The 2014 Academy Award Nominations Announced Today!

Award season is in full effect!

 

Today, Thor star (and heart throb) Chris Hemsworth announced the The 86th Annual Academy Awards, along with The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president, Cheryl Boone Isaacs.

 

Movies like Gravity, American Hustle, The Wolf of Wall Street and Dallas Buyer Club seemed to have dominated the nominations this year, along with their leading men and women.

 

The Academy Awards will air live on ABC on March 2, hosted by talk show host, Ellen DeGeneres.

 

Did your favorite flick make the cut this year? See a full list of nominees below!

 

Best picture
"12 Years a Slave"
"The Wolf of Wall Street"
"Captain Phillips"
"Her"
"American Hustle"
"Gravity"
"Dallas Buyers Club"
"Nebraska"
"Philomena"

 

Best director
Steve McQueen -- "12 Years a Slave"
David O. Russell -- "American Hustle"
Alfonso Cuaron -- "Gravity"
Alexander Payne -- "Nebraska"
Martin Scorsese -- "The Wolf of Wall Street"

 

Best actor
Bruce Dern -- "Nebraska"
Chiwetel Ejiofor -- "12 Years a Slave"
Matthew McConaughey -- "Dallas Buyers Club"
Leonardo DiCaprio -- "The Wolf of Wall Street"
Christian Bale -- "American Hustle"

 

Best actress
Amy Adams -- "American Hustle"
Cate Blanchett -- "Blue Jasmine"
Judi Dench -- "Philomena"
Sandra Bullock -- "Gravity"
Meryl Streep -- "August: Osage County"

 

Best supporting actor
Barkhad Abdi -- "Captain Phillips"
Bradley Cooper -- "American Hustle"
Jonah Hill -- "The Wolf of Wall Street"
Jared Leto -- "Dallas Buyers Club"
Michael Fassbender -- "12 Years a Slave"

 

Best supporting actress
Jennifer Lawrence -- "American Hustle"
Lupita Nyong'o -- "12 Years a Slave"
June Squibb -- "Nebraska"
Julia Roberts -- "August: Osage County"
Sally Hawkins -- "Blue Jasmine"

 

Best original screenplay
"American Hustle" -- David O. Russell and Eric Warren Singer
"Blue Jasmine" -- Woody Allen
"Her" -- Spike Jonze
"Nebraska" -- Bob Nelson
"Dallas Buyers Club" -- Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack

 

Best adapted screenplay
"12 Years a Slave" -- John Ridley
"Before Midnight" -- Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater
"The Wolf of Wall Street" -- Terence Winter
"Captain Phillips" -- Billy Ray
"Philomena" -- Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope

 

Best animated feature
"The Wind Rises"
"Frozen"
"Despicable Me 2"
"Ernest & Celestine"
"The Croods"

Best foreign feature
"The Hunt" (Denmark)
"The Broken Circle Breakdown" (Belgium)
"The Great Beauty" (Italy)
"Omar" (Palestinian territories)
"The Missing Picture" (Cambodia)

 

Best music (original song)
"Frozen": "Let it Go" -- Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez
"Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom": "Ordinary Love" -- U2, Paul Hewson
"Her": "The Moon Song" -- Karen O, Spike Jonze
"Despicable Me 2": "Happy" -- Pharrell Williams
"Alone Yet Not Alone": "Alone Yet Not Alone" -- Bruce Broughton, Dennis Spiegel

 

Best music (original score)
"Gravity" -- Steven Price
"Philomena" -- Alexandre Desplat
"The Book Thief" -- John Williams
"Saving Mr. Banks" -- Thomas Newman
"Her" -- William Butler and Owen Pallett

Best cinematography
"Gravity" -- Emmanuel Lubezki
"Inside Llewyn Davis" -- Bruno Delbonnel
"Nebraska" -- Phedon Papamichael
"Prisoners" -- Roger Deakins
"The Grandmaster" -- Phillippe Le Sourd

 

Best costume design
"The Great Gatsby" -- Catherine Martin
"12 Years a Slave" -- Patricia Norris
"The Grandmaster" -- William Chang Suk Ping
"American Hustle" -- Michael Wilkinson
"The Invisible Woman" -- Michael O'Connor

 

Best documentary feature
"The Act of Killing"
"20 Feet From Stardom"
"The Square"
"Cutie and the Boxer"
"Dirty Wars"

 

Best film editing
"Gravity" -- Alfonso Cuaron, Mark Sanger
"12 Years a Slave"-- Joe Walker
"Captain Phillips" -- Christopher Rouse
"American Hustle" -- Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers and Alan Baumgarten
"Dallas Buyers Club" -- John Mac McMurphy and Martin Pensa

 

Best makeup and hairstyling
"The Lone Ranger" -- Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny
"Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa" -- Stephen Prouty
"Dallas Buyers Club" -- Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews

 

Best production design
"12 Years a Slave" -- Adam Stockhausen and Alice Baker
"The Great Gatsby" -- Catherine Martin and Beverley Dunn
"American Hustle" -- Judy Becker and Heather Loeffler
"Gravity" -- Andy Nicholson, Rosie Goodwin and Joanne Woollard
"Her" -- K.K. Barrett and Gene Serdena

 

Best visual effects
"Gravity"
"The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug"
"Star Trek Into Darkness"
"Iron Man 3"
"The Lone Ranger"

 

Best sound mixing
"Gravity"
"Captain Phillips"
"Lone Survivor"
"Inside Llewyn Davis"
"The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug"

 

Best sound editing
"Gravity"
"All Is Lost"
"Captain Phillips"
"Lone Survivor"
"The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug"

 

Best short film, live action
"Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn't Me)"
"Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything)"
"Helium"
"Pitaako Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?)"
"The Voorman Problem"

 

Best short film, animated
"Feral"
"Get a Horse!"
"Mr. Hublot"
"Possessions"
"Room on the Broom"

 

Best documentary short
"CaveDigger"
"Facing Fear"
"Karama Has No Walls"
"The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life"
"Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall"

The 2014 Golden Globe Nominees Are Here!

The day is finally here! The Hollywood Foreign Press has officially announced the nominees for the 2014 Golden Globe awards this morning in Beverly Hills, CA. This will be the 71st show of it's kind, and will air on January 12, 2014. Funny ladies, and Saturday Night Live veterans, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will be taking care of the hosting duties and offering up the comic relief.

Check out the full list of nominees below:

FILM

Best Motion Picture – Drama
"12 Years A Slave"
"Captain Phillips"
"Gravity"
"Philomena"
"Rush"

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
"American Hustle"
"Her"
"Inside Llewyn Davis"
"Nebraska"
"The Wolf Of Wall Street"

Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
Chiwetel Ejiofor, "12 Years A Slave"
Idris Elba, "Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom"
Tom Hanks, "Captain Phillips"
Matthew McConaughey, "Dallas Buyers Club"
Robert Redford, "All Is Lost"

Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Christian Bale, "American Hustle"
Bruce Dern, "Nebraska"
Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Wolf of Wall Street"
Oscar Isaac, "Inside Llewyn Davis"
Joaquin Phoenix, "Her"

Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
Cate Blanchett, "Blue Jasmine"
Sandra Bullock, "Gravity"
Judi Dench, "Philomena"
Emma Thompson, "Saving Mr. Banks"
Kate Winslet, "Labor Day"

Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Amy Adams, "American Hustle"
Julie Delpy, "Before Midnight"
Greta Gerwig, "Frances Ha"
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, "Enough Said"
Meryl Streep, "August: Osage County"

Best Supporting Actor
Barkhad Abdi, "Captain Phillips"
Daniel Bruhl, "Rush"
Bradley Cooper, "American Hustle"
Michael Fassbender, "12 Years A Slave"
Jared Leto, "Dallas Buyers Club"

Best Supporting Actress
Sally Hawkins, "Blue Jasmine"
Jennifer Lawrence, "American Hustle"
Lupita Nyong'o, "12 Years A Slave"
Julia Roberts, "August: Osage County"
June Squibb, "Nebraska"

Best Director
Alfonso Cuaron, "Gravity"
Paul Greengrass, "Captain Phillips"
Steve McQueen, "12 Years A Slave"
Alexander Payne, "Nebraska"
David O. Russell, "American Hustle"

Best Screenplay
Spike Jonze, "Her"
Bob Nelson, "Nebraska"
Jeff Pope and Steve Coogan, "Philomena"
John Ridley, "12 Years A Slave"
Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell, "American Hustle"

Best Original Score
"All Is Lost"
"Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom"
"Gravity"
"The Book Thief"
"12 Years A Slave"

Best Original Song
"Atlas," Coldplay ("The Hunger Games: Catching Fire")
"Let It Go," Idina Menzel ("Frozen")
"Ordinary Love," U2 ("Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom")
"Please Mr. Kennedy," Oscar Isaac, Justin Timberlake and Adam Driver ("Inside Llewyn Davis")
"Sweet Than Fiction," Taylor Swift ("One Chance")

Best Foreign Language Film
"Blue is the Warmest Color"
"The Great Beauty"
"The Hunt"
"The Past"
"The Wind Rises"

Best Animated Feature Film
"The Croods"
"Despicable Me 2"
"Frozen"

TELEVISION

Best Drama Series"Breaking Bad"
"Downton Abbey"
"The Good Wife"
"House of Cards"
"Masters of Sex"

Best Actor in a Television Drama Series
Bryan Cranston, "Breaking Bad"
Liev Schreiber, "Ray Donovan"
Michael Sheen, "Masters of Sex"
Kevin Spacey, "House of Cards"
James Spader, "The Black List"

Best Actress in a Television Drama Series
Julianna Margulies, "The Good Wife"
Tatiana Maslany, "Orphan Black"Taylor Schilling, "Orange is the New Black"
Kerry Washington, "Scandal"
Robin Wright, "House of Cards"

Best Comedy Series
"The Big Bang Theory"
"Brooklyn 99""Girls"
"Modern Family"
"Parks and Recreation"

Best Actor in a Television Comedy Series
Jason Bateman, "Arrested Development"
Don Cheadle, "House of Lies"
Michael J. Fox, "The Michael J. Fox Show"
Jim Parsons, "The Big Bang Theory"
Andy Samberg, "Brooklyn 99"

Best Actress in a Television Comedy Series
Zooey Deschanel, "New Girl"
Lena Dunham, "Girls"
Edie Falco, "Nurse Jackie"
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, "Veep"
Amy Poehler, "Parks and Recreation"

Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for Television
"American Horror Story: Coven"
"Behind the Candelabra"
"Dancing on the Edge"
"Top of the Lake"
"White Queen"

Best Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for Television
Matt Damon, "Behind the Candelabra"
Michael Douglas, "Behind the Candelabra"
Chiwetel Ejiofor, "Dancing on the Edge"
Idris Elba, "Luther"
Al Pacino, "Phil Spector"

Best Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for Television
Helena Bonham Carter, "Burton and Taylor"
Rebecca Ferguson, "The White Queen"
Jessica Lange, "American Horror Story: Coven"
Helen Mirren, "Phil Spector"
Elisabeth Moss, "Top of the Lake"

Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for Television
Josh Charles, "The Good Wife"
Rob Lowe, "Behind the Candelabra"
Aaron Paul, "Breaking Bad"
Corey Stoll, "House of Cards"
Jon Voight, "Ray Donovan"

Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for Television
Jacqueline Bisset, "Dancing on the Edge"
Janet McTeer, "White Queen"
Hayden Panettiere, "Nashville"
Monica Potter, "Parenthood"
Sofia Vergara, "Modern Family"

Forbes Releases Top Ten Most Over Paid Actor's List

Forbes is notorious for their lists, and this one is one of the more interesting ones! The popular American business magazine recently released their 2013 list of the "Most Overpaid Actors", and some of the candidates are very surprising!

Topping off the list was Grown Ups 2 star, Adam Sandler who commands a paycheck of over $15 million. The flick grossed some where in the ballpark of $246 million, with a budget of only $80 million.

The Top 5 Most Overpaid Actors:

1. Adam Sandler
2. Katherine Heigl
3. Reese Witherspoon
4. Nicolas Cage
5. Kevin James

Other celebs that made the list include Jennifer Aniston, and Steve Carrell.

What do you think? Do you think any other celebs belong on this list? Sound off in the comments below!

Fashion Fridays: Jaimie Alexander's DARING Cut Out Dress

 

 

 

Talk about jaw dropping!

 

29-year old actress Jaimie Alexander shocked and wowed the red carpet this week at the premiere of Thor: Dark World premiere at the El Capitan in Hollywood. The sheer paneled dress left little to the imagination, and with one wrong move or shift, we're sure one lucky onlooker would catch quite the eyeful! The dress, which was designed by Azzaro, flaunted the star's toned figure, and was paired with a classic side swept up-do. As for her feet, Alexander opted for sparkly, pointed toe pumps (which no one really cared about!)

 

The actress has been getting mixed reviews about her fashion choice, but you be the judge! What are your thoughts on Alexander's dress?

 

Back view of the Azzaro gown as worn by Jaimie Alexander

 



 

 



Happy 55th Birthday, Madonna!

Today marks the 55th birthday of Madonna Louise Ciccone. Who is that you ask? The reigning Queen of Pop, Madonna. Taking over both the music and acting scene, this femme fatale has made her stamp on the entertainment industry.

We have to admit that the singer is looking mighty fine for 55 years old, being a mother of four, and having a career that spans over three decades (and still going strong!) She has sold over 300 million plus records marking her as the top-selling female recording artist of all time. Keeping her music and acting career in high gear, we have to say that's quite commendable, (not to mention keeping up with her newest love interest, who is merely HALF the sexy star's age!)

Known best for her controversial visuals, fashion, comments, relationships and the list goes on and on, this girl is (and has been) on fire! 

We're sending BIG Happy Birthday wishes to Madonna! 

Check out her classic video "Vogue" below:

What is your favorite Madonna song? Sound off in the comments below!

Lindsay Lohan's $2 Million Buck Pay Day!

With the movie offers few and far in between, we know this must have Ms. Lohan grinning from ear to ear!

According to TMZ.com, after 4 months of negotiating, talk show queen Oprah's OWN network have finally come to a financial agreement with Lindsay Lohan to score an interview about the troubled teen star's life. It is reported that OWN has shelled out a whopping $2 Million dollars to have Lohan spill her heart out about her struggles and rehab stints in a an 8-part docu-series.

Apparently the series will chronicle Lohan's tumultuous childhood, personal battle with drugs, legal woes, and her (not-so) acting career. This offer comes to Lohan as one of the biggest offers she's seen since Playboy, who reportedly paid up $1 Million to her.

While the "Mean Girls" star has stayed mum on the offer, mother Dina was sure to add her two cents in stating to E! News, "Oh, it's fantastic. If anyone is going to help mentor you, it's going to be Oprah."

In terms of Lindsay's progress, Dina added that, "She's happy, she's healthy and she's amazing. She's doing really well."

Once out of rehab, Lindsay will be headed to the big apple to settle in her own (luxurious, we're sure)apartment..compliments of Oprah! Well, not really, but we're sure that nice big pay check will help!'

Will you be tuning in, or are you thoroughly over Lindsay's antics?

"Fifty Shades of Grey" Set to Hit The Big Screen August 2014!

We can't seem to wipe the big ol' smirk off of our faces with this news! 

As if the summer wasn't getting hot enough, Focus Features has announced that they will be releasing a flick for the popular and oh-so-hot book, Fifty Shades of Grey in North America in August 2014. The book has sold more than 70 million copies worldwide in both e-book, and print, and has been translated to over 50 languages. The script, which is based on the novel written by EL James, will be adapted by Kelly Marcel. There is no set date for the international release through Universal Pictures, but it has been said that in March 2012, Focus and Universal shelled out a cool $5 million for the movie rights to the steamy trilogy.

“I’m so excited to be charged with the evolution of Fifty Shades of Grey from page to screen,” Sam Taylor-Johnson, the chosen director has stated.  “For the legions of fans, I want to say that I will honor the power of Erika’s books and the characters of Christian and Anastasia. They are under my skin, too.”

While there is no set cast as to who will play the role of Christian Grey, fans have been taking to Twitter and fan pages to make their suggestions. Some top choices are: Ryan Gosling, Henry Cavil, Alex Pettyfer, and Zac Efron. On Sunday, EL James and Rob Pattison ignited rumors that the author had made her casting call for her kinky, leading man, as she was spotted attending his private birthday bash at his Los Feliz, CA home.

 
Who would you love to see hit the big screen as Christian Grey?