11:41pm. Melissa Leo closes the night by toting her Oscar to the sky. And then she floated over the rainbow, and was never heard from again. 11:39pm. Also, this school-choir music is what I hear when my sleepytime nightmare begins, a la Edith Piaf in Inception.... MORE >
The Fighter star Melissa Leo had won a Golden Globe and SAG Award, and given loopy if lovable speeches at both ceremonies, flirting with David O. Russell and sputtering for joy. It's the first time she's had such... MORE >
At the weekend's guild prizes, the only surprise was surprise's absence. Those who hoped for a pitched Oscar battle surely groaned when The King's Speech won the Directors Guild of America prize for its director, Tom Hooper (the prize is perhaps the most effective predictor of Oscar's Best Picture category). And the Screen Actors Guild Awards last night went to Colin Firth, Natalie Portman, Christian Bale, and Melissa Leo - four for four with... MORE >
No Strings Attached isn't just another bad Ashton Kutcher movie (though, wow, is it that). It's a movie that "could destroy everything" for would-be Oscar winner Natalie Portman, says Rex Reed. Whether or not Portman's march to the podium is interrupted, there's a long tradition of Best Actresses immediately following up their Oscar roles with Razzie-worthy work (Best Actors, give or take an Adrien Brody, seem immune).... MORE >
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