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Sony Is Sole Nominee for 'Most Epic FAIL' Pwnie Award

The winner of the 'Most Epic FAIL' Pwnie award this year will be Sony because the troubled company was the sole nominee in this category.Founded back in 2007 by security researchers Alexander Sotirov and Dino Dai Zovi, the Pwnie Awards are handed out every year at the Black Hat USA security conference.The w...

25 July 2011
13:01 GMT

Teen Choice Awards 2011: Nominations Announced

Vampires are again set to make a killing at the upcoming Teen Choice Awards 2011. With the ceremony scheduled to air live on August 7, fans can now vote for their favorite actors, movies and television series, since the nominations have just been announced. The awards show is, as fans must know, the place to be if on...

30 June 2011
07:54 GMT

MTV Movie Awards 2011: Nominations Announced

Fans stand by: the nominations for the 2011 MTV Movie Awards have been announced, which means that voting for your favorite is now possible. “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse,” “Inception” and “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1” are favorite to win, with most noms so far. As w...

4 May 2011
09:49 GMT

Oscars 2011: Nominations Announced

Minutes ago, Oscar-winning actress Mo’Nique and AMPAS boss Tom Sherak announced the nominations for the Academy Awards 2011, celebrating excellence in film for the year that ended. There were some surprises, most of them pleasant, but a few unpleasant ones as well. “True Grit,” which was just recent...

25 January 2011
09:07 GMT

‘Burlesque’ Bribed Its Way to a Golden Globe Nomination, Says Report

The nominations for this year’s Golden Globes were announced on December 14 and, since then, talk hasn’t ceased about how flawed they were for including critically-panned movies like “Burlesque” and “The Tourist” with the nominees. A possible explanation for that could be that Sony...

21 December 2010
04:41 GMT

Adam Lambert Talks Grammy Nomination: It Will Give Me Credibility

Adam Lambert has just earned his first Grammy nomination. At the 2011 Grammy Awards, the former American Idol contestant is in the running for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance with his “Whataya Want from Me,” off the debut album “For Your Entertainment.” Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter a...

4 December 2010
04:39 GMT

Jennifer Love Hewitt to Get Emmy for ‘Law & Order: SVU’ Episode

After the cancelation of her “Ghost Whisperer,” fans wondered about what Jennifer Love Hewitt would do next and not few were surprised when she announced an appearance on “Law & Order: Special Victims’ Unit.”Though skeptics doubted Love had what it took to play an assault victim convinci...

7 October 2010
03:15 GMT

MTV Movie Awards 2010 Nominees: ‘Alice,’ ‘Avatar’ and ‘New Moon’

They are not the Oscars because they stand not for what critics like, but for what audiences love. The MTV Movie Awards will take place on June 6 and they will mark the event that confirms the hottest films, actors and directors in terms of appeal to the general public. Nominees for this year’s edition have jus...

13 May 2010
10:09 GMT

‘Avatar’ Leads Oscar Nominations

A little over a month ago, word got out in the media that James Cameron’s “Avatar” was up for consideration for inclusion among nominees for the Best Motion Picture category at the Academy Awards. The film then went and won a Golden Globe in the same category, with many saying the Globes are the clo...

2 February 2010
10:12 GMT

‘Transformers 2’ Leads Nominations for Razzie Awards 2009

As is tradition by now, the nominations for the Razzie Awards have just been announced, one day before noms for the Academy Awards are made public. Unlike the Oscars, though, the Razzies “celebrate” critical underachievement, sometimes even with those productions who fare incredibly well with the audience...

1 February 2010
10:38 GMT

Susan Boyle Not Nominated for Brit Awards 2010

The nominations for the Brit Awards 2010, scheduled to take place on February 10, have just been announced and, while it’s clear that the ladies are leading the pack in terms of the most nods, one singer is clearly absent from all categories: Susan Boyle. The Scottish singer, who had the best selling album of l...

19 January 2010
09:39 GMT

Golden Globes 2010 Nominations Announced

Each year, when the nominations for the Golden Globes Awards come out, the public and critics pay attention because they’re seen as a sign of greater things to come, meaning, as indicators of the Oscar nominations that come after a few weeks. This year was no exception, with the entire movie industry keeping an...

16 December 2009
03:42 GMT

Oscars Snub Michael Moore’s Latest Documentary

Michael Moore is, by now, a director that has probably become well accustomed to the idea that whatever project he comes out with, and especially if it’s a documentary, will be regarded as “uncomfortable” (to say the least) by many. However, even he hoped that the same would not apply for the Academ...

21 November 2009
02:33 GMT

‘Twilight’ Scores 12 Nominations at 2009 Teen Choice Awards

“Twilight” might have generated mixed reactions with movie critics and moviegoers over a certain age limit, but, as far as the segment of the public it targeted is concerned, it fared impressively well. The vampire flick, which has literally made room for an entire Twilight-mania, has just scored no less ...

16 June 2009
11:02 GMT

Jolie, Pitt, Winslet, Rourke and Ledger Lead Academy Awards Nominations

The awards season is just an inch away from reaching its highest pitch, with the Academy Awards nominations being announced by Forest Whitaker at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Los Angeles. After weeks of intense speculation as to who would make the final cut and who would not, which has only got worse after the Golde...

23 January 2009
03:50 GMT

Worst Acts of the Year: Razzie Nominations Are Out

What with all the Golden Globes and Oscar madness, moviegoers were this close to forgetting about yet another major gala for the movie industry: the Raspberry Awards, also known as the Razzies. Hated by many (actors) and loved by the public at large, because it gets to point the finger at what we liked and what not i...

21 January 2009
12:28 GMT

Former Air Force General to Lead NASA

An informed source near Barack Obama has announced that the president-elect has asked retired Air Force Major General Scott Gration to lead the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Despite the fact that Gration is short on direct space experience, he is a decorated pilot, having flown more than 1,000...

14 January 2009
02:59 GMT


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