Twilight Lands 12 Teen Choice Nominations - Contactmusic News
The blood-sucking film has been named in the Choice Movie: Romance and Choice Movie: Drama categories, where it will face stiff competition from Tom Hanks' Angels & Demons, Brad Pitt's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Beyonce Knowles' Obsessed and Oscar winner Slumdog Millionaire. And its stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart - who are at work on the franchise's second installment New Moon - have earned recognition for their own efforts, in categories for Choice Movie Actor and...

Avatar Scenes Shown at Cinema Expo!
Michael here. I have confirmation that 3 full scenes from Avatar were shown at Fox's presentation today at Cinema Expo.

BREAKING: Exclusive Photos From AVATAR After Party At CineExpo!!! **WARNING SPOILERS**
Guys - Jim here... **WARNING SPOILERS** Do not view photos if you want a pristine viewing experience for James Cameron's AVATAR! You have been warned. STUNNING photos from the After Party at CineExpo in Amsterdam has just landed in my inbox - I literally can't believe what I am seeing! The first shot is obviously of the AMP Suit and man, is it ever cool how it is lit up. This party was held right after the screening of the AVATAR clips for the lucky crowd at the industry show. Click to enlarge!...

First look at James Cameron's film and game, Avatar
IT took technology almost 15 years to catch up with Oscar-winning writer/director James Cameron's vision for his latest film Avatar . These pictures are the first look into the world Cameron created for his new 3D film - his first feature since setting box office records with Titanic - and groundbreaking 3D computer game. Using the same designers and artists on both projects, the landscapes feature lush rainforests with 300m-tall trees, floating mountain ranges and massive stone arches, The...

James Cameron Previews 24 Minutes of Avatar !
James Cameron screened 24 minutes of his highly-anticipated Avatar at the Cinema Expo in Amsterdam on Tuesday and scooper 'The Insider' witnessed the footage and sent us this exclusive report! The footage debuted utilized the RealD XL Cinema System. The 3D presentation was on a 55-foot screen with nearly 10 foot Lamberts of light, delivering the largest and brightest 3D presentation at Cinema Expo. I've just returned from a preview screening of James Cameron's hugely anticipated movie "Avatar"...

M. Night's THE LAST AIRBENDER releases its first pics! Plus a spy shot of one of the sets!
--> Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. Yahoo has scored an exclusive pair of pics from M. Night Shyamalan's adaptation of the popular anime AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER, retitled The Last Airbender for some odd reason that I'm sure has nothing to do with with James Cameron. On top of the pics from Yahoo (click each pic to visit the original story) I've also included one of our own, sent from a spy who infiltrated the shooting. I only have a base idea of what this show is, having seen a few episodes...

Exclusive: Avatar Footage Impressions - "Everybody Just Gasped"
Hi, Michael here. The consensus of those chosen ones who filled the seats of the RAI Auditorium for the Avatar presentation is that they witnessed something historic . Something they would be proud to tell their grandchildren about. Something shared and communal. Something that will bond them for life. Awe is the second major reaction. The inability to articulate what they just saw. Or perhaps more aptly, the knowledge that their efforts to communicate the experience are completely futile. For...

More Pictures from Avatar Party!
Michael here. These come from @UCSNord on Twitter.

IESB Exclusive: AVATAR Presentation Details from Cinema Expo!
The attendees of the Cinema Expo in Amsterdam were treated to a 24 minute assemblage of footage from James Cameron's AVATAR and a visit from the cast and crew! Although the audience was required to sign non-disclosure agreements regarding the footage and what was shown, an IESB reader was kind enough to send over a short write up of they saw, what the cast said and descriptions of their characters in the film. Thanks to "Anonymous" for the send in! AVATAR opens in theaters this December. And...

James Cameron Shows Twenty-Four Minutes Of AVATAR!!!
--> Beaks here... I wonder why James Cameron chose to unveil the first chunk of finished footage from AVATAR in Amsterdam? Reactions are starting to leak out of today's presentation at CineExpo in Amsterdam (despite Fox's attempts to keep any kind of impression from being reported), and, shock of shocks, they're of the "Holy Fuck!" variety. Here's a sweet tweet from Unique Cinema Systems : "Footage from "Avatar" at #cinexpo was stunning, literally jawdropping. Amazing visuals unlike any before...

New 2012 Trailer Serves Up the Apocalypse
Here's the full-length trailer for Roland Emmerich's new epic. 3 New Avatar 3D Video Game Screenshots Here are three more glimpses into the video game tie-in for the upcoming James Cameron film. New Clash of the Titans Filming Locations The production is gearing up to start filming in North Wales. Mission: Impossible IV Is Officially Happening at Paramount Tom Cruise will star and J.J. Abrams will produce this sequel. Olivia Munn Lands an Iron Man 2 Role The host of G4's Attack of the Show will...

2009 Teen Choice Award Nomination List
The 2009 Teen Choice Awards is coming, August 10 on Fox, and of course we all know who is leading the pack, Twilight , with 11 nods. It may not be winning any Oscars or Golden Globes but Twilight is sure taking all the other Awards and you know New Moon will take over next year as well.

Penn drops out of Cartel, Stooges
Sean - who scooped Academy Awards for his performances in Milk and Mystic River - was slated to star as Larry in Three Stooges and to play a man protecting his son in Cartel. Last month, the 48-year-old actor withdrew his petition to separate from Robin Wright Penn, his wife of 13 years. The couple previously filed for divorce in December 2007 but dismissed that petition several months later.

Sean Penn pulls out of 'Three Stooges' to focus on family life
Oscar winner Sean Penn has put his Hollywood career on hold. He's reportedly pulled out of his next two films:  the drama "Carlel" and the Farrelly brothers' "Three Stooges" comedy update with Jim Carrey and Benecio del Toro. He's said to be taking the time to focus on his family, not his rising career. But if he can repair the rift in his marriage to Robin Wright Penn ASAP, Sean could still be a Larry to Jim's Curly and...

LENA HORNE'S STORY OF TRAILBLAZING GLORY
OUT the 23rd is Atria's "Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne ." Her voice was satin. Her theme song, "Stormy Weather." Sepia- toned, gorgeous, stunningly dressed, star of stage, music and film, she broke Hollywood's racial barriers in the '40s and '50s. At the 2002 Oscars, Halle Berry thanked Lena for blazing the trail.

Lance Black: “I apologize & cannot emphasize enough the importance of responsible sexual practices”
It’s not every day that explicit photos of an Oscar winner hit the Internet. Such was the case yesterday when graphic sexual images of Academy Award winning “Milk” writer Dustin Lance Black emerged on blogs. The apparently three year-old pictures, released by a photo agency, depict an unsafe sexual act between the openly gay writer and a man he was apparently dating at the time. Online buzz forced Black to release a statement late in the day, hours after the photos appeared...

Penn puts career on hold for family
OSCAR-WINNING actor Sean Penn is putting his Hollywood career on hold to spend more time with his family and could be out of action for up to a year. The 48-year-old has dropped out of two films he had been due to star in, a long-awaited update of The Three Stooges and crime thriller Cartel , the Hollywood Reporter revealed today. It was unclear how long Penn's sabbatical would last, but sources said it could be as long as one year. Penn won the second of his best actor Academy Awards earlier...

Photos: True Blood Anna Paquin Nude & '09 Episode One
True Blood: Nothing But the Blood - Oscar winner Anna Paquin is very sexy and until a night in October of 2008, had never been seen nude on TV. Paquin co-stars on HBO's vampire drama "True Blood," which is in the midst of a second season.

Oscar Watch: Betty White for Best Supporting Actress?
Can an Oscar nomination be in the cards for Betty White , who has won just about every possible award in her 60-plus-year TV career, but has infrequently appeared on the big screen? (Did you know she made her screen debut in a 1945 theatrical short promoting the G.I. Bill opposite George Reeves? That she played a senator in Otto Preminger 's "Advice and Consent''?) The beloved scene stealer has a very juicy role as Ryan Reynolds 's wacky Grandma in "The Proposal,'' at one point feeling up ...

Fashion industry steps out for its Oscars, the CFDA Awards
Without question, it's been a tough economic year for the fashion industry. But Seventh Avenue's elite designers, accompanied by their celebrity pals, stepped out Monday night to celebrate themselves at the Council of Fashion Designers of America gala — the equivalent of the Oscars for fashion. This year, the event moved from the Public Library to the more spacious Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center. The mood was upbeat and optimistic. The Hangover star Bradley Cooper, in...

ZELLWEGER MOVES TO UES BROWNSTONE
RESIDENTS of 240 Central Park South are in mourning. Our insider reports, "Bad enough boldface name Bill Boggs moved out -- now Renée Zellweger has fled for a brownstone on the Upper East Side after more than a decade as our adorable, showstopping neighbor. Luckily, our spectacular park views aren't taking flight -- nor is our diva neighbor Sylvia Miles [nominated for two Best Supporting Actress Oscars], who, one suspects, has a rent-stabilized apartment." ...

Mid-year Oscars? The Wrap picks the obvious faves
Everybodys expecting the BIG musical Nine, and probably the Scorsese thriller Shutter Island, to be Oscar contenders this winter. Oh, and the Clint Eastwood-Morgan Freeman/Nelson Mandela South African piece, Invictus.The

Oscars expands Best Pic field to 10
2010 Oscars to have 10 Best Picture nominees

Academy Awards Widening Best Picture Race to 10 Films [Ch-ch-changes]
Sick of trying to decide which of the five Best Picture nominees will win in your Oscar pool? Well, now you'll get to decide between ten! Yes, in a move to attract more ratings, the Academy is widening the race.

Oscar expands best pic noms to 10
Oscar is opening up his playing field in a big way next year. The Motion Picture Academy announced Wednesday that for the first time in more than 65 years, the field of best picture nominees will be expanded to 10 contenders for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards. “Having 10 best picture nominees is going allow Academy voters to recognize and include some of the fantastic movies that often show up in the other Oscar categories but have been squeezed out of the race for the top prize,” said Acad...