• The family of Heath Ledger released a statement saying they are "overjoyed" by the late actor's posthumous supporting actor win for his performance in The Dark Knight at last night's Golden Globes. Meanwhile, Mickey Rourke's comeback was solidified with his acting win for The Wrestler, and Slumdog Millionaire's Oscar hopes rose thanks to nods in multiple categories. A full list of the night's winners can be found here. (Tracy Morgan and Tina Fey's hilarious acceptance speeches can be viewed here.)
• Tom Cruise told reporters on the Globes' red carpet that he plans to reteam with Ben Stiller to bring back his Les Grossman character from Tropic Thunder. As long as Robert Downey Jr.'s Kirk Lazarus is onboard, so are we.
• Now that the party's over, Hollywood is facing a possible SAG strike, with heated talks to take place today. What does this mean for the upcoming SAG Awards? That's gonna be one empty auditorium.
• Clint Eastwood's snarl could frighten a dog, and his new film, Gran Torino, did just that, knocking Marley & Me off its box-office perch to take the top spot this past weekend. Meanwhile, the Kate Hudson/Anne Hathaway comedy Bride Wars defied critics with a bigger than expected opening in second place.
• Sad news this past weekend as Patrick Swayze was hospitalized on Friday after coming down with pneumonia. The actor, who recently opened up to Barbara Walters about his ongoing battle with pancreatic cancer, was forced to miss a promotional appearance for his new TV series, The Beast.
• Russell Crowe's notorious temper has claimed another victim, as the actor reportedly caused Sienna Miller to depart the Nottingham movie during pre-production. The 2010 release involves a love triangle between Robin Hood (Crowe), Maid Marian (previously played by Miller), and the Sheriff of Nottingham (Crowe again.) Not even a soothing Bryan Adams ballad could save this troubled production.
• Finally, more Golden Globe red carpet news, this time in the form of a Dark Knight sequel bombshell dropped by Aaron Eckhart. Will Two-Face return for the next Batman outing? Didn't he, uh, (spoiler alert!) die at the end?
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
BIZ
Obama team urges delay in digital TV transition
from AP Top Entertainment News At 11:05 ... by By JOELLE TESSLER
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Barack Obama is urging Congress to postpone the Feb. 17 switch from analog to digital television broadcasting, arguing that too many Americans who rely on analog TV sets to pick up over-the-air channels won't be ready....
FCC chairman: DTV delay could cause confusion
from AP Top Entertainment News At 11:05 ... by By PETER SVENSSON
SAG board runs lines for ensemble meeting
from Hollywood Reporter by By Jay A. Fernandez
SAG's national board is meeting Monday in
SAG considers ending strike threat
from Variety.com
Business News: Guild's national board set meeting -- SAG's leaders may pull the plug as early as Monday on the guild's divisive strike authorization vote at what is certain to be a volatile meeting of the guild's national board.
SUNDANCE
Redford downplays Sundance concerns
from Entertainment News - UPI.com
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Expecting ...
from Google Alerts - "sundance film festival"
The organizers of the Sundance Film Festival say that they expect things to be little quieter this year after the runaway success of last year's event that brought in $63 million to the local economy.
Mike Tyson Documentary Picked Up By Sony
from Google Alerts - "sundance film festival"
TYSON will have its North American premiere later this month at the Sundance Film Festival. In addition, NBA All- Star Carmelo Anthony comes onboard the film as an executive producer.
Star of British TV satire set to conquer America
from Google Alerts - "sundance film festival"
Film critics have trumpeted a new dawn for British
film-making as the Sundance film festival in
Sundance Video Clip: The Winning Season
from /Film by orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com)
James C. Strouse's second feature film The Winning Season stars Sam Rockwell as an adult alcoholic misfit brought on to coach his local girl's high school basketball team. Rockwell has described the movie as Bad News Bears meets Half Nelson meets Hoosiers.
Twenty-Four Called For Sundance Jury Duty
from Google Alerts - "sundance film festival"
The awards they vote on will be announced January 25th at
the 2009 Sundance Film Festival Awards Ceremony at the Park City Racquet
Club.
AWARDS
Golden Globes: The winners list
from EW.com: Movies
''Slumdog Millionaire,'' ''30 Rock,'' ''Mad Men,'' Mickey Rourke, and Kate Winslet among big winners at tonight's 66th annual Golden Globes ceremony.
Heath Ledger wins Golden Globe
from Hollywood Reporter by By Gregg Kilday
The award for best supporting actor went to the late Heath
Ledger on Sunday at the 66th annual Golden Globe Awards.
Heath Ledger's Family 'Overjoyed' By Globe Win
from People.com Latest News by Brenda Rodriguez
"It's wonderful," his father Kim Ledger tells
PEOPLE of his son's honor posthumously for his work in The Dark Knight
Live-Blogging The Awful Golden Globes...
from Nikki Finke's Deadline Hollywood Daily by Nikki Finke
It's a completely meaningless awards show held by a scandal-riddled organization on a network desperate for any kind of ratings. Yet here I am live-blogging the Golden Globes held by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and broadcast on NBC.
Hanks, Dern Diss Prop 8 and Palin at Globes
Heath Ledger's win wasn't the only thing that got stars
emotional backstage at the Globes Prop 8 did it, too!
Spielberg receives Cecil B. DeMille Award
from AP Top Entertainment News At 11:05 ... by By ANTHONY McCARTNEY
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Movie audiences have two train wrecks to thank for the epic visions of Steven Spielberg - a big one, and a little one....
'Slumdog' wins best drama at Globes
"Slumdog Millionaire," the film about a
poverty-striken Mumbai man who goes on "Who Wants to Be a
Millionaire," won best drama and three other honors at the Golden Globes
Sunday night. Kate Winslet won two, for best actress in a drama and best
supporting actress.
DGA announces doc, TV, commercial noms
from Hollywood Reporter by By Gregg Kilday
Although Ari Folman's "Waltz With Bashir" isn't on
Oscar's documentary shortlist, it is among the nominees for the DGA's doc
award.
MOVIES
Weekend Box Office: January 9-11, 2009
from Box Office Mojo - Current Box Office Results
Gran Torino tops the box office with an estimated $29.0
million
'Madagascar 2' still on top overseas
from Hollywood Reporter by By Frank Segers
DreamWorks Animation/Paramount's "
Film:
Bringing Back a Dead Rapper, and the Tears
from NYT > Movies
To portray Biggie Smalls on film, Jamal Woolard had to lose
himself.
from Variety.com
Film Reviews: Skim off all the visual bling, and
"Notorious" is a rock-solid biopic with a foolproof rise-and-fall
storyline and a warmly nuanced performance by Jamal Woolard as iconic rapper
Christopher Wallace -- aka Biggie Smalls, aka the Notorious B.I.G.
New Photos: Where The Wild Things Are, Funny People, 2012,
Avatar and More
from /Film by orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com)
Warner Bros, Fox, Universal, Disney and Sony have released a
bunch of new photos to the Los Angeles Times for their 2009 movie preview.
Behind Rorschach's mask in 'Watchmen'
As Rorschach in the anticipated 'Watchmen,' Jackie Earle
Haley, once forgotten, has the chance for true movie immortality.
from Variety.com
Film News: WB, Fox in talks to settle dispute -- Warner
Bros.' plan to release "Watchmen" in March may proceed after all as the
studio and 20th Century Fox are in the thick of talks to settle the bitter
dispute over the rights to the superhero pic.
Jim Broadbent joins the 'Harry Potter' honor roll
He is playing professor Horace Slughorn in 'Harry Potter and
the Half-Blood Prince.'
Is Sienna Miller a Russell Crowe casualty?
from Los Angeles Times - Celebrity News
Crowe reportedly forced her out of his new flm, "
BREAKING: Eva Longoria Denies 'Avengers' Casting Rumor
from Splash Page by Rick Marshall
During the run-up to tonight's Golden Globes ceremony, E! Online's Ryan Seacrest earned some geek cred when he cornered actress Eva Longoria on the event's red carpet to ask about the rumor that she's in the running for a role in Marvel's much-anticipated superhero team-up film, "The Avengers."
TELEVISION
Television is starting to look beyond the 18- to 49-year-old
demographic
from L.A. Times - TV News
The television business may be rediscovering that there are
Americans who matter who aren't ages 18 to 49.
'Dexter' brother and sister are husband and wife
from AP Top Entertainment News At 11:05 ...
'24' producer hints at end of series
from Entertainment News - UPI.com
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- Howard Gordon, executive producer of the popular
U.S. TV series "24," says the show could be off the air after two
more seasons.
'Grey's' scoop: It's Faye Dunaway!
from EW.com: TV
By Michael Ausiello
Michael Ausiello confirms exclusively ''Mommie Dearest'' signs up for at least one February episode
Networks have plenty of new shows on tap
from L.A. Times - TV News
A suburban mom with split personalities. A party-boy mystery
novelist helps solve crimes. Bad glee clubs get whipped into shape. And much,
much more.
On 'Harper's Island,' survival is the game
from L.A. Times - TV News
CBS' 13-part series is like a scripted 'Survivor,' with
characters knocked off one by one amid crime drama, spooky mystery and even
island romance.
from L.A. Times - TV News
NBC has high hopes for the sci-fi-ish updating of the
biblical story, putting it in 'ER's' old slot. No word on whether the sling and
stone get all futuristic.
Get up to speed on where the top series left off
from L.A. Times - TV News
To help the nonobsessives, here's a cheat sheet that catches
up on some shows that have been away for a while.
from L.A. Times - TV News
Time travel? Rescue? Expect the creative forces to keep
viewers on a roller coaster during the penultimate season.
from mediabistro.com: TVNewser
They've done it for Keith Olbermann, Tom Brokaw and Nancy Grace. And last night, Rachel Maddow was portrayed for the first time on Saturday Night Live.
Television: The Four (at Least) Faces of Tara
from NYT > Television
"How much funny is too funny?" Finding the right
tone for a show about personality disorder.
Television: Idols, You'll Have to Pass Through Her
from NYT > Television
As the new judge on "American Idol," the feisty, heartfelt and outspoken Kara DioGuardi will have to get comfortable under the pop microscope.
Sean Hannity shaking up new Fox News show
from Reuters: Entertainment News
'Spartacus' remake a 'R-rated-hard-hard show'
from The Live Feed by hollywoodreporter
TCA -- Starz's new series version of "Spartacus"
will be "a totally R-rated-hard-hard show," say producers Rob Tapert
and Steven S. DeKnight.
Balthazar Getty: His Future, According to Brothers &
Sisters Co-Stars
from Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
E! Online - Balthazar Getty may be rubbing cast and crew of Brothers & Sisters the wrong way, but some of his co-stars insist they don't want to see him off the show.
MTV to broadcast Obama's 'Youth Inaugural Ball'
from AP Top Entertainment News At 11:05 ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- MTV will be broadcasting from President-elect Barack Obama's "Youth Inaugural Ball" on Jan. 20, the cable network announced Sunday....
MUSIC
Kanye West: 'I Want Less Fans'
from People.com Latest News by Paul Chi
The outspoken rapper explains he seeks a lower-key career
with more freedom to do other things - like pose naked
from USATODAY.com Life - Top Stories
R. Kelly can officially bump and grind with whomever he chooses: He has finalized his divorce from his wife.
Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie and Josh Duhamel wed
from AP Top Entertainment News At 11:05 ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Duchess is a bride. Her manager says
Fergie and Josh Duhamel have been married....
Tony Shalhoub looks to life after 'Monk'
from AP Top Entertainment News At 11:05 ... by By CARRIE ANTLFINGER
Angelina Jolie Considering Film Return
from Access Hollywood - Movies
Angelina Jolie , who has been lying low since the birth of
her 5-month-old twins, is thinking about a brief return to film, but very
brief.
Tito Jackson hit with paternity lawsuit
from Entertainment News - UPI.com
Maroulis of 'Idol' headed to Broadway
from Entertainment News - UPI.com
Heather Mills Debuts Bold New Short Hairdo
from People.com Latest News by Paul Chi
"Life is good," says Mills, who chopped off her
long locks following her divorce from Paul McCartney
Patrick Swayze checks into hospital with pneumonia
from USATODAY.com Life - Top Stories
Patrick Swayze has checked himself into the hospital for observation after contracting pneumonia, A&E President Abbe Raven announced ...
