BY ROBERT W. WELKOS
Decades from now, Hollywood may still be debating the events that unfolded Sunday night at the 82nd annual Academy Awards and wondering how David came to slay Goliath?
How did “The Hurt Locker,” a small, independent film about a bomb disposal squad in the Iraq War made on a shoestring budget, manage to [...]

BY LINELLE SCHULTZ
The suspense is finally over as we come to a close to the awards season. Kathryn Bigelow’s “The Hurt Locker” has taken home the coveted Best Picture prize beating out rival “Avatar.” Bigelow also took home the Best Director award, beating out ex-husband James Cameron to become the first female in Oscar history [...]

BY TODD GILCHRIST
As the minutes tick away until Sunday evening when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hands out its awards, credentialed reporters and armchair experts alike continue to prognosticate and pick what films and filmmakers will come away as winners. While this is commonplace every year, 2010 is unique in that it’s [...]

Oscar producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman have stated that viewers should tune in early because this year is “the most dynamic opening, from drama to spectacle to humor, that has ever been staged.”
Shankman is not worried about the weather for the show. He told AP that the only rain they are going to be [...]

If you haven’t picked up a copy of today’s Los Angeles Times, then you are in for a big surprise. The Walt Disney Company worked with them to create a special promotion for their movie “Alice in Wonderland,” which hits the theaters today. The front page is covered with a full-color photo of Johnny Depp’s [...]

Michael Moore is one of the most important, and polarizing, figures in contemporary filmmaking. He helped turn documentaries into blockbuster business, and put politics front and center in his films. Previously, Moore tackled corporate greed, school shootings, 9/11, the Iraq war, and America’s healthcare system, offering plenty of powerful facts amidst the spectacle of his [...]

BY TODD GILCHRIST
On Thursday, February 25, Quentin Tarantino hosted a below-the-line panel for crew members of Inglourious Basterds who were nominated for Academy Awards. Among the participants were Sally Menke, Tarantino’s longtime editor; cinematographer Robert Richardson; visual effects designer John Dykstra; Supervising sound editor Wylie Stateman; and sound re-recording mixers Michael Minkler and Tony Lamberti. [...]

BY STAFF
Sources are reporting that Angelina Jolie has turned down the offer to participate in a second installment of the Wanted series. Since she has denied the request, the studio plans to just ditch the entire idea rather than try casting a new lead role or focus on lead James McAvoy. Director Timur Bekmambetov has [...]

BY TODD GILCHRIST
Johnny Depp, star of the upcoming adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, told reporters that he’s enjoyed a lifelong love of the source material. “I do vaguely remember roughly five years old reading versions of Alice in Wonderland,” Depp said in a press conference Saturday for the film in Hollywood Calif. [...]

BY LUIS CAMONIS
The winners for the 2010 Orange British Academy Film Awards were announced. Kathryn Bigelow and “The Hurt Locker” won for Best Director and Best Film. Mark Boal won for Best original screenplay.
The BAFTA awards are seen as a preview of the Avademy Award winners especially in the actor category. Below all the [...]

Scott Feinberg, a contributor to this site, has just posted an exclusive interview with Harvey Weinstein that may be the most revealing that the movie mogul has ever given.
Weinstein, co-chairman of The Weinstein Company, spoke to Feinberg from London, which he was visiting for several days leading up to the BAFTA Awards. His top horse [...]

BY GINA PICCALO
The delicious twist that ends Martin Scorsese’s gothic genre thriller “Shutter Island” is a doozy. At one preview screening, an audience of professional filmgoers were all but silent as they filed out of the theater with furrowed brows. But the memorable climax is far from the only reason critics and film buffs sound [...]

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BY LUIS CAMONIS
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and 82nd Academy Awards® production designer David Rockwell unveiled the set for the upcoming Oscar show today (2/17). This marks the second consecutive year that Rockwell has designed the set for the Oscar telecast.
“It has been fantastic to work on the [...]

BY STAFF
As the “outbreak” of Overture Films’ release of The Crazies draws closer, the studio is gearing up for an exciting launch of a comic book series inspired by the film along with various other multimedia content including a motion comic book series, Facebook “tower defense” game and more. The film is produced and [...]

BY STAFF
“It’s hardly a secret that Tom Cruise is no longer Hollywood’s top-gun star.
The 47-year-old boyish-looking actor has had a rough stretch, from an embarrassing jumping episode on Oprah Winfrey’s couch to the clunker “Lions for Lambs.” Many believe that his controversial career has peaked,” says Claudia Eller at the Los Angeles Times
“Cruise will still [...]

BY STAFF
Beverly Hills, CA (February 12, 2010) — Fourteen of the 20 nominees in the acting categories will be among more than 120 Academy Award® nominees who will gather at noon on Monday (February 15) at the Beverly Hilton Hotel when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honors this year’s Oscar contenders at [...]

BY LUIS CAMONIS
Spider-Man will swing into theaters worldwide in 3D beginning July 3, 2012, it was announced today by Jeff Blake, Chairman of Sony Pictures Worldwide Marketing & Distribution. The new film which is still untitled, will begin production later this year directed by Marc Webb from a screenplay by James [...]

BY LUIS CAMONIS
Paramount Pictures has sealed the deal with Tom Cruise to have him play Ethan Hunt in “Mission Impossible 4.” The film will be produced by Cruise and J.J. Abrams, written by Josh Applebaum and Andre Nemec, and are still in need of a director. The film is aiming for a Memorial Day 2011 [...]

BY ROBERT W. WELKOS
Exclusive interview of HollywoodNews.com’s Executive Editor Robert W. Welkos and Hollywood producer Mike Medavoy regarding his upcoming movie, “Shutter Island,” in theaters February 19.
Synopsis: From Oscar®-winning director Martin Scorsese, “Shutter Island” is the story of two U.S. marshals, Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo), who are summoned to [...]

BY GINA PICCALO
Jeff Bridges sounded a little congested on the phone. It was around 11 o’clock on a Monday morning, the day before he got news of his fifth Oscar nomination. But it was still early by his measure. There were shades of The Dude in his loping cadence. And who could blame him, really. [...]

By SEAN O’CONNELL
Fans of James Cameron’s “Avatar” can have Pandora. True fantasy geeks know where the real action will be at this month: Rapture, the crumbling, underwater paradise that houses the award-winning first-person shooter game “Bioshock” and its anticipated sequel.
“Bioshock 2” doesn’t arrive in stores until Feb. 9, but 2K Games announced today that [...]

For the first time since 1943 the Oscars feature 10 best-picture contenders instead of the usual five. “Avatar” and “Hurt Locker” lead the way at Oscar nominations with 9 noms each including best picture and director for former spouses James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow.
Also, interesting to note is the fact that no woman has ever [...]

By SEAN O’CONNELL
Keeping up with the “Guitar Hero” titles is a full time job. In an effort to corner the color-coded, faux-rock marketplace, Activision (in association with game developers Harmonix and Neversoft) cranked out packet after packet of “Guitar Hero” goodies, satisfying fans of multiple genres who wanted to play as members of Aerosmith, Metallica, [...]

BY SEAN O’CONNELL
The reviews have been pouring in ever since BioWare’s anticipated “Mass Effect” sequel hit stands on Jan. 26, and they have been overwhelmingly positive. HollywoodNews.com has compiled a sampling of the video game media’s responses, in case you need some more affirmation before running out to grab your own copy.
The Official Xbox Magazine [...]

BY LUIS CAMONIS
Last night at the Directors Guild Awards a director was selected as the winner of this year’s “Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film.
The nominees were Kathryn Bigelow, James Cameron, Lee Daniels, Quentin Tarantino and Jason Reitman.
KATHRYN BIGELOW WINS BEST DIRECTOR FOR THE HURT LOCKER
“This is the most incredible moment of [...]

Friends and other artists led Neil Young on a trip through the past, singing his songs and his praises at the 20th annual MusiCares gala Friday night.
“He made the free world a better place to rock in,” said actor/musician Jack Black, host of the benefit at the Los Angeles Convention Center. “Long may [...]

“It looks like “Jersey Shore” star Pauly D (AKA Paul Delvecchio) is dating “Teen Mom” star Farrah Abraham,” a source told FOX411.com exclusively.
“Pauly, who canoodled with JWOWW on the show, and who just signed with Britney Spears’ manager Larry Rudolph, was deejaying at a club in Houston, Texas, recently, and Farrah was there at his [...]

Zachary Quinto says that he has had enough of playing sci-fi roles, and wants to step away for a couple of years. He has played Sylar on the hit tv drama “Heroes” and is now known for his role as Spock” on the latest remake of “Star Trek.” Now Quinto wants to move onto other [...]

The Weinstein Company has snatched up “Blue Valentine” starring Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams from Sundance. They have secured U.S., Canadian, and Pan-Asian rights to the romantic drama from a low-seven figure deal.
Negotiations for the film lasted all night with discussions between the producers Lynette Howell, Jamie Patricof and Alex Orlovsky, as well as [...]

As everybody knows, Tom suffered a series of public relations debacles after firing legendary publicist Pat Kingsley in 2004. He left her because he believed that she was a hindrance to him in his promotion of scientology.
After being represented by his sister and later by the public relations firm Rogers and Cowan, Tom Cruise [...]