
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift has joined the cast of The Giver, Entertainment Weeklyreports.
The adaptation of the Lois Lowry novel stars Brenton Thwaites as Jonas andJeff Bridges as The Giver, the old man who teaches Jonas to absorb memories of every type of experience, even the most painful ones. Swift will play
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Beau Bridges, Tim Dekay
Beau Bridges will appear on an upcoming episode of White Collar as Peter's mentor, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively.
Bridges, 69, will play Agent Kramer, a well-decorated federal officer and art expert who instructed Peter (Tim DeKay) when he trained at Quantico. Kramer has been Peter's mentor ever since, and...
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Hailee Steinfeld
Starring in a $100 million film alongside Jeff Bridges and Matt Damon and earning an Oscar nomination is a major accomplishment for anyone. For a 14-year-old, it's astonishing. But True Grit star and Best Supporting Actress nominee Hailee Steinfeld says fame hasn't...
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Christopher Nolan
So what exactly does Christopher Nolan have to do to get an Oscar nomination for best director? The Inception mastermind was snubbed for the third time Tuesday. But that wasn't the only egregious snub or biggest surprise.
Snubs:
Third time is not the charm: Already overlooked for Memento and The Dark Knight, Nolan seemed to be a shoo-in for ...
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Colin Firth and Natalie Portman
The King's Speech leads the 83rd Academy Awards with 12 nominations.
The British drama will vie for best picture alongside Black Swan, The Fighter, Inception, The Kids Are All Right, 127 Hours, The Social Network, Toy Story 3, True Grit and Winter's Bone. True Grit collected the second-highest total of nominations — 10.
King's Speech director Tom Hooper will face off against Darren Aronofsky ...
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The King's Speech
The King's Speech, starring Colin Firth as King George VI, received a leading 14 nominations for the latest British Academy Film Awards, Britain's equivalent of the Academy Awards.
Coming off of his win at Sunday's Golden Globes, Firth was nominated for leading actor and is up against Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network), Jeff Bridges (True Grit), Javier Bardem (Biutiful) and James Franco (127 Hours).
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The Middle
"Why does fun always have a price?"
These are the words of Poor Sue Heck — I can never refer to this scene-stealing character (played brilliantly by Eden Sher) without adding the word "poor" in front of her name — in another hilarious episode of ABC's underappreciated The Middle. Yes, the show is fun, but with the sting of truth. Living in the shadow of the marvelous Modern Family (which offered up another farcical hoot this week), ABC's Wednesday ...
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Holt McCallany
Men of a Certain Age (Monday, 10/9c, TNT)
This bittersweet midlife comedy-drama reaches its midseason finale (already?), with an episode that doesn't just get under its characters' skin but goes where few series would dare: to a colonoscopy. When Terry (Scott Bakula, who has been great this season) decides his 50th birthday calls for the procedure — consider this the show's Public Service Announcement — Joe and Owen decide to make it a group event in Palm Springs. While their plumbing gets a workout, the getaway prompts...
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Jeff Bridges
True Grit overcame Little Fockers to become the first No. 1 film of 2011, Box Office Mojo reports.
The Western remake, starring Jeff Bridges, collected an estimated $15 million. The film surpassed the $100 million mark and became the most...
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Ben Stiller, Robert DeNiro
Little Fockers led the New Year's box office, beating Oscar hopeful True Grit for the second week in a row.
Little Fockers, the second sequel to the 2000 film Meet the Parents and starring Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Barbra Streisand and Dustin Hoffman, pulled in...
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