There was no denying the somber tone that underlied last night’s 54th Annual Grammy Awards, just a day after the shocking news of Whitney Houston’s death. Host LL Cool J opened the show with a heartfelt prayer for Houston as the audience bowed their heads in solitude to pay homage to the singer and her [...]

Monsieur Lazhar — Canada’s entry for Best Foreign Language Oscar — won the UPC audience award at the Rotterdam International Film Festival this past weekend.  The film, written and directed by Philippe Falardeau, is about an Algerian immigrant with a tragic past who steps in as a teacher at an elementary school after the previous teacher commits suicide. [...]

Uggie, who is quickly becoming the most famous living showbusiness canine, was on hand when the silent movie The Artist picked up yet another award on Tuesday night. He was joined by co-stars Jean Dujardin, who won a Golden Globe and a SAG award and is up for an Academy Award; Missi Pyle and James [...]

Awards season is in full swing and last night’s 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, held in Los Angeles, paid homage to this year’s biggest achievements in film and television. On the film side, the SAGs have often been regarded as a precursor for what we can expect at the upcoming Academy Awards in February [...]

Hugo, directed by Martin Scorsese, leads the Academy Award nominations with 11, including Best Picture and Best Director. The  black and white silent film The Artist received 10 nominations, also including Best Picture and Best Director. Other motion pictures nominated for Best Picture are The Descendants, the recently released Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, The Help, [...]

The Grammy Awards just got a little cooler. For the first time in seven years, the prestigious show will have a host. Rapper/actor LL Cool J has officially signed on to host the 54th Annual Grammy Awards to be held on February 12, 2012 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. A two-time Grammy winner [...]

Golden Globe Awards host Ricky Gervais took a shot at Justin Bieber on Sunday night, quipping, “Justin Bieber nearly had to take a paternity test. What a waste of a test that would have been. No, he’s not the father. The only way that he could impregnate a girl was if he borrowed one of [...]

This past year has been exceptional for Canadian cinema with films like A Dangerous Method and Monsieur Lazhar earning considerable praise from critics and audiences everywhere — that’s why this year’s Genie Awards are sure to be a tight race. The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television announced the nominees for the upcoming awards at [...]

On the heels of Sunday night’s Golden Globe Awards, the stars are gearing up for another round of prizes. The nominations for this year’s Orange British Academy Film Awards, presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), were announced early this morning by British actors Daniel Radcliffe and Holliday Grainger. Leading the [...]

Ricky Gervais may not have been as provocative last night as he was at last year’s Golden Globes, but he had the Hollywood elite squirming in their chairs. During his opening monologue, some of them wouldn’t even look at him for fear they were going to be his next target. Others refused to laugh, no [...]

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