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Oscars Surprises, Snubs: Oprah, Redford, Hanks Shut Out

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Oscars Surprises, Snubs: Oprah, Redford, Hanks Shut Out

Shock: Oprah, Tom Hanks, Robert Redford were all shut out of this year’s Oscars.
The nine Best Picture nominees are American Hustle, Captain Phillips, Dallas Buyers Club, Gravity, Her, Nebraska, Philomena, 12 Years a Slave, and Wolf of Wall Street. Only nine, not 10, films received nominations.

Also snubbed: Emma Thompson and “Saving Mr. Banks” are totally out.

Biggest surprise: Of all Harvey Weinstein’s possible entries, “Philomena” turned out to be his dark horse winner. “August Osage County” pulled two acting noms. And The Weinstein Company has two documentary nomineees.

Completely stopped and I’m not surprised: Robert Redford and “All is Lost.” Sadly I knew this. Roadside Attractions should be called Roadkill. What a mess. Redford was the best actor of the year.

Big winners: Paramount, Warner Bros., Sony played the game beautifully. A big studio turnaround.

Nominations for the 86th Academy Awards

Performance by an actor in a leading role

Christian Bale in “American Hustle”
Bruce Dern in “Nebraska”
Leonardo DiCaprio in “The Wolf of Wall Street”
Chiwetel Ejiofor in “12 Years a Slave”
Matthew McConaughey in “Dallas Buyers Club”

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

Barkhad Abdi in “Captain Phillips”
Bradley Cooper in “American Hustle”
Michael Fassbender in “12 Years a Slave”
Jonah Hill in “The Wolf of Wall Street”
Jared Leto in “Dallas Buyers Club”

Performance by an actress in a leading role

Amy Adams in “American Hustle”
Cate Blanchett in “Blue Jasmine”
Sandra Bullock in “Gravity”
Judi Dench in “Philomena”
Meryl Streep in “August: Osage County”

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Sally Hawkins in “Blue Jasmine”
Jennifer Lawrence in “American Hustle”
Lupita Nyong’o in “12 Years a Slave”
Julia Roberts in “August: Osage County”
June Squibb in “Nebraska”

Best animated feature film of the year

“The Croods” Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco and Kristine Belson
“Despicable Me 2” Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin and Chris Meledandri
“Ernest & Celestine” Benjamin Renner and Didier Brunner
“Frozen” Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee and Peter Del Vecho
“The Wind Rises” Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki

Achievement in cinematography

“The Grandmaster” Philippe Le Sourd
“Gravity” Emmanuel Lubezki
“Inside Llewyn Davis” Bruno Delbonnel
“Nebraska” Phedon Papamichael
“Prisoners” Roger A. Deakins

Achievement in costume design

“American Hustle” Michael Wilkinson
“The Grandmaster” William Chang Suk Ping
“The Great Gatsby” Catherine Martin
“The Invisible Woman” Michael O’Connor
“12 Years a Slave” Patricia Norris

Achievement in directing

“American Hustle” David O. Russell
“Gravity” Alfonso Cuarón
“Nebraska” Alexander Payne
“12 Years a Slave” Steve McQueen
“The Wolf of Wall Street” Martin Scorsese

Best documentary feature

“The Act of Killing”Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sørensen
“Cutie and the Boxer” Zachary Heinzerling and Lydia Dean Pilcher
“Dirty Wars” Richard Rowley and Jeremy Scahill
“The Square” Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer
“20 Feet from Stardom” Nominees to be determined

Best documentary short subject

“CaveDigger” Jeffrey Karoff
“Facing Fear” Jason Cohen
“Karama Has No Walls” Sara Ishaq
“The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life” Malcolm Clarke and Nicholas Reed
“Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall” Edgar Barens

Achievement in film editing

“American Hustle” Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers and Alan Baumgarten
“Captain Phillips” Christopher Rouse
“Dallas Buyers Club” John Mac McMurphy and Martin Pensa
“Gravity” Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger
“12 Years a Slave” Joe Walker

Best foreign language film of the year

“The Broken Circle Breakdown” Belgium
“The Great Beauty” Italy
“The Hunt” Denmark
“The Missing Picture” Cambodia
“Omar” Palestine

Achievement in makeup and hairstyling

“Dallas Buyers Club” Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews
“Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa” Stephen Prouty
“The Lone Ranger” Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

“The Book Thief” John Williams
“Gravity” Steven Price
“Her” William Butler and Owen Pallett
“Philomena” Alexandre Desplat
“Saving Mr. Banks” Thomas Newman

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

“Alone Yet Not Alone” from “Alone Yet Not Alone”
Music by Bruce Broughton; Lyric by Dennis Spiegel
“Happy” from “Despicable Me 2”
Music and Lyric by Pharrell Williams
“Let It Go” from “Frozen”
Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
“The Moon Song” from “Her”
Music by Karen O; Lyric by Karen O and Spike Jonze
“Ordinary Love” from “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom”
Music by Paul Hewson, Dave Evans, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen; Lyric by Paul Hewson

Best motion picture of the year

“American Hustle” Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison and Jonathan Gordon, Producers
“Captain Phillips” Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti and Michael De Luca, Producers
“Dallas Buyers Club” Robbie Brenner and Rachel Winter, Producers
“Gravity” Alfonso Cuarón and David Heyman, Producers
“Her” Megan Ellison, Spike Jonze and Vincent Landay, Producers
“Nebraska” Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa, Producers
“Philomena” Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan and Tracey Seaward, Producers
“12 Years a Slave” Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen and Anthony Katagas, Producers
“The Wolf of Wall Street” Nominees to be determined

Achievement in production design

“American Hustle” Production Design: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Heather Loeffler
“Gravity” Production Design: Andy Nicholson; Set Decoration: Rosie Goodwin and Joanne Woollard
“The Great Gatsby” Production Design: Catherine Martin; Set Decoration: Beverley Dunn
“Her” Production Design: K.K. Barrett; Set Decoration: Gene Serdena
“12 Years a Slave” Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Alice Baker

Best animated short film

“Feral” Daniel Sousa and Dan Golden
“Get a Horse!” Lauren MacMullan and Dorothy McKim
“Mr. Hublot” Laurent Witz and Alexandre Espigares
“Possessions” Shuhei Morita
“Room on the Broom” Max Lang and Jan Lachauer

Best live action short film

“Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me)” Esteban Crespo
“Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just before Losing Everything)” Xavier Legrand and Alexandre Gavras
“Helium” Anders Walter and Kim Magnusson
“Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?)” Selma Vilhunen and Kirsikka Saari
“The Voorman Problem” Mark Gill and Baldwin Li

Achievement in sound editing

“All Is Lost” Steve Boeddeker and Richard Hymns
“Captain Phillips” Oliver Tarney
“Gravity” Glenn Freemantle
“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” Brent Burge
“Lone Survivor” Wylie Stateman

Achievement in sound mixing

“Captain Phillips” Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith and Chris Munro
“Gravity” Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro
“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick and Tony Johnson
“Inside Llewyn Davis” Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland
“Lone Survivor” Andy Koyama, Beau Borders and David Brownlow

Achievement in visual effects

“Gravity” Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould
“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and Eric Reynolds
“Iron Man 3” Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Erik Nash and Dan Sudick
“The Lone Ranger” Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Edson Williams and John Frazier
“Star Trek Into Darkness” Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann and Burt Dalton

Adapted screenplay

“Before Midnight” Written by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke
“Captain Phillips” Screenplay by Billy Ray
“Philomena” Screenplay by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope
“12 Years a Slave” Screenplay by John Ridley
“The Wolf of Wall Street” Screenplay by Terence Winter

Original screenplay

“American Hustle” Written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell
“Blue Jasmine” Written by Woody Allen
“Dallas Buyers Club” Written by Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack
“Her” Written by Spike Jonze
“Nebraska” Written by Bob Nelson

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Oscar Nominations: Watch it Here Live

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Oscar Nominations: Watch it Here Live

Record Biz Blues as Top 50 Albums Sell Mere 600K Copies Total

Roger Friedman
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Record Biz Blues as Top 50 Albums Sell Mere 600K Copies Total

January is never a fun time for any of showbiz. Broadway is quiet. The movie box office is recovering from Christmas highs. But nothing is worse than the record business. This past week the top 50 albums sold a total — a total, all together– of 600,000 units. The “Frozen” soundtrack sold a total of 84.5K copies. Beyonce did around 75K.

And then it’s all down hill. The name brands from Christmas are saturated. Both Lady Gaga and Britney Spears had major disasters. Justin Bieber didn’t even bother submitting his album for SoundScan counting.

Six hundred thousand– that’s what a debut album should be doing in its first week at number 1. With three major record conglomerates, that amount isn’t enough to sustain the lunches and the gifts to deejays. Keep in mind that the “Frozen” soundtrack comes from Disney– not even a major label. The bulk of the others come from Universal and Sony. Warner Music is barely in the game.

I don’t want to be a buzzkill. But unless there’s another surprise album coming like Beyonce in the next six weeks, winter is going to be cold and dark. Bruce Springsteen launches this week. And then it’s several weeks without a superstar release. There’s Dierks Bentley on 2/25 and Jennifer Hudson on 3/11. Otherwise, the only other story might be The Beatles box set next week.

Mariah Carey, we are waiting, my dear. Surprise us!

Julia Roberts, Forest Whitaker Lined Up for All Star Critics Choice Awards

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Julia Roberts, Forest Whitaker Lined Up for All Star Critics Choice Awards

The Critics Choice Awards air live on Thursday night, 8 pm Eastern on the CW Network. Aisha Tyler is hosting. Forest Whitaker gets a special tribute. These awards are more a precursor of the Oscars than the Globes, and voted on by actual movie critics and journalists, unlike the Globes and crazy awards like the National Board of Review.

Presenters include– because the Critics Choice covers TV as well as movies– Jensen Ackles, Christina Applegate, Kristen Bell, Jessica Chastain, Don Cheadle, Bill Hader, Jonah Hill, Sir Ben Kingsley, Nia Long, Kellan Lutz, James Marsden, Jared Padalecki, Margot Robbie, Julia Roberts, Ian Somerhalder, Isaiah Washington, and Marlon Wayans.

And it’s just a two hour show– very glamorous but also very economical. And everyone shows up. This is the first time I can think of that the Oscar nominations will be announced on the same morning. It’s going to be a long day for a lot of people, many of whom will have to keep a stoic face.

Exclusive: Jacqueline Bisset On Her Globes Win: “One Battles in this Business. It Looks Easy. It Ain’t Easy”

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Exclusive: Jacqueline Bisset On Her Globes Win: “One Battles in this Business. It Looks Easy. It Ain’t Easy”

EXCLUSIVE: “It was only this morning I realized I won the Golden Globe.” That’s Tuesday morning, a day and a half after winning the Golden Globe, Jacqueline Bisset told me she spotted the statue in her kitchen. “I said, Wait a minute. I won the Golden Globe. I said Hang on a minute. After all this fuss…”

The fuss is that the gorgeous veteran actress Jacqueline Bisset hit the stage with a thud when she accepted her Golden Globe award on Sunday night. She was shocked and in a daze. I sat down with Bisset yesterday in her cozy Beverly Hills home to talk about her much buzzed-about acceptance speech that started with some long pauses. She rambled a bit, and included the word “shit” getting not quite bleeped. “I supposed I should have been more sophisticated,” she told me.

Bisset won for Best Actress in a Mini-Series or TV Movie for her excellent work in “Dancing on the Edge” co-starring “12 Years a Slave” star Chiwetel Ejiofor. She has not appeared on the Globes since she co-hosted the show maybe 30 years ago.She was nominated for Most Promising Newcomer in 1969. She didn’t win.Olivia Hussey was the winner. Also nominated: Sondra Locke and Leigh Taylor-Young.

A great beauty and brilliant actress, Bisset is one of Hollywood’s survivors. She’s always marched to the beat of her own drummer, and blazed a path among her peers.

Her credits include “The Deep,” “Rich and Famous,” “Sleepy Time Gal,” “Bullitt,” “Under the Volcano,” “Murder on the Orient Express,” and TV series such as “Nip/Tuck.” Bisset has worked with countless legendary directors including John Huston and Sidney Lumet.

So let’s set the record straight: she did two and a half hours of press on the red carpet before coming inside the Beverly Hilton. She was hungry and thirsty. She took a sip– a sip– of Champagne handed to her on the carpet. “I was sober as I could be. Believe me, I wasn’t drunk.”

Once inside the ballroom, she discovered dinner was over. A waiter kindly brought her a cheese and tomato sandwich. Fellow nominee Janet McTeer told Bisset that their category would not come up for a while. The actress closed her eyes and regrouped. She did not think she would win at all. And then she heard her name being called.

“I went into my own dream. I was  looking at the program. I was terribly hungry, I was just really listening. I saw a camera man pointing his camera and I thought, who’s he pointing to? I thought, funny how they hang about. I saw several of them  around and didn’t realize they were filming each of us before the awards were called.

“I thought Sofia Vergara would win. She was so sweet. What a wonderful person. She’s a great person. She was special.”

Once the show started, Bisset realized she had no information. “I asked Janet, when are we on? And she said, at the very end.” Then it turned out they were right at the beginning, second award. “I freaked out. The walk was very long. It was like a magic carpet. It’s almost like you go silent. I tranced out. I wanted particularly to thank [director] Stephen Poliakoff, and I forgot.

“I was shaking up there. I thought come on, Get yourself together! I was thinking of my mother. She was so instrumental in my life. I was wearing her jewelry. She used to say ‘Leave me the hell in peace! Go to hell and don’t come back.’ She had a very jaunty side.”

Bisset was really stunned. It’s the first big award she ever received after a long, heralded career. “One battles in this business. It looks easy but it ain’t easy. After 47 years…I’m not someone who cultivated fame. I think some part of me revolted…”

She sort of had an out of body experience once she reached the podium. “I felt like it was a moment of generosity for people who gave me joy, of time passing. It all went upside down! Peripherally I heard the music. I felt like it took me 47 years to get here, don’t shush me away. And people seemed to be following me. They were laughing.  And then I got backstage and everyone said It’s all going viral. I’d never gone viral! I didn’t know what that means!”

 

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Razzie Awards: Hi Ho! Lone Ranger, Adam Sandler Lead Nominations

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Razzie Awards: Hi Ho! Lone Ranger, Adam Sandler Lead Nominations

The Razzie nominations are out, the day before the Oscar nominations are announced. The Razzie ceremony is March 1s, the day before the Oscars. The Razzies snubbed a bunch of films including We’re the Millers and White House Down. Maybe they were too awful for this list! Will Smith, Adam Sandler, and The Lone Ranger did make the final cut. Lindsay Lohan is nominated in Lead and Supporting Actress. My choice for Worst Actor this year is Johnny Depp in Ranger. Exquisite.

WORST PICTURE
After Earth
Grown Ups 2
The Lone Ranger
A Madea Christmas
Movie 43

WORST ACTOR
Johnny Depp: The Lone Ranger
Ashton Kutcher: Jobs
Adam Sandler: Grown Ups 2
Jaden Smith: After Earth
Sylvester Stallone: Bullet To The Head, Escape Plan, Grudge Match

WORST ACTRESS
Halle Berry: Movie 43, The Call
Selena Gomez: Getaway
Lindsay Lohan: The Canyons
Tyler Perry: A Madea Christmas
Naomi Watts: Diana, Movie 43

WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Lady Gaga: Machete Kills
Salma Hayek: Grown Ups 2
Katherine Heigl: The Big Wedding
Kim Kardashian: Tyler Perry’s Temptation
Lindsay Lohan: In-App-Propriate Comedy, Scary Movie 5

WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Chris Brown: Battle Of The Year
Larry the Cable Guy: A Madea Christmas
Taylor Lautner: Grown Ups 2
Will Smith: After Earth
Nick Swardson: A Haunted House, Grown Ups 2

WORST DIRECTOR
The 13 People Who Directed Movie 43
Dennis Dugan: Grown Ups 2
Tyler Perry: A Madea Christmas, Temptation
M. Night Shyamalan: After Earth
Gore Verbinski: The Lone Ranger

WORST SCREEN COMBO
The Entire Cast of Grown-Ups, Too
The Entire Cast of Movie 43
Lindsay Lohan & Charlie Sheen: Scary Movie 5
Tyler Perry & EITHER Larry the Cable Guy OR That Worn-Out Wig & Dress: A Madea Christmas
Jaden Smith & Will Smith on Planet Nepotism: After Earth

WORST SCREENPLAY
After Earth: Screenplay by Gary Whitta and M. Night Shyamalan, Story by Will Smith
Grown Ups 2: Written by Fred Wolfe & Adam Sandler & Tim Herlihy
The Lone Ranger: Screen Story & Screenplay by Ted Elliott, Justin Haythe & Terry Rosso
A Madea Christmas: Written by Tyler Perry
Movie 43: Written by 19 “Screenwriters”

WORST REMAKE, RIP-OFF or SEQUEL
Grown Ups 2
Hangover III
The Lone Ranger
Scary Movie 5
Smurfs 2

Justin Bieber: LA Sheriffs Release Statement About Vandalism Investigation

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Justin Bieber: LA Sheriffs Release Statement About Vandalism Investigation

Here’s the press release. One more entry for Justin Bieber’s Journals.

Malibu/Lost Hills Station: Search Warrant Served at Calabasas Home after Estimated $20,000 Vandalism on Jan. 9

(Update) At about 8AM on Tues, Jan. 14, 2014, detectives from Lost Hills/Malibu Sheriff’s Station of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department began service of a search warrant at the Calabasas home of Suspect Justin Bieber. The purpose of the search warrant is to seek video surveillance or other possible evidence in the vandalism that occurred on January 9, 2014. The vandalism damage is estimated by the homeowner to be approximately $20,000.00. The investigation is ongoing.

ORIGINAL PRESS RELEASE:

(Jan. 9, 2014) Deputies from Lost Hills/Malibu Sheriff’s Station of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department responded to a vandalism call at 7:40PM on Thursday, January 9, 2014. The allegation is that eggs were thrown at a home on Prado De Grandioso in the city of Calabasas. The incident is under investigation

Charlie Sheen Attacks Denise Richards on Twitter Again

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Charlie Sheen Attacks Denise Richards on Twitter Again

I know Charlie Sheen is crazy. But you’d think he’d realize by now one day his kids will see all this stuff. Maybe he took too much testosterone cream this morning:

Madonna Gives $1 Million to Her Scandal Plagued Charity

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Madonna Gives $1 Million to Her Scandal Plagued Charity

Madonna will not give up on the folly of her involvement with the small African country of Malawi– or her passion for the cult like Kabbalah Center organization. According to the just filed Form 990 for her Ray of Light Foundation, Madonna transferred over $1 million in tax free money to Raising Malawi, the scandal plagued charity she started with Kabbalah to make in roads in Malawi.

The Ray of Light filing is interesting for a couple of reasons. In 2011, Madonna gave $750,000 to Kabbalah directly, and nothing to Raising Malawi. This time she gives nothing to Kabbalah, but the million dollars to Raising Malawi.

The organization has come under tons of criticism and has lost of millions of dollars, never fulfilling its promise to build a leadership academy in Malawi for young women a la Oprah’s school in South Africa. Two years ago several investigations were launched into Raising Malawi for financial improprieties. In 2012, Raising Malawi did help another organization, called BuildOn, construct classrooms in Malawi.

The only other donations from Ray of Light were a meager $15,000 to the TJ Martell Foundation, which funds cancer research, and pocket change– $5,000 to the Jewish Boys and Girls Club in Los Angeles. She also gave $5,000 to Ionia Inc, a rural recovery center in Arkansas that specializes in microbiotic cooking.

Madonna was named the top earning celebrity last year by Forbes.

 

Justin Bieber: New Clock Tattoo Sign of Career Winding Down as Movie Makes $6K Tuesday

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Justin Bieber: New Clock Tattoo Sign of Career Winding Down as Movie Makes $6K Tuesday

UPDATE: TMZ now reporting that at 8:30am Pacific Time police are raiding Bieber’s house in Calabasas, California on a felony search warrant, looking for evidence in his neighbor’s house  egging incident.

Justin Bieber has a new tattoo. Tabloid sites say it’s his 22nd or 23rd. This one is of an analog clock face. It may be an indication of his career winding down, or he’s keeping track of his last fifteen minutes of fame. On Tuesday, his “Believe” movie made just over $6,000 in 77 theaters. That’s about eight people max in every theatre. I hope they brought scarves and sweaters. It gets drafty in those big empty venues. “Believe” should be gone from theaters by Friday.

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