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2011 Screen Actors Guild Awards Complete List Of Winners

The King’s Speech won the top prize at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, giving the film a major Oscar boost four weeks ahead of Hollywood’s biggest night. The British royals drama, which leads this year’s Oscar field with 12 nominations, scooped the Best Ensemble Cast prize (the SAG equivalent of Best Picture) just [...]

Lindsay Lohan Paris Hilton Boxing Match $500K “Battle Of The Bad Girls Of Hollywood”

Frenemies Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton have been offered a Golden Gloved-opportunity to settle the score. Our money’s on the redhead! Damon Feldman, CEO of the Hollywood Boxing Federation, wants the Tinseltown baddies to take part in a high-profile celebrity prize fight — and he’s more than willing to make the event worth their while. [...]

2011 Academy Awards Nominations

And the Oscar goes to….The nominees for the 2011 Academy Awards were announced at the Goldwyn Theater in Hollywood early Tuesday. King’s Speech — a drama about the British monarchy — leads with 12 nods. The box office-winning western True Grit came in a close second; earning 10 nominations, including acting honors for last year’s [...]

Firth, Portman get best actor awards at Golden Globe

Natalie Portman2British actor Colin Firth and actress Natalie Portman have won the Golden Globe awards here for their performance in the category motion picture drama. While Firth took home the trophy for his role as a stammering King George VI in “The King’s Speech”, Portman has won the honour for her role in “Black Swan”. Firth [...]

Conan O’Brien Sister, Kate O’Brien, Stars In “The Fighter”

Kate O’Brien’s ready for her closeup! The sister of late night host Conan O’Brien is getting some recognition for her role in The Fighter. Kate makes her acting debut as Phyllis “Beaver” Eklund, one of seven loose-lipped sisters in the Golden Globe-nominated boxing drama — which boasts a star-studded cast that includes Mark Wahlberg, Christian [...]

Mark Wahlberg Will Smith Offered $1 Million For Celebrity Boxing Match

Multimillionaire actors Mark Wahlberg and Will Smith stand to add another staggering $1 million to their fortunes if they agree to duel against each otheri in a celebrity boxing match live from Las Vegas. The Hollywood Boxing Federation — which has featured matches with celebs Michael Lohan and Danny Bonaduce — has offered the A-listers [...]

Christian Bale impresses moviegoers at ‘The Fighter’ screening

Actor Christian Bale received huge appreciation from moviegoers at the Cinema Society screening of his new flick ‘The Fighter’. Bale won over moviegoers Patricia Clarkson, Michael Moore, Lee Daniels, Calvin Klein, Russell Simmons, Adam Levine and girlfriend Anne V, Grace Coddington, Gloria Steinem and Bruce Weber, reports the New York Post. The film also stars [...]

Justin Timberlake campaigning hard for Oscar nomination

Justin Timberlake is working in high gear to get nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category in Oscars for his role in the ‘The Social Network’. A source close to Timberlake, 29, who’s currently filming sci-fi thriller ‘Now’ in Los Angeles with Amanda Seyfried, said that the singer is leaving no stones unturned to get [...]

Justin Timberlake Oscar Campaign: “SexyBack” Singer Wants Academy Award Nomination For Role In “The Social Network”

Once a favorite to host the Academy Awards, former boy bander Justin Timberlake has launced a campaign to add the most distinguished prize in film to his collection of six Grammys, two Emmys, and host of platinum plaques. Timberlake is planning an aggressive campaign to earn a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nod for his role [...]

Mark Wahlberg Partners With Boys & Girls Clubs of America For Free Xbox Giveaway

Mark Wahlberg has partnered with the Boys & Girls Clubs of America to deliver a “Funky Bunch” of Kinect gaming hardware and Xbox 360 bundles to deserving underprivileged children across the country. “I’ve experienced firsthand the positive impact organizations like Boys & Girls Clubs have on the lives of young people,” says the Oscar-nominated father [...]

Mark Wahlberg “The Crow” Remake

Oscar-nominated actor Mark Wahlberg is in talks to star in a remake of the 1994 dark drama The Crow. Faux Pas or Casting Magic? The Other Guys star is the top choice to play the anti-hero in Stephen Norrington revamp of the Alex Proyas/Brandon Lee original, Entertainment Weekly said Wednesday. The long-awaited sequel will follow [...]

Donnie Wahlberg Divorce Finalized

From “Hangin’ Tough” to “Hangin’ Solo….” Donnie Wahlberg is officially single. The star of the new CBS cop show Blue Bloods and founder of the vintage boy band New Kids on the Block finalized his divorce from wife Kim Fey on Sept. 28, The Associated Press reported on Monday. Wahlberg — the older brother of [...]

HBO “Boardwalk Empire” Season 2

That was quick: HBO is serving up a second helping of its latest breakout hit, Boardwalk Empire.On Tuesday, the network announced that it has renewed its new prohibition-era drama for a second season just one episode out of the can, MediaWeek.com dishes. The show’s $18 million Martin Scorcese-directed pilot garnered 4.8 million viewers on [...]

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WATCH The Other Guys (opens on Sep 29 by Columbia Tristar), starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg as NYPD detective partners whose work rarely see any action. When an opportunity arises for them to outshine their idols and the city’s top cops, things do not quite go according to plan. Also stars Dwayne Johnson and Samuel L. Jackson. Directed by Adam McKay.
 

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Mark Wahlberg “Embarrassed” By Rap Star Past

With an Oscar nod and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame to his credit, Entourage producer Mark Wahlberg has come a long way since his days of kicking rhymes with The Funky Bunch. Nonetheless, the Bostonian can’t help but look away with a shamed face when he recalls his past as early ’90s [...]

Will Smith voted ‘Best Rapper-Turned-Actor’

Will Smith has won a new poll of the best rapper-turned-actors. The ‘I Am Legend’ star, who enjoyed rap success with hits like ‘Summertime’ and movie themes ‘Wild Wild West’ and ‘Men in Black’, won 58 per cent of the vote in the MovieTickets.com survey. Mark Wahlberg came in second with 23 per cent, while [...]

Will Smith, Martin Lawrence in ‘Bad Boys’ voted as top cops

‘Bad Boys’ stars Will Smith and Martin Lawrence have been crowned as top cops in a new poll of the best movie cop double act. More than 15,000 film fans took part in the week-long MovieTickets.com vote, held to mark the release of Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg”s new movie ‘The Other Guys’. And Smith [...]

Mark Wahlberg May Return To Rap — But Only For Justin Bieber!

Bieber Fever could lead to the salvation of rap music! Egads! The only musician out there with a shot at laying “down a rap track” with the ’90s hip-hopster formerly known as Marky Mark ” is teen sensation Justin Bieber, Time Magazine revealed this week.Time’s Belinda Luscombe asked rapper-turned-Oscar-nominated actor Mark Wahlberg if any musician [...]

Mark Wahlberg regrets dedicating 1992 memoir ‘Marky Mark’ to his penis

Mark Wahlberg has admitted that he regrets writing his 1992 memoir, ‘Marky Mark,’ and dedicating it to his manhood. Wahlberg said that he thought his 1992 memoir would be funny, but it didn’t happen so. “I thought it would be funny,” the New York Post quoted him as telling Time”s Belinda Luscombe during the magazine”s [...]

When Eva Mendes nearly killed Will Ferrell

American actress Eva Mendes has revealed that she almost killed Will Ferrell while shooting an improvised argument scene in their upcoming comedy, ”The Other Guys”. Mendes and Ferrell play an unlikely married couple in their new comic flick. “Once we got the scene down, we were told to improve,” People magazine quoted Mendes at the [...]