Oscar watch: Nominees announced

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At 8:30 this morning (Tuesday, Jan. 24), actress Jennifer Lawrence (“Winter’s Bone”) announced the nominees for the 84th Academy Awards, set to air at 7 p.m. Sunday Feb.

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2012 Oscar Nominations are In!

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Jonah Ball and Melissa McCarthy are Academy Award Nominees!

With the help of previous nominee, Jennifer Lawrence, the Academy announced this years nominees for the 84th Annual Academy Awards. All in all The Artist, leads total nominations with 11. Snubs….was Leo snubbed again for his performance in J.Edgar?

The 84th Annual Oscars will air live Sunday, February 26th on ABC with everyone’s favorite host returning, Billy Crystal.

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Five directors, five approaches

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LOS ANGELES – They have worked in diverse disciplines – acting, screenwriting, theater, television, exploitation films – were born in three countries and have made radically dissimilar movies. But there’s a lot more that unifies the five filmmakers who recently came together at the Los Angeles Times for the third annual Envelope Directors’ Roundtable.

For one thing, their movies are being hailed for standing among this year’s Oscar contenders: Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo,” Alexander Payne’s “The Descendants,” Michel Hazanavicius’ “The Artist,” Stephen Daldry’s “Extremely Loud Incredibly Close” and George Clooney’s “The Ides of March.” It’s no recent fluke, either: Total all of their past Oscar nominations (19) and wins (three), and you’ve got five of the town’s heaviest hitters.

And Tuesday, Hazanavicius, Payne and Scorsese were among the five directors nominated for the 84th annual Academy Awards, to be presented Feb.

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Golden Globe Party Report: HBO

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While there is always a very party-like atmosphere surrounding the 2012 Golden Globes, celebrities sipping champagne and mingling during commercial breaks, the real festivities begin once the awards show ends and the after-parties begin.

MTV News was lucky enough to be invited to cover some of these events this year, the Weinstein and HBO parties in particular. As you might expect, they are very special invites to have.

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Spotted! The Coolest Celeb Happenings This Week – November 11

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  • Christina Aguilera and boyfriend Matthew Rutler looking cozy at the Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim official launch party at Belasco Theatre in Los Angeles on November 8.
  • Leonardo DiCaprio had an early dinner at Serafina in New York on Thursday. The goateed J. Edgar star was casually accessorized with a Yankee hat while he drank iced tea and shared pasta and pizza with 4 other men.
  • Jesse Marco took a break from the turntables to join Kelly Osbourne and Project RunwayJoshua McKinley to judge Material Girls “Lucky Star” Model Search in Miami. T

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