Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway
Ladies and gentlemen, children of all ages, welcome to Hugh Jackman's greatest musical on Earth!
Jackman has signed on to play legendary American showman P.T. Barnum for an original contemporary musical called The Greatest Showman on Earth, according to Variety.
Check out photos of Jackman on the red carpet
Besides following the story of Barnum's creation of the three-ring circus that made him famous, the musical will also focus on his infatuation with singer Jenny Lind. The love interest has been scripted for ...
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Seth Rogen and James Franco
What would appear to be one prerequisite for scoring a membership in the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences? Working with Judd Apatow.
Frequent Apatow collaborators Seth Rogen, James Franco, Michael Cera, Paul Rudd and Jane Lynch are among the 134 industry names invited to join the elite Hollywood club this year. As members, they would enjoy voting privileges for all future Oscar ceremonies. (Apatow himself was invited to join AMPAS last year.)
Relive all the action from this year's Oscars
In addition to Team Apatow, five ...
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Anne Hathaway
Anne Hathaway is taking a trip over the rainbow.
The Oscar nominee has been tapped to star in the Weinstein Co.'s Judy Garland biopic, Get Happy, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The film, still without a director and writer, is based on Gerald Clarke's biography of The Wizard of Oz star. The Weinstein Co. has optioned the book for a stage production as well, which will also star Hathaway. There is no word on which production will premiere first.
Like Garland...
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Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
On the one-year anniversary of his death, Heath Ledger earned a supporting actor Academy Award nomination for his role as The Joker in The Dark Knight.
Ledger's nod was among the most anticipated of Thursday's Oscar announcements. The best-picture nominees include The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which led with 13 total nominations, Slumdog Millionaire, Frost/Nixon, Milk and The Reader. (Check out the list of nominees here.)
Ledger, a previous lead-actor nominee for Brokeback Mountain, picked up the biggest nomination for The Dark Knight, which was shut out of the picture and director race despite momentum in recent weeks, including nominations from the three Guilds (Producers, Writers and Directors).
Competing against Ledger are
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Sean Penn, Anne Hathaway
The critics have spoken and it's a Slumdog and a devious Joker who have their vote.
The 14th Annual Broadcast Film Critics Association crowned Danny Boyle's sleeper hit, Slumdog Millionaire, as best picture Thursday — one of five awards it walked away with. The indie flick also picked up best director for Boyle, best writer for Simon Beaufoy, best young actor/actress for Dev Patel and best composer for A.R. Rahman.
Slumdog only missed out on best song, which went to Bruce Springsteen for "The Wrestler" in the flick of the same name.
The evening's other notable winner was Heath Ledger. The late Dark Knight star earned supporting actor honors, along with a standing ovation when his name was called.
"Anyone who's seen any of the extraordinary work that Heath did knows that I can't presume to speak for him in any way, because his voice was as unique as it was original," Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan said while accepting the award on Ledger's behalf. "But... I know that ...
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Sigourney Weaver, Anne Hathaway
Everyone in Hollywood has a price — even Anne Hathaway.
The actress, currently starring in Rachel Getting Married, was attending the recent Trevor Project's annual Cracked Xmas gala at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles and made an impromptu decision to put herself up for auction.
Proceeds raised (including $7,000 for a walk-on role on 30 Rock) benefit the Trevor Project's suicide hotline for gay, lesbian, transgender and questioning youths.
"I didn't know there was going to be an auction," said Hathaway, who was there to present the Trevor Life Award to Sigourney Weaver for her role in the upcoming Lifetime movie Prayers for Bobby. "I'm not usually very forward, but I thought if ...
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Anne Hathaway and Raffaello Follieri
Anne Hathaway's former romeo, Raffaello Follieri, was sentenced in Manhattan federal court Thursday to four and a half years in prison.
Hathaway's former boyfriend of four years was arrested in June on suspicion of lying to investors by claiming to be the CFO of the Vatican, (if you're gonna lie, go big!). He also used "swindled" funds for a trip to the Dominican Republic over New Year's 2005-06 with Hathaway and another couple, reports People.
In addition to his lavish vacation, Follieri also...
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Anne Hathaway
Anne Hathaway has found herself a fiance, on screen at least.
The actress is slated to headline the Warner Bros. romantic comedy The Fiance, Variety reports.
Hathaway will play a woman who ...
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Anne Hathaway
Anne Hathaway is about to fall down the rabbit hole, and into the role of the benevolent White Queen in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland.
Helena Bonham Carter, who has worked with her fiancé Burton on several movies including Sweeney Todd and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, has also been cast as the "Off with their heads" shouting Red Queen, says The Hollywood Reporter.
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I think we all knew that Tina Fey would be back as Sarah Palin this week, but we also got a surprise visit from Queen Latifah as Vice Presidential Debate moderator Gwen Ifil. Jason Sudeikis played a mean (as in funny) Joe Biden, but Tina once again stole the show with her dead-on Palin impersonation, and even gave a shout out to those "Joe-six packs" who are playing a drinking game. Ha! Long live Tina Fey!
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