Hugh Jackman admitted he almost quit Les Miserables three weeks into rehearsals, but his wife talked him off the cliff. That prompted a “thank you for always being right” portion of his 2013 Golden Globes acceptance speech when he took to the stage as the winner of the Golden Globe for Best Actor – Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical for his work in the big screen adaptation of the musical, playing Jean Valjean and singing his heart out. He didn’t sing on the Globe stage, but he did deliver a heartfelt speech.
Another NOW That’s What I Call Music! CD is ready to drop. Volume #45 will arrive on February 5, 2013, destined for the Billboard charts and featuring some of the best current releases from Pitbull, Kelly Clarkson, Taylor Swift, and One Direction. The upcoming album also includes tracks from American Idol‘s Phillip Phillips, P!NK, Imagine Dragons, and Maroon 5.
NOW That’s What I Call Music! Vol. 45 will also include four bonus tracks highlighting up-and-coming artists.
Thus far, the NOW series has sold 200 million albums and has had every album of the NOW numeric series reach the Billboard Top 10.
NOW That’s What I Call Music! Vol. 45 Track List
1. One Direction – “Live While We’re Young”
2. Flo Rida – “I Cry”
3. KE$HA – “Die Young”
4. Ne-Yo – “Let Me Love You (Until You Learn To Love Yourself)”
5. Pitbull featuring TJR – “Don’t Stop The Party”
6. Calvin Harris featuring Florence Welch – “Sweet Nothing”
7. The Script featuring will.i.am – “Hall of Fame”
8. Maroon 5 – “Daylight”
9. Phillip Phillips – “Home”
10. Ed Sheeran – “The A Team”
11. Taylor Swift -“We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”
12. Kelly Clarkson – “Catch My Breath”
13. P!NK – “Try”
14. OneRepublic – “Feel Again”
15. Imagine Dragons – “It’s Time”
16. Florida Georgia Line – “Cruise”
BONUS TRACKS: “NOW What’s Next” New Music Preview
17. Born Cages – “Don’t Look Back”
18. Black Veil Brides – “In The End”
19. Walk The Moon – “Anna Sun”
20. Capital Cities – “Safe and Sound”
Claire Danes picked up her fourth Golden Globe overall and her second for playing Carrie Mathison in Homeland at the 2013 Golden Globes. Danes, who was pregnant during the filming of season two, took the stage to accept the award and thanked the Hollywood Foreign Press, her co-stars, and the writers.
The show also won the TV Series (Drama) and Actor in a TV Series (Drama) Golden Globes.
Did you love Jodie Foster’s Cecil B. DeMille Award acceptance speech at the 2013 Golden Globes? Did you understand it? Parts didn’t seem to make sense and there will be people turned off by her praise for Mel Gibson, but say what you will – Foster said what she wanted to say, how she wanted to say it, and did it completely for herself. Teasing a big ‘coming out’ speech, Foster said she’d done that years ago to the people who mattered and that she wants to retain whatever privacy she can.
Foster also talked about her career and it appeared she was hinting at retirement, however backstage she clarified and said she was not ready to consider the ‘r’ word.
Kevin Costner’s performance in the mini-series Hatfields & McCoys was recognized with a Best Supporting Actor – Series, Mini-Series, or TV Movie Golden Globe during the 2013 awards ceremony. Accepting the award from Jessica Alba and Kiefer Sutherland, Costner talked about what the award means and recalled how no one said anything to him at the Globes when he was a young, unknown actor.
Adele is so adorable, even when she’s outside her comfort zone on stage at the Golden Globes. Accepting the award for her amazing song “Skyfall” from the Bond movie of the same name, the critically acclaimed singer did appear surprised to be actually accepting an award.
Chris Dowd as Dave in 'The Sapphires' - Photo by Lisa Tomasetti/ The Weinstein Company
The 24th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival comes to a close on January 13, 2013 with the announcement of this year’s winners. After screening 182 movies representing 68 different countries, the festival has revealed the 2013 winners at a special luncheon celebrating the best of the festival’s films and performances.
Announcing the winners, Festival Director Darryl MacDonald stated: “I couldn’t be more delighted that our juries selected so many films by debuting and emerging directors for honors, in addition to the films they singled out from established filmmakers at this year’s event. In that sense, their choices perfectly reflected the Festival’s own programming choices for this year’s line-up, validating our selections and providing ample evidence of a new generation of exceptional filmmaking talent currently emerging on the world stage.”
Mercedes-Benz Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature The Sapphires (Australia)
Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature Don’t Stop Believin’: Everyman’s Journey (USA)
FIPRESCI Prize for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year Fill the Void (Israel)
FIPRESCI Prize for the Best Actor of the Year in a Foreign Language Film
Cosimo Rega, Salvatore Striano and Giovanni Arcuri from Caesar Must Die (Italy)
FIPRESCI Prize for Best Actress of the Year in a Foreign Language Film
Emilie Dequenne from Our Children (Belgium)
New Voices/New Visions Award The Cleaner (Peru) – Winner 7 Boxes (Paraguay) – Honorable Mention
Cine Latino Award Blancanieves (Spain) – Winner Sadourni’s Butterflies (Argentina) – Honorable Mention
The John Schlesinger Award Stolen Seas (Somalia/Kenya/UK/Italy) – Winner Far Out Isn’t Fair Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story (USA) – Honorable Mention
HP Bridging the Borders Award Jump (Ireland/UK) – Winner When Day Breaks (Serbia/Croatia/France) – Honorable Mention
Saturday Night Live alum Jason Sudeikis and gorgeous Olivia Wilde (Butter, Tron: Legacy) are now engaged to be married. The two have been dating since November 2011 and moved in together in 2012.
Both Wilde, 28, and Sudeikis, 37, have previously been married. Sudeikis and his first wife, writer Kay Cannon (30 Rock, New Girl), were divorced in 2010. Wilde was married in 2003 to documentary filmmaker Tao Ruspoli, divorcing in 2011.
No date has been announced for the wedding. However, both actors will be keeping super busy in 2013. Wilde has Her, Drinking Buddies, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, and Rush heading to theaters this year. Sudeikis has Movie 43, Epic, and We’re the Millers arriving in 2013.
