Academy Awards Change Best Original Song Rules : Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily: PHOTO
The Academy Awards recently upped the amount of Best Picture nominees from five films to 10 ( Rolling Stone movie critic Peter Travers is still wondering “Why?” ), and now the Oscar rule changes have seeped into the Best Original Song category. After this year saw only three songs nominated, including two from Slumdog Millionaire , the Music Branch Executive Committee will now require that only songs that average an 8.25 score — songs are rated from 6 to 10 by Academy members...

Academy Awards $450,000 to U.S. Film Festivals in 2010
The Academy Foundation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has awarded $450,000 to 24 U.S. film festivals for the 2010 calendar year, Festival Grants Committee Chair Buffy Shutt announced today. Two festivals, the Nashville Film Festival and the New Orleans Film Festival, are in the second year of a three-year grant worth a total of $75,000. The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival and the Virginia Film Festival are each in the third and final year of a multi-year grant, which...

Only the Oscars had higher TV ratings than Nov. 1 Green Bay Packers-Minnesota Vikings game
Sunday’s Green Bay Packers-Minnesota Vikings game put up Oscar-worthy numbers, according to the latest Nielsen TV ratings.

Gold Derby nuggets: Hugh Jackman hails new Oscar hosts | 'A Town Called Panic' calms Oscars toon race | Yea or nay to last-minute Oscar entries?
• Shira Levine caught up with last year's Oscar host Hugh Jackman Tuesday night and got his first response to this year's double act of Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin : "I had no idea they were. You are breaking the news to me. They are both fantastic. Steve actually gave me a lot of funny hints last year. I rang him and he was really helpful. He is really funny and he knows what he's doing. He's done this before. Alec Baldwin is also a true genius. I think the both of...

Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin to co-host Oscars (AP): PHOTO
Los Angeles - Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin are taking on the Oscars. - Read and comment on the latest movie, DVD, Box Office, entertainment, casting, and celebrity news and gossip on Yahoo! Movies"/>

Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin to host Oscars (Reuters): PHOTO
Los Angeles (Reuters) - Oscar organizers on Tuesday named an unlikely pair of hosts for March's Academy Awards, comedian Steve Martin and '30 Rock' star Alec Baldwin, a past loser at the world's top film Awards. - Read and comment on the latest movie, DVD, Box Office, entertainment, casting, and celebrity news and gossip on Yahoo! Movies"/>

Short Takes: Baldwin and Martin to host Oscars, Clash of the Titans posters leak online, plus Jolie: PHOTO
After some speculation over who will host the upcoming Oscars, including rumors of Hugh Jackman and Billy Crystal encores, the Academy has made their decision: Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin. Variety has the story on the co-hosts hosts of the 2010 ceremony, . New movie posters for the remake of Clash of the Titans , due out March 2010, have leaked online! Maybe a wee bit late on the Epic Movie craze, but still fairly exciting. Finally, take a look at the hot trailer for the new Angelina Jolie CIA...

Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin to co-host Oscars: PHOTO
Steven Martin (left) and Alec Baldwin will co-host the Oscars. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer and Andy Kropa, file) Los Angeles (AP) - Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin are taking on the Oscars. The two Hollywood veterans will share hosting duties at the 82nd Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Tuesday. Telecast producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman said Martin and Baldwin are “the perfect pair of hosts for the Oscars.” The producers have said they hope to...

What Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin Could Bring to the Oscars (With Video!): PHOTO
The mood is one of cautious contentment since the big announcement that Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin would be tag-teaming Oscar-hosting duties this year. (Movieline, meanwhile, was pleased to see that the Academy had come around to taking our advice...

Take Our Kids to Work Day - Okay... I will!: PHOTO
Each year Canadian Grade 9 students enjoy a day off of school for Take Our Kids To Work Day . And this year my own son Noah Sawchuk is joining us here at CBC Radio 3. So far he's talked about his morning routine on Tariq's Basement Studio and reviewed a kid's music book for Grant Lawrence Live . And now it's off to write the rest of this blog post and co-host my show. Ha, he thought he was getting the day off! Thanks mom. So far, I've learned that my mom's job is a lot trickier than...

“OSCAR” PRODUCER ADAM SHANKMAN - BUSY HANDS MEANS HAPPY FEET: VIDEO
So You Think You Can Dance: Adam Shankman judges the competition for Season Six of So You Think You Can Dance premiering Wednesday, Sept. 9 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.

“Salt” Trailer [Starring Angelina Jolie]: VIDEO
Angelina Jolie kicks butt as Evelyn A. Salt, a C.I.A. operative accused of being a Russian spy planning an attack on the U.S. president, in the nail-biting espionage thriller Salt . The striking Oscar winner changes her look several time as Evelyn embarks on a race against time to clear her name. Salt hits theaters July 23, 2010. This movie looks awesome! What do you think, ‘Crunchers? Will you see it?

Steve Martin & Alec Baldwin to Tag Team the Oscars: PHOTO
Normally I don't really get that into the Oscars (remember when Lord of the Rings would get like 50 Awards?), but now that Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin are officially co-hosting, I am seriously excited.

OPEN THREAD: What Do You Think Of The Steve Martin / Alec Baldwin Oscar Duo?: PHOTO
The 82nd annual Academy Awards will be hosted by a duo of two-time solo host Steve Martin and first-timer Alex Baldwin : “I don’t play the banjo but I’m thrilled to be hosting the Oscars

Kristen Stewart sounds off about Robert Pattinson romance rumors: -We are. We aren't. I'm a lesbian.': PHOTO
Kristen Stewart, the 19-year-old star of the Twilight franchise, knows that she can come across as sullen and self-conscious in the public eye. But during an exclusive EW roundtable in Vancouver, Canada, where the cast was prepping for their last week of the Eclipse shoot and then the immediate onslaught of publicity for the November 20th release of New Moon , Stewart was funny, quick and outspoken in a wide-ranging conversation with co-stars Taylor Lautner and Robert Pattinson. Asked about the...

Angelina Jolie DID thank Winona Ryder for 'Girl, Interrupted.' At the Oscars!
Contrary to Winona Ryder's apparently flawed memory, Angelina Jolie did  thank her for her support in "Girl,  Interrupted."  As you can see from the above video, she thanked Ryder in front of about a few million viewers onstage at the Oscar telecast back in 2000. Read Winona's complaint here! Thanks to our Dish Rag readers for pointing this video record out. And yeah, maybe it wasn't the kind of personal suck-up Ryder wanted but that speech...

And The Job Goes To …: PHOTO
The Oscars arent happening until March 7th of 2010, but as of today, the hosts have been confirmed. Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin will co host the 82nd Academy Awards. Martin has done this gig twice before and Baldwin is a hosting virgin. When asked about the pairing, Martin replied I am happy to co host the Oscars with my enemy Alec Baldwin, and Baldwin stated I dont play the banjo, but Im thrilled to be hosting the Oscars its the opportunity of a lifetime. Picture of And The Job Goes To …...

Alec Baldwin And Steve Martin To Host This Year's Oscars: PHOTO
Alec Baldwin And Steve Martin To Host This Year's Oscars The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (which is such an important sounding name for such an incredibly unimportant group of people) has finally announced the host for this year's Academy Awards: Steve Martin. And also Alec Baldwin! TWO HOSTS! It is just like R. Kelly said : "16 years, nothin' but hits, and they still don't believe. S'only one thing to do, and that is Double Up ." The two dudes have already released their first...

Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin to co-host Oscars
Los Angeles: Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin are taking on the Oscars. The two Hollywood veterans will share hosting duties at the 82nd Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said on Tuesday. Telecast producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman said Martin and Baldwin are “the perfect pair of hosts for the Oscars.” The producers have said they hope to resurrect the Oscars’ ratings and make the show more fun by building on the changes introduced at...

Bell, Telus Hope “HSPA” Stands For Sales
Tagged with Apple , Bell , HSPA , iPhone , telus Canadian cell phone consumers now have a hot new acrynim to learn, HSPA. Following in Rogers footsteps, this week both Bell and Telus will launch thier own HSPA network. HSPA which stands for High Speed Packet Access, allows Mobile Phones to download data at speeds up to 21 megabytes per second — speeds which are faster than many home connections. Canada’s three large wireless ISPs are all now on board this new technology which...

And The Job Goes To …: PHOTO
The Oscars aren’t happening until March 7th of 2010, but as of today, the hosts have been confirmed . Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin will co-host the 82nd Academy Awards.

Steve Martin is the Oscars host with the most | Xan Brooks: PHOTO
Xan Brooks: This insider's outsider has shown before that he has precisely the right stuff to carry us through the long night of backslapping that is the annual Academy Awards

Robert to star in “Bel Ami” Opposite Nicole Kidman
It has now been confirmed that Robert Pattinson will be starring in long-rumored project “Bel Ami” opposite Oscar winner Nicole Kidman . Filming begins in London and Budapest February 2010. Pattinson, Kidman board Bel Ami for Protagonist 4 November, 2009 | By Geoffrey Macnab In an intriguing star pairing, Twilight sensation Robert Pattinson is teaming with Nicole Kidman to star in Bel Ami, the film of Guy De Maupassant's erotically charged story of ambition, power and seduction....

Martin, Baldwin to "ratchet up the funny" at Oscars
Los Angeles (Reuters) - Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin were chosen as co-hosts of next year's Oscars to inject a fresh comedic twist into the ceremony while building on decades of tradition, new co-producer Adam Shankman said.

AICN Legends: Capone swims in shark-infested waters and climbs Devil's Tower to talk to Richard Dreyfuss!!!
--> Hey everyone. Capone in Chicago here. My third AICN Legends piece is the first to win an Academy Award for Best Actor. I can't explain why, but there's always something a little extra special about interviewing an Oscar winner (even thought I don't think the subject even comes up in this conversation). And let's face it, were it not for some of the films that starred Richard Dreyfuss over the years there are those of us that might not be doing what we're doing on this site and others like...