Melissa Leo

The Fighter movie stars Mark Wahlberg as boxer Micky Ward. Wahlberg was the film’s only key cast member not shortlisted for an Academy Award. ‘The Fighter’ movie review: ‘Smart’ – i.e., ‘marketable’ – filmmaking David O. Russell’s The Fighter is…

Misty Upham of Frozen River fame and Juliette Lewis. ‘Frozen River’ actress Misty Upham found dead in Seattle suburb Actress Misty Upham, gone missing since Oct. 6, was found dead on Thursday, Oct. 16, in a wooded area along the…

Colin Firth and wife Livia Giuggioli: Academy Awards Red Carpet. Colin Firth and wife Livia Giuggioli: Academy Awards Colin Firth and wife Livia Giuggioli arrive at the 2011 Academy Awards on Feb. 27 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. For…

Amy Adams: Oscar Red Carpet. Amy Adams Oscar photos Amy Adams is pictured at the 2011 Oscar ceremony, held on Feb. 27 at the Kodak Theatre in the fast-thumping heart of Hollywood. Adams was – for the third time in…

Heidi the Cross-Eyed Opossum Picks Oscar winner Colin Firth. Many have complained that the 2011 Oscar ceremony was dull. That hosts Anne Hathaway and James Franco were out of their element. That the ceremony was predictable. That the jokes were…

Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, 21 Grams Shot in documentary-style, 21 Grams is a bleak, unnecessarily convoluted, and surprisingly powerful drama about three individuals linked to both one another and the immediacy of death. (Note: This review contains spoilers.) Paul (Sean…

Best Actress Oscar group photo: Natalie Portman, Michelle Williams, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicole Kidman and Annette Bening. Best Actress nominees Oscar Luncheon photo Best Actress Academy Award nominees Natalie Portman, Michelle Williams, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicole Kidman, and Annette Bening are seen…

Natalie Portman in Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan Natalie Portman: SAG Awards’ Best Actress for ‘Black Swan.’ Natalie Portman: SAG Awards’ Best Actress winner ‘bleeped’ TNT and TBS bleeped Natalie Portman, this year’s Best Actress SAG Award winner for her performance…

Robert Downey Jr. presents Best Actress in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical Golden Globe. Robert Downey Jr. ‘sex with actresses’ joke: Golden Globes vibe goes from ‘hugely mean-spirited’ and ‘mildly sinister’ to… After 2011 Golden Globes host Ricky Gervais…

Ricky Gervais’ mean-spirited Golden Globes humor eclipsed coverage of the actual winners. Among them, Annette Bening for her performance as a fierce, family-defending lesbian wife/mother in Lisa Cholodenko’s The Kids Are All Right, co-starring Julianne Moore. Golden Globes winners thus…

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Inception The BFCA voters usually get it right, e.g., The Hurt Locker, Slumdog Millionaire, Sean Penn for Milk, Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight, The Departed, Helen Mirren for The Queen. At times, the…

LA Weekly and Village Voice Critics Poll names The Social Network the Best Film of the year. Armie Hammer in the cast, along with Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Timberlake, and Andrew Garfield. If it was no surprise that David Fincher’s widely…