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Hey, Jessica Chastain, We Planned Your EGOT Path for You!
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Jessica Chastain hasn't been dubbed this year's award season darling for nothing.
And she's not going anywhere...except, well, from Hollywood to Broadway. Yesterday it was announced that Jessica would be leaving behind T-town—where she made a huge, huge splash last year—to hit the stage in a fall 2012 staging of the play The Heiress.
Which to us screams: Tony! And since Jess is already getting plenty of buzz for Oscars, we have zero doubt that the gal could eventually go for the EGOT (that'd be an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony). So Team Truth laid out her award show-stealin' road map.
And in reverse order, here it is:
Who Will Replace Eddie Murphy as Oscar Host?
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So who will host the Oscars now that Eddie Murphy is out?
—Head Waiter, via the inbox
Well, just in case Ricky Gervais is unavailable, I do have some idea about the general direction the Oscars will likely take. If history is any guide...
Can Olivia Munn Finish Taking Brett Ratner Down?
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What do you get when you mix Olivia Munn, Brett Ratner and a shrimp cocktail?
One helluva sticky controversy, and if you haven't heard, the he-said, she-said battle between these two is in high gear.
Let's quickly recap:
EXCLUSIVE!
Robin Williams' Oscar Advice for Eddie Murphy
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It's been 25 years since Robin Williams cohosted the Oscars—and he still has no desire to do it again.
"I like to do some presenting," Williams told me yesterday while promoting Happy Feet Two (out Nov. 18). "Come in for a minute and get the f--k out and then just sit back and watch Jack [Nicholson] in the front row."
That's not to say he doesn't have some advice for hosting newbie Eddie Murphy...
Would Neil Patrick Harris Really Turn Down Hosting the Oscars?
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What with the bang-up job he's done at the Tonys and Emmys, it seems like a given that Neil Patrick Harris hosting the Academy Awards would be one legen—wait for it—dary emcee gig.
And he's certainly not short of admirers or backers, as his is one of the first and most ardently suggested names that pops up every year when the scramble for an Oscars host begins (good luck with that, Eddie Murphy).
Well, NPH has heard your cries and has one word for those increasingly vocal supporters: stop.
Gil Cates, Oscar Producer and Hollywood Director, Dies
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The Oscars have lost its favorite leading man.
Gilbert Cates, the veteran director-producer who supervised a record 14 Academy Award telecasts, died on Monday. He was 77.
According to a statement from UCLA, where Cates was founding dean of the School of Theater, Film and Television department, emergency medical personnel responded to a call on campus at about 5:50 p.m. Monday but were unable to revive Cates. No word on cause of death.
Look at Leonardo DiCaprio Going Bald and Getting Pudgy—Will It Win Him an Oscar?
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Look here! Team Truth found a time machine and snapped a pic of what Leonardo DiCaprio will look like when he finally wins that damn Oscar.
Just kidding. But that old man you see getting all misty eyed in the photo is indeed the model-datin', People's sexiest man contender Leo. So what's with the wrinkly skin and gray ‘do? It's for his latest flick J. Edgar, of course.
And it seems like Leo is doing almost everything right to nab that Academy Award honor...
Oscar Winner and Spider-Man Actor Cliff Robertson Dies
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Oscar-winning actor Cliff Robertson, who won an Academy Award for playing a mentally disabled man in 1968's Charly, died Saturday at age 88. Robertson more recently appeared as Tobey Maguire's kindly Uncle Ben Parker in Spider-Man and two film sequels.
According to his secretary of 53 years, Evelyn Christel, Robertson died of natural causes at Stony Brook University Medical Center on Long Island.
Eddie Murphy in Talks to Host 84th Oscars
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Now that would be a show!
Comedian and actor Eddie Murphy is in talks to host the 84th Academy Awards, according to the Los Angeles Times.
So, when will we know for sure if the funnyman got the gig?
James Franco: About Those Gay Rapist Rumors...
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The Oscars may have taken place all the way back in February, but that hasn't stopped anyone with a talk show, magazine or platform of any kind from bringing up the televised debacle to James Franco every chance they get.
And this week, it was Playboy's turn as they once again queried the actor-turned-professional student on his hosting stint—and this time around, he appears to be completely over toeing any party lines.
But hey, at least he didn't call Anne Hathaway a Tasmanian devil again…though from the sounds of it, she got away the easiest of all his Oscar cohorts...
