Black actor wins Academy’s Oscar!

Oscar Upsets II

Now, let us take a look at what Movie Fan Zonwe regards as big upsets in the Best Actor race: 1999 - It just was not exactly the best night for Saving… Oscar Upsets II[...]

Dreamgirls Wins Big at the Golden Globes

It was a dream-making night for onetime American Idol contestant Jennifer Hudson, who kicked off the Golden Globes with a win for her role in Dreamgirls. “I had always dreamed, but I never ever dreamed this big,” Hudson said as she accepted her best supporting actress trophy. “This goes far[...]

Black Water Transit Update: not shooting here

Update on my earlier post about ‘Black Water Transit’: Actor Vin Diesel dealt an unexpected blow to Chicago when he reportedly pulled out as the star of Accent Pictures’ $30 million action-drama “Black Water Transit.” It was due to start shooting here July 31. Five L.A. staffers had just begun[...]

Shooting In Chicago: Black Water Transit

I’ve heard rumor that ‘Black Water Transit’ may be shooting in Chicago in July. If I learn more, I’ll post more. If you have any confirmed info/details, please comment. July 12 Update: No, it won’t be shooting afterall (read more). Published by David LawrenceContinue reading: Shooting In Chicago: Black Water Transit[...]

Cool mom Nicole Kidman

Cool mom Nicole Kidman April 1, 2007 at 7:15 pm · Filed under Actor/Actress Nicole Kidman wins major… Cool mom Nicole Kidman[...]

Want an Oscar? Get Blogging–or Engage with Bloggers

The Wall Street Journal’s Informed Reader column reports today that Hollywood studios are enlisting bloggers to talk up nominated movies, which is “Ruffling Feathers in (the) Hollywood Hierarchy.” As we saw with electronics firms at CES this year, the article reports that: Movie studios have embraced bloggers as a cost-effective route for[...]

Black Snake Crawlin’ In My Brain

O.K. Craig Brewer… What are you trying to do to me? Honestly. Have you been listening to my phone conversations with my two closest friends? Did my pal Michael Jenkins (who gets to make out with a girl in your movie—lucky Michael) tell you of my hothouse and mostly romanticized desires[...]

‘Black Snake Moan,’ Finally

If I’m ever invited to stand up in a room and discuss what makes me tick as a human being, here’s two things I can now say about myself: Watching Christina Ricci strut down the road in teensy weenies cut offs, cowboy boots and a navel bearing confederate flat tee-shirt[...]

Nicole Kidman and Keith Had to Dig Deep

Nicole Kidman opened up about her marriage to Keith Urban on Oprah Winfrey’s Oscar special Thursday night. “Keith is doing very well,” Kidman told fellow Aussie Oscar-winner Russell Crowe. “We’ve been through a lot.” When Crowe began to ask her another question, she interrupted. “Let me finish that because that will be[...]

Rachel McAdams Gushes About Ryan Gosling

Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling played lovers in 2004’s The Notebook, but didn’t begin their off-screen romance until “quite a while after the movie,” she says. And even though McAdams wasn’t with Gosling, 26, on Oscar night – she was working, so the Best Actor nominee for Half Nelson brought his[...]