Beverly Hills, CA –– Hugh Jackman will host the 81st Academy Awards® telecast, producer Laurence Mark and executive producer Bill Condon announced today. This will be Jackman’s first time center stage at the Oscar show, although he has previously been a presenter. “Hugh Jackman is a consummate entertainer and an internationally renowned movie star,” said Mark and Condon in a joint statement. “He also has style, elegance and a sense of occasion. Hugh is the ideal choice to host a ... Read More

Early today, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the nominations for the 2008 Golden Globe awards, which will be given out at the ceremony on January 11, 2009. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Doubt and Frost/Nixon lead in the nominations, each receiving 5, but how many of them will they each win? The following is the list of Golden Globe nominations for motion pictures: BEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA a. THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON Warner Bros. Pictures and Paramount Pictures; Warner Bros. ... Read More

After banning The Dark Knight's musical score from the Oscars, the Academy of Motion Picture's music branch committee reversed its ruling today, now making the film eligible to win an Oscar for best original score. It was originally said that the cue sheets had five composers, but after reviewing the paperwork they were informed that only two composers, Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard, were being credited for the work. The Academy stated that the nomination ballots have not been mailed out to ... Read More

The Broadcast Film Critics Association, made up of 200 American and Canadian critics, has announced its nominees for the 14th Annual Critics Choice Awards, with Milk taking 8 nominations. The award ceremony will be airing live on VH1 on Thursday January 8, 2009 at 9pm ET/8 CT. The following is the list of nominees: BEST PICTURE Changeling The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight Doubt Frost/Nixon Milk The Reader Slumdog Millionaire Wall-E The Wrestler BEST ACTOR Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino Richard Jenkins - The Visitor Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon Sean Penn - Milk Brad Pitt - ... Read More

Growth of IMAX Network Enables More Audiences in More Locations to Experience it in IMAX LOS ANGELES, Dec. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IMAX Corporation (NASDAQ: IMAX; TSX: IMX) and Twentieth Century Fox today announced that The Day The Earth Stood Still, directed by Scott Dickerson and starring Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates, John Cleese and Jaden Smith, will open domestically on December 12, 2008 in 123 IMAX(R) theatres, including 38 new locations equipped with IMAX's digital projection system, in conjunction with the ... Read More

Johnny Depp Remains Atop IMDb.com’s STARmeter for the Fifth Consecutive Year; Close Behind are the Dark Knight, the Joker and Brangelina to Round Out the Top Five SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IMDb.com. Inc. (www.imdb.com), the authoritative source of information on movies, TV and celebrities, and a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), today unveiled the ... Read More

After the American Thanksgiving, box office numbers dropped as moviegoers were still filled with the turkey and films from the previous weekend, but it didn't stop Four Christmases from lighting up the box office's Christmas tree for a second time in a row. The Christmas comedy starring Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon took in $18.2 million over the three day weekend as there wasn't much new competition. New this weekend was Punisher: War Zone and Cadillac Records, each generating $4 million and ... Read More

HOLLYWOOD, CA--(Marketwire - December 08, 2008) - Brooke Shields will join HFPA President Jorge Camara and previously announced celebrities Elizabeth Banks, Terrence Howard and Rainn Wilson to announce the Nominations for "The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards" on Thursday morning, December 11, 2008 at The Beverly Hilton. Nominations will be announced in 25 categories. "The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards" will take place Sunday, January 11, 2009 at The Beverly Hilton with a live telecast airing on NBC at 8 PM ... Read More

Heath Ledger Posthumously Named Best Supporting Actor Mickey Rourke Honored as Best Actor Meryl Streep Wins Best Actress WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Washington, DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) today announced its selection of the surprise indie hit Slumdog Millionaire as Best Film of 2008. In total, the Fox Searchlight film won four awards including Best Director for Danny Boyle, Best Breakthrough Performance for Dev Patel and Best Adapted Screenplay for Simon Beaufoy. Comeback master Mickey Rourke took home the belt for Best ... Read More

Event to Take Place Monday, December 8th, 10pm to Midnight; Free Admission NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - December 07, 2008) - If you are looking for an exciting "Bat" experience, there's no better place to be than at the Blockbuster® store located at 829 8th Avenue at West 51st Street in New York City from 10pm until midnight on Monday, December 8th. The summer's highest grossing film has finally arrived on DVD and a colony of "Bat" fans will be ... Read More