Angelina Jolie update. Just one more day until the live chat with Angelina Jolie, as she discusses her debut as writer and director of In the Land of Blood and Honey.
The live chat starts at 8:00 PM Eastern on January 12, 2012. You will be able to access the chat here through the MovieGoods Blog.
The nominations for the 2011 Emmy Awards are out. Mad Men leads the way wtih 19 total nominations, followed by Boardwalk Empire with 18, Modern Family with 17, Game of Thrones and 30 Rock with 13, and Glee with 12.
Other series receiving ‘Best’ nominations in there categories include Dexter, The Good Wife, Parks and Recreation, The Big Bang Theory, Friday Night Lights and The Office.
Actors receiving nominations include Steve Buscemi, Jon Hamm, Steve Carell, Jane Lynch, Tina Fey and virtually the entire cast of Modern Family in the Supporting Acting categories. For more information on the 2011 Emmy Award nominees, click here. The Emmy winners will be announced in September.
Each year, Forbes magazine takes little time away from its usual focus of the business world and publishes a list of the top paid people in tinseltown: today, we take a look at the highest paid actresses in the business. Topping the list this year is Angelina Jolie and Sarah Jessica Parker, each earning about $30 million in the past year. Those ladies were followed closely by Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon, who both brought in around $28 M. Hmmmm, perhaps the key to making it to the top of the list is to hook up with Brad Pitt?
The rest of the top 10 list included Julia Roberts ($20 M), Kristen Stewart ($20 M), Katherine Heigl ($19 M), Cameron Diaz ($18 M), Sandra Bullock ($15 M), and Meryl Streep ($10 M). The top paid actresses still earn significantly less than their male counterparts: Johnny Depp topped the male list in 2010 with $75 million.
Click here for more info on Hollywood’s highest paid actresses
Time for a Hunger Games update! We now officially have an actress who will play the lead role of Katniss Everdeen: recent Academy Award nominee Jennifer Lawrence has landed the plum role.
The big screen adaptations of Suzanne Collins hit book series is expected to become a hugely popular film series, starting with the scheduled 2012 release of The Hunger Games. Social media and internet chatter had been active on the topic of who plays Katniss for many months but the guessing game is over. Jennifer Lawrence is hardly a household name (now anyway!) but she was nominated for an Oscar for her work in 2010s’ Winter’s Bone. No other Hunger Games casting news yet, but the film will be directed by Gary Ross.
Legendary actor and pin-up girl Jane Russell passed away on March 1, 2011 at the age of 89. Russell was well-known even before she made any movies, being the star of famous pin-up posters during the World War II era. The posters were particular favorites of GIs. Russell was originally discovered by eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes, who was looking for a new star for his film The Outlaw. That remains perhaps her most famous movie role.
She went on to appear in many more films, before almost abandoning Hollywood after the 1960s for a quieter life. Her most famous film roles remain The Outlaw and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, where she co-starred with Marilyn Monroe. She will be fondly remembered by many who treasure the classic movies and film stars of the 1940s and 50s.
The 2010 Oscar campaigns are officially underway. The Academy mailed out the 2010 ballots earlier this week, which are due back from voters by January 14th. That leaves a 3 week period of subtle campaigning by the studios, including mailing out copies to the films to voters.
Once the nominations are announced, a second, less subtle round of studio marketing begins to push a nominated film to Oscar winner status. So which films are currently the favorites to get nominated in the major categoriesÉ Dave Karber of EW.com provides a weekly, updated list of the movies and actors that he expects to be nominated, and eventually win the Academy Awards.
According to Karger, The King`s Speech, The Social Network, The Fighter, Inception nd Toy Story 3 remain the Best Picture favorites. His list of most likely actor nominees includes Colin Firth, James Franco, Jamie Eisenberg, Natalie Portman, Jeff Bridges, Annette Bening, Christian Bale and Nicole Kidman.
Click here to view Dave Karger`s Entertainment Weekly Oscar favorites list
Hollywood has always been powered by youth: they go to the movies more often and the industry produces films targeted at them, and starring young actors.
So who are the most bankable, highest-grossing young actors in the biz? EW.com recently presented the Top 20 Highest Grossing Stars under the age of 40 (based on the box office results of films they have starred in). Included on this list are Shia LaBeouf, Bradley Cooper, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Orlando Bloom, Anne Hathaway, Miley Cyrus and all the Twilight stars: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner.
The top 3 on the list are Sam Worthington, Daniel Radcliffe and Lautner. These are the most bankable young stars in Hollywood today: at the top of the list of every casting director.Click here to view the full list from EW.com
MovieGoods has posters available now from all your favorite films that featured all the Top 20 young actors: visit us today to get your favorite posters!
