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Alec Baldwin Says He Found Love After He Gave Up, Would ‘Be Heaven’ To Have More Kids

2012-01-26T05:01:00.000-08:00

Alec Baldwin would love to expand his family.

While discussing his happiness with girlfriend Hilaria Thomas on “Piers Morgan Tonight” on Wednesday, the British host asked the “30 Rock” star if he’d like to have more children.

“Have I thought about having more kids? Oh sure, that would be great, that would be heaven, that would be fantastic,” Alec told Piers, who two months ago welcomed a new daughter to his own British brood.

Alec then went on to make a joke about his potential plans to have more children later in life. (His daughter Ireland, with ex-wife Kim Basinger, is now 16.)

“As my friend said to me, ‘When you have children, typically in a second marriage, when you’re older and you get married again to a woman who would have children, you must always remember that you make sure [the children] attend a college where the commencement ceremonies are held in a facility with a wheelchair accessible ramp,’” Alec added, tongue-in-cheek.

The actor also addressed dating a younger woman – Hilaria, a yoga instructor, is 27, while he is 53.

Alec revealed he actually sought advice from Tony Bennett, who is married to a much younger woman by several decades, wife Susan Crow.

“I said to Tony, ‘I’m dating a woman who is… younger than I am — she’s a lot younger than I am — and I sometimes think about that and I know, Tony, you’re with Susan and you’re quite a bit older than her,’” Alec recounted. “And he looked at me and he goes, ‘Yeah, people say that to me all the time and I say to them, ’Consider the alternative.’”

The “30 Rock” star said he is “very, very happy” in his relationship and admitted his love actually fit in with an old saying – love will find you when you stop looking.

“It is true what people always say, and it’s tough to make your way to that place, I guess, where you stop looking,” Alec said. “I was married and I was with somebody for 10 years and then after I got divorced, I dated people and I had one girlfriend for several years… and right before I met Hilaria… I did lay in my bed and say, ‘This is it. I’m gonna be alone for the rest of my life, I’m gonna die alone in this apartment in this bed, I’ll have my friends, I’ll have Twitter, I’ll have Words with Friends, I’ll have my New Yorker subscription… I’ll have my quiet, unhappy life, and then right when I put it all on the shelf, and it was over… I walked into a restaurant… and I met this woman who is probably one of the greatest people I’ve ever met in my life.”

Hollywood - Going global

2012-01-17T12:27:00.000-08:00

The Golden Globe Awards saw Hollywood’s most popular stars walk away with big wins, while others shone on the red carpet for their style statement. Here’s who dazzled and who stole the show

The 69th Golden Globe Awards, saw Hollywood descend in all its glory at LA’s Beverly Hilton Hotel. Here’s who came up tops at the show. The Artist, directed by Michel Hazanavicius, emerged the big winner, bagging Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy, Best Original Score (Ludovic Bourve) and Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy (Jean Dujardin).

Alexander Payne's The Descendants followed, winning Best Motion Picture - Drama and Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama (George Clooney).

No prizes for guessing this one… Meryl Streep won her eighth Globe---Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama---for her portrayal of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in Iron Lady. Michelle Williams took home Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy for her role in My Week with Marilyn.

Christopher Plummer and Octavia Spencer picked up Best Supporting Actor for their work in Beginners and The Help, respectively. Veteran actor Morgan Freeman was honoured with the Cecil B DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award.

Filmmaker Martin Scorsese took home Best Director for Hugo while Woody Allen's romantic comedy Midnight in Paris won Best Screenplay. Predictably, Steven Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of The Unicorn bagged Best Animated Film.

In the music category, Madonna won Best Original Song - Motion Picture for her number 'Masterpiece' in her directorial movie W.E..

Iranian film A Separation beat nominations from China, US, Belgium and Spain to win Best Foreign Film. Homeland, a thriller series about a man returning to the US eight years after going missing in Iraq, won Best TV Series Drama and Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series - Drama (Claire Danes).

Kelsey Grammer picked up Best Actor for Boss. Modern Family, a satirical take on three different families, bagged Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy while Downtown Abbey won Best Mini-series or Motion Picture made for TV. The award for Best Performance by an Actor in a TV series - Comedy or Musical went to Matt LeBlanc and Laura Dern for Episodes and Enlightened, respectively.

Oscar winner Kate Winslet took home Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-series or Motion Picture made for Television for Mildred Pierce. Actor Idris Elba took the same award in the male category for Luther.

The ceremony oozed glamour with the likes of Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, Helen Mirren and Jane Fonda walking the red carpet.

The iron lady wins

She remains one of Hollywood's most talented and respected, not to mention most celebrated actresses; her repertoire extending to theatre, television and film. Born June 22, 1949 and winner of two Academy Awards, two Emmy Awards, two Screen Actors Awards and a BAFTA Award among other accolades, Meryl Streep has just recently earned the distinction of winning eight Golden Globe Awards; her eighth being Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama for her portrayal of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in Iron Lady.

Freida Pinto - Golden Globe Awards winner

2012-01-17T11:48:00.000-08:00

India’s export to H’wood, Freida Pinto, looked pretty in a Prada dress.

Hollywood dazzle at Golden Globes Awards

2012-01-17T11:44:00.000-08:00

Hollywood A-listers walked the red carpet at the 69th Golden Globe awards

Angelina Jolie, Nicole Kidman, Kate Winslet, Salma Hayek, Jessica Alba, Charlize Theron, Reese Witherspoon, and more added oomph to the star-studded ceremony held on Sunday night at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.

Brangelina may have lost out on Golden Globe awards, but they stole the show with their style and panache. And the award goes to...

MOTION PICTURES
» Picture, Drama: The Descendants.
» Picture, Musical or Comedy: The Artist.
» Actor, Drama: George Clooney, The Descendants.
» Actress, Drama: Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady.
» Director: Martin Scorsese, Hugo.
» Actor, Musical or Comedy: Jean Dujardin, The Artist.
» Actress, Musical or Comedy: Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn.
» Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer, Beginners.
» Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer, The Help.
» Foreign Language: A Separation.
» Animated Film: The Adventures of Tintin.
» Screenplay: Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris.
» Original Score: Ludovic Bource, The Artist.
» Original Song: Masterpiece (music and lyrics by Madonna, Julie Frost, Jimmy Harry), W.E.

Meryl Streep won the gong for her portrayal of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady.

TELEVISION
» Series, Drama: Homeland, Showtime.
» Series, Musical or Comedy: Modern Family, ABC.
» Actor, Drama: Kelsey Grammer, Boss.
» Actress, Drama: Claire Danes, Homeland.
» Actress, Musical or Comedy: Laura Dern, Enlightened.”
» Actor, Musical or Comedy: Matt LeBlanc, Episodes.
» Miniseries or Movie: Downton Abbey (Masterpiece) , PBS.
» Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Kate Winslet, “Mildred Pierce.”
» Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Idris Elba, Luther.
» Supporting Actress, Series, Miniseries or Movie: Jessica Lange, American Horror Story.”
» Supporting Actor, Series, Miniseries or Movie: Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones.

PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED
Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award: Morgan Freeman.

2012 Red Carpet Arrivals - Golden Globe Awards

2012-01-17T11:14:00.000-08:00

Michelle Williams looked stunning in a blue dress by Jason Wu.

Michelle Williams

2012 Red Carpet Arrivals - Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt

2012-01-16T13:11:00.000-08:00

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt arrive at the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California, on January 15.

2012 Red Carpet Arrivals - Golden Globe Awards

2012-01-16T13:06:00.000-08:00

Charlize Theron arrives at the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California, on January 15.

Best Supporting Actress in a TV Series - Golden Globe Awards

2012-01-16T12:57:00.000-08:00

The list of nominees for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television at the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards. The winner will be announced at the ceremony on January 15, 2012.

Jessica Lange (winner)

"American Horror Story"
Maggie Smith

"Downtown Abbey"
Sofia Vergara

"Modern Family"
Evan Rachel Wood

"Mildred Pierce"

Kelly MacDonald

"Boardwalk Empire"

Golden Globe Awards Winners - 2012 : Best supporting Actors

2012-01-16T12:31:00.000-08:00

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Eric Stonestreet

"Modern Family"
Guy Pearce

"Mildred Pierce"
Tim Robbins

"Cinema Verite"

Golden Globe Awards - Best Supporting Actor in a TV Series

2012-01-16T12:20:00.000-08:00

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Paul Giamatti

"Too Big to Fail"

Partial Filmography

Rock of Ages (2012)
The Hangover Part II (2011)
The Ides of March (2011)
Ironclad (2011)

Often Works With…
- Angie Dickinson
- Stanley Tucci
- John Pinette
- Tom Heaton
- Gary Hetherington
  Prior to becoming one of the more unlikely leading men in Hollywood, actor Paul Giamatti made a career out of playing comic foils and repressed loners constantly on the verge of exploding with rage. Giamatti first grabbed the public's attention with his vitriolic performance as Kenny - a.k.a. Pig Vomit - Howard Stern's nemesis in "Private Parts" (1997), before quickly developing into the go-to guy for a director looking for an everyman-type actor who could convincingly project simmering intensity. His sour yet endearing performance as bitter
  comic book writer Harvey Pekar in the offbeat biopic, "American Splendor" (2003) did much to put him on the mainstream moviegoer's radar. But it was with his highly-lauded performance in the surprise hit "Sideways" (2004), that Giamatti vaulted to the A-list as a kind of unlikely leading man, a leap that made the comfortable character actor a bit unsettled. With award-worthy performances in "John Adams" (HBO, 2008) and "Barney's Version" (2010), Giamatti became one of those rare actors capable of excelling in both leading and supporting roles, allowing him the freedom to oscillate between big budget fare and small indie films, while developing a reputation as one of the most mesmerizing performers of his time.
  Giamatti was born on June 6, 1967 in New Haven, CT, the son of Angelo Bartlett "Bart" Giamatti, a former president of Yale University, and later the commissioner of Major League Baseball who was most famous for banning Pete Rose from the sport for betting on games. But his mother, Toni, was no slouch - she was a prep school English teacher and a former actor. So Giamatti grew up awash in academia, particularly Renaissance literature which was taught by his dad at Yale prior to him becoming president. Giamatti attended Choate Rosemary Hall, a preparatory school in Wallingford, CT, before studying English at Yale and graduating in 1989. The ink on the degree was barely dry when Giamatti's father - a heavy smoker for many years - died of a sudden heart attack at 51 (an actual photo of Giamatti and his father at the graduation was displayed prominently onscreen years later in "Sideways"). An avid collector of comic books and reader of science fiction, particularly H.P. Lovecraft, Giamatti moved to Seattle after his father's death to try his hand at animation. But with little to no success, he returned home to attend Yale's famed School of Drama; a move that shocked his unsuspecting family
  After graduating Yale a second time, Giamatti cut his acting teeth in regional theater before moving on to bigger stages both off- and on Broadway, appearing in Tom Stoppard's "Arcadia" and David Hare's "Racing Demon." He began the segue into film and television, playing a heckler in the made-for-ABC movie, "I'll Take Romance" (1990) and making his feature debut as Kissing Man in the Gen-X hit, "Singles" (1992). After his series debut as a man in a sleeping bag on "NYPD Blue" (ABC, 1993-2005), Giamatti landed meatier roles in "Sabrina" (1995) and "Mighty Aphrodite" (1995). He had a memorable role as an FBI technician in "Donnie Brasco" (1997), followed by small parts in "Deconstructing Harry" (1997) and "My Best Friend's Wedding" (1997). Giamatti burst into the spotlight with a hilarious turn opposite Howard Stern as Kenny "Pig Vomit" Rushton, a virulent radio executive at NBC who tries to intimidate the irrepressible Stern, in "Private Parts" (1997). Hollywood suddenly stood up and took notice of the odd character actor.
  Back on Broadway, Giamatti sank his teeth into Anton Chekhov's "The Tree Sisters" at the Roundabout Theater Company at the same time "Private Parts" hit theaters. In "Saving Private Ryan" (1998), he was again memorable in a small part, playing a bumbling paratrooper sergeant who helps Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks) and his small team of Army infantrymen on their mission during the Allied invasion of Normandy to find the last surviving son (Matt Damon) of a family deprived of all its male offspring as war casualties. After appearing in "The Truman Show" (1998), Giamatti turned in a scene-stealing turn opposite Kevin Spacey and Samuel L. Jackson in the hostage thriller "The Negotiator" (also 1998). He was impressive as Bob Zmuda, longtime, long-suffering collaborator of Andy Kaufman (Jim Carrey) in the Milos Forman biopic "Man on the Moon" (1999). Following the forgettable "Cradle Will Rock" (1999), Giamatti returned to Broadway to play Jimmy Tomorrow in Spacey's revival of "The Iceman Cometh," a role that earned him a Drama Desk nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
  After serving as the perfect foil for Martin Lawrence in "Big Momma's House" (2000) and portraying a down-and-out karaoke aficionado in "Duets" (2000), Giamatti showed his diversity in balancing two roles - one intensely realistic; the other wildly absurd. First, he played a down-and-out shoe salesman and aspiring documentary filmmaker who focuses his first project on a dysfunctional family, particularly their slacker son (Mark Webber) who wants to be Conan O'Brien, in the "Non-Fiction" segment of writer-director Todd Solondz's bitter "Storytelling" (2001). He was then oddly convincing as the untrustworthy orangutan Limbo in Tim Burton's silly remake of "Planet of the Apes" (2001). In 2002, Giamatti took the stage opposite Al Pacino in a Broadway production of "The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui," Bertolt Brecht's play about a fictional Chicago mobster ruthlessly disposing of his competition while trying to corner the cauliflower market. Giamatti turned in a compelling, though cartoonish performance as duplicitous Hollywood executive Marty Wolf, who steals a young boy's (Frankie Muniz) movie idea in the family-oriented "Big Fat Liar" (2002).
  Following a standard supporting turn in the noirish "Confidence" (2003), Giamatti wowed audiences with his performance as the angry and embittered indie comic book auteur Harvey Pekar in the independent biopic, "American Splendor" (2003). Peppered with documentary-style interviews with the real Harvey Pekar, as well as the artist's grittily unusual artwork, the film followed the curmudgeonly misanthrope's rise from a file clerk at a VA hospital to a comic book writer whose depictions of working-class life turned him into a cult celebrity. Giamatti managed to capture Pekar's essence so perfectly, that the sporadic interviews with the real man seemed at times to be out of place. While he was honored for his performance by the National Board of Review for Best Breakthrough Performance by an Actor and nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead, Giamatti was wrongly snubbed at both the Academy Awards and Golden Globes.
  After follow-up turns in the above-average telepic, "The Pentagon Papers" (2003) and the disappointing John Woo thriller "Paycheck" (2003), Giamatti delivered a tremendous performance in Alexander Payne's wildly praised, seriocomic "Sideways" (2004). As Miles Raymond, the failing writer and wine connoisseur who embarks on a revelatory wine country road trip with his soon-to-be-married college roommate (Thomas Hayden Church), he discovers both the darkest and most promising elements of his nature. Giamatti's poignant and affecting performance was both heartbreaking and hysterical (often both at once), and was hailed as one of the best of the year. Although many were shocked when Giamatti was overlooked for an Oscar nomination - though his co-stars Hayden Church and Virginia Madsen both received nods - the actor reveled in his share of accolades, including the Best Male Actor trophy at the Independent Spirit Awards, the New York Film Critics Circle Awards and other regional critics' honors, as well asnominations for Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild awards. He also did share a SAG ensemble award with his cast mates. Truth be told, he received more ink than he had in his entire career for not being nominated. That Giamatti "was robbed" was a common refrain - heard not just in Hollywood, but from moviegoers around the world.
  Meanwhile, Giamatti provided the voice of Tim the Gate Guard in the well-reviewed animated feature "Robots" (2005), which depicted a world similar to earth but inhabited entirely by mechanical beings. His next big screen role - lensed before the phenomenal success of "Sideways" - was in director Ron Howard's uplifting "Cinderella Man" (2005), playing Joe Gould, the loyal manager of Depression era boxer and folk hero James Braddock (Russell Crowe). The role earned him the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role and a long overdue Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Giamatti next nabbed an opportunity to work with M. Night Shyamalan on "Lady in the Water" (2006), a child-like fantasy that focuses on Cleveland Heep (Giamatti), an apartment superintendent who discovers a wistful water nymph (Bryce Dallas Howard) living in a strange world beneath the building's swimming pool. The nymph is in danger of being destroyed by demonic creatures from her secret world, as Heep and his building's motley tenants band together to help her get back to her world. Though "Lady in the Water" was both a critical and financial disaster, Giamatti did receive kudos for his affecting and wounded performance.
  In the much more critically lauded period drama "The Illusionist" (2006), Giamatti played the shrewd Chief Inspector Uhl, a law-and-order man charged by the Crown Prince of Vienna (Rufus Sewell) to expose a gifted illusionist (Edward Norton) after the prince's fiancée (Jessica Biel) starts working on stage with him. After voicing the bug exterminator in "The Ant Bully" (2006), Giamatti returned to the low budget indie world to play an emotionally stunted man who finds a connection with a red-tailed hawk in "The Hawk is Dying" (2007). He continued to be productive through 2007, playing the leader of a team of shadowy assassins trying to kill a baby protected by the hardboiled Mr. Smith (Clive Owen) in the ridiculously hyper-violent "Shoot 'Em Up." In "The Nanny Diaries," Giamatti portrayed the domineering Mr. X, who, along with his snooty wife (Laura Linney), hires a working-class nanny (Scarlett Johansson) and forces her to cater to the family's ever upper class need. But it was his portrayal as the dedicated, but irascible Founding Father in the seven-part miniseries "John Adams" (HBO, 2008), that earned Giamatti his greatest acclaim to date, winning the actor a slew of awards, including an Emmy, a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a television movie or miniseries and a Screen Actors Guild award for outstanding performance.
  Giamatti kicked off the following year with a turn as a corrupt corporate CEO caught up in a high-stakes double-cross of his own making in the romantic thriller "Duplicity" (2009). Co-starring fan-favorite Julia Roberts and leading man Clive Owen, the smart and sexy film proved to be a moderately disappointing vehicle for its leads, but allowed Giamatti to shine at his vehement best. Once again jumping from mainstream fare to experimental indie projects, Giamatti next appeared as an alternate version of himself a la "Being John Malkovich" (1999) in the quirky comedy "Cold Souls" (2009), in which the depressed actor literally has his soul removed and placed in cold storage, only to later discover it missing. He capped off the year with "The Last Station" (2009), as the foil to the wife (Helen Mirren) of literary giant Leo Tolstoy. As Tolstoy's trusted confidant and disciple, Vladmir Chertkov (Giamatti) lobbies to convince the author to rewrite his will and leave all his worldly possessions to the people of Russia, much to the dismay of Mrs. Tolstoy. What followed was considered by many to be the finest, most nuanced performance of Giamatti's already impressive career. Over the course of three decades, "Barney's Version" (2010) looks back at the storied life of the irascible Barney Panofsky: serial husband, TV producer and possible murderer. Giamatti's brilliant portrayal of the foul-mouthed, cigar-chomping, at times surprisingly endearing cretin earned him a much-deserved Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Musical or Comedy. Back on the small screen, Giamatti joined an all-star cast for the cable movie "Too Big to Fail" (HBO, 2011), which chronicled the 2008 financial meltdown as seen from the eyes of the major players involved. Giamatti portrayed Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, an academic who helped orchestrate a series of government bailouts of the banking industry that he felt were vital to saving the global economy. The role placed Giamatti back into Emmy Award contention after earning a nod for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie.
  
  Also Credited As:
  Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti
  
  Born:
  Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti on June 6, 1967 in Connecticut, USA
  
  Job Titles:
  Actor
  
  Family
  
  Brother: Marcus Giamatti. Born Oct. 3, 1961; married to actor Kathryn Meisle
  
  Father: Angelo Bartlett Giamatti. Yale University professor who later became president of the university; also served as president and later commissioner of Major League Baseball; died in 1989 at age 51
  
  Mother: Toni Giamatti. Taught at Hopkins School in Connecticut
  
  Sister: Elena Giamatti. Younger
  
  Son: Samuel Giamatti. Born c. 2001; mother, Elizabeth Cohen
  
  Significant Others
  
  Wife: Elizabeth Cohen. Born c. 1962; married Oct. 13, 1997; co-director of admissions at a private school in Brooklyn, New York
  
  Education
  
  Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford , Connecticut, 1985
  
  Yale University, New Haven , Connecticut, Literature, Bachelors of Arts, B.A., 1989
  
  Yale University, New Haven , Connecticut, Performing Arts, Masters of Fine Arts, M.F.A
  
  Milestones
  
  1990 Made acting debut in the ABC TV-movie I ll Take Romance
  
  1992 Made feature debut in Cameron Crowe s Singles
  
  1992 Played a supporting role opposite Rutger Hauer in the USA Network thriller Past Midnight
  
  1995 Had a small role in Woody Allen s Mighty Aphrodite
  
  1996 Appeared opposite brother Marcus in the Off-Broadway play The Blues Are Running
  
  1997 Breakthrough role, playing Kenny Pig Vomit Rushton, Stern s antagonistic program director at WNBC in the film adaptation of Howard Stern s Private Parts
  
  1997 Featured as an FBI Technician in Mike Newell s Donnie Brasco
  
  1997 Played the spineless brother in the Broadway production of The Three Sisters
  
  1998 Appeared as the Control Room Director in Peter Weir s The Truman Show
  
  1998 Portrayed Civil War veteran Jeremiah Piper in ABC s Tourist Trap
  
  1999 Played Jimmy Tomorrow in the Broadway revival of Eugene O Neill s The Iceman Cometh
  
  1999 Played Kaufman s creative partner Bob Zmuda in the Andy Kaufman biopic Man on the Moon ; directed by Miloš Forman
  
  2001 Provided comic relief as the ape who trafficks in humans in Tim Burton s Planet of the Apes
  
  2002 Cast as a film producer in Big Fat Liar opposite Frankie Muniz and Amanda Bynes
  
  2003 Cast opposite Ben Affleck in John Woo s Paycheck
  
  2003 Played the lead role in the Harvey Pekar biopic American Splendor
  
  2004 Played Miles Faymond, a divorced struggling writer in Alexander Payne s Sideways
  
  2005 Portrayed manager/trainer Joe Gould opposite Russell Crowe in Cinderella Man
  
  2006 Cast as the lead in M. Night Shyamalan s supernatural thriller Lady in the Water
  
  2006 Portrayed the shrewd Chief Inspector Uhl in Neil Burger s The Illusionist
  
  2007 Portrayed Santa Claus in the comedy Fred Claus, co-starring Vince Vaughn as his disgruntled older brother
  
  2008 Played the title role in the seven part HBO miniseries John Adams
  
  2009 Portrayed Tolstoy s trusted follower Vladimir Chertkov in The Last Station, starring Christopher Plummer as Tolstoy
  
  2010 Cast in the title role in Barney s Version, a Canadian drama based on the novel of the same name
  
  2011 Co-starred in The Ides of March with George Clooney, who also directed, co-wrote and produced
  
  2011 Nominated for the 2011 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie
  
  2011 Starred as a high school wrestling coach in the sports themed drama Win Win

Golden Globe Awards - Best Supporting Actor in a TV Series

2012-01-16T12:04:00.000-08:00

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

"Game of Thrones"

Peter Dinklage (winner)

Birthplace: Mendham, New Jersey, USA
Birthday: June 11, 1969

Though small in stature, 4'5" actor Peter Dinklage loomed large on both stage and screen. Following his feature film debut in "Living In Oblivion" (1995), where he played an actor who castigates Steve Buscemi's character for making him play a dwarf, Dinklage amassed an impressive resume devoid of clichéd roles. Though most actors his height embraced roles that mocked or stereotyped dwarfism - most famously Verne Troyer in the "Austin Powers" series - Dinklage instead played his characters - not as cruel caricatures - but entirely human.

Born June 11, 1969 in Mendham, NJ, Dinklage knew at an early age that he wanted to be an actor. Perhaps it was performing for friends and family or the fourth grade production of "Pinocchio," that attracted him to the craft. Dinklage was lucky enough to have an artistic and supportive family: though his dad worked insurance, mom was a music teacher and brother Jonathan grew up to be a violinist in Broadway productions. However, Dinklage was the only member of his family affected by dwarfism. Though not easy to cope with early in life, he managed to handle the situation with a sense of humor, even joking that his mom probably drove by the power plant while pregnant with him. Dinklage attended Bennington College in Vermont, where he received a Bachelor's in Drama and was awarded the Libby Zion Award for Dramatic Excellence. He moved on to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, as well as the Welsh School of Music and Drama in Cardiff, Wales. Later, Dinklage appeared in many New York theatrical productions, including "Marking" by Patrick Breen, "Evolution" by Jonathan Marc Sherman, "Imperfect Love" by Brandon Cole and a production of Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House."

Dinklage began to appear in films, starting with his brief but memorable role in "Living In Oblivion" (1995), directed by Tom DiCillo. The actor made appearances in other films: "Safe Men" (1998), directed by John Hamburg, "Never Again" (2002), by Eric Shaffer, and opposite Tim Robbins and Patricia Arquette in "Human Nature" (2002). Though always grateful to be making his living as an actor, Dinklage never got the chance - on screen, at least - to sink his teeth into a meaty role until he met actor-turned- writer and director Tom McCarthy. The actor met McCarthy when he was cast as Tom Thumb in the off-Broadway production, "The Killing Act." McCarthy had conceived of the idea for what would become "The Station Agent" (2003) before meeting Dinklage. While out having drinks together, McCarthy was struck by the amount of attention Dinklage received for being a dwarf. This fit perfectly with McCarthy's idea of exploring the theme of isolation. He set out to write the script with Dinklage in mind as the lead character, Finbar McBride, a man with dwarfism who inherits an abandoned rail depot and decides to live a life of isolation, only to find friendship in two unlikely people.

Co-starring Patricia Clarkson and Bobby Cannavale, "The Station Agent" won the coveted Audience Award at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival, and for the first time in his career, Dinklage found himself facing a new kind of attention - the recognition of stellar performance and the murmurings of Oscar buzz. Dinklage's careful pursuit of difficult and challenging roles paid off, as he was able to achieve the respect most others with dwarfism had not in the entire history of the business. Coincidentally, right after "The Station Agent" had so effectively showed that his talent and charisma existed separately from his stature, he also appeared in a more comedic vein in a higher profile film, "Elf" (2003), starring as an aggressive children's book author who misunderstands Buddy the Elf's (Will Ferrell) affinity for him. After brief appearances on episodes of "Life As We Know It" (ABC, 2004-05) and "Entourage" (HBO, 2004- ), he was in "Nobody Wants Your Film" (2005), an experimental feature about the making of an independent movie that apparently no one wants. A supporting role in the romantic comedy "The Baxter" (2005) was followed by a regular gig on "Threshold" (CBS, 2005- ), a sci-fi drama about a female government agent (Carla Gugino) who leads scientific and military forces in response to an alien invasion. Dinklage played a linguist and mathematician who likes to partake in the finer things in life - like strippers and gambling. Despite critical support of the show, "Threshold" failed to survive past its first season.

Back in the feature world, Dinklage played a tabloid photographer who runs a misleading picture of a kind-hearted girl (Christina Ricci) in "Penelope" (2006), then had a supporting role as a mob family's defense attorney who is surprised to learn that one of his brash, but charming clients (Vin Diesel) intends to represent himself in "Find Me Guilty" (2006), Sidney Lumet's true-to-life telling of the famed Luccchese crime family trial in the late-1980s. After revealing the kinky secrets of a family's dead patriarch during his funeral in the British-made dark comedy "Death at a Funeral" (2007), Dinklage stumbled in the ineptly made live-action take on "Underdog" (2007), playing a maniacal scientist who suddenly gives a down-and-out beagle superhuman powers. In perhaps his most high-profile feature to date, Dinklage joined the ensemble cast for "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian" (2008), playing the loyal, but skeptical Trumpkin, a dwarf who aids the four ancient kings and queens in finding the ruins of Aslan's How.

Born : On June 11, 1969 in Mendham, New Jersey, USA

Job Titles :Actor

Education

Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama: Performing Arts
Bennington College, Bennington , Vermont:Performing Arts
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The Devil Inside - New Released Movie

2012-01-16T10:41:00.000-08:00

Genre: Horror
Director: William Brent Bell
Cast: Fernanda Andrade, Simon Quarterman, Evan Helmuth, Suzan Crowley

Contraband - New Release Movie

2012-01-16T10:23:00.000-08:00

Release Date: 01/13/2012
Rating: R
Runtime: 1 hr 49 mins
Genre: Action
Director: Not Yet Available
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale, Ben Foster, Giovanni Ribisi

The Divide - Newly Released Movie

2012-01-16T10:12:00.000-08:00

Release Date: 01/13/2012
Rating: Give Yours!!!
Runtime: 2 hr 1 mins
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Director: Xavier Gens
Cast: Michael Biehn, Milo Ventimiglia, Lauren German, Laura German

Latest Release Movie - Premium Rush

2012-01-16T10:04:00.000-08:00

Release Date: 01/13/2012
Rating: Give Yours
Genre: Drama
Director: David Koepp
Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Dania Ramirez, Jamie Chung, Lauren Ashley Carter

New Release Movie - Richard Garriott: Man on a Mission (2012)

2012-01-16T09:45:00.000-08:00

Release Date: 01/13/2012
Rating: Give yours
Runtime: 1 hr 23 mins
Genre: Culture & society
Director: Mike Woolf
Cast: Richard Garriott, Owen Garriott, Renita Fincke, Stephen Colbert

Gwyneth Paltrow - Battle with depression

2012-01-16T09:12:00.000-08:00

Actress Gwyneth Paltrow admits that depression she went through following the death of her father and birth of her son was good as it helped put her life in perspective. The emotional turmoil in the actress’ personal life left the Oscar winner suffering postpartum depression after baby Moses was born in 2006.

“I didn’t know really what was wrong with me... It changed me,” Paltrow told Vanity Fair magazine. “It was great because it also became so clear to me what was important to me. At that time I just had no interest in career whatsoever. My agents would be like, ‘This is getting weird. If you don’t (get) re-engaged everyone’s gonna forget about you.’ I was like, ‘I don’t care. I’m not leaving the babies’. It was so worth it,” she added.

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Heigl to adopt again?

2012-01-16T09:04:00.000-08:00

Actress Katherine Heigl, who is already raising a three-year-old adopted daughter Naleigh, plans to adopt another child. The New Year’s Eve actress, who raises the girl with husband Josh Kelley, says the couple is keen to give a home to child before trying for biological kids, reports showbizspy.com.

“Josh and I started talking about it before we were even engaged. We have talked about having biological children as well, but we decided to adopt first. I’d like to adopt again,” said Heigl. The 33-year-old star admitted she loved daughter Naleigh from the moment she was put into her arms.

“Anyone who doesn’t have experience with adoption wonders, ‘Does love for a child come through DNA?’ You love them the moment they’re put into your arms. Josh had to learn that, but he was so gracious and accepting,” she said.

Twilight - Gorgeous new Breaking Dawn Part 2 fan art featuring vampire Bella!

2012-01-14T14:25:00.000-08:00

Here are a couple of new Breaking Dawn Part 2 fan made images! What do you think?
Elisa Gallion: team-twilight

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Rihanna Totally Wants Chris Brown Back!!!

2012-01-14T13:17:00.000-08:00

Rihanna and ex-boyfriend Chris Brown have not only let bygones be bygones, she is actively looking to win him back! According to a tabloid source, anyway.
Publicly, they are expected to come face to face at the Grammys on February 12, but sources say that the former couple is already spending time together!
"Not only has she initiated a Twitter conversation with Chris for all to see, but she has gone to see him," an insider close to Chris dishes to Life & Style.
Of Rihanna, the source adds: "She stopped by Chris' studio to see him recently - twice. She's also calling and texting him a lot. She won't let go."

Rihanna, 23, ended their relationship in early 2009 for obvious reasons after Chris Brown, 22, was charged with assaulting her after a pre-Grammy Awards party.

Time has healed those wounds - physical and otherwise - however. This latest report is the latest of several suggesting Rihanna and Chris may get back together.
"She's trying to break up Chris and his girlfriend, [Karrueche Tran]," says the source. "Chris is happy, but Rihanna keeps playing her games to make trouble."
"It's really become an issue lately."
Chris and Karrueche Tran have reportedly been dating since 2010. Rih dated Matt Kemp for a year and has been linked to a host of others, but not seriously.
What do you think: Should Rihanna and Chris get back together?

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Katherine Heigl: 'I'd Like To Adopt Again'

2012-01-14T12:38:00.000-08:00

Adoption has become a pretty popular thing in the celebrity world (I mean, look at Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's ever-growing collection of kids). It's admirable, life-fulfilling, and a way to give a child a new, loving home. And the list of celeb adoptions only continues to grow. Even though Katherine Heigl recently blogged about being a failed mother, the actress recently confessed that she's seriously thinking about adopting another child.

In the February issue of Scholastic Parent & Child, Heigl opens up about her plans for the future, telling the magazine, “We have talked about having biological children as well, but we decided to adopt first. I’d like to adopt again.” I guess that's not too surprising since adoption has always been a big priority for the star. In fact, she even started thinking about it well before she was ever married to her husband, Josh Kelley. Heigl admits, “Josh and I started talking about it before we were even engaged," and now since they're so happy with their three-year-old daughter, Naleigh, they want to expand their family even more.

It's definitely exciting news, although I doubt it's going to really help her with that whole family vs. career balancing act she's been trying to figure out. I guess this will just give her more to blog about.
Source: Scholastic, People

Scarlett Johansson - Mom over money

2012-01-14T10:09:00.000-08:00

Scarlett Johansson’s representative has dismissed rumours the actress has fallen out with her mother over her finances, insisting the pair enjoys a “solid and loving” relationship.

Johansson’s mother, Melanie Sloan, hit headlines when it was revealed she will be sued by her daughter for the return of a house deposit after she failed to secure a mortgage deal.

Subsequent reports suggested Sloan fell out with her daughter over money recently, but Johansson’s spokesperson is adamant rumours of a rift are not true, reports contactmusic.com.

“Scarlett and Melanie are as close and are incredibly proud of the productive professional partnership they had through the many years they worked together,” the rep told gossip column PageSix.

Meet Moore’s new toyboy - Demi Moore

2012-01-14T09:56:00.000-08:00

Demi Moore raised eyebrows when she stepped out with a handsome young man on Saturday. She seems to have moved on after her split with husband Ashton Kutcher as she was spotted hanging out with a personal trainer.

Moore was spotted hanging out with Blake Corl-Baietti, 26, who is also a model, in Los Angeles. In a profile posted on web site One Model Place in 2006, he describes himself as ‘fun-loving’ and ‘honest’.

Meanwhile, Demi, who has become increasingly thinner in the wake of her split, recently opened up about her fears and heartache in an interview with US Harper’s Bazaar.Demi said, “What scares me is that I’m going to ultimately find out at the end of my life that I’m really not lovable, that I’m not worthy of being loved. That there’s something fundamentally wrong with me.” Agency

And the Oscar goes to..............Jennifer Lawrence

2012-01-12T09:26:00.000-08:00

American actress Jennifer Lawrence will announce the nominations for 84th Academy Awards later this month. The 21-year-old, who was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in Winter’s Bone last year, will host the nominations event alongside Academy president Tom Sherak at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater on January 24 in in Beverly Hills Los Angeles county. Among the expected nominations are Meryl Streep for her performance of Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady and Michelle Williams for portraying screen siren Marilyn Monroe in My Week with Marilyn. The 84th Academy Awards will be held Feb 26 and will be hosted by Billy Crystal.

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Roping in Cole - Singer Rihana

2012-01-12T09:21:00.000-08:00

Singer Rihanna is all set to team up with Cheryl Cole for her upcoming album. “Cheryl can’t wait for her fans to hear the music she’s been passionately working on over the past one year,” contactmusic.com quoted a source as saying.

“She has struck up a friendship with Rihanna, who recently duetted with Calvin Harris. Rihanna thinks the world of Cheryl and will work on a party remix with her when they meet up on her next visit. The album fuses pop, hip hop, soul and dance. It already has some party anthems on it but Rihanna’s would get everyone up on their feet,” the source added.

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