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• Rich or Rehab: Whatever Happened to the Kid From 'Sixteen Candles'?

  In his first role in a major motion picture, 1979's "Kramer vs. Kramer," he received an Academy Award nomination. He was 8-years-old. His name is Justin Henry, and as notable as that accomplishment was, most Gen Xers are more likely to remember him for playing Molly Ringwald's ultra-sarcastic younger brother in "Sixteen Candles." With so much attention focused on the wacky high jinks of Long Duk Dong and the smoking hotness that was Jake Ryan, Henry's spot-on turn as Mike Baker doesn't often get the love it deserves. I mean, who else could have said, "I gotta sleep under some Chinaman named after a duck's dork" with such authenticity? Read More... Posted Jul 15 2008, 10:57 AM by Jen Chaney with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: academy awards, rich or rehab, Skidmore College, E.R., "Sixteen Candles", young Oscar nominees, Mike Baker, "Kramer vs. Kramer", "The Junior Defenders", Justin Henry

• Rich or Rehab: Whatever Happened to Haley Joel Osment?

  With M. NIght Shyamalan about to unleash another suspense thriller on the American public, my mind drifts back to the director's first movie, "The Sixth Sense," and that kid who saw dead people. I refer to Haley Joel Osment who, at the age of 11, received his first Academy Award nomination for doing a little of this:   Read More... Posted Jun 10 2008, 10:30 AM by Jen Chaney with | with no comments Filed under: academy awards, rehab, drunk driving, rich or rehab, Haley Joel Osment, Oscar nominee, Emily Osment, "AI", "The Sixth Sense", "Pay It Forward"

• Overseas Box Office May Save 'Compass' Sequels

  The domestic box office for 'The Golden Compass' was about $70 million - a big disappointment, especially to anyone who wanted to see the rest of the His Dark Materials Trilogy on the silver screen. But hope is alive for fans of Philip Pullman's controversial series. Variety reports that 'Compass' is on its way to becoming the first film to make less than $100 million in North America, only to rake in... Read More... Posted Mar 11 2008, 09:00 AM by Brett Singer with | with no comments Filed under: Movies, marketing, academy awards, oscars, film, deborah forte, golden compass, oscar, family movies, his dark materials trilogy, kevin powers, sequel

• Naomi Watts Keeps Mum on Pregnancy Rumors, But Is Outed By PR Person

  A visibly pregnant Naomi Watts declined to comment on her pregnancy on the red carpet at last night's Academy Awards ceremony.  When asked by a reporter for NBC's Extra if she and boyfriend Liev Schreiber are expecting, Naomi played coy.  "All I can say is, I'm having fun," she said cryptically. But in an interesting  turn of events, a PR person for Escada, who made Naomi's buttery, flowing yellow gown for the Oscars, issued a press release last night reading, in part, "The gown set off her most precious new asset – the baby she is expecting with longtime boyfriend Liev Schreiber." Read More... Posted Feb 26 2007, 08:08 PM by Alisyn with | with no comments Filed under: celebrity, pregnancy, academy awards, naomi watts

• 2007 Oscars Tonight; Several Moms and Dads Up For Major Awards

  Tonight's Academy Awards ceremony will be a surprising one, I think, with several "heavily favored" nominees (Forrest Whitaker, Jennifer Hudson), a few "overdue" ones (Alan Arkin, Helen Mirren, Martin Scorcese), and some wild cards (Jackie Earle Haley, Abigail Breslin, Paul Greengrass) thrown in, just make the already close race for Oscar gold a little more exciting.  Read More... Posted Feb 25 2007, 02:22 PM by Alisyn with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: celebrity, Movies, academy awards, celebrity parents

• Oscar Nominations: Celebrity Parents Representin'

  The 79th Academy Awards nominations were announced yesterday, and actors who also happen to be parents are well-represented. The Celebrity Baby Blog has thoroughly analyzed the list of nominees and notes the thespian parents and names and ages of their children. Moms and dads up for awards include: Kate Winslet, Best Actress for Little Children—daughter Mia, 6, and son Joe, 3. Meryl Streep, Best Actress for The Devil Wears Prada—son Henry, 27, and daughters Mary, 23, Grace, 20, and Louisa, 15. Forest Whitaker, Best Actor for The Last King of Scotland—son Ocean, 16, daughters Sonnet, 10, and True, 8, and stepdad to Autumn, 15. (He wins the award for coolest names, but would you expect anything less from Forest Whitaker?) Eddie Murphy, a.k.a. "the biggest ass ever," Best Supporting Actor for Dreamgirls—daughter Bria, 17, son Christian, 15, and daughters Shayne, 12, Zola, 6 ˝, and Bella, 4 ˝, as well as two other unacknowledged children. Believed to be father of Mel B’s baby, due in late spring Mark Wahlberg (shown with daughter), Best Supporting Actor for The Departed—daughter Ella, 3, and son Michael, 10 months. (He's my pick to win. He was fucking brilliant in The Departed.) Congrats 'rents!                                                                                                      Posted Jan 24 2007, 05:06 PM by Stefania Pomponi Butler (CityMama) with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: Celebrities, dads, celebrity babies, moms, academy awards, oscars