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Award season continued today with the AFI Awards in Beverly Hills. The organization honors 10 outstanding movies and films, while also recognizing achievements with their special awards. George Clooney's The Descendants is among the big-screen honorees, which also include Moneyball, Bridesmaids, J. Edgar, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, and The Help. Leonardo DiCaprio and Rooney Mara, in Lanvin, Read more
While running for president, Barack Obama's commitment to working out daily made headlines. Looks like his influence is rubbing off since our nation's capital was named fittest city. Not usually thought of a health-conscious place, Washington DC, took the top ranking by the American College of Sports Medicine in their second annual American Fitness Index (AFI). Cities are ranked by a number of Read more
Like so many movies these days, The Crow is getting "reinvented." — ComingSoon And the Terminator will be back . . . again, in a fifth installment of the franchise. — Variety Advocates for the blind are scolding Saturday Night Live for its depiction of New York Gov. David Paterson. — TV Guide The American Film Institute's list of the 10 outstanding movies of 2008 include Iron Man and The Read more
This week, the American Film Institute announced its choices for the 10 greatest movies in each of 10 genres, ranging from fantasy to epic to mystery. To create the list, AFI chose 50 films in each of the categories, then handed out ballots to 1,500 greats from the film community, who narrowed the choices down to the final winners. Lists like this are simply meant to be debated, of course, so I'm Read more
A 30-minute live acoustic set by John Legend — aboard a Delta flight — will be the prize of a Grammys sweepstakes, Billboard reports. Sci Fi Wire is reporting that Jericho has shot two endings this time, just in case it's canceled again. ComingSoon has news that Jennifer Hudson will join the cast of the drama Tyler Perry's the Family That Preys. NBC is auctioning off items from its shows to Read more
HBO has renewed "Tell Me You Love Me" and picked up pilots about a medical research facility and a biker gang, Zap2it reports. Warner Bros. has bought a Todd Phillips script titled Hangover all about "three pals who lose the groom at his Vegas bachelor party, 40 hours before the wedding," writes Variety. Yahoo Music has news that the Sex Pistols may not be able to swear during their upcoming Read more
Gwen was recently at MTV when she stopped by TRL to promote her new album. Are you interested in hanging out in the MTV studios for New Year's Eve in NYC? Well, here's your chance to join Gwen, Ciara, AFI and Three 6 Mafia for the big bash. MTV will hook up 5 lucky people to join them for NYE. If you win they'll fly you and a friend to NYC, you'll get to stay in a cool hotel, get outfitted Read more
Borat, Dreamgirls, and United 93 land on AFI's somewhat puzzling Top 10 list for 2006 — Associated Press Clint Eastwood's Letters From Iwo Jima tops the year-end list from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association — Variety Lacking a critical darling this year, hip-hop gets left out of the major Grammy nominations — LA Times This season of CBS's "The Amazing Race" is decided by an EZ-Pass Read more
The AFI Awards got even more attractive when Brad Pitt showed up wearing a blue suit in LA this afternoon. George Clooney got the hotness started as he posed for cameras at the beginning of the event, while Leonardo DiCaprio followed in a sexy gray jacket and unbuttoned shirt. The men all have leading roles in films being honored by AFI, including Moneyball, The Descendants, and J. Edgar. Inside, Read more
A dapper Leonardo DiCaprio hit the red carpet at this evening's Golden Globes. He is nominated this evening in the category of best actor for his work in Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar. This show marks a highlight of award season for Leo, who's been making the rounds all week long. He stepped out for Thursday's Critics' Choice Awards, then attended Friday's AFI honors. We'll see if Leo takes home a Read more
