Billy Crystal’s Best Oscar Moments
A video or other embedded content has been hidden. Click here to view it. Ready for the ninth round? Billy Crystal’s back at the podium, trying to erase memories of last year’s bipolar telecast of the Academy Awards. (Although maybe he can fit into James Franco’s dress.) Chris Rock, a…
The Importance of Momentum in the Oscar Race
“E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial” (1982) and “Social Network” (2010) had it, then lost it, respectively, to “Gandhi” and “King’s Speech.” “Platoon” — a film rejected by every major studio — overwhelmed the Academy because of it, and consequently snagged best picture in 1987. Award shows like Golden Globes help build it….
Tune in Sunday: Oscars 2012 Live Blog
Join us Sunday for full coverage of the 2012 Oscars, starting with the red carpet arrivals at 6pm ET/3pm PT and continuing through the show. Escorting you through the evening will Yahoo! editor Vera H-C Chan, Yahoo! editor Jason Sickles, and some special guests, including Daniel Musto of the upcoming…
Photo: Tiffani Thiessen Stuns on the Red Carpet
Tiffani Thiessen would look pretty good at her high school reunions. Both of them. The “White Collar” actress, who of course will forever be remembered by Gen X-ers as cheerleader Kelly Kapowski on “Saved by the Bell,” got some people to sit up and pay attention at a storytelling event…
Nicolas Cage: I’m Not a Vampire
A video or other embedded content has been hidden. Click here to view it. Is Nicolas Cage disowning his career-defining role? Does Maria Conchita Alonso know this? No, “Vampire’s Kiss” is still sacred. The actor appeared on “Late Night With David Letterman” Feb. 9 to put a wooden spike to…
Uggie the Dog from ‘The Artist’ is Suffering from a ‘Mystery Shaking Syndrome’
Photo: Jeff Vespa/WireImage The tale’s a familiar one in Hollywood — rejected twice while growing up, rescued from a pound after biting a goat, honing skateboarding and waterskiing talents for that big break, and then being paid in sausages for the biggest role of his career. Uggie, a Jack…
Bowl Games: The Inside Scoop to Taste-Testing the Best Chips
They’re spread out before you, ready for the gridiron crunch. Seasoned. Fresh. Old-timers, in contention with brash upstarts — but you’re not supposed to know which one is which, in these try-outs. Some look tough, but they can crumble under pressure. Others are tougher than they look, but is that…
Best and Worst Renditions of the National Anthem
Don’t blame Francis Scott Key ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ may be America’s national anthem, but the tune has been a perilous fight for many a singer taking on its octave-and-a-half (give or a take a fifth) range. Who could forget Michael Bolton, who was caught with the lyrics scribbled on his…
Brad Pitt on Marriage, ‘Moneyball,’ and Misery
Cover courtesy of The Hollywood Reporter Brad Pitt has been mighty chatty lately, what with a lengthy Entertainment Weekly interview in September and now a one-on-one with the Hollywood Reporter. As Pitt faces 50 in less than two years, the Oscar-nominated actor has become more sanguine about opening up–and when…
Natalie Portman’s Dramatic Post-Pregnancy Appearance
(Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) Natalie Portman believes in giving back, and the actress who swept the 2011 awards scene returned as a presenter for the 2012 Golden Globes’ best actor in a drama. A relatively restrained Ricky Gervais called out her new maternal role in his introductions: “This year,…