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15 Celebs' Summer Jobs

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 31 May 2010 15:20:00 CDT

Even Tom Cruise had a newspaper route—in his pre-Hollywood days, of course. The Daily Beast uncovers the summer jobs of 15 celebrities: Amy Adams : The Enchanted star was, briefly, a Hooters girl after high school, but she says she “wasn’t cut out to be a Hooters waitress.” Brad Pitt...

Oscars Tweak Nominations

Lev Weinstein — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:09:54 CDT

After perceived snubs in the foreign language film nominations and complaints about the way Enchanted dominated this year's original song race, both categories will undergo "formidable" overhauls, an Academy honcho tells the Hollywood Reporter . "It will ensure that that the oversight that we had this past year would not have...

Writers Strike Hobbled Oscars

Caroline Zimmerman — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:00:00 CST

The Oscars were mediocre, to say the least, and USA Today TV critic Robert Bianco chalks the "padded bore" up to the writers strike. With the standoff settled just 2 weeks before the big night, the staff putting clever lines in Jon Stewart's mouth was on a tight schedule. The...

Compass Leads at Top Spot, Yet Falls Short

Wesley Oliver — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 19:56:50 CST

The Golden Compass took top spot at the weekend box office but fell short of its expected $30-40 million tally, Variety reports. The flick grossed $26.1 million, chump change for a film costing $180 million—and New Line execs didn't hide their disappointment as they touted its sales abroad....

Dreams Come True for Enchanted Star

Rob Quinn — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:10:20 CST

Movie princess Amy Adams can't wait to see what happens after her fairy tale's "happily ever after" ending, she tells MTV. Her hit musical Enchanted pulled in $50 million over the Thanksgiving weekend and looks like an early awards favorite, meaning the the veteran actress-turned-overnight sensation's years in the background...