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First Look: James McAvoy in ‘Trance’

The first trailer’s arrived for Danny Boyle’s art heist thriller Trance, starring James McAvoy, Rosario Dawson, and Vincent Cassel. Fox Searchlight is releasing the film this year.

The Plot:

A fine art auctioneer (McAvoy) mixed up with an underworld gang joins forces with a charismatic hypnotherapist to recover a lost painting. As boundaries between desire, reality, and hypnotic suggestion begin to blur the stakes rise faster and more dangerously than any of the players could have anticipated.

2013 Oscars: Seth MacFarlane, Emma Stone Announce the Nominees

Emma Stone and Seth MacFarlane Oscar Nominations
Actress Emma Stone (left) and Academy Awards® host Seth MacFarlane announced the nominees for the 85th Annual Academy Awards in the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

2013 Oscars host Seth MacFarlane (who also snagged an Oscar nomination for Ted) and Emma Stone paired up to announced the nominees for the 85th Academy Awards. And if his work on the nomination broadcast is any indication, then we have nothing to worry about when MacFarlane makes his debut as the Oscar host on February 24, 2013.

The full list of 2013 Oscars nominees:

Best Picture

“Amour”
“Argo” Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney, Producers
“Beasts of the Southern Wild” Dan Janvey, Josh Penn and Michael Gottwald, Producers
“Django Unchained” Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin and Pilar Savone, Producers
“Les Misérables” Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward and Cameron Mackintosh, Producers
“Life of Pi” Gil Netter, Ang Lee and David Womark, Producers
“Lincoln” Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers
“Silver Linings Playbook” Donna Gigliotti, Bruce Cohen and Jonathan Gordon, Producers
“Zero Dark Thirty” Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow and Megan Ellison, Producers

Actor in a Leading Role

Bradley Cooper in “Silver Linings Playbook”
Daniel Day-Lewis in “Lincoln”
Hugh Jackman in “Les Misérables”
Joaquin Phoenix in “The Master”
Denzel Washington in “Flight”

Actor in a Supporting Role

Alan Arkin in “Argo”
Robert De Niro in “Silver Linings Playbook”
Philip Seymour Hoffman in “The Master”
Tommy Lee Jones in “Lincoln”
Christoph Waltz in “Django Unchained”

Actress in a Leading Role

Jessica Chastain in “Zero Dark Thirty”
Jennifer Lawrence in “Silver Linings Playbook”
Emmanuelle Riva in “Amour”
Quvenzhané Wallis in “Beasts of the Southern Wild”
Naomi Watts in “The Impossible”

Actress in a Supporting Role

Amy Adams in “The Master”
Sally Field in “Lincoln”
Anne Hathaway in “Les Misérables”
Helen Hunt in “The Sessions”
Jacki Weaver in “Silver Linings Playbook”

Animated Feature Film

“Brave” Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
“Frankenweenie” Tim Burton
“ParaNorman” Sam Fell and Chris Butler
“The Pirates! Band of Misfits” Peter Lord
“Wreck-It Ralph” Rich Moore

Cinematography

“Anna Karenina” Seamus McGarvey
“Django Unchained” Robert Richardson
“Life of Pi” Claudio Miranda
“Lincoln” Janusz Kaminski
“Skyfall” Roger Deakins

Costume Design

“Anna Karenina” Jacqueline Durran
“Les Misérables” Paco Delgado
“Lincoln” Joanna Johnston
“Mirror Mirror” Eiko Ishioka
“Snow White and the Huntsman” Colleen Atwood

Directing

“Amour” Michael Haneke
“Beasts of the Southern Wild” Benh Zeitlin
“Life of Pi” Ang Lee
“Lincoln” Steven Spielberg
“Silver Linings Playbook” David O. Russell

Documentary Feature

“5 Broken Cameras”
Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi
“The Gatekeepers”
Nominees to be determined
“How to Survive a Plague”
Nominees to be determined
“The Invisible War”
Nominees to be determined
“Searching for Sugar Man”
Nominees to be determined

Documentary Short Subject

“Inocente”
Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine
“Kings Point”
Sari Gilman and Jedd Wider
“Mondays at Racine”
Cynthia Wade and Robin Honan
“Open Heart”
Kief Davidson and Cori Shepherd Stern
“Redemption”
Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill

Film Editing

“Argo” William Goldenberg
“Life of Pi” Tim Squyres
“Lincoln” Michael Kahn
“Silver Linings Playbook” Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers
“Zero Dark Thirty” Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg

Foreign Language Film

“Amour” Austria
“Kon-Tiki” Norway
“No” Chile
“A Royal Affair” Denmark
“War Witch” Canada

Makeup and Hairstyling

“Hitchcock”
Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel
“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”
Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane
“Les Misérables”
Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell

Music (Original Score)

“Anna Karenina” Dario Marianelli
“Argo” Alexandre Desplat
“Life of Pi” Mychael Danna
“Lincoln” John Williams
“Skyfall” Thomas Newman

Music (Original Song)

“Before My Time” from “Chasing Ice”
Music and Lyric by J. Ralph
“Everybody Needs A Best Friend” from “Ted”
Music by Walter Murphy; Lyric by Seth MacFarlane
“Pi’s Lullaby” from “Life of Pi”
Music by Mychael Danna; Lyric by Bombay Jayashri
“Skyfall” from “Skyfall”
Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
“Suddenly” from “Les Misérables”
Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil

Production Design

“Anna Karenina”
Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”
Production Design: Dan Hennah; Set Decoration: Ra Vincent and Simon Bright
“Les Misérables”
Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Anna Lynch-Robinson
“Life of Pi”
Production Design: David Gropman; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
“Lincoln”
Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson

Short Film (Animated)

“Adam and Dog” Minkyu Lee
“Fresh Guacamole” PES
“Head over Heels” Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly
“Maggie Simpson in “The Longest Daycare”” David Silverman
“Paperman” John Kahrs

Short Film (Live Action)

“Asad” Bryan Buckley and Mino Jarjoura
“Buzkashi Boys” Sam French and Ariel Nasr
“Curfew” Shawn Christensen
“Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)” Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele
“Henry” Yan England

Sound Editing

“Argo” Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn
“Django Unchained” Wylie Stateman
“Life of Pi” Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton
“Skyfall” Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers
“Zero Dark Thirty” Paul N.J. Ottosson

Sound Mixing

“Argo”
John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia
“Les Misérables”
Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes
“Life of Pi”
Ron Bartlett, D.M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin
“Lincoln”
Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins
“Skyfall”
Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson

Visual Effects

“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”
Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White
“Life of Pi”
Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott
“Marvel’s The Avengers”
Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick
“Prometheus”
Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill
“Snow White and the Huntsman”
Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

“Argo” Screenplay by Chris Terrio
“Beasts of the Southern Wild” Screenplay by Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin
“Life of Pi” Screenplay by David Magee
“Lincoln” Screenplay by Tony Kushner
“Silver Linings Playbook” Screenplay by David O. Russell

Writing (Original Screenplay)

“Amour” Written by Michael Haneke
“Django Unchained” Written by Quentin Tarantino
“Flight” Written by John Gatins
“Moonrise Kingdom” Written by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola
“Zero Dark Thirty” Written by Mark Boal

Jimmy Kimmel Interviews ‘Gangster Squad’s Ryan Gosling

Gangster Squad star Ryan Gosling joined Jimmy Kimmel to discuss pretty much anything including giving boxes of Girl Scout cookies to random strangers so he could feel like Santa Claus. Gosling also talked about the movie, dinner with Don Rickles, and Kimmel’s horrible haircut – courtesy of Jennifer Aniston.

The Gangster Squad Plot:

Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns, the prostitutes and – if he has his way – every wire bet placed west of Chicago. And he does it all with the protection of not only his own paid goons but also the police and the politicians who are under his control.

It’s enough to intimidate even the bravest, street-hardened cop… except, perhaps, for the small, secret crew of LAPD outsiders led by Sgt. John O’Mara (Josh Brolin) and Jerry Wooters (Ryan Gosling) who come together to try to tear Cohen’s world apart.

Save the Scottie Dog – Monopoly’s Retiring a Token!

Monopoly
Hasbro to lock up classic Monopoly icon forever - worldwide online vote asks fans to decide which game piece will "Go to Jail" and which new token will "Pass Go!" (Photo: Business Wire)

Monopoly players will be saying goodbye to one of the game’s eight tokens based on an online vote taking place now through February 5, 2013. Hasbro’s set to retire one of its current tokens – either the Scottie dog, race car, top hat, iron, thimble, shoe, battleship, or wheelbarrow – and replace it with a new, more contemporary token later this year.

Monopoly fans will also be able to vote on what token will take over for the retired token. New designs in the running to be added to the game are a diamond ring, guitar, toy robot, cat, and a helicopter.

Vote for which classic token to save and which new token to add at Facebook.com/Monopoly.

“The tokens are one of the most iconic parts of the Monopoly game, and we know that people are emotionally tied to their favorite one,” stated Eric Nyman, Senior Vice President and Global Brand Leader for Hasbro Gaming. “When we decided to replace one of the tokens in the game, we knew we had to involve our fans in the process. We can’t wait to see which iconic piece will ‘go to jail’ and which new token the fans will choose to become part of one of the world’s most popular games.”

Games with the new token will be available in mid-2013.

‘The Hunger Games’ is the Big Winner at the People’s Choice Awards

The Amazing Spider-Man, The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises, and Snow White and the Huntsman really didn’t stand a chance when put up against The Hunger Games in the Favorite Movie category, did they? No, they didn’t.

The Hunger Games wound up the evening’s big winner at the People’s Choice Awards 2013, collecting trophies in the following categories:

– Favorite Movie
– Favorite Movie Franchise
– Favorite Action Movie
– Favorite Onscreen Chemistry
– Favorite Movie Actress
– Favorite Face of Heroism

And the film’s stars – Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, and Liam Hemsworth – were on hand to accept the awards on behalf of the popular first film of the franchise.

Fan Fav Emma Watson is 2013’s Favorite Dramatic Actress

Good for Emma Watson – she was brilliant in The Perks of Being a Wallflower and she was awarded for that performance with the People’s Choice Awards 2013 award for Favorite Dramatic Actress. Watson faced stiff competition from Charlize Theron, Keira Knightley, Meryl Streep, and Rachel McAdams, but her Harry Potter fan base as well as the Perks fans helped earn her the dramatic actress award.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower also won in the Favorite Dramatic Movie category.

Sandra Bullock Wins First Ever Favorite Humanitarian Award

As expected, Sandra Bullock was eloquent and gracious when she accepted the first ever Favorite Humanitarian Award at the People’s Choice Awards 2013. Bullock was honored for her charitable work, specifically her work in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
 
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Nathan Fillion is Popular with People

Nathan Fillion had to beat out two actors who play sexy vampires (Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley) and two sexy actors who hunt down demons (Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles) in order to win the Favorite Dramatic TV Actor award at the People’s Choice Awards 2013 – and he did. The star of Castle, who also won in 2012, said it’s a blessing to work with the crew and his fellow cast members every day.

Fillion also thanked the people who voted for him, stating, “I agree.” And to the people who didn’t vote for him, Fillion had this to say: “I endeavor next year to get your votes.”

Castle was also named winner of the Favorite TV Crime Drama award.

Jennifer Lawrence Snags Favorite Movie Actress Honor

The Hunger Games and Silver Linings Playbook star Jennifer Lawrence picked up one of her first major awards of 2013 when she accepted the People’s Choice award for Favorite Movie Actress from presenters Stephen Amell and Morena Baccarin. Lawrence, looking gorgeous, said she was going to drop the award because she was sweating (that’s pure, unfiltered Jennifer) and even said Robert Downey Jr could confirm that she’s sweating because she sweated all over him when she shook his hand.

Laughing and telling herself to focus, Lawrence thanked the fans for their support.

“I wish this was like Mean Girls and I could just break this up and throw it at all of you, because you’re all responsible.”

Lawrence also won in the Favorite Face of Heroism category. Her competitors in that category were Anne Hathaway (The Dark Knight Rises), Emma Stone (The Amazing Spider-Man), Kristen Stewart (Snow White and the Huntsman), and Scarlett Johansson (The Avengers).

The Wanted is Named Favorite Breakout Artist

Sorry Carly Rae Jepsen, fun., Gotye, and One Direction, the People’s Choice 2013 award for Favorite Breakout Artist went to The Wanted. The group was very humble when they took the stage to accept their win and slightly overwhelmed as this is their first major award.

Thanking Ellen DeGeneres specifically for all of her support, the group broke out in a speeded-up version of “Afternoon Delight” in her honor.

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