MoviesLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Rango," starring Johnny Depp as the voice of a pet chameleon who tries to bring law and order to a town in the Wild West, won the Oscar for best animated feature film on Sunday. Depp voices Rango, who ends up stuck in a desert town called Dirt, where he takes on the role of sheriff and leads a quest to replenish the town's water supply. The film is directed by Gore Verbinski, the man behind three of the blockbuster "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies that also star Depp. "Rango" is Verbinski's first animated movie. ...
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"Rango" wins Oscar for best animated feature film
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Rango," starring Johnny Depp as the voice of a pet chameleon who tries to bring law and order to a town in the Wild West, won the Oscar for best animated feature film on Sunday. Depp voices Rango, who ends up stuck in a desert town called Dirt, where he takes on the role of sheriff and leads a quest to replenish the town's water supply. The film is directed by Gore Verbinski, the man behind three of the blockbuster "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies that also star Depp. "Rango" is Verbinski's first animated movie. ...
"Rango" wins Oscar for best animated feature film
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Rango," starring Johnny Depp as the voice of a pet chameleon who tries to bring law and order to a town in the Wild West, won the Oscar for best animated feature film on Sunday. Depp voices Rango, who ends up stuck in a desert town called Dirt, where he takes on the role of sheriff and leads a quest to replenish the town's water supply. The film is directed by Gore Verbinski, the man behind three of the blockbuster "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies that also star Depp. "Rango" is Verbinski's first animated movie. ...
Christopher Plummer wins supporting actor Oscar for "Beginners"
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Christopher Plummer won his first Oscar on Sunday for his supporting role in "Beginners," in which he plays an elderly man who comes out of the closet and embraces his gay identity. Plummer, 82, a veteran screen and stage star best known as Captain von Trapp in "The Sound of Music," became the oldest person to receive an Oscar in the history of the Academy Awards. That title had previously been held by "Driving Miss Daisy" star Jessica Tandy, who won an Oscar at the age of 80. ...
Christopher Plummer wins supporting actor Oscar for "Beginners"
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Christopher Plummer won his first Oscar on Sunday for his supporting role in "Beginners," in which he plays an elderly man who comes out of the closet and embraces his gay identity. Plummer, 82, a veteran screen and stage star best known as Captain von Trapp in "The Sound of Music," became the oldest person to receive an Oscar in the history of the Academy Awards. That title had previously been held by "Driving Miss Daisy" star Jessica Tandy, who won an Oscar at the age of 80. ...
Christopher Plummer wins supporting actor Oscar for "Beginners"
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Christopher Plummer won his first Oscar on Sunday for his supporting role in "Beginners," in which he plays an elderly man who comes out of the closet and embraces his gay identity. Plummer, 82, a veteran screen and stage star best known as Captain von Trapp in "The Sound of Music," became the oldest person to receive an Oscar in the history of the Academy Awards. That title had previously been held by "Driving Miss Daisy" star Jessica Tandy, who won an Oscar at the age of 80. ...
Scorsese, Hazanavicius lead Directors Guild rolls (AP)
AP - Directors Guild of America Awards regular Martin Scorsese and first-timer Michel Hazanavicius are the favorites as Hollywood's top filmmaker group prepares to hand out prizes.
Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana celebrate at Sundance (AP)
AP - Bradley Cooper and Zoe Saldana came to the Sundance Film Festival to promote their closing-night film, "The Words."
911 call reveals frantic efforts to help Moore (AP)
AP - A 911 recording revealed frantic efforts by friends of Demi Moore to get help for the actress who was convulsing as they gathered around her and tried to comfort her.
Grammy-winning composer Clare Fischer dead at 83 (AP)
AP - Clare Fischer, a Grammy-winning composer who wrote scores for television and movies and worked with legendary musicians like Dizzy Gillespie, has died. He was 83.
Screen Actors Guild votes to approve merger plan (AP)
AP - The Screen Actors Guild national board of directors has voted to approve a plan to merge with the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.
Academy makes credits exception for 'Tree of Life' (Reuters)
Reuters - The Academy has made an unusual exception for "The Tree of Life," determining that the film has four true producers and should not be limited by an AMPAS rule that limits the number of producers on a Best Picture nominee to three.
Trio of actors confirmed to present at Spirit Awards (Reuters)
Reuters - Penelope Ann Miller, Michael Shannon and Zoe Saldana are the first confirmed presenters for this year's Film Independent Spirit Awards, Film Independent announced exclusively to TheWrap on Friday.
SAG, AFTRA boards vote on proposed merger (Reuters)
Reuters - The Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists boards of directors are scheduled to vote on a proposed SAG-AFTRA merger agreement over the next few days. Depending on their progress, they could make an announcement during the SAG Awards on Sunday.
"War" reduced to PG-13 after Fox trims sexual content (Reuters)
Reuters - When "This Means War" hits theaters on Valentine's Day, the Reese Witherspoon action comedy will arrive with a PG-13 rating, TheWrap has confirmed.
Movie Scores: How the critics rated the new movies (AP)
AP - Liam Neeson continues to impress critics with his reinvention as an action hero as he approaches 60 in this weekend's "The Grey."
British film "Shadow Dancer" lifts crowd at Sundance (Reuters)
Reuters - A tense British thriller about a mother deeply entrenched in the IRA and forced to choose between the organization and the family she loves has earned high praise among the foreign films at this week's Sundance Film festival.
Katherine Heigl goes for "Money" in new caper film (Reuters)
Reuters - Katherine Heigl has headlined several romantic comedies such as "27 Dresses" and "The Ugly Truth," but for her newest film, the former "Grey's Anatomy" TV star toplines an action comedy "One for the Money," in theaters of Friday.
IFC Films acquires "Killer" (Reuters)
Reuters - IFC Films has purchased the North American rights to the thriller "Simon Killer," TheWrap has confirmed.
SAG statuette has an interesting backstory (AP)
AP - The television academy's Emmy has her wings. The motion picture academy's Oscar has his sword. But the Screen Actors Guild's statuette, known as "The Actor," may have the hottest bod of the Hollywood award season.
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