New Orleans focuses on the visual Nov 15, 2009
Palm Springs International Film Festival: Details are being finalized - you can t even buy tickets until the end of next month - but we already know that Anna Kendrick, the young actress who is in Twilight and George Clooney s new movie Up in the Air (she s getting Oscar buzz for that one), will be on hand to receive the Rising Star Award. The opening-night gala, which always draws risen stars, is big bucks (thousands), but you can get a seat to closing-night festivities for only $50. (Boston Globe)
Oscar Nominated Actors Taraji P. Henson and Terrence Howard Join Forces to Host 'CENTRIC PRESENTS: 2009 SOUL TRAIN AWARDS' Show with First Network Premiere on Sunday, November 29 at 9:00 PM* Oct 8, 2009
Crowned as the "Indie Film King" by Entertainment Weekly, he has also received the Rising Star Award from the Palm Springs International Film Festival, the Renaissance Artist Award from the Diversity Awards and the Career Achievement Award from the Chicago International Film Festival. Terrence most recently starred in Dito Montiel's Fighting with Channing Tatum and in Paramount's Iron Man opposite Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow and Jeff Bridges, which is based off of the famed comic-book... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Japan's Double Oscar Victory Feb 26, 2009
" Related Stories Two days after the Academy Awards ceremony in Hollywood, at least a thousand people lined up at movie theaters in Tokyo's Marunouchi district to see the film for which director Yojiro Takita brought home an Oscar. Departures (Okuribito) is the comical and dramatic story of an unemployed cellist who finds work cleaning and preparing the deceased for burial. The film has already grossed more than $34 million in Japan since its September 2008 release. (The film is scheduled for... (Time.com)
Kate Winslet finally comfortable in her own skin Feb 7, 2009
Studying a picture of herself and her fellow actress Cate Blanchett, both of them ravishing in blue gowns at the 2007 Palm Springs International Film Festival, Winslet says drily, I look and I think, Yeah, Cate's a glamorous movie star, and then I see me and I think, Well, I'm sort of nearly there, I'm playing the part. . (MSNBC -- Movies)
DiCaprio, Eastwood take Palm Springs honors Feb 7, 2009
Actor Leonardo DiCaprio arrives for the 20th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala in Palm Springs, Calif ... - The world economy is in dire straits, but you sure wouldnt know it from the red carpet at the 20th-annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala. (MSNBC -- Movies)
