Topic: Academy Awards

Sean Penn sent to anger management after paparazzi clash

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Film star Sean Penn on Wednesday pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge stemming from an altercation with a photographer last year and was sentenced to community service and anger management counseling. The Oscar-winning actor, who has famously ...

The 2010 Oscars -- As It Happened

Welcome to AFP's live report on the 2010 Oscars. A crush of stars in all their finery are beginning to descend on Hollywood?s Kodak Theatre for the movie industry?s biggest night out. This year's Oscars countdown has seen some unexpected gloves-off drama ...
A-list stars and Olympians mingle at Oscar after-partiesWith his shaggy red hair, black leather jacket and skintight American flag-printed jeans, Olympic gold medalist Shaun White upstaged even glam Oscar winner Sandra Bullock at a pack of parties around town following the Academy ...

Scandal-tainted 'Hurt Locker' favorite for Oscars

Scandal-tainted Iraq war drama "The Hurt Locker" is poised to overcome science-fiction epic "Avatar" at the Oscars Sunday as the movie industry descends on Hollywood for the 82nd Academy Awards. The critically acclaimed "Hurt Locker," about a bomb disposal squad in Baghdad, ...

Top Hollywood names not among Oscar voters

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Taylor Lautner isn't a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Nor is Woody Allen. Nor is George Lucas. But Rupert Murdoch is. And so are Pedro Almodovar and Sacha Baron Cohen. Wade through ...

'Shutter Island' storms North American box office

Director Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio scored their best ever box office debut this weekend as tense thriller "Shutter Island" wowed North American movie-goers, final figures showed Monday. The critically acclaimed movie raked in 41 million dollars in its opening weekend in ...

"A Prophet" triumphs at French film awards

PARIS (Reuters) - Jacques Audiard's powerful prison drama "Un Prophete" (A Prophet) swept the board at the "Cesar" awards on Saturday, picking up the best film, best actor and best director prizes at France's annual version of the Oscars. "A Prophet," one ...

Sean Penn charged in clash with LA photographer

<div><p>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar-winner Sean Penn, as infamous for problems with paparazzi as he is famous for acting, has been charged with two crimes after a run-in with a photographer last year and could face jail time if convicted, Los Angeles ...
Quentin Tarantino's bloody World War Two revenge flick "Inglourious Basterds" won the top honor at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards Saturday, a key indicator of possible Oscars contenders. After being overlooked in favor of science fiction epic "Avatar" at last week's ...
Science fiction epic "Avatar" won the best picture prize at the Golden Globe Awards here Sunday, cementing its status as a front-runner for the Oscars as Jeff Bridges and Sandra Bullock scooped prizes as best actor and actress. "Avatar", the 3-D science ...
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