The 84th Annual Academy Awards were held in Hollywood at the Kodak Theatre (or as host Billy Crystal quipped – the Chapter 11 Theater) on Sunday night and there were few surprises.

Crystal was his usual affable, likable self; the ratings were up slightly from last year but there were no really big wow moments to the 2012 Oscars.

The biggest winners of the night were Martin Scorsese‘s Hugo and Michel Hazanavicius‘ The Artist – each taking 5 wins, although The Artist won the biggest nods of Best Director, Best Feature and Best Leading Actor among it’s accolades.

The Help star Octavia Spencer had a very sweet moment at the podium when she was genuinely overcome with emotion as she accepted her Best Supporting Actress gold statue.

Chistopher Plummer and Meryl Streep were also very engaging during their thank you speeches and Jean Dujardin shared a moment with Uggie, the Jack Russell terrier of The Artist that has become a fan favorite.

Viola Davis and George Clooney were hot contenders for Best Actress and Actor categories, respectively, but both walked away empty handed.

Among the presenters for the evening: Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz, Jennifer Lopez, Tom Hanks, Cameron Diaz, Tina Fey, Michael Douglas, Bradley Cooper, Chris Rock, Melissa Leo, Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Maya Rudolph and Emma Stone.

Below is the full list of winners:  (Read the article)

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The Clinton Global Initiative is backed by lots of celebrities who want to do good but perhaps they aren’t as effective as they think as this Funny or Die video points out.

The stars are part of the new Clinton Foundation’s Celebrity Division and Ben Stiller gets the team together for a brainstorming session.

Matt Damon wants a Clinton softball team, Kristen Wiig suggests holding your breath for 1 minute a day, Ted Danson & Mary Steenburgen just want to flirt, Jack Black has a theme song and Kevin Spacey pranks the team with a little reprimand/help from former President Clinton.

Oh and stop taking Sean Penn‘s lunch, y’all!

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Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating today, August 22nd, including:

1920 – Ray Bradbury, writer
1935 – E. Annie Proulx, author
1939 – Valerie Harper, actress
1941 – Bill Parcells, football coach
1947 – Cindy Williams, actress
1958 – Vernon Reid, musician
1963 – Tori Amos, musician
1965 – Courtney Gains, actor
1967 – Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, actor
1967 – Ant, comedian
1967 – Ty Burrell, actor
1970 – Giada De Laurentiis, celebrity chef
1973 – Kristen Wiig, comedienne
1975 – Rodrigo Santoro, actor

[image: WENN]

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Here are some of the excluded lines and outtakes from the incredibly funny new movie Bridesmaids!

If you are one of the millions who loved this movie as much as I did, I’m sure you’ll enjoy this compilation of improved lines that never made it into the final version of the film. This is definitely NSFW stuff, so you’ll have to click below to see the video. Enjoy! (Read the article)

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Here’s the red band trailer for the upcoming comedy Bridesmaids starring and written by Kristen Wiig.

This is actually the first trailer I’ve seen for this movie, and I must say, it looks pretty darn funny! Kristen Wiig is one of my favorites, the fact that she also wrote this movie as well as starring in it makes me think it’s going to be great. Even though a lot of it is shock factor laughs, I’m sure it will be balanced to some degree. Bridesmaids will be out in theaters on May 13th, 2011.

See the trailer after the jump!  (Read the article)

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These are all new posters for the new film Extract from Office Space Director Mike Judge.

This movie looks really funny, I’ll see it opening weekend. Mike Judge knows just how to make me laugh.

Source: Trailer Addict

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Here’s the very first image released for Drew Barrymore‘s directorial debut, Whip It.

The film stars Ellen Page (Juno) as Bliss, a rebellious Texas teen who throws in her small town beauty pageant crown for the rowdy world of roller derby. Marcia Gay Harden plays Bliss’ disapproving mother, while Kristen Wiig (“Saturday Night Live”) and Juliette Lewis play roller-derby stars. Eve, Jimmy Fallon and Daniel Stern also star.

Sounds like it will be funny, great cast! I’m surprised Drew Barrymore took this long to direct a movie, considering her long history in this business.

Source: Coming Soon

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