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Golden Globe nods: 5 things we learned

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The nominations for the 71st annual Golden Globes were announced Thursday morning. Nominated for best motion picture -- drama, were: "12 Years a Slave" (pictured); "Captain Phillips," "Gravity," "Philomena" and "Rush."cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":true,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":1,"title":"2014 Golden Globe nominees"}

Nominated for best motion picture -- comedy or musical, were "American Hustle" (pictured); "Her," "Inside Llewyn Davis," "Nebraska," "The Wolf of Wall Street."cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":2,"title":"2014 Golden Globe nominees"}

Nominated for best actor in a motion picture -- drama, were Tom Hanks in "Captain Phillips" (pictured), Chiwetel Ejiofor in "12 Years a Slave," Idris Elba in "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom," Matthew McConaughey in "Dallas Buyers Club" and Robert Redford in "All is Lost."cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":3,"title":"2014 Golden Globe nominees"}

Nominated for best actress in a motion picture -- drama, were Emma Thompson in "Saving Mr. Banks" (pictured), Cate Blanchett in "Blue Jasmine," Sandra Bullock in "Gravity," Judi Dench in "Philomena" and Kate Winslet in "Labor Day."cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":4,"title":"2014 Golden Globe nominees"}

Nominated for best actor in a motion picture -- comedy or musical, were Leonardo DiCaprio in "The Wolf of Wall Street" (pictured), Christian Bale in "American Hustle," Bruce Dern in "Nebraska," Oscar Isaac in "Inside Llewyn Davis," and Joaquin Phoenix in "Her."cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":5,"title":"2014 Golden Globe nominees"}

Nominated for best actress in a motion picture -- comedy or musical, were Meryl Streep in "August: Osage County" (pictured), Amy Adams in "American Hustle," Julie Delpy in "Before Midnight," Greta Gerwig in "Frances Ha" and Julia Louis-Dreyfus in "Enough Said."cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":6,"title":"2014 Golden Globe nominees"}

Nominated for best supporting actor in a motion picture were Jared Leto in "Dallas Buyers Club" (pictured), Barkhad Abdi in "Captain Phillips," Daniel Brühl in "Rush," Bradley Cooper in "American Hustle" and Michael Fassbender in "12 Years a Slave." cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":7,"title":"2014 Golden Globe nominees"}

Nominated for best supporting actress in a motion picture were Lupita Nyong'o in "12 Years a Slave" (pictured), Sally Hawkins in "Blue Jasmine," Jennifer Lawrence in "American Hustle," Julia Roberts in "August: Osage County" and June Squibb in "Nebraska."cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":8,"title":"2014 Golden Globe nominees"}

Nominated for best director were Alfonso Cuarón, "Gravity" (pictured); Paul Greengrass, "Captain Phillips;" Steve McQueen, "12 Years a Slave;" Alexander Payne, "Nebraska;" and David O. Russell, "American Hustle."cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":9,"title":"2014 Golden Globe nominees"}

Nominated for best television series -- drama, were "House of Cards" (pictured); "Breaking Bad," "Downton Abbey," "The Good Wife" and "Masters of Sex."cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":10,"title":"2014 Golden Globe nominees"}

Nominated for best television series -- comedy or musical, were "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" (pictured), "The Big Bang Theory," "Girls," "Modern Family" and "Parks and Recreation."cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":11,"title":"2014 Golden Globe nominees"}

Nominated for best actor in a television series -- drama, were Bryan Cranston in "Breaking Bad" (pictured), Liev Schreiber in "Ray Donovan," Michael Sheen in "Masters of Sex," Kevin Spacey in "House of Cards" and James Spader in "The Blacklist."cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":12,"title":"2014 Golden Globe nominees"}

Nominated for best actress in a television series -- drama, were Taylor Schilling in "Orange Is the New Black" (pictured), Julianna Marguiles in "The Good Wife," Tatiana Maslany in "Orphan Black," Kerry Washington in "Scandal," and Robin Wright in "House of Cards."cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":13,"title":"2014 Golden Globe nominees"}

Nominated for best actor in a television series -- comedy or musical, were Jason Bateman in "Arrested Development" (pictured), Don Cheadle in "House of Lies," Michael J. Fox in "The Michael J. Fox Show," Jim Parsons in "The Big Bang Theory," and Andy Samberg in "Brooklyn Nine-Nine."cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":14,"title":"2014 Golden Globe nominees"}

Nominated for best actress in a television series -- comedy or musical, were Amy Poehler in "Parks and Recreation" (pictured); Zooey Deschanel in "New Girl," Lena Dunham in "Girls," Edie Falco in "Nurse Jackie," and Julia Louis-Dreyfus in "Veep."cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":15,"title":"2014 Golden Globe nominees"}HIDE CAPTION2014 Golden Globe nominees2014 Golden Globe nominees2014 Golden Globe nominees2014 Golden Globe nominees2014 Golden Globe nominees2014 Golden Globe nominees2014 Golden Globe nominees2014 Golden Globe nominees2014 Golden Globe nominees2014 Golden Globe nominees2014 Golden Globe nominees2014 Golden Globe nominees2014 Golden Globe nominees2014 Golden Globe nominees2014 Golden Globe nominees<<<

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(CNN) -- Lots of love for "12 Years a Slave." A big push for "American Hustle." Nothing for "Lee Daniels' The Butler."

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the little group (about 100 members) with the outsized influence, presented the nominations for the 71st Annual Golden Globes on Thursday morning, and some trends quickly became obvious.

Given that the Globes are often used as tea leaf samples with which to forecast the Big Daddy of awards shows -- the Oscars -- what do they indicate?

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Golden Globes snubs1) "12 Years a Slave" and "American Hustle" are the front-runners.

"Slave," the Steve McQueen film about a free man taken into slavery in 19th-century America, dominated the proceedings among dramatic films. (The Globes spread the wealth by having categories for both film dramas and film comedies, and do the same for television shows.) It received seven nominations, including nods for best drama, best director, best actor in a drama (Chiwetel Ejiofor), best supporting actor (Michael Fassbender) and best supporting actress (Lupita Nyong'o).

"Hustle" matched that number, earning nominations for best comedy or musical, best director (David O. Russell), best actor in a comedy/musical (Christian Bale), best actress in a comedy/musical (Amy Adams), best supporting actor (Bradley Cooper) and best supporting actress (Jennifer Lawrence). Expect a lot of the same when the Oscar nominations are announced January 16.

2014 Golden Globe nominations: The list

2) You call these comedies?

Of the five films nominated for best comedy or musical, none is an out-and-out laugh riot. In fact, a couple are as dark as they come -- and probably richer than the nominated dramas. "Inside Llewyn Davis," the Coen brothers film about a struggling folksinger in early-'60s New York, features an unpleasant lead character who mooches off some friends and alienates others. "Nebraska," directed by Alexander Payne ("Sideways"), stars Bruce Dern as a curmudgeonly old man convinced he's won a big cash prize; like all of Payne's films, it has plenty of bitter with the sweet. "The Wolf of Wall Street" is a three-hour Martin Scorsese film about a crooked financial trader on a headlong rush to trouble. There's no "Bridesmaids"-like film in the bunch -- nor, for that matter, a "Secret Life of Walter Mitty."

3) "The Butler" got shown the door.

In the Screen Actors Guild nominations, announced Wednesday, "Lee Daniels' The Butler" did surprisingly well, earning nominations for ensemble (the equivalent of best film) and performers Forest Whitaker and Oprah Winfrey. None of them were nominated for a Globe -- and this despite the fact that the Globes often appear to hand out nominations based as much on star power as quality. Sorry, Oprah: You'll have to be invited like any other guest.

Also getting short shrift from the Hollywood Foreign Press: Scorsese, who missed out on a directing nod; "August: Osage County," which picked up two acting nominations but nothing for film, director or screenplay; and Woody Allen, though two of his "Blue Jasmine" stars got nominated. Not that Woody would have shown -- the awards-show curmudgeon, who never goes to the Oscars either, will receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award from the HFPA, but Diane Keaton is scheduled to accept on his behalf.

4) No SAG Award nomination? No problem!

OK, so "The Butler" got stiffed by the Globes. Not so for "Rush," which earned a nomination not only for Daniel Bruhl -- who did get a SAG nod -- but also for the film itself. And how about Kate Winslet? There's been little chatter about Jason Retman's "Labor Day," but she earned a best actress (drama) nomination.

Robert Redford also got tabbed. The venerable 77-year-old actor, who's a one-man show in "All Is Lost," picked up a best actor nomination. His snub by the SAGs may have been Wednesday's biggest surprise.

5) Watch out for "Gravity."

Alfonso Cuaron's film has a spare screenplay and a small cast. Indeed, its lack of a true ensemble could have possibly hurt it with the SAGs. But Sandra Bullock got an acting nod (as she did from the SAGs), and the film also earned Globe nominations for drama, director Cuaron and its score. Oscarologists still consider it a front-runner for best picture, and the Globes did nothing to dispel that belief.

Incidentally, for all the attention paid to the Globes, their real attraction is as a raucous, celebrity-studded party. The liquor flows freely and there's generally a loose, devil-may-care vibe from the winners. (No surprise -- this is the award that once gave Pia Zadora a "new star of the year" honor for the immortal film "Butterfly.")

The hosts, once again, will be Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, so expect a good time -- and terrible singing.

The Golden Globes will be broadcast on Sunday, January 12. The program will air on NBC.

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Monday, August 26, 2013

When Lohan met Oprah we learned...

Lohan calls herself an addict in an interview with Oprah WinfreyShe said she doesn't blame her parents for her troublesLohan had a word for those who don't believe she can make a comeback

(CNN) -- Sunday night marked the first time we've heard from Lindsay Lohan since her most recent stint in rehab, in her eagerly awaited pow wow with Oprah Winfrey.

In the course of an hour, there was some "pow" and a bit of "wow" for those of us used to seeing the young actress as a troubled starlet.

Lohan appeared coherent and comfortable answering questions on "Oprah's Next Chapter," where she started out being clear that she wanted to share her truth.

Filmed four days after Lohan left her sixth rehab, the interview kicked off Winfrey's OWN network's Lohan programming, which will also include a reality docu-series about Lohan's attempt to get her life back on track.

Looking healthier than fans have seen her in a while, Lohan wore a tangerine-colored form-fitting dress, her hair pulled back in a ponytail and light make-up. She referred to herself as an "addict" almost immediately and discussed everything from her drug of choice to her relationship with her parents.

Photos: Lohan in trouble Since 7 is a lucky number and so many are wishing her the best, here are the 7 things we learned from the show:

1) Lohan secretly wished to go to jail that first time

Oprah reminds us that on July 6, 2010, Lohan violated her probation after missing her alcohol counseling sessions. She was sentenced to 90 days in jail, but only served two weeks because of jail overcrowding.

The actress said that being an addict and surrounded by so much chaos made her "kind of want" to go to jail.

"I think it was just to have some peace and just have no choice but to just sit and be," Lohan told Winfrey. "I'll never forget that moment (of being sentenced)."

2) Alcohol is her drug of choice, not cocaine

According to Lohan, booze is way more of a problem for her than cocaine, despite the many jokes bandied about to the contrary.

Lohan told Winfrey she has only done cocaine "10 to 15 times" and never really enjoyed snorting it. The attraction of the drug, she said, was that it allowed her to drink more.

"(Cocaine) was like a party thing. People would have it and I would do it," she said. "It went hand in hand with drinking."

Lohan also revealed that she's no longer on Adderall, and did not use the stimulant to control her weight. But, she said, "It did ground me."

These days, Lohan said the only pills she takes are vitamins and Nexium, for acid reflux.

3) She admits that she's been a mess

Lohan said she hates being known - as Winfrey put it - "as an adjective and verb for bad behavior and child star gone wrong." It's not at all what Lohan said she aspired to be.

She says her reputation for being late on set, among other famous complaints, came from her being "so distracted in the past that I wasn't on point with that."

But she believes she can turn it around.

"As long as I stay honest with myself and just do the work that I am willing to do, and have been willing to do and am doing, there's nothing that can stand in the way of that," Lohan said. "I'm my own worst enemy and I know that."

4) Her troubles started with "Mean Girls"

After the success of multiple films, including "The Parent Trap" and "Herbie: Fully Loaded," Lohan was making $7 million a picture. She said it was after she hit it even bigger in 2004's "Mean Girls" that she decided to move to Los Angeles. That spelled trouble for the then-18-year-old, as she said she was reckless with her money and vulnerable to the hangers-on who surrounded her.

In response to Winfrey's query as who was there to guide her then, the actress shrugged and said "No one really, when I think about it."

5) Lohan is very spiritual

"I feel whole again," Lohan told Winfrey of how she's feeling post this last trip to rehab.

"I'm a very spiritual person and I've become more spiritual as time has gone on," Lohan said. "I'm really in touch, whether it's prayer or meditation... there are so many powers greater than me in the world. I've been blessed and lucky enough to have been given a gift to share with other people."

6) She doesn't blame her parents

Lohan maintained that she loves her parents and is close with them both, despite the time her father secretly taped a phone call during which Lindsay accused her mother of drug use. Michael Lohan made the tape public and it quickly went viral.

Lohan said she lied to her father during that conversation. It was after a fight with her mother and Lohan said she was "acting out." She said she was unsure as to why her father "betrayed" her, but said her parents now get along.

"I hate the bad rap that people give my parents," Lohan said. "Because they are just parents, really, at the end of the day trying to stand up for their daughter and themselves."

Her parents are not responsible for her poor choices, she said. Still, she has since asked her parents to keep their lives private.

7) "I am different"

Lohan said she understands that she's perceived as someone who has been given chance after chance, but she expressed what seemed to be a sincere desire to return to work, or as Lohan calls acting, "the thing that has made me happiest my whole life."

She told Oprah that she is ready to "work really hard and stay focused and prove myself in the way that I did before in the past and I lost. I have to regain the trust of people in my career that have their doubts and I fully respect that on their behaf."

When Oprah asked about Lohan's upcoming trip to Europe and whether that would be a good idea so soon after rehab, Lohan thought she could handle it.

"I feel different. I'm in a different headspace. I don't want those things that I wanted before," she said.

Days after the interview taped, Lohan canceled her trip.

"It's a process of growing up and recognizing and being just so tired and exhausted by the chaos, which is what it really is," Lohan said in the interview. "I have had no right in my past to complain about being followed by cameras and people making up stories, but there's something to be said about me moving forward."

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Monday, March 11, 2013

'Idol': Five things we learned backstage

"American Idol" revealed its top 10 contestants on Thursday night's episode.Producers and judges: The girls have a strong chance of breaking the male-winner streakVelez has made it a point to show off his Spanish skills during his performancesMinaj's razor-sharp tongue and bluntness have some of the contestants sweating

(CNN) -- "American Idol" revealed its top 10 last night, but after the lights dimmed on the live show, the new crop of contestants and the judges had a chance to speak to the press about the big night and preview the competition to come.

So what did we learn? Here are some highlights:

1. Keith Urban thinks Lazaro could upset the Year of the Girl

Since the early audition rounds, producers and judges have said the girls have a strong chance of breaking the male-winner streak. But while Keith Urban notes the strength of the female lot, he's not counting out the boys, especially Lazaro Arbos. "There are some really good girls singers, but when you see a guy like Burnell [Taylor] or even more so Lazaro and the way he connects with an audience — he comes out and sings and they go crazy. They love him and the votes have really reflected that," Urban told reporters.

So could Arbos be the one to upset what's been referred to by some as the Year of the Girls? "He certainly could be," says Urban. "But I love that there's a few in here who could do that if they get the right song and the stars line up. The timing is everything. I hate that [that's the case] for them. It's like — you might be the best football team ever, but if you don't have the game on Super Bowl day that you need, you don't win. But you could [have] won the day before if you'd played the day before. This show is like that."

Meanwhile, Arbos admits that his "Bridge Over Troubled Water" performance may have not been his best showing: "Yeah, I was a hot mess with my song tonight. I didn't get a chance to rehearse it. Therefore, I walked on stage and found out I have to sing, I was like, 'Oh My God! Uh-Oh.' So from now on, I just want to get comfortable with performing."

'American Idol': Here's your Top 10

2. That reveal was awkward for the contestants, too.

EW recapper Annie Barrett wasn't a fan of the awkwardly formatted top 10 reveal show, saying it lacked suspense and tension for the home audience. But backstage, the biggest problem was an overload of emotions. "I think that was the ugliest walk I've ever made because I was in the middle of crying and laughing and just thinking of what's going on back home right now," Amber Holcomb joked. "But it was great." Spanish-speaking singer Devin Velez also admitted to being a little overwhelmed after the big moment. "I got a little woozy, and Ryan had to shake me, 'Devin, Devin, you have to go on stage.' And the moment the doors open on stage, I just walked out, and I had to put my face in my hands. I just couldn't look. It was unbelievable that all those people were clapping for me because they voted for me," he said. "It was just confirmation of, 'Devin, you're here to sing. You were born to sing. We need you to do this.' So it was like, 'Alright. I have to do it now.'"

3. A change will do you good

Speaking of Velez, who has made it a point to show off his Spanish skills during his performances thus far, he's going to skip the Spanish twist next week in an effort to keep his offerings fresh. "I'm not going to make it predictable; I want to catch them by surprise. If you make it predictable, you will get voted off. But I definitely think there will be more coming, just not right now. We're going to take a break," he said. "I might [eventually] do a whole Spanish song, too, but I don't know yet. It's all up in the air right now."

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4. Even contestants fear the Nicki

Minaj's side eyes aren't the only scary thing about this season of American Idol. As contestants prepare to head into the more intense rounds of competition, Minaj's razor-sharp tongue and bluntness have some of them sweating. "She's always so honest — but it's so necessary," Burnell Taylor told us, after confessing Minaj was the judge whose critiques he's most fearing. "I can always count on her when it comes to honesty." Country singer Janelle Arthur echoed the statement, saying despite being Minaj's beloved "Marshmallow," she doesn't consider herself safe. "Even though I know Nicki loves me, I always know that she's looking for that certain thing that makes her love me. So when she doesn't see it, I know she's going to bring it up and she's going to say, 'What happened? I didn't see what I wanted to see,'" said Arthur. "She's also so unpredictable. I never know what she's going to do. So, yeah, I'm probably most apprehensive about her."

5. Just Say No... to Carrie

While we're talking about Arthur, it's worth bringing up that this blond country singer is well aware of the comparisons being drawn to that other blonde country singer from Idol, and while flattering, she said she has no plans to cover a Carrie Underwood song. "I'm trying to stay as far away from the Carrie Underwood songs as I can because Carrie is incredible," she said. "I don't want to be compared to Carrie — but of course I'm going to be because I'm blonde and country. But our styles are so different, and that's the good thing about it. Hopefully Nashville has room for another blonde." One blonde singer's music she definitely wants a chance to tackle, however? "I hope to perform a Dolly Parton song at some point," she said.

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