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Home > Movies > After Golden Globe success, bookies tip The Artist for ‘Best Picture’ award at The Oscars January 16th, 2012 by Lisa McGarry. No comments Paddy Power have today shortened the odds on Michel Hazanavicius’ ‘The Artist’ claiming this years Oscar for Best Picture to 4/11 following last nights Golden Globe Awards. The silent French romance film is now the firm favourite for the gong with comedy-drama ‘The Descendants’ and Steven Spielberg’s ‘War Horse’ its closest rivals at 4/1 and 9/1 respectively. ‘The Artist’ is also favoured to come out on top in the Best Director category with Michael Hazanavicius available at 8/11. Martin Scorsese (Hugo) leads the chasing pack at 5/2 with Alexander Payne (The Descendants) and Steven Spielberg (War Horse) available at 11/2 and 7/1. Elsewhere, George Clooney is the 8/15 favourite in the Best Actor category for his role as Matt King in ‘The Descendants’, while Meryl Streep is the 4/9 favourite to claim the Best Actress prize for ...

Ted Williams , the homeless man who became a YouTube sensation with his extraordinary "golden voice," has made a deal to star in a reality show. Williams' rep told TMZ the show will be called "Second Chances at Life," and will document how the man went from a promising radio career to living on the streets to becoming a media comeback king. The series will also look at how Williams is now rebuilding his life. The rep said the series is already looking toward a Season 2, which will highlight other people deserving of a second chance. View the original article here

Late last July, a woman identified only as “Maria Saint” auditioned for American Idol 10 in New Orleans, and she has blogged the experience. It’s the most-detailed account of the audition process I’ve ever seen, and while most of it consists of specifics about things we’ve heard before, there are some fascinating revelations, from a fake Ryan Seacrest’s exit interviews to the fact that the contestants are coded from the very start of the auditions so producers will know how to treat them: as a great singer, an okay singer, or a bad singer who will be featured for that very reason. Most readers of my writing and fans of the show, never mind those who just pay close attention to the audition episodes, are aware that the audition process is not at all what it looks like on TV. It spans multiple days and stages , and involves more people screening contestants than just the judges—who weren’t even hired when auditions started last summer. Maria Saint wrote about the start of her experience...

Home > Ricky-Gervais > Ricky Gervais plans to target “the weak and the feeble” at the 2011 Golden Globe awards January 13th, 2011 by Lisa McGarry. No comments Ricky Gervais plans to target “the weak and the feeble” at the Golden Globe awards. The British comedian is set to front the ceremony – which takes place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in California on January 16 – for the second time and jokingly claimed he doesn’t want to mock anyone during the show who will want retribution. He said: “I only go for the weak and the feeble. I’m not going to have a go at Russell Crowe or Mickey Rourke. Mickey Rooney maybe. Betty White, I’m not scared of her. You’ve gotta to choose your targets wisely.” Ricky, 49, also admitted he plans to poke fun at Charlie Sheen – who has recently hit the headlines for wild partying with porn stars – and Mel Gibson, whose angry rants were exposed in a series of leaked voicemail messages to former lover Oksana Grigorieva last year. Ricky told US TV talk s...

« Hell’s Kitchen: Nona Sivley Exclusive Interview | Home | Survivor: Nicaragua - Jane Bright Elimination Interview » December 16, 2010 03:00:12 by Shayla Perry It has been a whirlwind year for FOX American Idol alum, Carrie Underwood. After winning Grammy Awards, American Music Awards, Country Music Association awards, and sweeping all six categories in which she was nominated in the first ever American Country Awards, now Underwood is celebrating another nomination–for a Golden Globe! Read on for all the details on Carrie Underwood’s Golden Globe nomination. There’s no denying that Carrie Underwood is the most successful artist to ever come out of American Idol–so far. She’s topped the charts, won numerous awards (including 6 at the first American Country Awards), sold out tours, and now, she can add a Golden Globe nomination to her long list of accomplishments. Underwood has been nominated for her work on “There’s A Place For Us,” the theme song from Chronicles of Narnia: The V...