
Russell Simmons brings the spotlight to his YouTube Multi-Channel Network All Def Digital by producing first awards show, the All Def Movie Awards.
The awards momentum for Argo continues across the pond at London’s Royal Opera House with Affleck’s drama winning Bafta best picture and director awards.
Tweet Thomas J. Pritzker, chairman of The Hyatt Foundation, announced today that Chinese architect Wang Shu, known for using salvaged materials in many of his buildings, is the 2012 Pritzker Architecture Prize winner. Wang became the first Chinese citizen to…
Tweet Monday morning pundits, myself included, point to Sacha Baron Cohen’s red carpet appearance as Admiral General Aladeen, his character from his upcoming comedy The Dictator, as the main highlight of the 84th Academy Awards Ceremony last night in Hollywood.…
Tweet Renaissance man extraordinaire James Franco adds another creative accomplishment to his already hefty arts résumé. According to The New York Observer, Franco is signing with Amazon Publishing and its fiction editor Ed Park to write his first novel, Actors…
Tweet The 2011 holiday movie season with all its awards-oriented releases is unfolding in rapid fashion but the “Get Me Ron Perlman” column, the only casting news column named after character actor par excellence Ron Perlman, remains focused on future…
Tweet Stateside hipsters are counting the days to the November 21 opening of Gaga’s Workshop, the dedicated holiday space crafted by Lady Gaga and Nicola Formichetti at the Madison Avenue flagship of Barneys New York. Until then, the fine fashionistas…
Tweet Rapper Chris Brown experienced his own Charlie Sheen-worthy meltdown on ABC’s Good Morning America today after answering questions from co-host Robin Roberts about beating up former girlfriend and musical artist Rihanna. Brown, 22, appeared on the popular morning show…
Tweet Film buffs jumped for joy at the news that Robert De Niro agreed to re-team with his Taxi Driver and Raging Bull director Martin Scorsese for The Irishman, a drama about a union leader who becomes a hit man.…