Wanna bet on the Oscars?

I’m not sure why you’d want to waste your money on betting on the Oscars. I prefer wasting my cold, hard cash betting on the NFL if I’m in Vegas… and booze.

According to BetUS.com, here are the front runners:

Mickey Rourke – Best Actor
Anne Hathaway – Best Actress
Heath Ledger – Best Supporting Actor
Penelope Cruz – Best Supporting Actress
Slumdog Millionaire – Best Picture

Best Actor - I still think Sean Penn is going to win Best Actor. He actually turned himself into Harvey Milk. Mickey Rourke was great, but I still think he was playing a version of himself.

Best Actress - I haven’t seen Rachel Getting Married yet (I just got the screener) or or any of the other films except for Doubt so I can’t really give my opinion.

Best Supporting Actor – You gotta give it to Heath Ledger, right? If not..who?

Best Supporting Actress - I have Viola Davis from Doubt. It was a really small part but she was just excellent. I still remember the whole scene so that says something.

Best Picture – Slumdog Millionaire or Milk.

Never mind me. What do you think?

Want the screenplay to Twilight?

Sure you do! Don’t cost nothin…

Click here for the pdf file.

James Whitmore is gone

James Whitmore, the many-faceted character actor who delivered strong performances in movies, television and especially the theater with his popular one-man shows about Harry Truman, Will Rogers and Theodore Roosevelt, died Friday. He was 87.

The Emmy- and Tony-winning actor was diagnosed with lung cancer the week before Thanksgiving and died Friday afternoon at his Malibu home, Steve Whitmore said.

Send Your Stuff! Pilot – Melrose Place

Yes, it’s happening. Melrose Place is back.

GREENSTEIN / DANIEL CASTING
6671 SUNSET BLVD.
SUITE 1527
LOS ANGELES, CA 90028

Send Your Stuff! Pilot – Washington Field

I can’t find out any other info except that it’s for CBS. Sorry!

SCOTT DAVID
QUIXOTE STUDIOS
4585 ELECTRONICS PL.
LA, CA 90039

Send Your Stuff! Pilot – Empire State

Synopsis: Sam Cochrane is the first college in his family of ironworkers. When a crane collapses kills two people in one of his family’s buildings a murder investigation changes the course of his life.

AUTOMATIC SWEAT
5243 W. WASHINGTON BLVD.
LOS ANGELES, CA 90016

Send Your Stuff! Pilot – Day one

Casting directors Mandy Sherman and Sari Knight have the pilot Day One. It’s an AFTRA pilot for Universal/NBC.

Synopsis: A group of people in a San Fernando Valley apartment complex are freaked when a meteor storm hits the earth and huge structures start sprouting from the ground.

As they try to save themselves, they’re shocked to discover that one of their own has known about this event for some time.

ATTN: “DAY ONE” CASTING
100 UNIVERSAL CITY PLAZA
TRAILER 6139
UNIVERSAL CITY, CA 91608

Richard Jenkins is no longer a visitor

Richard Jenkins, the 61 year old character actor recently nominated for his performance on The Visitor, has worked with some of the best actors around in his career. But when he thinks about his recent nomination?

“It’s unbelievable. This happens to other people, not to me,” he said.

He had always wanted to take on a leading role, but “this was like a perfect storm of circumstances,” he said. “At this time in my life, I saw it as an incredible opportunity and a gift.”

The one drawback to his newfound success? He’s “not anonymous anymore. It’s hard, but it’s all right. I’m a year away from Social Security.”

Christian Bale apologizes

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Christian Bale called into the Kevin and Bean show here in LA to grovel…uh, apologize.

I’ve never listened to this show cause Im not a 13 year old girl so I’m not quite sure why Bale called into this show to apologize rather then go on Jay Leno ala Hugh Grant.

Anyway, listen here

Judge rejects legal bid to reinstate Doug Allen

So, a judge has dismissed a the legal bid to reinstate Doug Allen. This clears the for a re-start of contract talks with the AMPTP.

SAG released a statement saying that the bid had been rejected “on the grounds it had no chance of success.”

Here’s the statement:

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James Chalfant today denied in full the request for a temporary restraining order seeking to invalidate the SAG national board majority’s written assent of January 26, 2009.

The Judge denied the order on the grounds that the Plaintiffs had no probability of success on the merits of their claims.

“I’m pleased that we can put this matter behind us and dedicate our complete focus to the needs of Screen Actors Guild members. There’s a lot of work ahead of us.” said Screen Ac

tors Guild Interim National Executive Director David White.

The SAG national board of directors will meet jointly with AFTRA on Saturday to discuss upcoming commercial contracts negotiations, and will have a SAG board meeting on Sunday. Both will be held via videoconference in Los Angeles and New York.

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