Jan 23
Highlights among the nominees for the 84th Academy Awards, announced Jan. 24. The Oscars will be awarded Sunday, Feb. 26, in a ceremony hosted by Billy Crystal and telecast live on ABC.
Jan 20
Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo,” with 11 Academy Award nominations, and Golden Globe winner “The Artist,” with 10, lead the list of best picture Oscar contenders announced Tuesday.
Brad Pitt and George Clooney will face off in the best actor category at the Oscars next month, with Pitt’s “Moneyball” contending for six awards and Clooney’s “The Descendants” up for five. Read full article…
Jan 19
Jean Dujardin, Berenice Bejo and their film all got Oscar nominations.
Yes and no. While The Artist, a silent film set in the 1920s, claimed more plaudits Tuesday, including nominations for best picture, director, actor and supporting actress, just nine films made the final cut for best picture, compared to 10 the previous two years. Analysts say the nominations, which went largely as expected, demonstrated that the throwback film has lost no momentum in the past two months, and that the 2011 slate was anemic, if varied.
Jan 18
LOS ANGELES – Rapper and “NCIS: Los Angeles” actor LL Cool J will be the first official host of the Grammy Awards in seven years, the Recording Academy said on Wednesday.
“I’m thrilled to be a part of music’s biggest night,” said the two-time Grammy award winning host.
“I will always have fond memories of my first Grammy Awards and to now be hosting the Grammy show, in the company of so many other incredible artists, is a dream come true.”
LL Cool J, who has been the host of the Grammy nominations concert since its first live broadcast in 2008, is the first emcee of the awards program since 2005 when Queen Latifah headlined.
Jan 17
When a Grammy-winning singer says she’d love to play in her hometown, it’s best to take the hint.
Such is the case of Colbie Caillat and the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza.
“I wish I got to play more in our hometown — Santa Barbara Bowl, Ventura, Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza — having all my family and friends come, so it’s local and getting the whole SoCal vibe,” the former Thousand Oaks resident who now lives in Westlake Village told The Star in August.
On Feb. 14, she