George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Gary Oldman and Rooney Mara have shed their clean-cut images to channel creepy and villainous characters from Hollywood history for a magazine photoshoot.

The Up in the Air star has taken on the unpleasant role of tyrant Captain Bligh from Mutiny on the Bounty, while Pitt has opted to do his best impression of horror film actor Peter Lorre and portray Eraserhead's Henry Spencer for this week's issue of The New York Times Magazine.

Clooney says, "I picked Captain Bligh because I liked his hat. Bad guys don't think they're bad guys. In film, the best evil perfor...

Vera Farmiga is a new mom after giving birth to a baby girl.

The "Up in the Air" star and her husband Renn Hawkey welcomed little Gytta Lubov Hawkey last week.

A spokesperson for Farmiga tells People.com the new addition is "happy and healthy."

Gytta is the couple's second child - they also have a son, Fynn, 22 months.

A very pregnant Vera Farmiga attended the opening night production of "Das Rheingold" at the Metropolitan Opera House in Lincoln Center, New York City, yesterday.

The actress, who gave birth to baby Finn just before starting work on "Up in the Air" in 2009, is due next month.

Farmiga is still planning to continue with plans to make her directorial debut this year by turning born-again Christian Carolyn Briggs' memoir, "This Dark World: A Memoir of Salvation Found and Lost," into a movie. The adaptation will be called "Higher Ground."

See more photos of Vera here!

"Twilight" cutie Anna Kendrick attended the U.K. film premiere of "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World" wearing a tiny black dress and strappy purple sandals. What do you think of her look?

Anna recently talked to Starpulse about making films versus acting in theater productions. She explained, "Both experiences are different and interesting, and there are pros and cons to each but obviously neither is superior to the other."

She says she was drawn to her role in "Scott Pilgrim" because she related to her character Stacy. She said, "I think the relationship between Stacy and Scott rings really tr...

Actor Jason Bateman has successfully shut down a gay porn website using his name without permission.

Fans of the Up in the Air star got a saucy shock when they logged onto JasonBateman.com, which directed followers to an X-rated website.

The star took swift legal action and now the site has been taken offline.

He says, "Jason Bateman was a big gay porn site. JasonBateman.com. It was for a long time. We sent some lawyers on that. It was worse - it wasn't even a gay porn site. It was a gay porn hub. 'From here you can go to thousands of porn sites!'"

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Anna Kendrick opted for a short, ruffled gold dress and strappy sandals at "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" Los Angeles premiere last week.

The actress just received a great honor. She was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and help decide future Academy Awards.

She stars in the upcoming film "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World" (Aug. 13) in which a young man (Michael Cera) must fight a girl's (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) seven sinister ex-boyfriends in order to win her hand. The Universal Pictures film is an adaptation of Bryan Lee O'Malley's Oni Press comic ...

The Twilight Saga: New Moon was the big winner at the MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday night, picking up four honors including the coveted Best Movie prize.

Twilight co-stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson were the toast of the evening as they each triumphed in the Best Female and Male Performance categories. The rumored real-life lovers also shared the prize for Best Kiss, and teased the crowd by debating whether or not to follow tradition with a live lip-lock. But Stewart let viewers down by snubbing a Pattinson smooch, declaring: "To be perfectly honest with you, it take...

George Clooney prefers to be natural onscreen.

He explained, "I was watching 'Up In The Air' and thought: 'Who's the old grey-haired guy?' And it was me. I never wear make-up for movies, and now it's starting to show. You don't want to try to look younger because you'll look wrong."

Last month there was a bomb scare at George's vacation home in Italy after World War II explosives were discovered just yards from the actor's Lake Como villa. The news came just weeks after police launched an investigation into the discovery of a woman's body in the lake. The corpse was pulled from the water...

Back in 2008, I had recently moved to New York wanting to fulfill a lifelong dream of becoming a writer. I’d just come from California where I fulfilled a different dream of becoming a musician and thought, if I could be writer anywhere, it might as well be here. I got a gig writing columns for Starpulse and after a couple of months, my editor approached me about covering the Tribeca Film Festival. The craziest part… I was a music writer. I’d sort of decided early on that I would write these long-winded musical thesises, partly to exercise my brain of all of this musical data that I had sto...

"Up In The Air" star Vera Farmiga is pregnant with her second child.

The actress, who gave birth to baby Finn just before starting work on "Up in the Air" in 2009, is due in October, according to In Touch magazine.

The baby news has forced Farmiga, who is married to Renn Hawkey, to give up a role as Gerard Butler's wife in upcoming movie "Machine Gun Preacher."

An insider tells the publication, "The role would have meant traveling to Africa this summer, but because her baby is due in the fall, she would have been too far along to make the trip."

Farmiga is still planning to continue wit...

This morning you probably got ready to go to work by putting on your work clothes, eating breakfast, grabbing your purse or your wallet, and maybe driving yourself into the office. After work today you’ll probably go home, change into your “going out” clothes, call your friends, and head out to blow off some steam. What if someone told you that everything you did this morning from picking out your clothes, to making your breakfast, to choosing where you’re going wasn’t entirely your choice? What if everything you decided to buy was instead a product of a new kind of marketing technique cal...

"Up In The Air" star Vera Farmiga dreams of giving up her acting career and becoming a full-time goat herder.

The Oscar nominee raises goats at her farm in upstate New York and admits she often dreams of getting away with her animals when the business of Hollywood becomes too much for her.

She says, "When things get feisty, and I feel my career is less art and more business, then I sincerely think about just buying a staff and herding."

In unrelated, yet completely similar sounding news, "Modern Family" star Sofia Vergara trained to be a dentist before pursuing a career in acting.

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"We made three times what we thought the movie could make. Three seems to be the number because everybody keeps coming up to me and saying, 'I saw the movie three times'." Three is lucky for "Avatar" director James Cameron.

"It is a life-changing film and it changed my life. So this is appreciated but the win is when someone says, 'My life is different because of the film.' That's priceless." Oscar contender Mo'Nique on being nominated for her role in "Precious".

"I'd like a nice juicy burger and some deep, deeply fried fries... and maybe a milkshake." Sandra Bullock has fast food plans...

"Up In The Air" star Anna Kendrick suffered a last-minute wardrobe woe days before her big night at the Oscars - the gown that was made specially for her was a disaster.

The Best Supporting Actress nominee thought she had found the perfect dress but when it arrived, she realized she needed to find a quick replacement.

Kendrick says, "There was another dress that was being made... The designer will remain nameless... It was not for me. It was blue."

The actress eventually went with a blush champagne chiffon gown.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a throwback to more competitive days, Academy Award presenters rehearsed the line "and the winner is ..." instead of the blander "and the Oscar goes to ..." for Sunday's show.

The last time the language was used officially was for the 60th Academy Awards in 1988, when "The Last Emperor" won for best picture. The following year, show producer Allan Carr changed the wording, although some presenters ignored the new guidelines.

"His goal was to make it not seem as competitive," said Lucia Schultz, the motion picture academy's librarian. Other awards shows also followed ...

Wolfgang Puck and a whole lot of other folks are busting their humps getting ready for Sunday night's Academy Awards ceremony at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles. The following images will give you a bit of a look into what goes on behind the scenes and the amount of planning that goes into Tinseltown's biggest event of the year.

Here, Chef Puck is readying some of his world-famous cuisine at the Oscar Food and Beverage Preview while the red carpet is rolled out along Hollywood Boulevard in anticipation for the bevy of A-listers (and not A-listers) to rub elbows and answer countless "what...

"Juno's" Jason Reitman heads into corporate America territory once again with this adaptation of Walter Kirn's novel - "Up in the Air" for Montecito Pictures.

The plot surrounds a human resource administrator (George Clooney) whose life up in the friendly skies becomes his only world as he works to reach his one-millionth frequent flyer mile. He discovers that life is not simply about the journey alone, but about the personal connections made along the way.

Jason Bateman and Vera Farmiga co-star in the Paramount Pictures production.

See more photos of "Up In The Air" here!

This has the chance to become the most exciting Oscar night ever.

Why? Because nobody seems to have any real clue as to which movie will win Best Picture. “Avatar” seems like a good choice – it made $700 Million, changed movies, James Cameron directs, yada yada yada – but so does “The Hurt Locker” with its crazy critical raves and industry buzz. Compounding the problem is the Weinstein-backed “Inglorious Basterds” which has been gaining momentum all month. It’s a logjam at the top.

This is created not only by the fact that we have ten Best Picture nominees this year, but because the n...

After the Oscars, catch up on all the best movies of 2009 that you missed.

March 2

Where the Wild Things Are - Buy it

Spike Jonze's masterpiece feels like a Jonze movie (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation) in that it blurs the line between reality and fiction. The beasts - created by Jim Henson's Creature Shop - have to be seen to be believed. Max Records stars as the rebellious young Max, backed by a phenomenal supporting cast including the voice talents of James Gandolfini and Catherine O'Hara. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Karen O supplies one of the best soundtracks of the year, freshly snubbed...

These girls like it short and sweet - with dresses, that is. "Twilight" co-stars Kristen Stewart and Anna Kendrick showed up at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTAs) on Sunday looking quite cute in their strapless yellow and white ensembles. See more photos after the jump, and tell us who looks better!

Fun Facts:

The two stars recently appeared in Vanity Fair magazine's coveted Young Hollywood edition, which overtly omitted stars like Precious actress Gabourey Sidibe.

Anna has been nominated for a Best Supporting Actress for her work in Up in the Air.

Rober...

The Hurt Locker stole the show at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards on Sunday night - scooping six trophies including Best Film and Best Director for Kathryn Bigelow. The war thriller also won prizes for original screenplay, cinematography, editing, and sound during the ceremony at London's Royal Opera House.

Accepting her award for Best Director, Bigelow said, "What an honor, especially to be in this room filled with so many incredibly talented people that I've admired and been inspired by for decades."

Colin Firth saw off Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart), Ge...

Pop superstar Madonna is returning to the director's chair to take charge of her second film - a drama based on the life of late British royal King Edward VIII.

The star made her moviemaking debut with 2008's Filth and Wisdom, which was panned by critics and flopped at the box office.

But Madonna is refusing to let the negative reviews put an early end to her career behind the camera - she has signed up to write and direct "W.E.," the real-life story of Edward VIII, who abdicated the throne in 1936 to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson.

Up in the Air star Vera Farmiga has been ...

James Cameron is convinced his sci-fi epic Avatar will lose out at the upcoming Academy Awards, but hopes his ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow takes home the Best Picture Oscar instead.

Cameron's blockbuster will go up against Bigelow's gritty war drama The Hurt Locker for the coveted prize at the upcoming ceremony in March, along with eight other films including Up in the Air, The Blind Side and Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire.

The moviemaker will also compete with his former spouse for the Best Director Oscar, but he's convinced Academy bosses will overlook Avatar because of ...

And there were ten.

It seems kind of strange to say that, right? Ten Best Picture nominees? We knew it was coming for nearly a year, but now it's actually there. In Black and white. Ten nominees. Strange.

After seeing the list, it's easy to see that the Academy might be on to something. Sure, it would have gotten the biggest blockbuster of all time with "Avatar" earning a Best Picture nomination if there were only five nominees, but it would have missed out on other massive hits like "The Blind Side", "Up", and "District 9".

Now, the telecast is going to get a lot more casual...

Avatar & The Hurt Locker dominated the Academy Award nominations this morning, and we're sure there were plenty of actors who jumped up and down when they received their nominations.

The only thing that looks better on a resume than an Academy Award nomination is the award itself! Sure, a Golden Globe Award is nice, and a Screen Actors Guild award is commendable, but it's not the same as having your very own Oscar.

Check our our gallery of best actor, best actress, best supporting actor, and best supporting actress nominees:

BEST ACTOR

Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart

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James Cameron's science-fiction sensation "Avatar" and the war thriller "The Hurt Locker" lead the Academy Awards with nine nominations each, including best picture and best director.

This year the Oscars are featuring 10 best-picture contenders instead of the usual five. The other eight are: District 9, Up, Inglourious Basterds, The Blind Side, Up in the Air, A Serious Man, An Education and Precious.

Best Picture: "Avatar," ''The Blind Side," ''District 9," ''An Education," ''The Hurt Locker," ''Inglourious Basterds," ''Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' By Sapphire," ''A Serious M...

The Academy Awards are almost upon us, and nominations will be announced Feb. 2. Previously, this marathon award ceremony didn't mean much to those of us who love movies that twist your mind like "Momento" or make you cry with laughter like "The Hangover."

Movies that push the limits of comprehension, test our ability to keep watching, and make us pee our pants instead usually earn something like an MTV Movie Award, not an Academy Award.

Offbeat films deserve a little recognition even if they're not Oscar-worthy. These films don't fit into the genres that tend to win big-name awards...

Previous Oscar hopeful Anne Hathaway will announce this year's Academy Awards nominations in Los Angeles on February 2. The actress, who was nominated last year for her role in "Rachel Getting Married", will join Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak for the big reveal next Tuesday.

Sherak and Hathaway will unveil the nominations in 10 of the 24 categories at an early morning news conference at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.

"Inglourious Basterds", "Up in the Air", "Avatar" and "The Hurt Locker" have emerged as movie favorites ahead o...

"Just looking at all the faces here reminds me of some of the great work that's been done this year - by cosmetic surgeons. You all look great... I've had a penis reduction. (I've) just got the one now, and it is very tiny - but so are my hands, so when I'm holding it, it looks pretty big." Golden Globes host Ricky Gervais poked fun at the stars in the audience at the 67th annual prizegiving.

"I was not thinking, I want him.' He couldn't have been a more generous and amazing guy, but I was not thinking that." Actress Anna Kendrick was not starstruck while working with George Clooney in ...

Avatar, The Hurt Locker and Inglourious Basterds were the critics' darlings in Hollywood on Friday night after scoring 11 prizes between them at the 2010 Critics Choice Movie Awards.

"Avatar" claimed six honors, including all the night's technical awards, "Inglourious Basterds" picked up three and "The Hurt Locker" doubled up with two of the event's biggest awards for Best Directing (Kathryn Bigelow) and Best Picture.

Nine was the night's big flop - the musical was completely shut out, despite scoring 10 nominations last month.

The night's double winners were Up and Crazy Heart, fo...