When you watch television, especially modern television that thrives on shocks and surprises, you need to be prepared for the fact that just because someone's a main character, it doesn't mean that they will have a long and healthy life. Doesn't matter who they are, or how big a role they have. These days, a major character can be killed off in the fifth episode of the first season with barely a second thought.
Obviously, the Academy Awards are incredibly selective (not to mention subjective) and the movie or actor you thought was the absolute best will more than likely not walk away with the big prize. But sometimes there's such an egregious error in judgment, such a crime against the art of filmmaking that you can't help to raise your arms to the heavens and cry to those cinema snobs up in their ivory towers, "What were you thinking?!" Here are the Oscar winners we deem most unworthy.
The most interesting thing about child stars is their potential. If they've already made it in the entertainment industry as minors, what are they going to be capable of when they’re grown up? Because of how little acting experience they've had, these kid stars can be very hit or miss. Some are cute but forgettable set decoration, some are precocious but ultimately playing themselves, and some seem great at memorizing lines but can’t seem to bring any emotion to the roles they’re playing. Then you've got a tiny, tiny percentage of child actors who really seem to get it – they don’t need to be told how to emote, or how to interact with the camera, or anything like that. With that in mind, these are the ten child stars of today that I think should weather the storm of puberty and make it through to the other side as legitimate adult actors.
The X-Men and Avengers franchises are two of the most profitable and successful productions in the superhero world right now. With X-Men: First Class breathing new life into the series, The Avengers boasting a veritable army of audience-friendly comic book heroes, and Chris Nolan's critically-acclaimed Batman trilogy drawing to a close, they're pretty much where it's at.
Today we say goodbye to Andy Williams, who died on Tuesday at age 84. Williams was most famous for singing "Moon River", which became the theme song for his popular 1960s variety program, The Andy Williams Show. Although "Moon River" was first performed in Breakfast at Tiffany's by Audrey Hepburn, Williams sang it at the 1962 Academy Awards and his memorable, instantly recognizable voice became forever tied to the popular song.
Over the past few years, rumors of a new Wonder Woman TV show have been everywhere. It seems like the perfect time to bring back one of the most famous female superheros too, especially with the current popularity of the genre.
In a TV climate already saturated with shows from the 70s, 80s, and even the 90s, the motto seems to be, "the more, the merrier." Over the past few years, we've had sequels and reboots of Dallas, Hawaii Five-O, Charlie's Angels, 90210, The Firm and many others. Now, CBS has obtained the rights for a television sequel to the 80s hit Beverly Hills Cop, set to be produced by Eddie Murphy and Shawn Ryan (The Shield, Lie to Me).
What do you get when you mix together equal parts The Flintstones, Father of the Bride, and How To Train Your Dragon? The obvious answer is Dreamworks Animation's newest feature The Croods, starring Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Catherine Keener, and Ryan Reynolds.
Oscar-nominated actor Michael Clarke Duncan has died today at age 54. His fiancee Omarosa Stallworth and various news sources report that the actor suffered a heart attack on July 13 and never fully recovered.
Last year, Neil Gaiman gave us "The Doctor's Wife", an episode which many fans consider to be one of the best since Doctor Who came back on the air in 2005. The acclaimed fantasy writer won a Hugo for his work on the show that included, among other things, a living incarnation of the TARDIS (played by Helena Bonham Carter Suranne Jones). While we were all wishing for more Gaiman-style Who, it was far from a sure thing. Until now that is.
