Adriana Barraza

NO STRINGS ATTACHED (2011/B-/Directed by Ivan Reitman/Starring Natalie Portman, Ashton Kutcher, Kevin Kline, Cary Elwes, Greta Gerwig, Lake Bell, Mindy Kaling, Olivia Thirlby, Chris Bridges/DreamWorks//Rated R/Comedy/107 minutes/Available on: DVD and Blu-...

The complex globe trotting drama "Babel" -- starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett -- dominated the 64th annual Golden Globe nominations announced Thursday with a field leading seven nominations, including nods for best picture and best director. "Babel,"...

The gritty, globe-trotting drama "Babel" continued to be an award-season standout Thursday, picking up three Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. Alejandro González Iñárritu's critically acclaimed film weaving together four seemingly disconnected story...

When the nominations for this year's IFP Gotham Awards were announced there was widespread criticism and head-scratching as to how the traditionally indie-oriented organization had found a way to include such relatively big-budget, studio-released films...

If a butterfly flaps its wings in the rain forest, it will, if nothing else, set off an infinite chain reaction in the minds of Alejandro González Iñárritu and his creative collaborator, Guillermo Arriaga. The director and screenwriter have a thing for...

The guys have it at this year's Screen Actors Guild nominations. Both Leonardo DiCaprio and Steve Carell topped their peers with three nominations each for their work in theatrical motion pictures and primetime television. "Grey's Anatomy" actress Sandra...

Golden Globe voters have a long history of kissing up to Hollywood. But as Thursday's nominations proved, Hollywood is no longer centered in Southern California. The foreign journalists who make up the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. recognized a slate...

The Hollywood Foreign Press heaped love upon Oscar favorites "The Departed" and "Dreamgirls" on Thursday (Dec. 14) morning, but it was the ensemble drama "Babel" that led the field with seven nominations. In the best dramatic picture category, "Babel"...

Bill Condon's musical "Dreamgirls" received eight Oscar nominations on Tuesday (Jan. 23) morning, but the film was a surprising Best Picture snub, losing its slot to Clint Eastwood's "Letters from Iwo Jima." Close behind "Dreamgirls," which padded its...

If you're looking for suspense ahead of this year's Academy Award nominations, which take place Tuesday morning starting at 5:30 a.m. PT, you probably shouldn't bother with the best picture race. Because of unprecedented consensus among Hollywood's major...

An African-American actor nominated for his portrayal of a Ugandan madman. A best-picture category that includes a movie filmed in Berber, Arabic, Spanish and Japanese (and another shot almost exclusively in Japanese). A Mexican director whose work...

"Babel," "The Departed," "Letters from Iwo Jima," "Little Miss Sunshine" and "The Queen" were nominated Tuesday morning for best picture of 2006 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Though shut out in this and other marquee categories, the...