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At last night’s New York Film Critics Circle dinner, actress Melissa Leo revealed that the woman she plays in “The Fighter,” Alice Ward, is gravely ill in Boston. Ward is the mother of fi... Read More

“The King’s Speech” got a royal lunch yesterday at a fancy shmancy private club on Fifth Avenue yesterday. We were asked not to say which one, for fear the members will be bombarded by ou... Read More

And things were going so nicely at the annual New York Film Critics dinner. There were toasts and acceptance speeches. Everyone was so happy. “The Social Network” won Best Picture. Then “... Read More

Warren Beatty is here, he is–as they say–in the house. Warren is in New York to help wife Annette Bening in her quest for an Academy Award. This is called pulling out the big guns, because Nata... Read More

Here comes the big awards week. This is the week when a lot of different groups vie for attention as they hand out movie awards. None of them are the Academy Awards. Those aren’t handed out until Feb... Read More

I happened to sit down with two Academy voters last night–two actors (I’m not giving gender) who are names. They are not A list movie stars, but they are typical of a veteran Oscar voter. Each ... Read More

A lot of actors and celebrities get stuck in public roles and wish they could reinvent themselves. Some have done it, but it’s a rarity. No one could have expected Gwyneth Paltrow, 1999 Best Actress ... Read More

The Best Actress race is starting to take on its own personality. For one thing, Natalie Portman may be in the same position Eddie Murphy found himself in a few years ago. Murphy, considered hot for Best S... Read More

Remember when I told you about the seven members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association who had credited roles in Sofia Coppola‘s “Somewhere”? Now I’m told that the seven member... Read More

The Producers Guild of America named its top 10 movies of the year this morning, including “Toy Story 3″ but leaving out “Winter’s Bone” and “Blue Valentine.” Is t... Read More