Academy Awards

In Defense of Seth MacFarlane -- He Was the Best Oscar Host

Writing a critique of Seth MacFarlane's duties as Oscar host on the website of The New Yorker this morning, Amy Davidson found herself defending Chris Brown. At least sort of. "Relationships are complicated," she wrote in the midst of a stern rebuke of MacFarlane's Chris Brown/Rhianna joke, "and it ... More >>

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What's With All These Movie Stars Having Sex With Food?

Meryl Streep has certainly never played a role as racy as in Hope Springs. (SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT!) The three-time Oscar winner goes to sex therapy sessions, plays with herself, attempts a blow job in a theater, and even tries to learn oral techniques with the help of some bananas. It's a f ... More >>

Streisand's Directing Her First Movie In 16 Years

If she can raise the money, that is. And it's pretty shocking that she's having trouble doing so considering that Oscar winners Cate Blanchett and Colin Firth are attached to star in the film, which is called Skinny and Cat. Is it about Kate Hepburn and a very thin stutterer?

Susan Tyrrell: "I Don't Like Watching My Tits Fall"

Susan Tyrrell, who died the other day, got recognized for her full-throttle acting when she was Oscar-nominated for John Huston's Fat City, the 1972 drama in which she played a spiteful alkie who throws herself into a fading boxer's life. But in 1983, SuSu told me her life didn't change after that ... More >>

Will Octavia Spencer Have A Career?

This ABC News article examines the rough road African American women have in Hollywood, even when they've won the all-important Oscar. The piece discusses Jennifer Hudson, Monique, and Gabe Sidibe (who was nominated) and the challenges they face, despite all the acclaim and hoopla showered on their ... More >>

Guess Who'll Be Toasting The Nominees On TV?

Yesterday, as you'll recall, I posted my predictions for the Oscar nominations, using all my best wizardry, know-how, and blind luck. And today at 8:30 a.m., I will be on CNN International, discussing the results as they are announced live!

I'm Discussing Oscars At The LGBT Center

Those who can't, teach. And so, on Wednesday, February 15, at the LGBT Center, I will be moderating an OutProfessionals panel on the Oscars, with a gay-for-no-pay twist to the proceedings.

An Oscar For a Mute Performance? Can Happen

A lot of oddsmakers are talking up Jean Dujardin for his silent turn in the mostly speechless The Artist. And Max Von Sydow is getting a supporting push for playing a traumatized man who communicates via facial expressions and note writing in Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close. But a friend of mine ... More >>

The 15 Worst Kinds of Pedestrians in New York City

via​Sidewalks are getting crowded. The DOT says so! They sent teams out to measure pedestrian volume, and they found that the city's sidewalks are now more congested than they have been in the past five years, showing a 13 percent increase in pedestrian traffic since 2007. The other day we wer ... More >>

I Hung With Loni Anderson!

​And the Brady Bunch! And the Munsters! And Ernest Borgnine! And oodles and oodles more! Click here for my hilarious yet socially insightful column in which I detail my trip to the "Chiller Theatre" autograph convention in Parsippany, where Oscar winners, kitsch sitcom stars, and horror f ... More >>

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Filmmakers battle to the death

The Hookie Awards Brought Together The Urination

​Rentboy.com's Hookie Awards at Roseland celebrated the male equivalent of the people Charlie Sheen likes to call friend--though these hookers don't tend to lock themselves in the bathroom and call the cops. They chain you to the bedroom and call out for more lube! And it turns out they can ... More >>

Week In Review: "This Was A Weird One, Folks."

​Charlie Sheen dominated the wild and weird this week but the rest of the world proved able keep pace. Lady Gaga birthed some sort of goey monster-baby while blood-covered panda bears danced with leather-bound vampires at the Cradle of Filth show. Suffice it to say we felt the stirrings of a t ... More >>

Oscars 2011: The Official Runnin' Scared Red Carpet Live Blog! (We're Wearing Valentino.)

​Let's get this party started! We have chocolate marshmallow cookies, and wine, and cheese and crackers, and maybe we'll get pizza. And, most importantly, we have CELEBRITIES CONGRATULATING THEMSELVES FOR BEING CELEBRITIES. And Billy Crystal. Whee! Herewith, Runnin' Scared's official live blog ... More >>

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Three's Company With James Franco?

​Ok, get this, kids. The worst sitcom ever--except for My Mother The Car--has become James Franco's obsession to the point where he's threatening to take it to the stage and/or big screen. You see, Franco just did a Three's Company-related art installation, and the original show's creators w ... More >>

Second-Century Derring-Do in The Eagle

Laurence Harvey: An Actress's Best Friend

​Thin, dry, and sexy, 1960s British actor Laurence Harvey may be best remembered as the guy who helped various actresses to Oscar glory. Something about his minimal acting and sardonic presence obviously encouraged his female costars' rise to golden heights of achievement. Harvey was the soc ... More >>

Congrats To Raquel Cepeda And Greg Tate For Making Best Music Writing 2010

​Da Capo's annual Best Music Writing series is as close as rock scribes get to the Oscars; we are happy to report that this year's edition, out November 9, features two Voice pieces: Greg Tate's Michael Jackson eulogy "The Man in Our Mirror" and Raquel Cepeda's "Another Love TKO: Teens Grapple ... More >>

I'd Like to Spank the Academy

​ Big stars are always bragging about having won Oscars, Tonys, and shit like that, but excuse me, I've got some plaques and trophies, too. Pictured is just one little shelf bearing some of the incredible honors I've achieved in the last year alone:

Five to Watch at This Year's Latinbeat Film Festival

GOD BLESS AMERICA

Ugly Betty star opens Latino Film Fest

Lee DeWyze And Crystal Bowersox Just Sang "Falling Slowly" In Herald Square While Standing Inside A Giant Orange Pretzel M&M

Live Broadcasting by Ustream Man watch this thing open up like the P-Funk Mothership. Apparently this happened around 12:30 and lasted a mere half-hour (and involved a few more AI contestants, I don't know, ask Tom), but here we have your American Idol finalists warbling through an Oscar-winning sa ... More >>

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The Truth About Jeremy Renner's Sexuality!

Lucas Jackson/Newscom​CLICK HERE for my new column in which I talk about The Hurt Locker's Jeremy Renner, who projects all the stereotypical signs of a gay: He was a makeup artist, he owned a house with a guy, he brought his mother to the Oscars... What's up with that?

What's Happening This Week: Special Oscar-Inspired Dishes; A Final Days of Winter Menu

As many of you know, our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the coolest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! Oscar Week Menu Delmonico's March 1-7 As you get ready to see who will take Best Picture at this year's Academy Awards, Delmonico's is offering a special menu i ... More >>

Jeff Bridges' Oscar Showdown in Crazy Heart

​Crazy Heart is basically Jeff Bridges' The Wrestler. You know, a has-been has to do degrading things to make money, while trying to repair his troubled relationship with the child he abandoned, as a good woman overcomes all doubts and aims to save his soul (and her own). It's also his Tende ... More >>

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The Oscars' "10 Nominees" Rule is Backfiring!

​In an attempt to jazz up the Academy Awards, the organizers decided a few months ago that there should be 10 nominees for Best Picture this year, not the usual paltry five. This was clearly a way to sneak some wildly popular titles into the category rather than just have five esteemed works ... More >>

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