Not only is James Franco a Best Actor nominee for his role in 127 Hours, he’s set to host this year’s Academy Awards alongside Anne Hathaway. Take a peek at the pair’s Official Promo Picture for this year’s ceremony. Reacting to his nomination on The TODAY Show with Matt Lauer and Meredith Viera this morning, [...]
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2011 Oscar Nominations! Watch Academy Award Nominees Announced LIVE
January 25th, 2011 |
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Which of 2010′s best in film will earn nods for the movie industry’s highest honor? Join us for a live stream of the 2011 Academy Award Nominees Announcement on Tuesday at 5:30 AM PT or 8:30 AM ET. The webcast will begin with Chris Harrison, host of ABC’s The Bachelor, and Dave Karger, Senior Writer [...]
Oscars best original song contenders unveiled
December 17th, 2010 |
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that 41 songs are in contention for the best original song category award at the 2011 Oscars. Three of them come from Burlesque, starring Cher and Christina Aguilera, which had its UK premiere this week. Also featuring on the long list are tracks performed by [...]
James Franco Anne Hathaway Academy Awards Hosts 2011?
November 29th, 2010 |
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We hear that Hollywood heartthrob James Franco and former Disney darling Anne Hathaway have been tipped by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences to host this year’s Academy Awards, following duo Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin, who fronted the 2010 ceremony. “James Franco and Anne Hathaway personify the next generation of Hollywood icons— [...]
Raffles Education Corp launches Raffles European Dual Academy
November 22nd, 2010 |
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Private education provider Raffles Education Corporation says it has launched the Raffles European Dual Academy (REDA) and signed a collaborative agreement with Germany’s Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University and Spain’s University AlcalaÌ.
REDA will be the first academy in Asia to introduce the “Duale Hochschule” or Dual Education System which combines both theory and practical education and is practised in Germany, Spain, Switzerland and Denmark.
ST Engineering unit acquires remaining 30% stake in ST Aerospace Training Academy
August 6th, 2010 |
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Singapore Technologies Engineering today announced that its aerospace arm, Singapore Technologies Aerospace, has acquired the remaining 30% equity stake in ST Aerospace Training Academy (STATA) through its wholly-owned subsidiary, ST Aerospace Engineering.
Annette Bening Represents Her New Movie “The Kids Are All Right†in S.F.
July 5th, 2010 |
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Annette Bening has a strange feeling as if she is flying above San Francisco. This star, who has been three times nominated to the Academy Award, has come to that city to promote “The Kids Are All Right,” her latest film. This movie tells the story about a family consisting of two moms, whose offsprings [...]
American Academy of Pediatrics: Children Should Stay Away from Oil
June 28th, 2010 |
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Given that parents are letting their kids play in the oil, please note that the American Academy of Pediatrics has released the following statement on the Gulf oil spill: Children should be directly supervised and should not be allowed to play in or ar…
Sofia Coppola Welcomes Baby Girl Cosima
June 27th, 2010 |
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Academy Award winner Sofia Coppola and Phoenix frontman Thomas Mars welcomed their second daughter, Cosima, in New York City Friday. Little Cosima joins big sister Romy, born in 2007. Coppola won the Best Screenplay Oscar for Lost in Translation. The pair have been dating for the past four years.
Academy Awards Moving To January?
June 23rd, 2010 |
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The Academy Awards Board Of Governors is discussing giving movies’ biggest night a big makeover. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences is reportedly considering moving the air date of 2011 Academy Awards from early March to January. Deadline.com’s Nikke Finke writes: “I’ve just learned that, at tonight’s Board of Governors meeting of the Academy [...]
Anne Hathaway Cast In “One Day†Movie
June 15th, 2010 |
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Academy Award-nominated actress Anne Hathaway made her Hollywood debut playing big screen royalty in hit films like Ella Enchanted and The Princess Diaries. Now she’s stepping into a new Cinderella story.Hathway will appear in the film adaptation of David Nicholls’ best-selling British novel One Day, the tale of a working-class woman’s romance with a charming rich [...]
Helen Mirren “Arthur†Remake — Oscar Winner Joins Russell Brand’s “Arthur†Reboot
April 23rd, 2010 |
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Academy Award winner Helen Mirren has signed up to star alongside fellow Brit Russell Brand in a remake of Dudley Moore’s 1981 comedy Arthur.The Queen star will play a nanny to the title character in a role loosely based off of the one that earned John Gielgud an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in [...]
Jenny McCarthy Shuts Down Autism School
April 12th, 2010 |
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Model-turned-autism activist Jenny McCarthy is shutting down her academy for autistic children following a series of disagreements with the school’s co-founder.
Just days after revealing via Twitter that she and boyfriend Jim Carrey had split up, Jenny announced that she is closing Teach2Talk Academy, her school for autistic children.
“Jenny and her partner at the Academy, Sarah [...]
Madonna to Establish a School for African girls
April 8th, 2010 |
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Recently in LILONGWE, Malawi, an academy for new African girls is being led for which the guest of honor was Madonna. She promoted the whole act by actively participating in it and placed the very first brick of the building on which an inscription saying “dare to dream†was written.
The event took place last Tuesday [...]
Madonna hopes Malawi school will end ‘brain drain in Africa’
April 7th, 2010 |
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Queen of Pop Madonna has stated in a blog on the Raising Malawi website that she hopes her new Malawi girls school will put an end to the ‘brain drain happening in Africa’.
Madonna, 51, who is currently in Malawi to launch the construction of the academy on April 6, wants to educate pupils so that [...]
Oâ€Neal stunned at late girlfriend Fawcett’s omission from ‘Oscars In Memoriam’
March 9th, 2010 |
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Farrah Fawcett’s log-time boyfriend Ryan O”Neal has expressed shock at the actress’s omission from the Oscars’ “In Memoriam†segment despite having been a member of the Academy for 40 years.
“It was a terrible decision and very hurtful – Farrah was a member of the Academy for over 40 years and we could not believe she [...]
‘The Cove’, a single “Asia-focused†film that won Oscars
March 9th, 2010 |
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There were hardly any nominations of “Made in Asia†movies at the 82nd Academy Awards which were presented in Hollywood (USA) on Sunday. From 4 films that were nominated with Asia-focused topics, only a single film, The Cove could win the Oscar. The other three movies were- “Kaviâ€, “Burma VJ†and “China’s Unnatural Disaster: The [...]