Gabourey Sidibe (GA'-buh-ray SIH'-dee-bay) is pinching herself over her unexpected life, which includes an Oscar nomination and a new TV series. At a meeting Thursday of the Television Critics Association in Beverly Hills, Sidibe described herself as a "middle-of-the-lane, very normal" person who'd planned ...

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is giving money away. The group behind the Golden Globe Awards presented $1.5 million in grants to nonprofit film organizations at a star-studded luncheon Wednesday at the Four Seasons Hotel. Eva Longoria Parker helped HFPA president Philip Berk hand out ...

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - An actor who traded lawsuits with the motion picture academy after being detained outside the Oscars has been charged with criminal trespass. The City of Los Angeles has filed charges against Michael AvMen and his wife, Mandy, for attempting to attend the Academy Awards without tickets in March. They have been ordered to appear in court ...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has appointed actress Geena Davis to a California commission established to promote women's equality. Schwarzenegger on Tuesday named the 54-year-old actress to the Commission on the Status of Women. The nonpartisan panel advocates for women and girls in areas such as education and ...

Hollywood observers believe Mel Gibson's temper may have landed him in more than just hot water amid a furor over alleged rants against his ex-girlfriend. This time it may cost his career. The latest scandal stems from profane and rage-filled comments posted on the celebrity gossip website RadarOnline.com which were culled from audio tapes, allegedly of Gibson threatening ...

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - The British Film Institute (BFI) has called on the public to adopt an Alfred Hitchcock movie in a bid to raise the one million pounds ($1.5 million) it needs to restore nine of the master's works. A contribution of 5,000 pounds, via the website www.bfi.org/saveafilm, will earn the donor an on-screen ...

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Meryl Streep is in talks to reteam with her "Mamma Mia!" director for "Thatcher," a biopic of the former British prime minister. Jim Broadbent would play Margaret Thatcher's husband, Denis, for the British production. The film, to be directed by Phyllida Lloyd, is set in 1982 and tracks Thatcher as she tries to save her ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Vanessa Redgrave is returning to Broadway this coming October opposite James Earl Jones in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Driving Miss Daisy," the show's producers said on Tuesday. Redgrave, who won a Tony for the 2003 production of "Long Day's Journey Into Night," will portray the title role of 72 year-old Daisy Werthan, and Jones ...

Adam Sandler, Bono and James Gandolfini are among 135 people invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Also on the list announced Friday are several Oscar winners from this year, including Mo'Nique, best supporting actress for "Precious: Based on the Novel ...

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Hollywood's awards season is kind of like the weather: everyone complains about it, but nobody does much about it. Even before the final envelopes are opened at the Oscars each year, campaigners are lamenting that the process has grown too expensive; too many events crowd the limelight; and mostly that the season, which begins in ...