Brett Ratner

GLAAD to present Brett Ratner with Ally Award a year after slur

2013-03-08 14:34:00

What a difference a year makes. The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation will present its inaugural Ally Award to�Brett Ratner, who stepped aside as producer of the 2012 Academy Awards telecast after making an anti-gay slur. The award will be...

Oscars 2013: How Seth MacFarlane's sexist jokes hurt women

2013-02-25 14:43:00

Wait, so the academy fired Brett Ratner from his gig as Oscars producer for making sexist and crude comments, but then, as Vulture’s Kyle Buchanan smartly points out, allowed host Seth MacFarlane to make “that kind of un-PC humor the...

Golden Globes 2013: Michael Haneke on his parody Twitter account

2013-01-14 09:00:00

In what has been one of the strange joys of this awards season, a parody Twitter account attributed to Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke has become a treasure trove of comedy gold with its digs at Terrence Malick, pictures of cats and general sense of...

Eddie Murphy: Hollywood's most overpaid actor, according to Forbes

2012-12-04 11:55:00

Forbes has released its annual list of Hollywood's most overpaid actors. Topping the list is Eddie Murphy. Murphy's career seemed headed for a rebound with a 2007 best supporting actor Oscar nomination for "Dreamgirls" and an announcement that he...

'The Artist' is big winner at Academy Awards

2012-02-27 00:01:00

The movie of the fewest words spoke the loudest at the Oscars this year. On an evening suffused with nostalgia, "The Artist," a nearly wordless, black-and-white romance celebrating Hollywood's formative era, won five Academy Awards, including best...

'The Artist' wins three top Oscars, including best picture

2012-02-26 21:27:00

"The Artist," the black-and-white silent film about Hollywood’s rocky transition to the “talkies,” took the biggest honors at the 84th Academy Awards on Sunday night, including best picture, director and lead actor. It was a night...

Oscars 2012: All eyes on Billy Crystal, Sacha Baron Cohen and, yes, nominees

2012-02-26 11:00:00

Is silence truly golden? Can George Clooney's tears bring Oscar happiness? Will Billy Crystal's yuks play as well as they did eight years ago? And could the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the first time bestow acting statuettes on two...

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences leader is under fire

2012-01-06 14:23:00

2011: Seven film stories we never saw coming

2011-12-31 16:37:29

MegaUpload was a 'mega conspiracy,' Justice Department alleges [Updated]

2012-01-19 16:36:51

Spirit Awards: Christopher Plummer, Jean Dujardin among early acting winners

2012-02-25 16:37:04

Oscars 2012: Predictions? Here are five good story lines to follow

2012-02-26 16:38:51

Director Brett Ratner, photographed in New York City, ahead of the premiere of "Tower Heist."

2013-03-08 13:23:46

Producer Brett Ratner, left, and family.

2013-02-24 00:00:00

Many huge stars (Halle Berry, Emma Stone, Hugh Jackman, Naomi Watts, Anna Faris, Seann William Scott, the list goes on) participate in a lot of crude behavior. Check the sort-of funny red band trailer for proof.

2012-12-27 15:13:00