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16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominations
17 December 2009 7:11 AM, PST | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »
Nominees for the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG Awards) for both film and television categories were announced this morning. Michelle Monaghan and Chris O'Donnell announced the nominees at the Pacific Design Center's Silver Screen Theater in West Hollywood.
The 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be simulcast live nationally on TNT and TBS on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010 at 8 p.m. Et/Pt, 7 p.m. Ct, and 6 p.m. Mt from the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center. Recipients of the stunt ensemble honors will be announced from the SAG Awards red carpet during the TNT.TV and TBS.Com live pre-show webcasts.
If you want to predict the acting categories for the Oscars, look no further than the results of the Screen Actors Guild Awards. Voted by actors' peers, the SAG award has closely resembled the winners of the Oscars in the past few years.
For example, the SAG »
- Manny
Alec Baldwin: don't be a closer
2 December 2009 4:36 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Last month, The Guardian launched a campaign to rescue Nicolas Cage. Today, we're coming to the aid of Alec Baldwin
Yesterday's news that Alec Baldwin plans to quit acting wasn't particularly surprising (it's a promise he's made several times before). But it was, still, saddening. When other actors threaten to leave the profession - invariably because their egos have convinced them that they'd make brilliant politicians - you know that the giant salary and global adoration will always pull them back in.
But Baldwin's announcement was depressing not just because he seems convinced of his intentions this time, but because he's arguably one of the best actors around. To lose him purely because he can, sometimes, be a bit of a sourpuss borders on the tragic.
Fortunately he's not threatening to retire until 2012, so we've got plenty of time to change his mind. By hook or by crook, we need »
- Stuart Heritage
Alec Baldwin: 'I'm quitting acting'
1 December 2009 8:34 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
The 51-year-old actor, who is co-hosting the Oscars ceremony in February, tells a Us magazine that he plans to retire in 2012
Alec Baldwin has told a Us magazine that he considers his entire film career to be a failure and that he plans to retire from the industry shortly.
In a startling interview published in the December issue of Men's Journal, the 51-year-old actor said, "I don't have any interest in acting anymore."
Baldwin, who was Oscar-nominated for his role in Wayne Kramer's offbeat 2003 romance The Cooler, is no stranger to critical and box-office kudos: he was praised for his performances in films such as Martin Scorsese's The Departed and The Aviator, and David Mamet's State and Main. Recently, he has been a huge hit in the award-winning TV comedy 30 Rock.
He is also being tipped for another bite at the Oscars cherry next February, for his »
- Ben Child
'30 Rock' star Alec Baldwin to venture into politics?
30 November 2009 8:00 PM, PST | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Actor Alec Baldwin tells Men's Journal he no longer cares to act. "I don't have any interest in acting anymore," Baldwin says in the December issue of Men's Journal. Baldwin adds, "I'm not young, but I have time to do something else." The actor was a scene stealer as Shelly in the 2003 film "The Cooler," and Ellerby in "The Departed," where his intense characters dominated every frame. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in "The Cooler." In 1988, Baldwin shot on the scene for me in several films; Tim Burton's "Beetle Juice" and then "Married to the Mob" as Frank the Cucumber, his evil, sexy mobster in the quirky Jonathan Demme film »
- April MacIntyre
Alec Baldwin Says He’s Done with Acting
30 November 2009 5:57 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
In a recent interview with Men’s Journal [via Reuters], Alec Baldwin, currently one of the most (intentionally) funny men on television right now, says he’ll be retiring from acting after 2012. He’s pretty down on himself in the piece saying that his entire film acting career has been a failure. “I consider my entire movie career a complete failure,” he told Men’s Journal. “The goal of movie-making is to star in a film where your performance drives the film, and the film is either a soaring critical or commercial success, and I never had that.” I’m sorry that Baldwin uses that metric because he’s not only an insanely talented comedian, but when most people think of the film version of Glengarry Glen Ross, his single scene in the film immediately comes to mind. He also picked up a Best Supporting Actor nomination for his performance in 2003’s »
- Matt Goldberg
Sam Shepard to Star in Epix's Tough Trade
20 November 2009 4:36 AM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Acclaimed actor and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sam Shepard is set to star in Lionsgate's Tough Trade, the first original series pilot for Epix, the new multi-platform entertainment service from Viacom Inc., its Paramount Pictures unit, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM) and Lionsgate which launched October 30, 2009. With a creative team led by executive producer and showrunner Jenji Kohan (Weeds), the pilot was written by creator/co-executive producer Chris Offutt (True Blood, Weeds) and will be directed by Gavin Hood (X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Rendition, Tsotsi). Shooting begins December 3 in Nashville. The announcement was made today by Mark Greenberg, president and CEO of Epix, and Kevin Beggs, Lionsgate's president of television programming and production.
Shepard (Brothers, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The Right Stuff) will portray the patriarch of the Tucker family in this provocative, contemporary one-hour drama about a three-generation Nashville music dynasty whose penchant for drink, »
Lauren Bacall, Maria Bello, Alec Baldwin: Governors Awards 2009
15 November 2009 5:04 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Honorary Award recipient Lauren Bacall, who appeared in, among others, To Have and Have Not, The Big Sleep, Young Man with a Horn, How to Marry a Millionaire, Woman’s World, Sex and the Single Girl, Murder on the Orient Express, The Fan, and The Mirror Has Two Faces, arrives at the 2009 Governors Awards ceremony held at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland on Saturday, November 14. Maria Bello, the leading lady in A History of Violence Oscar 2010 co-host Alec Baldwin, a best supporting actor Academy Award nominee for The Cooler Photos: Michael Yada / ©A.M.P.A.S. Click on the photos to enlarge them. »
- Joan Lister
Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin co-hosting the Oscars
4 November 2009 7:41 AM, PST | Corona's Coming Attractions | See recent Corona's Coming Attractions news »
While renaissance man Hugh Jackman won't be back to host next year's Academy Awards Steve Martin will be and he'll be joined by 30 Rock star Alec Baldwin. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have made the announcement that for the 82nd Academy Awards it will rely upon two co-hosts and not one.
Both men decided to lay down a quote each expressing their enthusiasm. "I am happy to co-host the Oscars with my enemy Alec Baldwin," said funny guy Martin.
And the better-known Baldwin brother made this statement about his co-host's musical ability versus his own: "I don't play the banjo but I'm thrilled to be hosting the Oscars – it's the opportunity of a lifetime."
"We think the team of Steve and Alec are the perfect pair of hosts for the Oscars," said Oscar producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman. "Steve will bring the experience of having hosted »
- Patrick Sauriol
Funnymen Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin Will Host the Oscars
3 November 2009 10:51 PM, PST | Celebrity Mania | See recent Celebrity Mania news »
Oscars producers, Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman, have announced the 82nd Academy Awards hosts on Tuesday, November 3. Unlike the host of last year event, Hugh Jackman, this year award event for outstanding movies will bring slightly contrary personalities.
Alec Baldwin, nominated for best supporting actor in 2004 for his role as Shelly Kaplow in "The Cooler", had never hosted this event. Conversely, Steve Martin hosted the 73rd Academy Award in 2001 and appeared once again as the host in 2003 for the same event. Both Baldwin and Martin have hosted "Saturday Night Live".
Martin, 64, said he is happy to host the Award with Baldwin, 51, whom he referred to jokingly as his enemy. Indeed, the two will play as rivals in a movie called "It's Complicated" which will be released on Christmas day. And Baldwin said, "I don't play the banjo, but I'm thrilled to be hosting the Oscar - it's the opportunity of a lifetime. »
- celebrity-mania.com
Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin Will Host the 82nd Academy Awards
3 November 2009 7:14 PM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will serve as co-hosts of the 82nd Academy Awards, Oscar telecast producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman announced today.
"We think the team of Steve and Alec are the perfect pair of hosts for the Oscars," said Shankman and Mechanic. "Steve will bring the experience of having hosted the show in the past and Alec will be a completely fresh personality for this event."
"I am happy to co-host the Oscars with my enemy Alec Baldwin," said Martin.
"I don't play the banjo but I'm thrilled to be hosting the Oscars - it's the opportunity of a lifetime," said Baldwin.
Martin hosted the 73rd and 75th Academy Awards shows, earning an Emmy nomination for the first stint. He has also served as a presenter on the show several times, most recently at the ceremony in February when he appeared with Tina Fey. He is currently »
Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin Land Oscar Gig
3 November 2009 7:02 PM, PST | movies.about.com | See recent movies.about.com news »
Last year's host, Sexiest Man Alive Hugh Jackman, declined to handle the tough and time-consuming job of hosting the Academy Awards two years running, and Ben Stiller and Robert Downey Jr also passed on the gig, so naturally the Oscar producers asked Steve Martin and Oscar nominee Alec Baldwin (The Cooler) to team up to tackle Mc'ing duties. Martin and Baldwin will serve as co-hosts of the 82nd Academy Awards to be held on Sunday, March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood. And while Baldwin's an Oscar hosting rookie, Martin's already performed the job twice previously, hosting the 73rd and 75th Academy Awards shows.
In a press release from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Oscar producers Adam Shankman (Hairspray) and Bill Mechanic stated, "We think the team of Steve and Alec are the perfect pair of hosts for the Oscars. Steve will bring the experience of having »
Martin & Baldwin To Co-host At The Oscars
3 November 2009 5:36 PM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will co-host the 2010 Oscars.
Funnyman Martin won an Emmy Award nomination for hosting the 73rd Academy Awards and returned to take charge of the 75th event, but Baldwin has never fronted the big show.
Making the announcement on Tuesday, new Oscar telecast producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman stated, "We think the team of Steve and Alec are the perfect pair of hosts for the Oscars.
"Steve will bring the experience of having hosted the show in the past and Alec will be a completely fresh personality for this event."
Martin jokes, "I am happy to co-host the Oscars with my enemy Alec Baldwin," while The Cooler star Baldwin added, "I’m thrilled to be hosting the Oscars. It’s the opportunity of a lifetime."
Baldwin was nominated for an Academy Award in 2003 for his supporting role in The Cooler. That year also marked his most recent appearance as a presenter on the show.
The Oscars will be presented on 7 March at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood.
This year's big show was hosted by Aussie star Hugh Jackman. »
Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin to Host Oscars
3 November 2009 5:30 PM, PST | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »
Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will serve as cohosts of the 82nd annual Academy Awards!
Telecast producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman said that the duo are "the perfect pair of hosts for the Oscars."
This will be the first time for Baldwin to host the Oscars, while Martin has hosted twice before, in 2001 and 2003. Baldwin was nominated for an Academy Award in 2003 for his supporting role in "The Cooler."
This is not the first time the Oscar telecast is presented with multiple hosts. In 1983, Liza Minnelli, Dudley Moore, Richard Pryor, and Walter Matthau hosted; In 1986, Alan Alda, Jane Fonda, Robin Williams; Then in 1987, Chevy Chase, Goldie Hawn, Paul Hogan.
The 82nd Academy Awards will be presented March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre. »
- Manny
Your Oscar Hosts: Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin
3 November 2009 4:35 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
When the comedy gods close a door, they open a window. Ben Stiller and Robert Downey Jr. said no to co-hosting next year's Academy Awards, and we barely had time to grieve for what might have been before we received this news: Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin have said yes. It's official, as detailed in a press release from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Martin has hosted the Oscars twice before, in 2000 and 2002, and he happens to be my personal favorite host. In fact, he's one of my personal favorite entertainers, period. The man is a straight-up genius, the terrible movies he's made in the last decade notwithstanding. Baldwin was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for The Cooler, so he at least knows his way to the theater, and he's currently enjoying a resurgence in popularity thanks to his top-notch work on TV's 30 Rock.
Martin and Baldwin »
- Eric D. Snider
Martin & Baldwin to Co-host at the Oscars
3 November 2009 4:11 PM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will co-host the 2010 Oscars.
Funnyman Martin won an Emmy Award nomination for hosting the 73rd Academy Awards and returned to take charge of the 75th event, but Baldwin has never fronted the big show.
Making the announcement on Tuesday, new Oscar telecast producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman stated, "We think the team of Steve and Alec are the perfect pair of hosts for the Oscars.
"Steve will bring the experience of having hosted the show in the past and Alec will be a completely fresh personality for this event."
Martin jokes, "I am happy to co-host the Oscars with my enemy Alec Baldwin," while The Cooler star Baldwin added, "I’m thrilled to be hosting the Oscars. It’s the opportunity of a lifetime."
Baldwin was nominated for an Academy Award in 2003 for his supporting role in The Cooler. That year also marked his most recent appearance as a presenter on the show.
The Oscars will be presented on 7 March at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood.
This year's big show was hosted by Aussie star Hugh Jackman. »
Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin to co-host the Oscars
3 November 2009 4:10 PM, PST | The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news »
Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will serve as co-hosts of the 82nd Academy Awards, Oscar telecast producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman announced today.
“We think the team of Steve and Alec are the perfect pair of hosts for the Oscars,” said Shankman and Mechanic. “Steve will bring the experience of having hosted the show in the past and Alec will be a completely fresh personality for this event.”
“I am happy to co-host the Oscars with my enemy Alec Baldwin,” said Martin.
“I don’t play the banjo but I’m thrilled to be hosting the Oscars – it’s the opportunity of a lifetime,” said Baldwin.
Martin hosted the 73rd and 75th Academy Awards shows, earning an Emmy nomination for the first stint. He has also served as a presenter on the show several times, most recently at the ceremony in February when he appeared with Tina Fey. He »
- Jeff Bayer
Oscar 2010: Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin to Host Oscar Telecast
3 November 2009 3:24 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Steve Martin in The Pink Panther 2 Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will act as co-hosts at the 2010 Academy Awards ceremony, Oscar telecast producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman have announced. Steve Martin hosted the 73rd and 75th Academy Awards shows, earning an Emmy nomination for the first stint. He has also served as a presenter several times, most recently at the 2009 Oscar ceremony in February, when he shared the stage with Tina Fey. (Theirs was a very clever bit. Tina Fey, in fact, would have been an ideal Oscar co-hostess.) Alec Baldwin was nominated for an Academy Award in 2003 for his supporting role in The Cooler. The 2010 Academy Award nominations will be announced on Tuesday, February [...] »
- Anna Robinson
Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin to host Oscars
3 November 2009 12:58 PM, PST | Filmicafe | See recent Filmicafe news »
Oscar organizers on Tuesday named an unlikely pair of hosts for March's Academy Awards, comedian Steve Martin and "30 Rock" star Alec Baldwin, a past loser at the world's top film awards.The choice of Martin and Baldwin comes as a mild surprise on the heels of last February's Oscar telecast hosted by song-and-dance man Hugh Jackman. It earned some favorable reviews and higher viewership than the previous year.The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which gives out the Oscars, had previously hired "Hairspray" director Adam Shankman to co-produce and, based on Jackman's success and Shankman's history making musicals, the betting had been that organizers might aim for another music-oriented telecast.But Martin is known as a stand-up comedian and comic actor, while Baldwin's reputation was built in theater and film dramas like 2003's "The Cooler," which earned him a best supporting actor nomination. »
Alec Baldwin And Steve Martin To Co-Host The Oscars
3 November 2009 6:03 AM, PST | MTV Movie News | See recent MTV Movie News news »
While Baldwin is a rookie, Martin hosted the awards show in 2001 and 2003.
By April Richardson and Katie Byrne
Alec Baldwin at the 2004 Oscars
Photo: Getty Images
The Academy Awards will welcome a hosting tag-team in 2010 in the form of funnyman Steve Martin and "30 Rock" star Alec Baldwin, the awards show's producers announced Tuesday (November 3).
"I am happy to co-host the Oscars with my enemy Alec Baldwin," Martin, 64, quipped.
"We think the team of Steve and Alec are the perfect pair of hosts for the Oscars," show producers Adam Shankman and Bill Mechanic said in a statement. "Steve will bring the experience of having hosted the show in the past and Alec will be a completely fresh personality for this event."
Steve Martin And Alec Baldwin At The Oscars
As for whether we should expect the duo to participate in musical numbers during the broadcast, Baldwin poked fun at Martin's side »
Steve Martin & Alec Baldwin Will Co-Host Oscars
2 November 2009 9:35 PM, PST | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will serve as co-hosts of the 82nd Academy Awards®, Oscar telecast.
"We think the team of Steve and Alec are the perfect pair of hosts for the Oscars," said Shankman and Mechanic. "Steve will bring the experience of having hosted the show in the past and Alec will be a completely fresh personality for this event."
"I am happy to co-host the Oscars with my enemy Alec Baldwin," said Martin.
"I don't play the banjo but I'm thrilled to be hosting the Oscars—it's the opportunity of a lifetime," said Baldwin.
Martin hosted the 73rd and 75th Academy Awards shows, earning an Emmy nomination for the first stint. He has also served as a presenter on the show several times, most recently at the ceremony in February when he appeared with Tina Fey. He »
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