Seriously? OMG! WTF?

Julie Andrews, the legendary actress and singer who is perhaps best known as the beloved star of 1965’s The Sound of Music, will be honored with a Life Achievement Award at the 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony in January, it was announced Monday. "Julie Andrews is a woman of great generosity, creativity, courage, elegance and wit," SAG President Alan Rosenberg said in a statement. "She embodies and transcends the memorable roles she has created. Julie has been a positive presence in my life and continues to inspire multiple generations. I believe it is exceptionally significant to be recognized by people who do the same work you do." Andrews, who was born and raised in England, won an Academy Award in her movie debut as the magical, flying governess in 1964’s Mary Poppins. She got another Oscar nod for 1983’s Victor/Victoriaa. Younger film audiences may know Andrews best as the voice of Queen Lillian in Shrek 2, a role she is reprising for Shrek 3, due out next summer. She also starred opposite Anne Hathaway in The Princess Diaries. In addition to acting and singing, Andrews is an author and has served as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Development Fund for Women for 15 years. She and her husband, filmmaker Blake Edwards, have been married for nearly 37 years. The 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards is scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 28, 2007.

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I am sure her tribute and speech will be very touching, what a career she has had!

Ellen DeGeneres has been set to host the 79th Academy Awards telecast, producer Laura Ziskin announced today. It will be DeGeneres’ first time as Oscar host, as well as her first appearance on an Academy Awards telecast. "Ellen DeGeneres was born to host the Academy Awards," said Ziskin. "There is no more challenging hosting job in show business. It requires someone who can keep the show alive and fresh and moving, as well as someone who is a flat-out great entertainer. Ellen completely fits the bill. I can already tell she is going to set the bar very high for herself and therefore for all of us involved in putting on the show. Now all we need is a lot of great movies."DeGeneres is the host of the syndicated talk show "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," which this year won its third Emmy for Outstanding Talk Show and earned DeGeneres her second Emmy for Outstanding Talk Show Host."When Laura Ziskin called, I was thrilled," said DeGeneres. "There’s two things I’ve always wanted to do in my life One is to host the Oscars. The second is to get a call from Laura Ziskin. You can imagine that day’s diary entry."DeGeneres has twice hosted the Primetime Emmy Awards telecast and co-hosted the show in 1994. For her first solo Emmy stint, which took place shortly after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, she received high praise."She just sparkles," said Academy President Sid Ganis. "She is such a pleasure to watch. Her wit cuts to the truth of things, but in a wonderfully warm-spirited way. I think she’ll be a fantastic host for this show and we’re extremely pleased that she’s agreed to do it."

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What a week for her, first the car ax, then the great ratings for her talk show and now she is going to host the Oscars! What is next for her? BTW I bet you she is going to be funny as all heck! 

JUDE Law has spoken for the first time about his Oscar night humiliation.He said compere Chris Rock had "crossed the line" when he ridiculed the actor at last year’s awards ceremony.Jude, 33, added: "At first I laughed because I didn’t think he knew who I was. Then I got angry as his remarks became personal. My friends were livid."In front of millions of TV viewers and an A-list audience, Rock said: "Who is Jude Law? Why’s he in every movie I have seen for the last four years? He’s in everything."Even the movies he’s not in, if you look at the credits he made cupcakes or something."But Jude said: "It’s unfortunate I had five or six films come out at the same time."And he told how he was touched when Sean Penn defended him as he presented an Oscar.His All The King’s Men co-star said: "I just want to answer our host’s question about who Jude Law is – he’s one of our finest actors."

Daily Mirror

I wish he would’ve said something a year and a half ago. 

The Envelope’s Tom O’Neill got Dreamgirls costar Jennifer Hudson to tell him about the filming of the scene in which she sings "And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going" — the classic tune that Jennifer HollidayBill Condon fretted so much over shooting it that he saved it up for last and shut down the set so no one could spy on the scene," O’Neill writes. "All early buzz indicates that sang in the original B’way stage version that ran in the early ’80s, and which won more or less won her a Best Actress Tony Award.For Hudson’s performing of "the most anticipated scene in one of the most eagerly awaited movies of the year, director Dreamgirls is about to transform Hudson into a superstar," he adds. "[And] she’s already the frontrunner for the Supporting Actress Oscar."

Hollywood Elsewhere 

Fantasia wanted this role, but unlike American Idol Jennifer Hudson won this instead! Hudson gets praise for her role in Dreamgirls, while Fantasia is getting slammed for her Lifetime biopic! Go Jennifer!  

Oscar may be almost 80, but he’s still young at heart – enough to keep company with Heath Ledger and even Dakota Fanning.

On Thursday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which hands out the Oscars each year, invited 120 artists and executives to join its ranks – including such young actors as Ledger, 27, Fanning, 12, Keira Knightley, 21, and Jake Gyllenhaal, 25.

"Most people who aren’t really aware of the Academy think it’s probably a bunch of elderly people," AMPAS director Bruce Davis told the Associated Press. "They’re not thinking Scarlett Johansson and Maggie Gyllenhaal, they’re thinking really old guys. That’s a hard perception to overcome."

"Two years ago the Academy decided to slow membership growth, and to become even more selective in choosing members," Academy president Sid Ganis said in a statement. "Instead of inviting every proposed person who has achieved the minimum qualifications for his or her branch, the membership committees are selecting the most exceptionally qualified names from those lists."

The Academy will welcome new members on Sept. 20 at a reception at its Fairbanks Center for Motion Picture Study in Beverly Hills.

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