The Place Beyond the Pines (2012)
Crime | Drama
A motorcycle stunt rider considers committing a crime in order to provide for his wife and child, an act that puts him on a collision course with a cop-turned-politician.
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Rose Byrne, Eva Mendes, Ray Liotta, Bruce Greenwood
Director: Derek Cianfrance
He's Just Not That Into You (2009)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
A group of interconnected, Baltimore-based twenty- and thirtysomethings navigate their various relationships from the shallow end of the dating pool through the deep, murky waters of married life, trying to read the signs of the opposite sex–and hoping to be the exceptions to the "no-exceptions"; rule. Gigi just wants a man who says he'll call–and does–while Alex advises her to stop sitting by the phone. Beth wonders if she should call it off after years of committed singlehood with her boyfriend, Neil, but he doesn't think there's a single thing wrong with their unmarried life. Janine's not sure if she can trust her husband, Ben, who can't quite trust himself around Anna. Anna can't decide between the sexy married guy, or her straightforward, no-sparks standby, Conor, who can't get over the fact that he can't have her. And Mary, who's found an entire network of loving, supportive men, just needs to find one who's straight.
Starring: Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Connelly, Kevin Connolly, Bradley Cooper, Ginnifer Goodwin, Scarlett Johansson, Justin Long
Director: Ken Kwapis
The 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV 2013)
Awards
The 70th Golden Globe Awards honoring the best in film and television of 2012, was broadcast live from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on January 13, 2013, by NBC. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler co-hosted. Nominations were announced on December 13 by Jessica Alba, Megan Fox and Ed Helms. The Cecil B. DeMille Award, honoring the lifetime achievements of actors and filmmakers, was announced on November 1, 2012 with Jodie Foster being the latest recipient of that trophy. The ceremony was produced by Dick Clark Productions in association with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The awards show was held on 13 January 2013.
Starring: George Clooney, Jennifer Garner, Jennifer Lopez, Kristen Wiig, Will Ferrell, Jason Statham, Adele, Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson, Nathan Fillion, Megan Fox, Jeremy Irons, Lucy Liu, Debra Messing, Robert Pattinson, Dennis Quaid, Jeremy Renner, Amanda Seyfried, Taylor Swift, Kerry Washington, Christian Bale, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jason Bateman, Kristen Bell, Halle Berry, Josh Brolin, Bradley Cooper, Robert Downey Jr., Jamie Foxx, John Goodman, Jonah Hill, Kate Hudson, John Krasinski, Eva Longoria, Tony Mendez, Lea Michele, Julia Roberts, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Kiefer Sutherland, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jodie Foster
The 18th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards (TV 2013)
Awards
The Critics' Choice Movie Awards (formerly known as the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award) are bestowed annually by the Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) to honor the finest in cinematic achievement. Written ballots are submitted during a week-long nominating period, and the resulting nominees are announced in December. The winners chosen by subsequent voting are revealed at the annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards ceremony in January. Additional, special awards are given out at the discretion of the BFCA Board of Directors.
The awards were originally named simply Critics' Choice Awards. In 2010, the word Movie was added to their name, to differentiate them from the Critics' Choice Television Awards, which were first bestowed the following year by the newly created Broadcast Television Critics Association. The name Critics' Choice Awards now officially refers to both sets of awards collectively.
From 2006 through 2009, the awards ceremony was held in the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. From 2010 through 2012, it took place in the refurbished, historic Hollywood Palladium. The live television broadcast of the event moved from VH1 to The CW in 2013.
The Broadcast Film Critics Association prides itself on its ability to anticipate Academy Award nominations: between 1997 and 2004, the Critics' Choice nominations predicted all but two of the 35 Academy Award nominations for Best Picture. By comparison, the Golden Globe Awards were three times more likely to differ during the same period.
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Jessica Chastain, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Anne Hathaway, Quvenzhane Wallis, Daniel Craig, Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, Judd Apatow, Ben Affleck, Quentin Tarantino, Tony Kushner, Claudio Miranda, Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer, William Goldenberg, Dylan Tichenor, Jacqueline Durran, Adele, John Williams, Sam Rubin
Hit and Run / Hit & Run (2012)
Action | Comedy | Romance
Former getaway driver Charlie Bronson jeopardizes his Witness Protection Plan identity in order to help his girlfriend get to Los Angeles. The feds and Charlie's former gang chase them on the road.
Starring: Kristen Bell, Bradley Cooper, Tom Arnold, Dax Shepard, Kal Bennett, Beau Bridges, Kristin Chenoweth
Director: David Palmer, Dax Shepard
Hit and Run / Hit & Run (2012)
Action | Comedy | Romance
Former getaway driver Charlie Bronson jeopardizes his Witness Protection Plan identity in order to help his girlfriend get to Los Angeles. The feds and Charlie's former gang chase them on the road.
Starring: Kristen Bell, Bradley Cooper, Tom Arnold, Dax Shepard, Kal Bennett, Beau Bridges, Kristin Chenoweth
Director: David Palmer, Dax Shepard
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The Words (2012)
Drama | Romance
Aspiring writer Rory Jansen finds another man's haunting memories in a collection of lost stories and claims them as his own, propelling him to literary stardom.
Starring: Olivia Wilde, Zoe Saldana, Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Irons, Dennis Quaid, Ben Barnes
Director: Brian Klugman, Lee Sternthal
Case 39 (2009)
Horror | Mystery | Thriller
A family services social worker fights to save a little girl with a haunted past, only to find out that this mysterious new case turns into a nightmare she may never survive.
Starring: Renée Zellweger, Jodelle Ferland, Ian McShane, Bradley Cooper
Director: Christian Alvart
Valentine's Day (2010)
Comedy | Romance
Valentine's Day follows the intertwining storylines of a group of Los Angelinos as they find their way through romance over the course of one Valentine's Day. Couples and singles experience the pinnacles and pitfalls of finding, keeping or ending relationships in a day in the life of love.
Starring: Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel, Kathy Bates, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Garner, Jamie Foxx, Taylor Lautner, George Lopez, Topher Grace, Shirley MacLaine, Anne Hathaway, Emma Roberts, Eric Dane, Ashton Kutcher, Julia Roberts, Patrick Dempsey, Queen Latifah, Taylor Swift, Hector Elizondo
Director: Garry Marshall
The 84th Annual Academy Awards 2012 (TV 2012)
Awards | Family
The 84th Academy Awards ceremony, hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2011. The ceremony took place at the Hollywood and Highland Center in Hollywood, California. It was televised live in the United States on ABC.
Academy Awards of Merit were presented in 24 standard competitive categories at the February 26, 2012, ceremony. Nominations for these awards were announced by AMPAS on January 24, 2012. In addition, three Honorary Academy Awards were presented at the 3rd Annual Governors Awards ceremony held on on November 12, 2011.
The 84th annual Academy Awards ceremony was hosted by Billy Crystal and produced by Brian Grazer. The ceremony marked Crystal’s ninth time serving as host for the Academy Awards. The ceremony was originally scheduled to be hosted by Eddie Murphy. However, Murphy stepped down after Brett Ratner resigned as producer, following Ratner's use of a gay slur when discussing rehearsals.
The Artist and Hugo each won five awards, with the former winning Best Picture and its star Jean Dujardin winning Best Actor. The Iron Lady won two awards, including Best Actress for Meryl Streep. The Artist became the first silent motion picture in 83 years to win Best Picture (after Wings, which won Best Picture in the 1st Academy Awards).
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, Bradley Cooper, Will Ferrell, Halle Berry, Ben Stiller, Kristen Wiig, Zach Galifianakis, Rose Byrne, Cameron Diaz, Penélope Cruz, Jennifer Lopez, Maya Rudolph, Melissa McCarthy, Michael Douglas, Ellie Kemper, Billy Crystal, Chris Rock, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Miss Piggy, Kermit the Frog
Director: Don Mischer
Older Than America (2008)
Drama
A woman's haunting visions reveal a Catholic priest's sinister plot to silence her mother from speaking the truth about the atrocities that took place at her Native American boarding school. A contemporary drama of suspense, Older Than America delves into the lasting impact of the cultural genocide and loss of identity that occurred at these institutions across the United States and Canada.
Starring: Adam Beach, Tantoo Cardinal, Bradley Cooper, Georgina Lightning, Wes Studi, Sarah Agnew, Jeri Arredondo, Noah Kol Balfour
Director: Georgina Lightning
The Hangover Part II (2011)
Comedy
Phil, Stu, and Alan travel to Bangkok for Stu's wedding only to find themselves in another post-blackout misadventure.
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis
Director: Todd Phillips
The Hangover (2009)
Comedy
Two days before his wedding, Doug and his three friends drive to Las Vegas for a blow-out bachelor party they'll never forget. But, in fact, when the three groomsmen wake up the next morning, they can't remember a thing. For some reason, they find a tiger in the bathroom and a six-month-old baby in the closet of their suite at Caesars Palace. The one thing they can't find is Doug. With no clue as to what transpired and little time to spare, the trio must retrace their hazy steps and all their bad decisions in order to figure out where things went wrong and hopefully get Doug back to L.A. in time to walk down the aisle.
Starring: Heather Graham, Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Justin Bartha
Director: Todd Phillips
The Midnight Meat Train (2008)
Horror | Thriller | Crime | Mystery
When Leon Kaufman's latest body of work–a collection of provocative, nighttime studies of the city and its inhabitants–earns the struggling photographer interest from prominent art gallerist Susan Hoff, she propels him to get grittier and show the darker side of humanity for his upcoming debut at her downtown art space. Believing he's finally on track for success, Leon's obsessive pursuit of dark subject matter leads him into the path of a serial killer, Mahogany, the subway murderer who stalks late-night commuters–ultimately butchering them in the most gruesome ways imaginable. With his concerned girlfriend Maya fearing for his life, Leon's relentless fascination with Mahogany lures him further and further into the bowels of the subways and ultimately into an abyss of pure evil–inadvertently pulling Maya right along with him.
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Leslie Bibb, Brooke Shields, Vinnie Jones, Roger Bart
Director: Ryûhei Kitamura
Brother's Justice (2010)
Comedy
Motivated by Box Office statistics, Dax Shepard has made a decision to leave comedy to pursue his dream of becoming an international Martial Arts action star.
Starring: Tom Arnold, Bradley Cooper, Jon Favreau
Director: David Palmer, Dax Shepard
Limitless (2011)
Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro star in Limitless, a paranoia-fueled action thriller about an unpublished writer whose life is transformed by a top-secret smart drug that allows him to use 100% of his brain and become a perfect version of himself. His enhanced abilities soon attract shadowy forces that threaten his new life in this darkly comic and provocative film.
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Abbie Cornish, Andrew Howard, Anna Friel
Director: Neil Burger
