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Oscar Fashion: The Ugly

Sadie — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:45:00 EST

Behold. Philip Seymour Hoffman's hat.

[Los Angeles, CA. February 22. Image via Getty.]

Philip Seymour Hoffman: An American Werewolf In Chelsea

Anna — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:10:00 EST

[New York, November 17. Image via INF]

Philip Seymour Hoffman Would Like You To Get Off His Concrete Lawn

Anna — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:10:00 EDT

[New York, October 30. Image via Bauer-Griffin]

Philip Seymour Hoffman: So Precious

Anna — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:50:00 EDT

[New York, September 25. Image via INF]

Philip Seymour Hoffman Is Ambivalent About The American League East

Anna — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:15:00 EDT

[New York, July 17. Image via Flynet]

Loose Lips

Jessica — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:45:00 EST

The two doctors who were investigated by the Feds in Heath Ledger's accidental overdose were cleared of all charges. Agents determined that while the doctors did prescribe meds to Ledger, they did not give him the drugs that contributed to his death. • Paper magazine listed the top ten worst nude film scenes of all time, and Philip Seymour Hoffman's bare ass in BeforeThe Devil Knows You're Dead took top honors. Paper wrote: "The image of Philip's big, bare flabby ass is branded on my brain." We say: we think PSH's pale booty is adorable, thank you very much. Real men have curves! • Angie Harmon is voting for John McCain. "There are a lot more people in L.A. voting for McCain than you think," Harmon told Us. "We have an underground Republican Party!" A party including Dennis Hopper and Chuck Norris. Sounds like a really bitchin' soiree. [TMZ, Dlisted, Us]

Best Actress Oscar Nominees Aren't All Victims

Jennifer — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:30:00 EST

This year's female acting Oscar nominees are a strange bunch of characters — and no, we don't mean the narcissistic actresses themselves. While the Supporting Actress field is rife with Hollywood's version of the female victim, the Best Actress category has some complicated characters that have too damn much going on emotionally for us to be able to tell decide if they were victims (or hookers, or doormats) or not! After all, tragedy doesn't equate victimhood and playing tough doesn't necessarily make one a hero. After the jump, we break down the characters — and ask you to tell us who's a victim, who's a hooker, who's a doormat, and who's on the fence. (Hint: We consult our Magic 8-Ball.)

Best Supporting Actress:
Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There: Come on, she plays that genius music man Bob Dylan! Who was most definitely not a victim. Or a hooker. Or even a woman. Verdict: OK!

Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton: As Hillary Clinton taught us, even if other people try to hate on you, once a ball-busting lawyer, always a ball-busting lawyer. Which means that Swinton's character gets a Verdict: OK!

Ruby Dee, American Gangster: Yeah, it's sort of an iron-clad rule. Playing the guilt-ridden mother of a heroin dealer leaves no other option than Verdict: Victim!

Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone: She's an alcoholic. And her kid goes missing. Most definitely Verdict: Victim!

Saorise Ronan, Atonement: Once she reaches young adulthood, her character attempts to correct an error in judgment she had as a child by (spoiler alert!) concocting and selling a fictitious version of events. Which makes her either a crazy or a sociopath. No matter how you look at it, dying alone with regret makes you a guaranteed Verdict: Victim! (Even if you're the one making others into victims. Life is complicated like that, natch.)

Best Actress:

[Note: All of these nominees are sorta hard to pin down, so dangerously close do they dance between the line of victim/not-victim. So instead, we simply consulted our Magic 8-Ball.]

Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden Age: Plays the infamous Virgin Queen who was tricked into war with the Spaniards. Also, harbors crush on Clive Owen (as Sir Walter Raleigh), who falls for her #1 lady-in-waiting and also knocks her up and marries her. In the end, England wins the war, but Queen Lizzie loses the man and a well-trained bitch. Verdict: Ask Again Later.

Julie Christie, Away From Her: Gets Alzheimer's, has to go to a nursing home, but then finds love. Too bad she's married! The story is sad, but good for her for finding some happiness. Also, isn't it not politically correct to call a person with Alzheimer's a "victim"? Verdict: Signs point to "no".

Marion Cotillard, La Vie En Rose: Her mother was an alcoholic and she grows up to be one too, in addition to, you know, real-life French chanteuse Edith Piaf. Also, has string of bad relationships and loses her only child. But she's a star, people, a star! Does becoming one of the biggest talents of our time cancel out the tragedy? Verdict: Absolutely.

Laura Linney, The Savages: Has a bad temp job, wants to be a playwright, denied every grant she's ever applied for, involved with a married man, father is dying. But: she's the smart and sassy sister to Philip Seymour Hoffman's even more pathetic brother, which means we're willing to give her the big ol' Verdict: My Sources Say No

Ellen Page, Juno: Has unprotected sex, gets pregnant, decides to keep the baby and give it up for adoption. By movie's end, she's landed her dream man (her dorky best friend), learned that childbirth is painful, makes a woman who wants to be a mom happy, grows closer with her own parents, and even manages to slink back down to original svelte teen-aged self when it's all over. Here's a girl who gets pregnant and refuses to play the victim, which somehow heightens the unavoidable sadness and gravity of the situation. Verdict: Outlook Not So Good

Earlier: Oscar Noms 2008: Women Can Write, Not Direct

Oscar Noms 2008: Women Can Write, Not Direct

Jennifer — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:30:00 EST

The Oscar ceremony may not happen this year, but the nominations themselves, just announced, prove that women are making inroads as writers. In addition to actress noms for Cate Blanchett (for both I'm Not There and Elizabeth: The Golden Age) and Julie Christie, Marion Cotillard, Laura Linney, and Ellen Page, the Best Original Screenplay category was female-dominated, with 4 out of the 5 nominated films boasting women writers (an additional writing nod was given to Sarah Polley for Best Adapted Screenplay for I'm Not There). Interestingly (and not surprisingly), not a single Best Director nomination went to a woman; are women just not being given the opportunity to direct by the Hollywood establishment? Or are their efforts just not being recognized? Contemplate this while checking out the full list of nominees, after the jump.

Best Supporting Actress:
Cate Blanchett — I'm Not There
Tilda Swinton — Michael Clayton
Amy Ryan — Gone Baby Gone
Ruby Dee — American Gangster
Saorise Ronan — Atonement

Best Supporting Actor:
Casey Affleck — The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
Javier bardem — No Country For Old Men
Philip Seymour Hoffman — Charlie Wilson's War
Hal Holbrook — Into The Wild
Tom WIlkinson — Michael Clayton

Best Actress:
Cate Blanchett — Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie — Away From Her
Marion Cotillard — La Vie En Rose
Laura Linney — The Savages
Ellen Page — Juno

Best Actor:
George Clooney — Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis — There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp — Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
Tommy Lee Jones — In The Valley Of Elah
Viggo Mortensen — Eastern Promises

Best Director:
Ethan and Joel Coen — No Country for Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson — There Will Be Blood
Julian Schnabel — The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Jason Reitman — Juno
Tony Gilroy — Michael Clayton

Best Original Screenplay:
Tamara Jenkins — The Savages
Diablo Cody — Juno
Nancy Oliver — Lars and the Real Girl
Tony Gilroy — Michael Clayton
Brad Bird, Jim Capobianco, Jan Pinkava — Ratatouille

Best Adapted Screenplay:
Atonement — Christopher Hampton
Away From Her — Sarah Polley
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly — Ronald Harwood
No Country For Old Men — Ethan and Joel Cohen
There Will Be Blood — Paul Thomas Anderson

Best Picture:
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood

No Country, Blood Lead Oscar Nominations [Reuters]

Charlie Wilson's Women: "He Was Such A Chauvinist, But He Also Gave Us So Many Opportunities!"

Jennifer — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 12:30:14 EST

Charlie Wilson's War, which opened on Friday, is a movie I think everyone should see. Not because Julia Roberts delivers a shoddy Texas accent or because Philip Seymour Hoffman steals every scene he's in or because Tom Hanks is the lead and Americans love Tom Hanks even more than deep-fried crucifix-shaped guns. But besides being a really interesting (if not frenetically-paced) crash course in the history of the United States' involvement (and subsequent lack thereof) in Afghanistan, the movie's greatest asset is the man who inspired it: the real-life Charlie Wilson, six-term congressman from Texas, notorious womanizer, bleeding-heart genius IQ-ed anti-communist and damn they-don't-make-em-like-they-used-to Piece Of Work. The Washington Post interviewed a number of the women who worked with Wilson during his days on the Hill. And amazingly, not a one had anything less than gushingly complimentary about the man who said of his female employees, "You can teach 'em to type, but you can't teach 'em to grow tits."

Charlie did not drink in the office. At least not until the end of the day.

— Elaine Lang Cornett, former Wilson staffer.

We did not show cleavage in the office. I had no cleavage to show.

— Carol Simons Huddleston, former Wilson staffer

[Wilson's apartment] was much cheesier in real life [than it was in the movie]. It was floor-to-ceiling mirrors.

— D'Anna Tindal, former Wilson staffer

The movie made it seem like he called us all jailbait. He never called us jailbait.

— Amy Maccarone. (See, he only called the interns jailbait!)

I thought, 'Who is this Neanderthal?' and I stormed into his office. He burst out laughing. He has spent his whole life figuring out how to pull people's chains — and he was pulling mine.

— former Congresswoman Patricia Schroeder, upon being sent by Wilson a photo of a tombstone that read "Mrs. Davy Crockett" and a note which read "In Texas, we don't even let women use their first name on their tombstones."

He'd never met Farrah [Fawcett] in his life, but he reads [in a gossip column that the two are dating] and says, 'You think if I call her, she'll go out with me?'

— Elaine Lang Cornett, former Wilson press secretary

He asked me to dance, and somebody took a picture of us dancing and published it in The Washington Post and Charlie said, 'I've never been seen dancing with a woman that old! Those damn liberals printed it on purpose, showing me dancing with an old lady!'

— Congresswoman Patricia Schroeder

He used to drive us crazy because he was such a chauvinist, but he also gave us so many opportunities. For heaven's sakes, I was a woman on Defense Appropriations, where there weren't very many of us. I'm a big fan.

— D'Anna Tindal

Sticking To His Guns [Washington Post]

Owen Wilson Speaks

Dodai — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 09:00:00 EDT

Owen Wilson has given his first interview since his suicide attempt — and it's going to be on MySpace. Director Wes Anderson spoke with Owen about their latest film, Darjeeling Limited, and is posting the discussion tonight at midnight. We have a feeling it's going to be totally work-related, but you never know. [People]
Ellen DeGeneres' ratings were up at least 10% — maybe more — in the two days following her meltdown over Iggy the mutt, which is kind of crazy if you think about it. [Page Six]
OMG! Dina Lohan's reality show starts filming next week! "It's about empowering women to be successful single mothers," Dina says. Daughter Ali will star in the show as well. Um, how do we feel about this? Anyone? [People]

Naomi Campbell "blew her top" after missing a transatlantic flight yesterday at Heathrow airport. Hey, at least she didn't throw anything. [Mirror]
Britney's mom, Lynne Spears, is writing a book — she has a deal with a Christian publisher. [Rush & Molloy, 2nd from last item]
Meanwhile, Britney and Kevin Federline are due in court today, as the custody battle continues. [Yahoo News]
Kate Hudson's divorce is finally final. She's free to date other people! Oh, wait. [E!]
Isla Fisher and Sacha Baron Cohen named their baby girl Olive, btw. [ONTD]
Daniel Dae Kim, who plays Jin on Lost (and is hot), was busted for DUI Thursday in Hawaii. He's the fourth member of the cast of Lost to be arrested. The production team should probably invest in some hired drivers. [TMZ]
Paris Hilton's trip to Rwanda has been "postponed." LOL. [TMZ]
Lindsay Lohan is staying at the Beverly Hills Hotel, where paparazzi can't see her coming or going. Damn. [Page Six]
Rocker Cisco Adler (Mischa Barton's ex) was seen runing around Hyde in L.A. in his underwear. Do not want! [Page Six]
Leonardo DiCaprio was still a virgin at age 17? That's kinda cool. [Page Six]
Philip Seymour Hoffman and Marisa Tomei's new movie opens with their nude sex scene. We like them both, but together and naked? Not sure. [Page Six]
At Hilary Clinton's 60th birthday party last night, Elvis Costello sang "Happy birthday, Mrs. President." [Gatecrasher]
Dave Navarro is happy writing and directing porn instead of making music right now. "Rock used to have that rebellious 'up against the world' creed," he says. "That doesn't exist anymore in the music world — but it's alive and well in the adult industry." [Page Six]