Albert Brooks Articles

Who would have have guessed that two of Albert Brooks' most die-hard fans are the unlikely pair of Russell Crowe and Adolf Hitler. And they're both mad as hell at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences members who have bypassed Brooks in the Best Supporting Actor category for his critically acclaimed performance as a nasty gangster in Nicolas Winding Refn's thriller Drive. On [...]

Goran Visnjic, Christopher Plummer, Beginners This is the first part of our last-minute Oscar 2012 predictions, beginning with the Best Supporting Actor category. The 2012 Academy Award nominations will be announced early morning Tuesday, Jan. 24. Surprisingly, the only Best Supporting Actor shoo-in this late in the game is veteran Christopher Plummer (the captain who romanced Julie Andrews in Robert Wise's The Sound of Music) [...]

Tom Hardy, Joel Edgerton, Warrior The Nevada Film Critics Society, not to be confused with the Las Vegas Film Critics Society, has announced its Best of 2011 list. Martin Scorsese's period adventure fantasy Hugo was voted Best Picture. Scorsese was the Best Director and Asa Butterfield the Best Child Actor. The Best Actor and Best Actress choices were the Nevada Critics' biggest surprises: the upcoming [...]

Sean Penn and the humanitarians behind him, Critics Choice Awards George Clooney, Viola Davis: Critics Choice Awards Ceremony Speeches Best Supporting Actor winner Christopher Plummer (Beginners) announced he had discovered a substitute for the Fountain of Youth. "I feel terribly young tonight suddenly," Plummer told the crowd, "and, at my age, I need all the help I can get in that department." (Academy members eager [...]