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Judge to Lohan: Keep up good work
Lindsay Lohan drew praise Wednesday from a judge who said the actress was one court hearing away from putting a long-running drunken driving case behind her. "Ms. Lohan, you're in the home stretch," Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner told the actress. "The probation officer is pleased with your progress." The ...
AP critics pick 'The Artist' for top Oscar wins
Associated Press movie writers David Germain and Christy Lemire are boringly in lockstep on their picks for this season's top Academy Awards categories, depriving them of their usual snide debate over who's going to win. Both predict the silent film "The Artist" will win for best-picture prize and for director ...
Pa. museum automaton has link to Scorsese's 'Hugo'
An Academy Award-nominated movie is casting a bright spotlight on an unusual machine at The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. The science museum's 200-year-old automaton is a mechanical doll animated by a complex system of motors and cams. It can write three poems and draw four pictures. Martin Scorsese's movie "Hugo" ...
Sorvino to debut film funded by US taxpayers
Actor Paul Sorvino might finally be over his trouble with "The Trouble with Cali." Armed with $500,000 in taxpayer funding, the first-time director and "Goodfellas" star shot the independent film in Pennsylvania six years ago. But the project ran short of cash, and politicians demanded to know what he did ...
Polish folk art society defends its 'Oskar' award
Few would confuse the glitz of the Academy Awards with a ceremony held by a folk arts society in Poland, but Hollywood doesn't want anyone else handing out Oscars. So the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is demanding that Poland's Association of Folk Artists stop giving out what ...
'Midnight in Paris,' 'Descendants' win WGA honors
Woody Allen's romantic fantasy "Midnight in Paris" and Alexander Payne's family drama "The Descendants" have won top screenplay honors from the Writers Guild of America. With his biggest hit in decades, writer-director Allen earned the guild's prize Sunday for original screenplay on "Midnight in Paris." The film stars Owen Wilson ...
Newspaper study: Oscar voters mainly white, male
A study of Academy Awards voters has found that it's not a very diverse group that hands out Hollywood's highest honors. The Los Angeles Times found that 94 percent of the 5,765 voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are white and 77 percent are men. ...
Whitney Houston's voice still soars
After all the testimonials from relatives and friends, the songs from legends and pop stars, the preaching and even laughter, the raw emotion of Whitney Houston's funeral came down to just one moment: The sound of her own voice. As the strains of her biggest record, "I Will Always Love ...
Actress Judi Dench says she's battling blindness
Actress Judi Dench is battling to save her sight. The James Bond star said in an interview published Saturday that she had been diagnosed with macular degeneration, an eye condition which can cause blindness, and that her eyesight was already so bad that she couldn't even read her own scripts. ...
Whitney Houston remembered at NJ hometown funeral
Clapping hands and swaying to gospel hymns in the church where Whitney Houston's powerful voice once wowed her congregation, the biggest names in entertainment sang along with the choir to remember the pop superstar at her hometown funeral Saturday. "We are here today, hearts broken but yet with God's strength ...
'Sleepless in Seattle' musical delayed in Calif.
A musical based on the romantic comedy "Sleepless in Seattle" will make its debut a little later than expected. The Pasadena Playhouse in California said Friday it will push the show's premiere from the end of the current 2011-2012 season to the 2012-2013 season. It had been expected to start ...
'The Help' cleans up at 43rd NAACP Image Awards
"The Help" collected three prizes at the NAACP Image Awards, including top actress honors for Viola Davis, the supporting actress prize for Octavia Spencer and outstanding motion picture. Davis and Spencer have collected armloads of accolades for their work in the film about black maids who speak out against their ...
Cirque du Soleil plans one-time-only Oscar piece
Aerialists, acrobats and contortionists from Cirque du Soleil are among the guests at this year's Academy Awards. The three-minute performance at the Oscars on Feb. 26 will be among the international troupe's biggest yet, said Cirque du Soleil special events director Yasmine Khalil, featuring more than 50 artists. Most Cirque ...
Nick Cannon departs NYC radio show
Nick Cannon has stepped down from his New York City radio show. Cannon said in a statement on the 92.3 NOW website that Friday was his last day hosting the 2-year-old show, called "Rollin'." He said doctors had ordered him to cut back on his professional commitments and get more ...
Cirque du Soleil plans performance for Oscar show
Aerialists, acrobats and contortionists are among the guests at this year's Academy Awards. Telecast producers Don Mischer and Brian Grazer say they've invited Cirque do Soleil to perform during the Oscar show. The three-minute performance will be among the international troupe's biggest yet, said Cirque du Soleil special events director ...
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