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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Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton‘s almost legendary love affair is likely to be one of Martin Scorsese‘s upcoming film projects titled Furious Love.

Paramount Pictures is finalizing a deal to develop a feature about the romance between Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, as a directing vehicle for Martin Scorsese…

…They’ve optioned Furious Love, the book by Sam Kashner and Nancy Schoenberger that was published by HarperCollins last year.

Scorsese love to do personal stories like this. He seems like one of the only directors left in Hollywood who is fit to tell Liz Taylor‘s story. She was such an icon in her day, I think he’ll do a great job of portraying her in old Hollywood. Oh how times have changed since then, I love that Scorsese is old enough to remember the old ways.

Source: Deadline

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Elton John gave a free performance for the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City that opened with the Cameron Crowe film The Union.

The film documents the making of the 2010 John album of the same name where he and singer/songwriter Leon Russell reunite after having not spoken for 38 years.

“I can’t believe it’s happening,” Elton told Entertainment Tonight at the 10th edition of the festival, started after the 9/11 tragedy to bring tourism back to the city.

“When we started making this documentary we never dreamt about Tribeca or any film festival. We just wanted to put it down on record and here we are in New York at this incredible event.”

The behind-the-scenes look at the process of John, Russell and lyricist Bernie Taupin as the three put together the critically acclaimed album is the first of two Crowe music-themed films . He has a Pearl Jam documentary due later this year as well.

Crowe’s most famous musical offering, Almost Famous, was a fictionalized tale that put actress Kate Hudson on the map when it was first released.

More photos of John and fellow attendees Martin Scorsese, Anna Kendrick, Ashley and Mary Kate Olsen and Zoe Kravitz are below.

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Martin Scorsese‘s new film Hugo Cabret finally has a solid release date of November 23rd, 2011.

Paramount Pictures has stepped up to become the distributor of the Martin Scorsese-directed 3D film Hugo Cabret, with the studio locking a November 23 release date, the day before Thanksgiving…The picture stars Asa Butterfield, Chloe Moretz, Sacha Baron Cohen, Ben Kingsley, Jude Law and Emily Mortimer.

What’s it about? Here’s the official description:

Set in 1930s Paris, an orphan who lives in the walls of a train station is wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton.

Not a whole lot of details, I’d never heard of the book until I heard about the movie. Scorsese is one of the most well respected filmmakers alive today so this movie is bound to have some qualities. Pretty crazy that he’s jumped on the 3D bandwagon for this one. I wan’t thrilled with Scorcese’s last film (Shutter Island) but Hugo Cabret should be a good.

Source: Deadline, IMDB

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Martin Scorsese‘s next film will be called The Irishman and will star Robert De Niro, making this their ninth film together!

Martin Scorsese has confirmed that he will work with Robert De Niro for a ninth time on crime drama The Irishman.

Speaking at BAFTA’s A Life In Pictures Q&A, the Oscar-winning Departed director revealed that the project is currently going through financing, and shooting could begin as early as next year.

De Niro and Scorsese first teamed up for 1973′s Mean Streets before further collaborations onTaxi Driver, New York, New York, Raging Bull, The King Of Comedy, Goodfellas and Casino.

The Irishman is based on Charles Brandt’s novel I Heard You Paint Houses, which charts the life of union official-turned-mob hitman Frank ‘The Irishman’ Sheeran.

Great news! These two make magic, hopefully they can do it again after all these years. Move over DiCaprio, De Niro is back!

Source: Digital Spy

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The new Martin Scorsese film Shutter Island opened this weekend to a solid $41 million, that’s the best opening weekend ever for Leonardo DiCaprio or Scorsese! No other opener even hit the top ten but Valentine’s Day managed to make another $16.6 million and Avatar climbed back to 3rd place in it’s 10th week with $16.2 million.

Source: Coming Soon

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Scorsese and De Niro last worked together on Casino back in 1995 but it looks like they will be back together again soon for a new film.

Martin Scorsese is keen to revive a cinematic partnership with Robert De Niro that goes back to “Mean Streets” nearly 40 years ago and says the project will be related to the mobster world….

…”Bob De Niro (and I) are talking about something that has to do with that world,” Scorsese told reporters after a press screening of Shutter Island, where the audience reaction was decidedly muted.

“There’s no doubt about that. We’re working on something like that, but it’s from the vantage point of older men looking back, none of this running around stuff.”

Rumors that Scorsese may be reviving one of film’s most successful collaborations have been rife for years, as fans look back with nostalgia to classics such as “Raging Bull,” “Taxi Driver” and “Cape Fear.”

Its about time these guys worked together again, they obviously create movie magic as a team. Bring on a new classic!

Source: Reuters

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Here are today’s Backseat Birthday shout outs!

1942 – Martin Scorsese (director) – 67
1944 – Danny DeVito (actor) – 65
1960 – RuPaul (drag queen/actor) – 49
1966 – Daisy Fuentes (actress) – 43
1978 – Reggie Wayne (Colts) –  31
1978 – Zoe Bell (stunt double) – 31

WATCH SCORSESE’S ‘SHUTTER ISLAND’ TRAILER HERE!

Happy Birthday guys! Congrats on beating the Patriots, Reggie! Big W!

[image by WENN.com]

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Here’s the new poster for the upcoming Martin Scorsese film Shutter Island starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

I really looking forward to this, you know it’s going to be good.

Source: IMP Awards

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Here’s the trailer for Martin Scorsese‘s newest film Shutter Island starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

This movie looks excellent, I love a good thriller. And with Scorsese at the helm, you know it’ll be worth the price of admission. Scorsese is one of the few directors who’s movies I will watch regardless of content, but this actually looks great anyway. 

Source: Trailer Addict

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