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wanted a better “Tomorrow.” Quinn, now 50, decided to take a break from Tinseltown when she hit 18.Quinn beat out over 8,000 girls for the role of Annie and scored the gig when she was just 9 years old. Albert Finney, Tim Curry, Carol Burnett and Bernadette Peters also starred in the film.She divulged why she skipped out on Hollywood in an interview with Fox News, noting she wanted to explore the world.She revealed that her parents felt that education was very important and they were “strict” on her to get three hours of school a day.“When I came back from filming, my teachers didn’t cut me any breaks,” Quinn said. “Don’t get me wrong, they loved it, they were happy for me, and they wanted my autograph, too, but they were like, ‘Welcome back to test-taking.

hand out the Best Picture award — and her frail appearance and confused demeanor was a shock to many.Now in a wheelchair after battling years of ill health, an emotional Minnelli was given a standing ovation by the A-list audience.“Oh! It’s so exciting,” Minnelli exclaimed as Gaga — who had stepped away to allow her a moment in the sun  — told her: “You see that? The public, they love you.”It was Minnelli’s former publicist Scott Gorenstein who helped make the moment happen, after he was approached by Academy officers who said that Gaga personally asked that the actress present with her in honor of the anniversary of “Cabaret.”“Liza is living her best life, not having to be in front of the cameras,” Gorenstein told The Post. “She’s been under tremendous pressure her entire life to perform for audiences.

Al Pacino is a Hollywood acting legend whose resume is a long list of iconic roles. First bursting on the scene playing a heroin addict in 1971’s Panic in Needle Park, the 81-year-old Harlem native became a household name a year later with his turn as Michael Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather. Dog Day Afternoon, Scarface and Heat are just a few of the huge hits that followed. He would go on to become the rare performer who achieved the “triple crown of acting” by winning an Academy Award, two Tony awards and two Emmys. More recently, Al lent his talents to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and House of Gucci.

Joe Francis‘ infamous “Girls Gone Wild” video company is getting the documentary treatment. In the first installment of TNT’s new true-crime anthology series, “Rich & Shameless,” viewers will get an inside look into the dirty world of the entrepreneur’s adult entertainment business that dominated the 2000s.“Girls Gone Wild Exposed” will premiere on April 23 with a special two-hour episode following the NBA playoffs. A hefty, nearly 3-minute-long trailer dropped on Tuesday with many flashes of early 2000s nostalgia — and heartache.According to a press release, the episode will dive deep into the “harmless fun” of wet T-shirt contests and booze-fueled spring breaks and move into “dark back rooms with Francis,” where girls were reportedly “coerced to take part in actions far more sinister than flashing on a beach.”Francis, 48, was once a permanent figure in Tinseltown and was pals with everyone from reality TV royalty to A-list celebs.

Johnny Depp is truly a Hollywood legend with some of the most iconic roles ever in cinematic history. From his start as an undercover cop investigating high school crimes in 21 Jump Street to his loveable pirate Captain Jack Sparrow saving the world in Pirates of the Caribbean, Johnny’s made his mark in Tinseltown as both a heartthrob and an award-worthy thespian.

over The Slap slated to be decided today, the Academy board is reportedly divided on whether to confiscate the “Hancock” actor’s Best Actor Oscar.“The members — of which there are over 9,000, with hundreds of WhatsApp groups flying about — are completely split,” an LA Source told The Sun of the hearing by the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The Tinseltown tribunal was originally scheduled to transpire on April 18, but was moved up to today following the 54-year-old’s resignation from the Academy.Smith, who won the best actor Academy Award for his role in “King Richard,” slapped Oscars host Chris Rock after the 57-year-old comic made a “bald” crack about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith, who has alopecia.

got hitched to her lover, Travis Barker, 46, in the City of Second Chances during the early morning hours of April 4. The Blink-182 singer and the reality star, who have been dating since early 2021 and had been friends for years prior, had a Vegas ceremony after the 2022 Grammy Awards, though they’re reportedly not legally wed yet.But papers or not — they’re hardly the first to have surprise nuptials in the Marriage Capital of the World.

Tinseltown’s latest interminable monstrosity? Not to worry: Netflix has devised a novel way to appease viewers with fleeting attention spans — by rolling out a “Short-Ass Movies” category featuring films that are 90 minutes or less. They were inspired by last week’s “Saturday Night Live” sketch, appropriately titled “Short-Ass Movies.” In it, Pete Davidson, Chris Redd, musical guest Gunna and actor Simon Rex rap about not wanting to watch movies longer than an hour and a half.

Rumer Willis escaped from Los Angeles to enjoy a little break in the desert following the sad news of her father, Bruce Willis’, aphasia diagnosis. The 33-year-old actress was spotted in Palm Springs attending Kourtney Kardashian’s Camp Poosh event on Saturday (April 2), where a slew of Tinseltown beauties enjoyed a spa-like retreat, including Adrienne Houghton and Steph Shepherd. Rumer was snapped receiving a few luxurious treatments as she rocked a bright orange bikini, as seen in photos here.

Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel swapped talk shows and networks in an elaborate April Fool’s Day prank on Friday.it was a confusing tale of two Jimmys for audiences after Fallon flew to Hollywood to host “Jimmy Kimmel Live” on ABC, while Kimmel sat in for Fallon on NBC’s “The Tonight Show.”Fallon and Kimmel sat at each other’s desks and did some of each other’s recurring bits as part of the epic switcheroo, which was a complete surprise to the shocked studio audiences at 30 Rock and the El Capitan Entertainment Centre.The Roots remained in New York to warm up the crowd for Kimmel, whose sidekick Guillermo Rodriguez stayed in Tinseltown to serve up Fallon with punchlines.“I love being here in New York. I want to tell you about this crazy thing that happened in LA this week.

Tinseltown is up to some tricks! Though Hollywood can be a serious business, celebrities often share their light-hearted sides — and what better way to prove their comedic nuance than with practical jokes at the expense of others?

last year’s historically low ratings, but cratered in civility and grace.Strike another death knell for the once-almighty ratings grabber.Tinseltown likes to think of itself as the center of the moral and pop culture universe, but c’mon — that was ridiculous, another slap in the face for what’s supposed to be (but rarely is) “Hollywood’s Shining Moment,” with television along for the ride on a gravy train that’s gone off the rails and crashed into a wall of indifference.Sunday night’s Oscarcast on ABC is the second-lowest-rated Oscars ever with around 15 million viewers, up from last year’s abysmal 10.4 million viewing audience (akin to an episode of “Yellowstone” on cable’s Paramount Network). The mediocre ratings bump will instill in nervous network execs the hope that this dinosaur can be saved from extinction — instead of seeing the obvious writing on the (video) wall that it’s too late for that.This year’s annual self-congratulatory festivities were produced by Will Packer, who can thank another Will (Smith) for perhaps the most controversial moment in the ceremony’s 93-year history … if only anyone was watching it live on ABC, instead of scurrying to their computers late Sunday night/ Monday morning to see what all the social media ruckus was about.There’s no doubt that Smith’s WTF? open-palmed smack of Oscars presenter Chris Rock after Rock joked about Jada Pinkett Smith’s alopecia (“Jada, can’t wait for ‘G.I.

“The Power of the Dog” has been the talk of Tinseltown ever since it debuted last fall, but to the masses it may still be something of an enigma. It’s the first film from Oscar-winning “The Piano” and “Bright Star” filmmaker Jane Campion in over a decade, and boasts Oscar-nominated performances from the likes of Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons and Kodi Smit-McPhee.With the film poised to be a major presence at Sundays Oscars, you may be wondering what it’s about and where to watch it.

Anthony Hopkins certainly cemented his name in Hollywood history after he became the oldest recipient of a Best Actor Oscar at the age of 83. He took home the award in 2021 for his work in The Father, adding it the one he received in 1992 for playing Hannibal Lector in The Silence of the Lambs. The Welsh legend was nominated for an Academy Award four other times in his illustrious career. Talk about a Tinseltown resume!

Sunday’s 2022 Oscars ceremony.This year’s show has earned much controversy — from eliminating the presentation of eight of the 23 categories during the live broadcast to not requiring attendees to show proof of COVID-19 vaccinations. Guests will only need to show a negative PCR test or a negative rapid antigen test on the day of the ceremony.But it seems not airing the makeup, hair, sound and other categories is a sticking point for Tinseltown.Cinema Audio Society president Karol Urban confirmed Thursday that there is a game plan for guests to don their guild badges upside down during Sunday’s show, according to Deadline.Another part of the strategy will be for winners to flip their Oscars when they get on stage to accept them during the ceremony.“There is a multitude of different organizations that are working together to find ways to circumvent having their voices clipped,” Urban, who leads the pack for representations of sound mixers, said.She continued, “As the Oscars get closer, more and more craft people are showing solidarity.

Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe may not be a hot item anymore — but they are certainly still hot Hollywood heavyweights. After playing boarding school lovers in the 1999 teen cult classic Cruel Intentions, the famous exes have gone on to carve their own enviable paths in Tinseltown. Reese took home a Best Actress Oscar in 2006 for her role as June Carter in Walk the Line, and has since produced award-winning TV shows like Big Little Lies. Ryan has become somewhat of an action star and a funnyman, as he can currently be seen in Will Forte’s MacGruber.

Rob Lowe has had a massively successful career in Hollywood, starting off as a member of the “Brat Pack” with such iconic 1980s films as The Outsiders, St. Elmo’s Fire and About Last Night. He later scored a new legion of fans with his comedic roles in Tommy Boy and Parks and Recreation. Along the way, he even picked up an Emmy nomination for his work in the TV drama The West Wing.

K.J. Yossman From Lady Gaga to the cast of “West Side Story,” it was the night Tinseltown came to London.The 2022 Critics Choice Awards hosted a satellite ceremony in the British capital on Sunday night after the omicron variant of COVID-19 forced the show to vacate its initial slot of Jan.

It’s lovely to see actresses transform into the most iconic of fashionistas. Such is the case with Emma Watson! The 31-year-old Harry Potter star was the talk of the town at the 75th British Academy of Film Awards, which took place on Sunday (March 13) at London’s Royal Albert Hall. The British beauty dazzled in her fabulous number featuring a black plunging top and white tulle skirt.

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Entertainment Weekly), and “a giant, suffocating doughy feast of boredom” (The Guardian), and was met with indifference by general audiences, who simply didn’t show up. (It opened in second place, behind forgotten animated Dr. Seuss adaptation “The Lorax”).

Oscar Isaac has certainly risen to the cream of the crop in Hollywood. The 42-year-old actor, who was born in Guatemala, has made his mark in Tinseltown with such gigantic blockbusters as the new Star Wars trilogy, X-Men: Apocalypse, and Dune. He’s also won accolades for his work in smaller films such as Inside Llewyn Davis, Ex-Machina and The Card Counter. Next up, he takes on the role of brooding Marvel superhero Moon Knight in the titular series coming to Disney +.

Zoe Kravitz has risen to the top of the Hollywood A-list with her turn as the iconic Catwoman in the highly anticipated superhero film The Batman. With her extremely busy schedule in Tinseltown — including starring in HBO’s Kimi and directing the upcoming Pussy Island with her boyfriend Channing Tatum — it’s a wonder she finds time to add to her impressive collection of tattoos. The beauty has somewhere near the 50 + range of body ink! Zoe even admitted to losing count!

Millie Bobby Brown has taken Hollywood and the world by storm with her iconic turn as telekinetic teen Eleven in Stranger Things. The 18-year-old British actress’s buzzed-about performance in the Netflix sci-fi drama landed her plenty of accolades as well as invites to the glitziest parties around town, including the Emmys, the Screen Actor’s Guild Awards and the MTV Movie & TV Awards. She even nabbed herself a few trophies along the way.

here is the link to get “CODA” tickets.Atlanta: Tinseltown 17 + XDAustin: Tinseltown 20 + XDBoston: Coolidge CornerChicago: Deer Park 16Cleveland: Valley View 24 + XDDallas: Cinemark West Plano 20Houston: Memorial City 16Las Vegas: Las Vegas Suncoast 16 + XDLos Angeles: Playa Vista 9 + XDMiami: Paradise 24 + XDNew York City: Alamo Drafthouse LibertyOrlando: Cinemark Orlando + XDPalm Springs: Rancho Mirage River 15 + XDPhoenix: Cinemark 16Sacramento: Cinemark Roseville Galleria Mall and XDSan Francisco: San Francisco Centre 9 + XDSeattle: Lincoln Square Cinema Bistro 22 with IMAXWashington, DC: Fairfax Corner 14 + XDUKLondon: Barbican CinemaThe film’s director Siân Heder will also be present at a live Q&A for the film for one of its screenings in Los Angeles, which will also have an interpreter present to translate into ASL.“CODA” first premiered at Sundance in 2021 and won the Audience Award and the Grand Jury Prize in the Dramatic Competition, and over a year later on its road to a chance at a Best Picture win, the film has been nominated for three Oscars, including for Best Supporting Actor Troy Kotsur, who is the first Deaf male actor to ever be nominated for an Oscar. The only other Deaf actor to ever be nominated and subsequently win is Marlee Matlin, Kotsur’s co-star in “CODA.”  “Every so often, a film comes along that strikes a deep emotional chord for audiences who celebrate its win for humanity.

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New couple alert? Fans must certainly be trying to wrap their heads around the news of John Mayer and Kiernan Shipka being out together in Los Angeles on Thursday (February 10). The “Your Body is a Wonderland” singer, 44, was spotted grabbing a drink with the 22-year-old Mad Men alum at the Hollywood hotspot Tower Bar on the famed Sunset Strip. The pair seemed to be enjoying themselves immensely, as John even wrapped his arms around Keirnan for a big hug at one moment.

It may be the best early Valentine’s Day present that some of them have ever received.An invitation to the 94th annual Academy Awards, set to air on March 27.The nominations were announced via livestream today. And many in Hollywood (and across the globe) are feeling the love.But Tinseltown isn’t grade school.The Academy doesn’t shoot its golden arrows at everyone.

upbringing in the Bronx prepared her for Hollywood, and why she still feels that she had to fight for approval from her peers.The “Marry Me” actress, 52, opened up to Rolling Stone in a new cover story about how her mom, Guadalupe Rodríguez, instilled a sense of toughness in her to conquer the entertainment industry.“Listen, my mom was also a fun mom. My mom was also the mom who got me into musicals and introduced me to all kinds of music. I am an entertainer because of my mom,” Lopez said.

While Bridget Fonda turned her back on Hollywood to focus on family in the early '00s, her husband Danny Elfman has remained in the spotlight as a composer and embraced his wild side.The couple were last photographed together in public back in the 2009 premiere of Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds. At the time, Danny sported a clean cut look with short, combed back hair and wore a suit as the pair attended many events together. Since then, however, the 68 year old has embraced long, messy hair and has been busy inking up his torso – including tattoos of a large dog, hand and skeleton.

Bridget Fonda has been seen for the first time in 12 years on her 58th birthday after rejecting Tinseltown to focus on her family.The Hollywood star retired from the spotlight back in 2002 after starring in several high profile films such as Single White Female and Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown. While she was last seen in the public at Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds premiere back in 2009, now over a decade later, she's been pictured stepping out with her and husband Danny Elfman's beloved 17 year old son Oliver.The star was photographed running errands on 27 January in her silver Land Rover as she donned a black and white striped T-shirt alongside a pair of dark trousers.

Now only is Mikhail Baryshnikov one of the leading dancers of the 20th century, he is also a celebrated actor! Born in Riga, Latvia, on January 27, 1948, Mikhail began dazzling audiences with his ballet artistry throughout his teens. Despite his fame in Soviet Russia, Mikhail decided to defect to Canada in 1974 to explore other dance companies, eventually landing in the United States with the American Ballet Company, where he became the artistic director in 1980. In the decades following, he became a leader in organizing dance troupes and companies throughout the world. In 2000, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts.

One of Hollywood’s most powerful and prestigious law firms is expanding its rooster and name.

Hollywood is sending out their love and support to Regina King as she mourns the loss of her only child. Janet Jackson, Kid Cudi, Josh Gad and more celebrities expressed sadness upon hearing the tragic news that Regina’s son Ian Alexander Jr. died by suicide at the age of 26. Many of the social media posts included heartbreaking photos of the mother and son, while others simply shared their heartfelt condolences.

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