Oscars: “The Descendants,” “The Artist” and the Oscars Nominees Luncheon – AWARDS ALLEY

By Sean O’Connell
TrendPK.com: Now that the Super Bowl is over, the next BIG game on our nation’s horizon is the Oscar telecast, better known as the Super Bowl for movie fans.

We’ll have plenty of news items crossing the wire from now until Feb. 26, when the Academy gets together to hand out their annual Best Of trophies, starting with today’s headlines:

- Alexander Payne (“The Descendants”) has been selected by the Board of Directors of the American Cinema Editors (ACE) to be honored with the organization’s prestigious ACE Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award. The award will be presented at the 62nd Annual ACE Eddie Awards ceremony on Saturday, Feb. 18, in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel. “Alexander Payne is a consistently fresh, exciting voice in film,” stated the ACE Board of Directors. “From the socially conscious and satirical “Citizen Ruth” to the rich and poignant comedies of “Sideways,” “About Schmidt” and most recently “The Descendants,” he is a filmmaker with unique vision and the ability to illuminate the humanity in every story he tells. We are delighted to recognize him with our most distinguished honor.”

- Awards Daily wonders if any film can upset “The Artist” at the Oscars. Good question.

- On that topic, Jeff Wells left Santa Barbara charmed by “Artist” star Jean Dujardin and Berenice Bejo. Good for him.

- EW.com makes the case for “Shame,” which was shut out of the Oscars.

- Lars Von Trier’s “Melancholia” swept the Danish Film Academy Awards. Well, yeah. Of course. What was it’s competition?

- The BAFTAs have picked Miss Piggy as their official red carpet host. That should be fun.

- And finally, the Oscars Nominees Luncheon will be held today, Feb. 6. Here’s a list of who’s expected to attend, including George Clooney, Viola Davis, Glenn Close, Rooney Mara, Meryl Streep, Michelle Williams, Demian Bichir, Jean Dujardin, Gary Oldman and Brad Pitt.

Awards Alley brings you the best Oscar coverage. Click below to read our exclusive interviews with:
– Harvey Weinstein
– The cast of “The Artist.”
– Kenneth Branagh for “My Week With Marilyn.”
– Bennett Miller talks “Moneyball.”
– Producer Jim Burke for “The Descendants.”
– Sir Ben Kingsley and Chloe Grace Moretz for “Hugo.”
– Tilda Swinton for “We Need to Talk About Kevin.”
– David Fincher, Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara on “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.”
– Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer for “The Help.”
– Tate Taylor for “The Help.”
– Woody Harrelson for “Rampart.”
– Gavin O’Connor for “Warrior.”
– Gary Oldman and Colin Firth for “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.”
– Charlize Theron, Patton Oswalt, Jason Reitman and Diablo Cody for “Young Adult.”
– Steve McQueen for “Shame.”
– Glenn Close for “Albert Nobbs.”
– Seth Rogen and Will Reiser for “50/50.”
– Producer Grant Heslov for “The Ides of March.”

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Jennifer Lopez voted most replaceable “American Idol” judge

TrendPK.com: Ratings turned around for “American Idol” as soon as Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler arrived in Season 10—nonetheless, the Parade 2011 Pop Culture Poll revealed that Lopez, then Tyler, are the two judges fans say the show could most do without.

Wrote Parade, “Seems viewers want to see Jennifer Lopez get off the floor of American Idol. She was voted as the one AI judge folks would most like to see sent packing.” Indeed, Lopez got 40% of the vote, but Tyler came in at a close second with 36%; Season 1 through 10 judge Randy Jackson, with only 24% of the vote, was considered indisposable by most fans.

Clooney to receive humanitarian award

LOS ANGELES: George Clooney will be recognized for his humanitarian efforts at the Emmy Awards.

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Chris Lowell from ‘Private Practice’ Talks Veronica Mars and George Clooney

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This season of “Private Practice” Chris Lowell nature Dell has not had an easy ride. His daughter, Betsey, was left motherless his wife Heather was killed in a meth lab explosion.

Chris Lowell says he has “no Zac Efron,” we nuances. The boyish actor has performed with everyone from Kristen Bell of “Veronica Mars” to George Clooney in “Up In The Air”.

And the kid was heroic, insist doctors control their health care for Maya, who seemed to have been damaged far worse than his in their car crashed.

Lowell’s episode of season 3 was cut from 22 to at least 13 episodes, although he remains a regular series. Since his appearances on the show has been irregular at best, it is not surprising to hear that he will be phased out for a more permanent absence. Lowell “will leave the show after season 3 and has no plans to return to Season 4,” our source said.

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82nd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, will honor the best films of 2009 and will take place March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.

When it comes to nominations of awards, the Best Picture category will feature a gigantic 10 nominees, including “Avatar,” “Blind Side,” “TheHurt Locker,” and “Up in the Air.” It is really unsure which movie will win the award tonight, but it is like to be between “Avatar and “The Hurt Locker.”

In our recent poll,Avatar leads for most prestigious award with 68% votes followed up by The Hurt Locker. Among the actors and actresses that have been nominated for their work are Morgan Freeman, George Clooney, Matt Damon, Sandra Bullock, Meryl Streep and Jeff Bridges.

Oscar Nominees Attended Lunch At Beverley Hills

Oscars nominees gathered for the annual nominees luncheon, an informal gathering of Academy Award contenders just three weeks ahead of the March 7 awards season extravaganza at Beverly Hills.
Meryl Streep, George Clooney, Morgan Freeman Carey Mulligan, Jeff Bridges and Sandra Bullock were among those stars who rendered shine to the event. Sandra Bullock spoke of maintaining a good work ethic for years to come. Bullock has been considered the front-runner to win best actress for the football drama “The Blind Side” but said didn’t take her nomination for granted.
“Does anybody expect a nomination? I certainly didn’t,” said Bullock, an enduring box-office draw who had never before been nominated for an Oscar. “I’m really very amazed and thankful to be here, because I’d like to work hard for another 10, 15 years. So if this is what that means, bring it.” Bullock, Mulligan and Gabourey Sidibe, a best-actress nominee for the Harlem drama “Precious: Based on the Novel `Push’ By Sapphire,” said they have barely started to consider what to wear to the Oscars, one of the world’s top fashion bashes.

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Oscar Nominees Attended Lunch At Beverley Hills was first posted on February 16, 2010 at 5:21 pm.

Basterds, Precious, 30 Rock lead SAG Awards

LOS ANGELES: Sag Awards 2010 Winners, Basterds, Precious, 30 Rock lead SAG Awards, Three is the lucky number at the Screen Actors Guild Awards — that’s how many nominations the leading contenders in film and television have coming into Saturday’s ceremony.

“Inglorious Basterds,” ”Precious” and “Up in the Air” lead film nominees, while “Dexter,” ”30 Rock” and “The Closer” are the top TV competitors.

“Basterds” earned nods for its cast and supporting stars Christoph Waltz and Diane Kruger. “Precious” was also nominated for outstanding performance by a film cast, along with nods for star Gabourey Sidibe and supporting actress Mo’Nique. “Up in the Air” collected nominations for star George Clooney and supporting actresses Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick.

Other films competing for best cast — SAG’s equivalent of a best-picture prize — include “The Hurt Locker,” ”An Education” and “Nine,” which also earned a nod for supporting actress Penelope Cruz.

“Dexter” and “The Closer” are up for best performance by a cast in a drama series, along with “Mad Men,” ”The Good Wife” and “True Blood.”

Michael C. Hall, who plays Dexter, is nominated for best actor and the show’s stunt team is up for outstanding performance by a stunt ensemble on TV. “The Closer” earned nods for its stunt team and star Kyra Sedgwick.

“30 Rock” collected nominations for its cast and stars Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin. Other comedies up for cast honors are “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” ”Modern Family,” ”Glee” and “The Office.”

The actors union will present 13 awards during the two-hour dinner-party ceremony: Eight in television, five in film and a lifetime achievement award to 88-year-old Betty White, who starred in the TV comedy series “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and “The Golden Girls.”

“Our show is so special compared to other awards shows,” said SAG Awards executive producer and director Jeff Margolis. “The fact that it is a show for actors, and it’s actors voting for actors for doing good work. It’s just different from the other shows, so we take great pride in keeping it different and special.”

The Screen Actors Guild Awards often are an accurate predictor of success at the Academy Awards because actors constitute the largest voting bloc for the Oscars.

Last year the cast award went to “Slumdog Millionaire,” which went on to win the Best Picture Oscar. However, this year one strong Best Picture contender, James Cameron’s “Avatar,” was not nominated in any SAG category.

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Basterds, Precious, 30 Rock lead SAG Awards was first posted on January 24, 2010 at 7:43 pm.

Jeff Bridges Golden Globe

Jeff Bridges Golden Globe, Hollywood actor Jeff Bridges left behind George Clooney to win the Golden Globe best actor award here Sunday night.

The actor won the award for ‘Crazy Heart’, written and directed by Scott Cooper. The movie is based on the 1987 novel ‘Crazy Heart’ by Thomas Cobb.

Others nominated in the category were George Clooney for ‘Up In The Air’, Colin Firth for ‘A Single Man’, Morgan Freeman for ‘Invictus’ and Tobey Maguire for ‘Brothers’.

Jeff Bridges Golden Globe

Jeff Bridges Golden Globe, Hollywood actor Jeff Bridges left behind George Clooney to win the Golden Globe best actor award here Sunday night.

The actor won the award for ‘Crazy Heart’, written and directed by Scott Cooper. The movie is based on the 1987 novel ‘Crazy Heart’ by Thomas Cobb.

Others nominated in the category were George Clooney for ‘Up In The Air’, Colin Firth for ‘A Single Man’, Morgan Freeman for ‘Invictus’ and Tobey Maguire for ‘Brothers’.

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