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Critics: Anne Hathaway Ties with Idol Meryl Streep
Originally posted 01/09/2009 09:35AM
Slumdog Millionaire cleaned up at this year's Critics' Choice Awards, but it was Anne Hathaway who got twice the thrill by tying for best actress with one of her all-time role models.
"Meryl [Streep] is my idol," Hathaway – winner for her role in Rachel Getting Married – said backstage at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium Thursday night. "To win with my idol who I was nominated against is amazing. I'm so thrilled for her and I'm very thrilled for myself, too." Streep shared the best-actress win for her work as a nun in Doubt.
Hathaway told PEOPLE it is "overwhelming" to be recognized by critics and peers with so many nominations this awards season – accolades she expected it would take much longer to rack up.
Permalink | Filed Under: Critic's Choice Awards 2009, Anne Hathaway, Heath Ledger
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Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie Among People's Choice Winners
Originally posted 01/07/2009 11:10PM
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie clearly have the people's vote.
The two were among the big winners at the 35th Annual People's Choice Awards Wednesday night at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Pitt was named favorite leading man at the ceremony, while Jolie was voted favorite female action star.
While neither accepted their honors in the flesh, plenty of stars – including Carrie Underwood, Katherine Heigl and the hosts of Dancing with the Stars (winners of the favorite competition/reality show) – collected their trophies in person during the two-hour ceremony which was hosted by Queen Latifah.
Permalink | Filed Under: People's Choice Awards, The Dark Knight, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Carrie Underwood
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Jennifer Hudson Leads NAACP Image Awards with Seven Nods
Originally posted 01/07/2009 05:05PM
They can act and they can sing. And now Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys and Beyonce Knowles are getting recognized for both talents.
The trio received NAACP Image Award nominations Wednesday in both film and music categories. Hudson, who is still grieving the loss of her mother, brother and nephew, leads the pack with seven nominations, followed by Knowles with six.
Permalink | Filed Under: NAACP Image Awards 2009, Alicia Keys, Beyonce Knowles, Jennifer Hudson
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Carrie Underwood Nervous About People's Choice
Originally posted 01/07/2009 04:30PM
She survived Simon Cowell and American Idol three years ago. She's proved her staying power with two hit albums. Yet being up against Rihanna and Taylor Swift at Wednesday's People's Choice Awards is giving Carrie Underwood the shakes.
"They're both so big, and there's great competition. I'm nervous and so excited at the same time," she tells PEOPLE of being up for favorite female singer and favorite country song.
Underwood, 25, is also hitting the stage to perform her ballad, "I Know You Won't," complete with a full orchestra. "It's a really emotional song about a guy who just won't call. We've all had that happen, right?"
Permalink | Filed Under: People's Choice Awards, Carrie Underwood
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Queen Latifah Ready to Shed Holiday Pounds
Originally posted 01/07/2009 09:55AM
As Queen Latifah gears up to host Wednesday's People's Choice Awards, the singer-actress is also getting her diet back in gear after some serious holiday play.
"I'm glad I re-signed [with Jenny Craig] because I had a little fun over the holidays, as most people do," says Latifah, 38, who announced this month that she would continue as the spokesperson for the weight-loss program.
"I went to Trinidad and I indulged in everything," she says, admitting to falling off the wagon temporarily while on vacation. "It wasn’t that I wasn’t eating healthy stuff. It was just a lot of it. There's always a beach barbeque."
Permalink | Filed Under: People's Choice Awards, Bodywatch, Queen Latifah
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Milk Leads New York Critics Awards
Originally posted 12/10/2008 03:15PM
Milk soaked up some more awards-season glory on Wednesday, being named best film by the New York Film Critics Circle.
Sean Penn, who stars in the biopic as '70s gay-rights leader Harvey Milk, was named best actor, and Josh Brolin won best supporting actor for his role as the assassin in the movie, the Associated Press reports.
The New York group concurred with the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, which named Penn best actor on Tuesday.
Permalink | Filed Under: New York Film Critics Circle Awards, Movie News, Sean Penn
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Anne Hathaway, Clint Eastwood Named Year's Best by Film Board
Originally posted 12/04/2008 04:25PM
Small proved big with the National Board of Review, which named Anne Hathaway 2008's best actress for her role in the indie movie Rachel Getting Married and the art film Slumdog Millionaire best picture of the year.
Clint Eastwood was cited as top actor for his role as a grouchy widower in the still-to-be released Gran Torino, while The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, starring Brad Pitt, was singled out for its direction, by David Fincher.
Slumdog Millionaire, about an Indian man who wins a fortune on a TV show, additionally took awards for breakthrough performance by an actor – Dev Patel – and for screenwriter Simon Beaufoy, who tied with Benjamin Button writer Eric Roth for best adapted screenplay.
Comprised of film historians, experts and buffs, the National Board of Review was founded in 1909. On Thursday, its 125 members helped kick off awards season by naming their selection of the year's best.
In the supporting actor categories, the board honored John Brolin for his role as the assassin Dan White in Milk, and Penelope Cruz in Woody Allen's romantic comedy Victoria Cristina Barcelona. Best animated feature was Wall-E.
– Stephen M. Silverman
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Lil Wayne Leads BET Hip Hop Award Nominations
Originally posted 09/17/2008 11:00AM
Rapper Lil Wayne leads the third annual BET Hip Hop Awards, with 12 nominations, the network announced Monday.
Kanye West drew seven nods, while Jay-Z follows with six.
New Orleans native Lil Wayne, 25, who sold one million copies of his new album, Tha Carter III, in its first week of release, will duke it out with West, 31, and Jay-Z, 38, in five categories, including MVP of the year, best live performer, and CD of the year.
Permalink | Filed Under: BET Awards, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Lil Wayne
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George Clooney Plays Director at Awards Show
Originally posted 01/16/2008 01:25PM
George Clooney may have taken direction from the filmmaking Coen Brothers in the past – for 2000's O Brother, Where Art Thou? and 2003's Intentional Cruelty – but at Monday night's National Board of Review awards dinner in New York, it was clearly a case of role reversal.
On hand to pick up his best actor award from the group for Michael Clayton, PEOPLE's former Sexiest Man Alive – with girlfriend Sara Larson – also presented Joel and Ethan Coen the top prize, for the board's best picture of the year, No Country for Old Men.
"They can do anything," Clooney, 46, said of director Joel, 53, and writer, Ethan, 50. Summarizing their filmography and the audience to whom their movies appeal, Clooney said, "For stoners, there's The Big Lebowski ... for funny, there's Raising Arizona."
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Critics Honor Amy Ryan, Daniel Day-Lewis
Originally posted 01/13/2008 02:20PM
There may be no Golden Globes show, but that didn't stop the L.A. Film Critics from handing out awards Saturday – and drawing stars.
The best picture honor went to There Will Be Blood, best actor to the film's star Daniel Day-Lewis, best actress to French actress (and La Vie en Rose star) Marion Cotillard and supporting actress to Gone Baby Gone's Amy Ryan.
The awards marked a rare appearance by the enigmatic Day-Lewis, who says he felt out of place amid the Hollywood glamour.
"It's a little shocking," Day-Lewis, 50, told PEOPLE. "It's a very different environment than the one to which I live in everyday."
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