Below are the nominations in the eight major categories (full list here). Nothing terribly surprising, except for a few glaring snubs. Kathryn Bigelow’s “Zero Dark 30” earned noms for picture, screenplay, and actress, but not for her work as director.
On Wednesday, Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson said he was going to “fight like crazy” to keep the Sacramento Kings, the NBA basketball franchise, in the city after reports surfaced that indicated the owners of the Kings were close to selling
Monday marked the filing deadline for candidate seeking to appear on the February 26 primary ballot for Illinois’s 2nd Congressional District Special Election to replace Jesse Jackson Jr. All in all, twenty-two candidates have turned in the petitions yesterday. Seventeen
Hollywood’s sudden embrace of Biblical stories may include Brad Pitt playing a religious figure some see as a classic film villain. Deadline.com reports Brad Pitt is considering the title role in the upcoming Warner Bros. epic “Pontius Pilate.’ It is
(AP) White House ramping up gun violence discussionsBy JULIE PACEAP White House CorrespondentWASHINGTONFacing an end-of-the-month deadline, the Obama administration is calling gun owner groups, victims’ organizations and representatives from the video-game industry to the White House this week for discussions
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) “You know we have ten years notice on this fiscal deadline. And you know when they decided to address it? Ten years, one hour, and thirty-six minutes is when they finally decided to come up with
Here is a summary of where things stand on the “fiscal cliff,” with just minutes to spare before the midnight deadline, after which the Bush tax cuts will expire and massive automatic spending cuts are implemented. The White House–meaning Vice
Numerous sources report that the House of Representatives will not be able to vote on any Senate deal to avoid the “fiscal cliff” before the midnight deadline tonight, even if the Senate were able to reach agreement, which it has
Matt Damon’s “Promised Land,” a film pitting a rural Pennsylvania community against a greedy natural gas company, hit theaters in limited release over the weekend. Turns out there’s little pent-up demand for a Hollywood tale trashing the process of fracking.
As Americans ponder how our politicians could have allowed “fiscal cliff” negotiations to drag on into the final day, it is clear that the mainstream media shares a significant part of the blame. There is no way that the impasse
Hollywood is under attack this month not just for the violent content it produces but the topics and tone it can embrace in feature films. Most industry denizens are staying silent even though the broadsides directly impact their livelihoods. The
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Nasa’s Mars Rover, Curiosity, takes a photo of itself H1N1 Swine Flu kills nine people in the West Bank The ‘Kick the Can Theory’ and the Fiscal Cliff Fiscal cliff negotiations Nasa’s Mars Rover,
In today’s chapter of “The Fiscal Cliff,” Senate Leaders Reid and McConnell are working behind the scenes to craft a deal to meet Monday’s midnight deadline. Yesterday, President Obama met with congressional leaders, for the first time in six weeks,
(AP) Futures dip as US hurdles toward fiscal cliffNEW YORKStock futures are moving lower ahead of a last-ditch effort by the White House and GOP congressional leaders to hash out a budget deal before a year-end deadline strikes. Dow Jones
(AP) Over the fiscal cliff: Soft or hard landing?By CONNIE CASSAssociated PressWASHINGTON Efforts to save the nation from going over a year-end “fiscal cliff” were in disarray as lawmakers fled the Capitol for their Christmas break. “God only knows” how
The Oxygen Channel is taking a page out of Maury Povich’s playbook. The network is ordering up a new reality special to be called “All My Babies’ Mamas.” And yes, the narrative is exactly what you think it is: Slated
The Wall Street Journal has reported that Barack Obama, petulant as usual, was considering using his State of the Union speech to blame Republicans for the impasse in dealing with the “fiscal cliff.” The Journal wrote: Mr. Obama repeatedly lost
The clock is ticking down towards the deadline of the fiscal cliff, and analysts are wondering why Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has not taken action on the tax withholding levels in American workers’ paychecks. The Obama Administration has framed its
(AP) World stocks stall as US budget talks sourBy PAMELA SAMPSONAP Business WriterBANGKOKWorld stock markets faced resistance Thursday after talks turned sour among U.S. political leaders trying to reach an agreement over how to avert an economically disastrous “fiscal cliff”
(AP) Fitch says ‘fiscal cliff’ may cost US ‘AAA’ ratingNEW YORKFitch warned that the U.S. is more likely to lose its top-notch “AAA” rating if lawmakers cannot agree on how to cut the deficit and avoid the broad government spending
Thanks to the massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, producer Harvey Weinstein has cancelled the Los Angeles premiere of Quentin Tarantino’s blood-soaked new Jamie Foxx vehicle, Django Unchained. A representative of The Weinstein Company announced, “Our thoughts and prayers go out to
Uber-producer Harvey Weinstein’s latest film, “Django Unchained,” may be the year’s most violent release. Star Jamie Foxx insists movie violence can inspire people to commit real atrocities. So why would Weinstein, on the heels of the tragic school shooting in
A top federal appeals court signaled Friday that it might act on Obamacare’s HHS Mandate–requiring employers to cover birth control and abortion-related services. After repeated assurances that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would not mandate abortion or people of faith
State Department Spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told the press pool today that there are no updates on the independent investigative report of the security failures and response of the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya. When asked if the
Turns out Michael Moore isn’t the only Hollywood denizen digging in over Michigan’s new Right-to-Work effort. SAG-AFTRA, Hollywood’s biggest union, is declaring war against the proposal which would make union dues voluntary and generally weaken unions as a whole. If
