Jimmy Kimmel Gets an Early Start on Next Year’s Oscar Race with “Movie: The Movie”

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

This is perhaps the greatest cinematic achievement that will actually never be achieved. Sure, The Artist may be the year’s Best Picture, but does it have Kate Beckinsale banging Chewbacca? Jimmy Kimmel recruited basically every star under the sun for the trailer of epic fake film, Movie: The Movie. Let’s see, we’ve got Tom Hanks as a robotic lawyer, Charlize Theron as a gun-toting sexy judge, Meryl Streep in a mustache, George Clooney as a wheelchair-bound scientist, Don Cheadle as a black white swan, Dame Helen Mirren on a hovercraft, Matt Damon as a disgruntled bunch of grapes, Gary Oldman as a centaur, Daniel Day-Lewis as Tyler Perry as George Washington  and Gabourey Sidibe as Black Hitler riding a meteor headed straight for Earth. Based on the novel Push by Sapphire, Movie: The Movie ensures that once you go black Hitler, you’ll never go back Hitler.

Three Time Academy Award Winner Meryl Streep, Everyone

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

Well, the Oscars literally put me to sleep. Maybe I saw too much Marchesa on the red carpet and I succumbed to the proliferation of shots, but I was comatose by 10, 10:30. Billy Crystal did what he could in his 9th stint as host, a thankless job if there ever was one, but the show nonetheless dragged on and I tapped out around Best Cinematography. Therefore I missed Meryl Streep picking up her third Oscar, Jean Dujardin sticking it to George Clooney and The Artist becoming the first silent film to win the Best Picture Oscar since 1929. Damn you Georgina Chapman. 

Tyra Banks — Harvard Grad, Beyonce’s Preggers Dereon Ad and Zac Efron Jimmy-Hats All Over The Lorax

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

- Angelina Jolie‘s writing the foreword to drug-induced mistake ex-husband Billy Bob Thorton‘s memoir. [Just Jared]

- Tyra Banks got her degree from Harvard Business School, y’all! And now we’ll never hear the end of it. [Modelinia]

- Beyoncé posed for House of Deréon‘s spring 2012 ads while pregnant, but even the Baby Blue Ivy can save that hot mess of a line. [Huff Po]

INDIE REWIND: The 10 Greatest Oscar Gowns of All Time

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

The Academy Awards are this Sunday which means that Meryl Streep is sticking pins in her Viola Davis vooodoo doll, George Clooney is readying his smug acceptance speech and Brad Pitt is scraping the last Jolie-Pitt scion off his scraggly goatee in preparation for the big night.  So in celebration and in anticipation, we present to you an oldie but a goodie: The 10 Greatest Oscar Gowns…wait for it…OF ALL TIME.

Meryl Streep and “The Artist” Win Big at the 2012 BAFTA Awards

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

While music was celebrating its biggest night in Los Angeles, over on the other side of the pond, film was having a classy evening all its own. Meryl Streep racked up her second BAFTA win for The Iron Lady, but lost her stiletto on her way to the stage. The Artist, however, truly stole the show with a total of seven wins, including Best Picture, Best Actor for Jean Dujardin and Best Director for Michel Hazanavicius. With the Academy Awards basically around the corner, it’s a safe bet that The Artist and Dujardin are the picture and actor to beat – respectively – and with this win, Meryl might be well on her way to claiming her third Oscar statuette. Full list of the 2012 BAFTA winners after the jump.

SAG Awards 2012 Red Carpet: Our Top 10 & All the Rest

Edited by Amanda Gabriele

The 2012 SAG Awards took place last night, and our applause goes out to all the big winners. As always, we were super excited to see what everyone was wearing on the red carpet from the couture dresses to the 6-inch high stiletto platforms. See what all the Screen Actors Guild talent wore to the awards in our gallery after the jump.

‘The Help’ Takes Home Top Prizes at the 2012 SAG Awards

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

You know what Viola Davis‘ Screen Actors Guild Award says, “I beat Meryl.” The divine Ms. Davis won the Best Actress trophy last night, over fellow acting heavyweights Michelle Williams, Tilda Swinton, Glenn Close and of course Meryl Fucking Streep. Viola’s co-star in The Help, Octavia Spencer, continued her victory lap over the course of awards season with another Best Supporting Actress win, while the 1960s civil rights drama beat out Oscar front-runner The Artist for the Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture award, the equivalent of Best Picture. The Artist‘s Jean Dujardin, however, triumphed over bona fide A-listers George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio to win the Best Actor prize and Captain Von Trapp himself, Best Supporting Actor winner Christopher Plummer, is all but guaranteed an Oscar for his role in The Beginners. The Oscars are still four weeks away and while this awards year has been a bit of a snooze, the race is shaping up to be anyone’s game. Full list of 2012 SAG Award winners after the jump!

The 2012 Oscar Nominations: A Few Surprises, A Lot of Snores

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

The nominees for the 84th annual Academy Awards were announced this morning and most importantly, Melissa McCarthy was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for Bridesmaids. Everything else…eh.

2012 BAFTA Nominations Announced

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

Awards season is in full swing as we inch ever closer to the grand daddy of them all, the 2012 Academy Awards. The next step on the road to Oscar is its British equivalent, the BAFTAs. The Artist is quickly emerging as a front-runner favorite this year, scoring nominations in all the major categories including  Best Film, Leading Actor, Leading Actress, Best Director and Original Screenplay. Meanwhile, Meryl Streep and Michelle Williams, fresh off their Golden Globe wins, will go head-to-head against The Artist‘s Bérénice Bejo, Tilda Swinton for We Need to Talk About Kevin and Viola Davis for The Help in what is easily the most competitive and interesting category. And chances are the same names will be read out come Oscar night. But until then, full list of the 2012 BAFTA nominees after the jump!

“The Artist,” “The Descendants,” Meryl and George Win Big at the 2012 Golden Globe Awards

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

Hollywood’s wildest night was a bit on the tame side as the 2012 Golden Globes lapsed into occasional coma. Host Ricky Gervais was more well-behaved and seemingly less drunk this year than last — a bad decision on both counts —  though there was some well-played shtick regarding Jodie Foster‘s Beaver. The stars, however, came prepared with their own jokes with the best comeback of the night courtesy of Best Original Song winner, Madonna. After being introduced by Gervais, Madge quipped: “If I’m just like a virgin, Ricky why don’t you come over here and do something it? I haven’t kissed a girl in quite a few years…” A collective snap arose from the Beverly Hilton after the Material Girl dropped that sass bomb, though to be fair, she’s been on a roll as of late. The rest of the night was a series of mild shock — mostly thanks to Angelina Jolie‘s inspiring scary skeletal frame — and even milder surprises thanks to a few upsets in the TV category where shows no one watches nabbed some of the top prizes while  in the film category. No one was shocked, however, when Meryl Streep won Best Actress in a Drama, except Meryl Streep, who garnered another Globe for that reaction on her way up to accept for The Iron Lady. Full list of winners after the jump!