The nominations for the 2012 Screen Actors Guild Awards were announced today, including a surprising nomination for Jonah Hill for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Moneyball. Steve Carell, Melissa McCarthy, and the casts of Bridesmaids, Midnight in Paris, and The Help also were nominated. »
Film Independent has selected Seth Rogen to host the 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards. The 50/50 star will emcee the 27th annual awards ceremony on Saturday, Feb. 25 to be broadcast at 10 pm on IFC. »
Will Ferrell is making waves with a series of commercials for Old Milwaukee Beer. What? Haven't seen them yet? You probably haven't, unless you happen to live in small regional markets such as Davenport Iowa or Terre Haute Indiana. »
The trailer for Jason Segel's upcoming romantic comedy costarring Emily Blunt has been released. But, strangely, I'm not really feeling the love. How about you? »
An interesting promotional approach is being taken with Will Ferrell's upcoming Spanish-language comedy Casa De Mi Padre. "Who is Armando Alvarez" is the tagline that we're okay spoiling as this project has been on our radar here in Fratville for some time. »
Cooper hopes to shoot the film in September 2012, in time for a 2013 release. Todd Phillips is currently writing the script, which would close the trilogy and apparently not follow the story structure of the first two. »
Gary Sanchez's latest movie project is Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie, which saw a red-band trailer release this week. The film includes Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Zach Galifianakis, and others. »
Entertainment Weekly has the first image from next summer's Neighborhood Watch, the highly anticipated reunion between Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn. Also shown in the image is third-billed Jonah Hill along with Richard Ayoade. »
Ben Stiller was honored with the Charlie Chaplin Britannia Award for Excellence in Comedy at the BAFTA Los Angeles 2011 Britannia Awards on Wednesday. The award ceremony will be broadcast on the TV Guide Network on Sunday December 4 at 8 pm. »
The Independent Spirit Award nominations were announced today, led by several projects that come from Frat Pack friends. »
Variety is reporting that Owen Wilson will receive the International Star of the Year Award at the 8th Dubai Film Festival in early December. The Midnight in Paris actor will also hold a Q&A at the festival that runs from December 7-14. »
Seth Rogen visited Walt Disney World and met up with Rafiki from The Lion King over at Disney's Animal Kingdom park this weekend. »
The long-held dream of Jason Segel to revive the Muppets franchise finally comes to ultimate fruition today, as The Muppets opens in theatres nationwide. »
Judd Apatow called upon the Motion Picture Academy to add a new category for Best Comedy. Since only five Best Picture winners have ever come from this genre, it seems like a good option for the people who decided that full-length Animated Film could have it's own category. »
Don't get me wrong, I have no problem with GQ not awarding "Man of the Year" to a man. In fact, I'm all for other kinds of people (you know, women) being in the running. But, I am not sure about GQ's "award" as "Bro" of the year for Wiig. »
