisa Cholodenko appeared to keep closer to her own table. And at the pre-event reception, I caught the directors of Toy Story 3 (Lee Unkrich) and How to Train Your Dragon (Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders) congratulating each other for their films and wishing each other good luck in the awards season ahead. (The award for the night’s most random guests, meanwhile, goes to U.S. representative and frequent Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich and his wife Elizabeth. No kidding.)

In fairness, some of the Oscar hopefuls had good reason to be there. READ FULL STORY »

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