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Christian Bale Seems To Forget His Wife's Name in Oscar Acceptance Speech [VIDEO]

107.9 The River — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:36:26 +0000

Christian Bale's Best Supporting Actor acceptance speech for his role in 'The Fighter' was memorable for two reasons: He made reference to a notorious explicit-filled rant he directed at a crew-member during the filming of "Terminator Salvation," and he seems like he may have forgotten his wife name while thanking her.

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James Franco and Anne Hathaway's Opening Monlogue For The Oscars [VIDEO]

107.9 The River — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:31:47 +0000

James Franco and Anne Hathaway were certainly outside-the-box picks to host the 83rd annual Academy Awards. And after a pre-taped opening in which they tried to elicit advice from last year's host Alec Baldwin by channeling his dreams, “Inception” - style, the duo weren’t required to do a whole lot of heavy lifting in their opening monologue.

In it, they made reference to how their youth was intended to appeal to a new younger demographic. Then they spent a good chunk of the monologue acknowledging their elders: Hathaway had a conversation with her mother, who was in the audience, and Franco did the same with his grandmother. Read on to check it out.

The Oscars' 'Inception'-Style Opening Sequence [VIDEO]

107.9 The River — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:27:07 +0000

This year’s opening sequence of the Academy Awards featured hosts James Franco and Anne Hathaway trying to tap Alec Baldwin’s dreams for Oscar hosting advice. The skit featured a bunch of this year’s nominees for best picture, and a surprise appearance from an iconic film of yore. Read on to check it out. - Contributed [...]

Oscar Winners: 'The King's Speech' Reigns, Portman Soars

107.9 The River — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 13:09:55 +0000

There weren’t a whole lot of surprises at the 83rd Academy Awards — as expected, “The King’s Speech” took the big prize as Best Picture. The film about King George VI overcoming his stutter also garnered a Best Actor statue for Colin Firth and a Best Director win for Tom Hooper. “King”‘s four statuettes tied [...]

Academy Awards Red Carpet [PHOTOS]

Tom McCarthy — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 02:16:50 +0000

The stars hit the red carpet for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards, including nominees Natalie Portman, Melissa Leo, Michelle Williams, Christian Bale, Jesse Eisenberg, plus co-host Anne Hathaway.