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With another year’s ceremony having come and gone, the 2012 Academy Awards announced the big winners during a glitzy ceremony at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday night (February 26).

Taking home the top prize of Best Picture at the Billy Crystal hosted event was “The Artist,” which ended up winning a total of five Oscar trophies.

As for the actor/actress categories, the Academy bestowed Best Actress honors upon Meryl Streep for her work in “The Iron Lady” while Jean Dujardin landed Best Actor accolades for his role in “The Artist”.

With other triumphant individuals including as Christopher Plummer as Best Supporting Actor and Octavia Spencer as Best Supporting Actress, the complete list of 84th Annual Academy Awards winners is as follows:

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With another awards show naming its honorees, the 2012 Film Independent’s Spirit Awards took place in Santa Monica, California on Saturday afternoon (February 25).

Hosted by Seth Rogen, the star-studded beachfront ceremony’s big winner was the French film “The Artist” – which took home four trophies including the top prize of Best Feature.

Opening up the ceremony, Rogen jokingly discussed why awards season is a must-have, as he said, “Without awards season we wouldn’t know what a bigot Brett Ratner was,” which referred to the filmmaker’s anti-gay slur made last year while he was producing the Academy Awards.

Meanwhile, triumphant moments saw “My Week with Marilyn” leading lady Michelle Williams garner yet another Best Actress trophy for her growing collection while Jean Dujardin was doted with Best Actor accolades for his work in “The Artist”.

With Shailene Woodley and Christopher Plummer nabbing supporting role trophies, the complete list of 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards winners is as follows:

BEST FEATURE
50/50 Producers: Evan Goldberg, Ben Karlin, Seth Rogen
Beginners Producers: Miranda de Pencier, Lars Knudsen, Leslie Urdang, Dean Vanech, Jay Van Hoy
Drive Producers: Michel Litvak, John Palermo, Marc Platt, Gigi Pritzker, Adam Siegel
Take Shelter Producers: Tyler Davidson, Sophia Lin
WINNER: The Artist Producer: Thomas Langmann
The Descendants Producers: Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor

BEST DIRECTOR
WINNER: Michel Hazanavicius The Artist
Mike Mills Beginners
Jeff Nichols Take Shelter
Alexander Payne The Descendants
Nicolas Winding Refn Drive

BEST SCREENPLAY
Joseph Cedar Footnote
Michel Hazanavicius The Artist
Tom McCarthy Win Win
Mike Mills Beginners
WINNER: Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash The Descendants

BEST FIRST FEATURE
Another Earth Director: Mike Cahill
Producers: Mike Cahill, Hunter Gray, Brit Marling, Nicholas Shumaker
In the Family Director: Patrick Wang
Producers: Robert Tonino, Andrew van den Houten, Patrick Wang
WINNER: Margin Call Director: J.C. Chandor
Producers: Robert Ogden Barnum, Michael Benaroya, Neal Dodson, Joe Jenckes, Corey Moosa, Zachary Quinto
Martha Marcy May Marlene Director: Sean Durkin
Producers: Antonio Campos, Patrick Cunningham, Chris Maybach, Josh Mond
Natural Selection Director: Robbie Pickering
Producers: Brion Hambel, Paul Jensen

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Mike Cahill, Brit Marling Another Earth
J.C. Chandor Margin Call
Patrick deWitt Terri
Phil Johnston Cedar Rapids
WINNER: Will Reiser 50/50

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
Bellflower Writer/Director: Evan Glodell
Producers: Evan Glodell, Vincent Grashaw
Circumstance Writer/Director: Maryam Keshavarz
Producers: Karin Chien, Maryam Keshavarz, Melissa M. Lee
Hello Lonesome Writer/Director/Producer: Adam Reid
WINNER: Pariah Writer/Director: Dee Rees
Producer: Nekisa Cooper
The Dynamiter Writer: Brad Inglesby
Director: Matthew Gordon
Producers: Kevin Abrams, Matthew Gordon, Merilee Holt, Art Jones, Mike Jones, Nate Tuck, Amile Wilson

BEST FEMALE LEAD
Lauren Ambrose Think of Me
Rachael Harris Natural Selection
Adepero Oduye Pariah
Elizabeth Olsen Martha Marcy May Marlene
WINNER: Michelle Williams My Week with Marilyn

BEST MALE LEAD
Demián Bichir A Better Life
WINNER: Jean Dujardin The Artist
Ryan Gosling Drive
Woody Harrelson Rampart
Michael Shannon Take Shelter

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Jessica Chastain Take Shelter
Anjelica Huston 50/50
Janet McTeer Albert Nobbs
Harmony Santana Gun Hill Road
WINNER: Shailene Woodley The Descendants

BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Albert Brooks Drive
John Hawkes Martha Marcy May Marlene
WINNER: Christopher Plummer Beginners
John C. Reilly Cedar Rapids
Corey Stoll Midnight in Paris

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Joel Hodge Bellflower
Benjamin Kasulke The Off Hours
Darius Khondji Midnight in Paris
WINNER: Guillaume Schiffman The Artist
Jeffrey Waldron The Dynamiter

BEST DOCUMENTARY
An African Election Director/Producer: Jarreth Merz
Bill Cunningham New York Director: Richard Press
Producer: Philip Gefter
WINNER: The Interrupters Director/Producer: Steve James
Producer: Alex Kotlowitz
The Redemption of General Butt Naked Director/Producers: Eric Strauss, Daniele Anastasion
We Were Here Director/Producer: David Weissman

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
WINNER: A Separation
(Iran) Director: Asghar Farhadi
Melancholia
(Denmark/Sweden/France/Germany) Director: Lars von Trier
Shame
(UK) Director: Steve McQueen
The Kid With a Bike
(Belgium/France/Italy) Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Tyrannosaur
(UK) Director: Paddy Considine

PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD
Chad Burris Mosquita y Mari
WINNER: Sophia Lin Take Shelter
Josh Mond Martha Marcy May Marlene

SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
Simon Arthur Silver Tongues
WINNER: Mark Jackson Without
Nicholas Ozeki Mamitas

TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD
WINNER: Where Soldiers Come From
Hell and Back Again
Bombay Beach

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
WINNER: Margin Call Director: J.C. Chandor
Casting Director: Tiffany Little Canfield, Bernard Telsey
Ensemble Cast: Penn Badgley, Simon Baker, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Mary McDonnell, Demi Moore, Zachary Quinto, Kevin Spacey, Stanley Tucci

Kicking off the week with a visit to the late night circuit, Taylor Swift was one of the guests on-hand at “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” on Monday (February 20).

The “Mean” singer prettied up the NBC Studios set in Burbank as she sat down with Leno to promote her upcoming movie “The Lorax,” which hits theaters on March 2nd.

Aside from plugging her new film, Miss Swift chatted about topics including what ‘mean’ really means and being stupid in love.

Of her tendency to be too trstful in others, the 22-year-old told, “I’m a Sagittarius and it says one of our major qualities is that we’re blindly optimistic. So when I’m in love I’m just stupid about it. And I trust people, constantly, and I’m always like, ‘I’m not gonna trust people anymore, I’m gonna be one of those dark, twisty girls who guys love because they’re all, like, guarded and stuff. And then I just trust people again… all the time!”

Honoring the best in their profession over the past year, the WGA held its 2012 Writers Guild Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, CA on Sunday evening (February 19).

With the Tinseltown tribute taking place at the Hollywood Palladium, the annual function was hosted by “New Girl” actress Zooey Deschanel and “Community” actor Joel McHale.

Among the stars turning up to present trophies were “The Help” co-stars Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer, as well as “Twilight” hunk Jackson Rathbone, former “Friends” actress Lisa Kudrow, Brenda Strong and “Parks and Recreation” funny woman Amy Poehler.

With early triumphs including “Modern Family” as Best Comedy TV Series and Woody Allen’s “Midnight in Paris” as Best Original Screenplay, the complete rundown of 2012 Writers Guild Awards winners is as follows:

SCREENPLAY NOMINEES

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

50/50, Written by Will Reiser; Summit Entertainment
Bridesmaids, Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig; Universal Studios
WINNER: Midnight in Paris, Written by Woody Allen; Sony Pictures Classics
Win Win, Screenplay by Tom McCarthy; Story by Tom McCarthy & Joe Tiboni; Fox Searchlight
Young Adult, Written by Diablo Cody; Paramount Pictures

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

WINNER: The Descendants, Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash; Based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hemming; Fox Searchlight
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Screenplay by Steven Zaillian; Based on the novel by Stieg Larsson, originally published by Norstedts; Columbia Pictures
The Help, Screenplay by Tate Taylor; Based on the novel by Kathryn Stockett; DreamWorks Pictures
Hugo, Screenplay by John Logan; Based on the book The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick; Paramount Pictures
Moneyball, Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin; Story by Stan Chervin; Based on the book by Michael Lewis; Columbia Pictures

DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY

WINNER: Better This World, Written by Katie Galloway & Kelly Duane de la Vega; Loteria Films
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front, Written by Marshall Curry and Matthew Hamachek; Oscilloscope Pictures
Nostalgia for the Light, Written by Patricio Guzmán; Icarus Films
Pina, Screenplay by Wim Wenders; Sundance Selects
Position Among the Stars, Script by Hetty Naaijkens-Retel Helmrich, Leonard Retel Helmrich; HBO Films
Senna, Written by Manish Pandey; Producers Distribution Agency

TELEVISION NOMINEES

DRAMA SERIES

Boardwalk Empire, Written by Bathsheba Doran, Dave Flebotte, Gina Gionfriddo, Howard Korder, Steve Kornacki, Itamar Moses, Margaret Nagle,Terence Winter; HBO

WINNER: Breaking Bad,Written by Sam Catlin, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Gennifer Hutchison, George Mastras, Thomas Schnauz, Moira Walley-Beckett; AMC

Game of Thrones, Written by David Benioff, Bryan Cogman, Jane Espenson, George R.R. Martin, D.B. Weiss; HBO

The Good Wife, Written by Courtney Kemp Agboh, Meredith Averill, Corinne Brinkerhoff, Leonard Dick, Keith Eisner, Karen Hall, Ted Humphrey, Michelle King, Robert King, Steve Lichtman, Matthew Montoya, Julia Wolfe; CBS

Homeland,Written by Henry Bromell, Alexander Cary, Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Chip Johannessen, Gideon Raff, Meredith Stiehm; Showtime

COMEDY SERIES

30 Rock, Written by Jack Burditt, Hannibal Buress, Kay Cannon, Robert Carlock, Tom Ceraulo, Vali Chandrasekaran, Tina Fey, Jon Haller, Matt Hubbard, Dylan Morgan, John Riggi, Josh Siegal, Ron Weiner, Tracey Wigfield; NBC

Curb Your Enthusiasm,Written by Alec Berg, Larry David, David Mandel, Jeff Schaffer; HBO

Louie, Written by Pamela Adlon, Louis C.K.; FX

WINNER: Modern Family, Written by Cindy Chupack, Paul Corrigan, Abraham Higginbotham, Ben Karlin, Elaine Ko, Carol Leifer, Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Dan O’Shannon, Jeffrey Richman, Brad Walsh, Ilana Wernick, Bill Wrubel, Danny Zuker; ABC

Parks & Recreation, Written by Greg Daniels, Katie Dippold, Daniel J. Goor, Norm Hiscock, Emily Kapnek, Dave King, Greg Levine, Aisha Muharrar, Chelsea Peretti, Amy Poehler, Brian Rowe, Michael Schur, Mike Scully, Emily Spivey, Alan Yang, Harris Wittels; NBC

NEW SERIES

Episodes,Written by David Crane, Jeffrey Klarik; Showtime

Game of Thrones, Written by David Benioff, Bryan Cogman, Jane Espenson, George R.R. Martin, D.B. Weiss; HBO

WINNER: Homeland, Written by Henry Bromell, Alexander Cary, Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Chip Johannessen, Gideon Raff, Meredith Stiehm; Showtime

The Killing, Written by Linda Burstyn, Jeremy Doner, Soo Hugh, Dan Nowak, Nic Pizzolatto, Dawn Prestwich, Veena Sud, Nicole Yorkin, Aaron Zelman; AMC

New Girl, Written by Nick Adams, Rachel Axler, Brett Baer, Donick Cary, Dave Finkel, Berkley Johnson, Josh Malmuth, Elizabeth Meriwether, J.J. Philbin, Joe Port, Luvh Rakhe, Joe Wiseman; Fox

EPISODIC DRAMA

“A Dangerous Maid” (Boardwalk Empire), Written by Itamar Moses; HBO

“The Age of Reason” (Boardwalk Empire), Written by Bathsheba Doran; HBO

WINNER (TIE): “Box Cutter” (Breaking Bad), Written by Vince Gilligan; AMC

“End Times” (Breaking Bad), Written by Thomas Schnauz & Moira Walley-Beckett; AMC

WINNER: (TIE) “The Good Soldier” (Homeland), Written by Henry Bromell; Showtime

“Just Let Go” (Dexter), Written by Jace Richdale; Showtime

EPISODIC COMEDY

WINNER: “Caught in the Act” (Modern Family), Written by Steven Levitan & Jeffrey Richman; ABC

“Goodbye Michael, Part 2” (The Office), Written by Greg Daniels; NBC

“Mother’s Day” (Modern Family), Written by Dan O’Shannon & Ilana Wernick; ABC

“Object Impermanence” (Weeds), Written by Stephen Falk; Showtime

“PDA” (The Office), Written by Robert Padnick; NBC

“Queen of Jordan” (30 Rock), Written by Tracey Wigfield; NBC

LONG FORM – ORIGINAL

WINNER: Cinema Verite, Written by David Seltzer; HBO

Five, “Pearl,” Written by Deirdre O’Connor, “Charlotte,” Written by Stephen Godchaux, “Cheyanne,” Written by Howard Morris, “Lili,” Written by Jill Gordon, “Mia,” Written by Wendy West; Lifetime

LONG FORM – ADAPTED

Mildred Pierce, Teleplay by Todd Haynes & Jon Raymond, Based on the novel by James M. Cain; HBO

WINNER: Too Big to Fail, Written by Peter Gould, Based on the book written by Andrew Ross Sorkin; HBO

ANIMATION

“Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts” (The Simpsons), Written by Tim Long; Fox

“The Blue and the Gray” (The Simpsons), Written by Rob LaZebnik; Fox

“Donnie Fatso” (The Simpsons), Written by Chris Cluess; Fox

WINNER: “Homer the Father” (The Simpsons), Written by Joel H. Cohen; Fox

“Moonstruck” (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien), Written by Len Uhley; Cartoon Network

“The Silence of the Clamps” (Futurama), Written by Eric Rogers; Comedy Central

COMEDY / VARIETY – (INCLUDING TALK) SERIES

Conan, Writers: Jose Arroyo, Andres du Bouchet, Deon Cole, Josh Comers, Dan Cronin, Michael Gordon, Berkley Johnson, Brian Kiley, Laurie Kilmartin, Rob Kutner, Todd Levin, Brian McCann, Conan O’Brien, Matt O’Brien, Jesse Popp, Andy Richter, Frank Smiley, Brian Stack, Mike Sweeney; TBS

Jon Benjamin Has a Van, Writers: Leo Allen, Jon Benjamin; Comedy Central

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Head Writer: AD Miles, Writers: David Angelo, Patrick Borelli, Gerard Bradford, Jeremy Bronson, Mike DiCenzo, Jimmy Fallon, John Haskell, Eric Ledgin, Dan Opsal, Amy Ozols, Gavin Purcell, Diallo Riddle, Jon Rineman, Bashir Salahuddin, Justin Shanes, Michael Shoemaker, Jen Statsky, CJ Toledano; NBC

Real Time with Bill Maher,Writers: Scott Carter, Adam Felber, Matt Gunn, Brian Jacobsmeyer, Jay Jaroch, Chris Kelly, Bill Maher, Billy Martin, Amani Redd; HBO

Saturday Night Live, Head Writer: Seth Meyers, Writers: Doug Abeles, James Anderson, Alex Baze, Heather Anne Campbell, Matt Craig, Jessica Conrad, James Downey, Tom Flanigan, Shelly Gossman, Steve Higgins, Colin Jost, Zach Kanin, Chris Kelly, Erik Kenward, Rob Klein, Jonathan Krisel, Lorne Michaels, John Mulaney, Christine Nangle, Michael Patrick O’Brien, Paula Pell, Simon Rich, Marika Sawyer, Akiva Schaffer, Sarah Schneider, Pete Schultz, John Solomon, Kent Sublette, Jorma Taccone, Bryan Tucker; NBC

WINNER: The Colbert Report, Writers: Michael Brumm, Stephen Colbert, Rich Dahm, Paul Dinello, Eric Drysdale, Rob Dubbin, Glenn Eichler, Dan Guterman, Peter Gwinn, Jay Katsir, Barry Julien, Frank Lesser, Opus Moreschi, Tom Purcell, Meredith Scardino, Scott Sherman, Max Werner; Comedy Central

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,Writers: Rory Albanese, Kevin Bleyer, Richard Blomquist, Steve Bodow, Tim Carvell, Wyatt Cenac, Hallie Haglund, J.R. Havlan, Elliott Kalan, Dan McCoy, Sam Means, Jo Miller, John Oliver, Zhubin Parang, Daniel Radosh, Jason Ross, Jon Stewart; Comedy Central

COMEDY / VARIETY – MUSIC, AWARDS, TRIBUTES – SPECIALS

WINNER: After the Academy Awards, Head Writers: Gary Greenberg, Molly McNearney; Writers: Tony Barbieri, Jonathan Bines, John N. Huss, Sal Iacono, Eric Immerman, Jimmy Kimmel, Jonathan Kimmel, Jacob Lentz, Danny Ricker, Richard G. Rosner; ABC

The Kennedy Center Honors,Written by Lewis Friedman, Sara Lukinson, Michael Stevens, George Stevens, Jr.; CBS

DAYTIME DRAMA

All My Children,Written by Jeff Beldner, Lorraine Broderick, Joanna Cohen, Lisa K. Connor, Chris Dunn, Lucky Gold, Kate Hall, Chip Hayes, David Kreizman, Dave Ryan, Donna Swajeski, Rebecca Taylor, Addie Walsh; ABC

WINNER: General Hospital, Written by Meg Bennett, Nathan Fissell, David Goldschmid, Robert Guza, Jr., Karen Harris, Elizabeth Korte, Mary Sue Price, Michele Val Jean, Susan Wald, Tracey Thomson; ABC

The Young and the Restless,Written by Amanda L. Beall, Tom Casiello, Susan Dansby, Janice Ferri Esser, Jay Gibson, Scott Hamner, Marla Kanelos, Natalie Minardi Slater, Beth Milstein, Michael Montgomery, Anne Schoettle, Linda Schreiber, Sarah Smith, Sandra Weintraub, Chris Whitesell, Teresa Zimmerman; CBS

CHILDREN’S – EPISODIC & SPECIALS

“The Good Birds Club” (Sesame Street), Written by Joseph Mazzarino; PBS

WINNER: “Hero of the Shadows” (Supah Ninjas), Written by Leo Chu, Eric S. Garcia; Nickelodeon

“iLost My Mind” (iCarly), Written by Dan Schneider, Matt Fleckenstein; Nickelodeon

“Luther Turns 4” (Zeke and Luther), Written by Devin Bunje, Nick Stanton; Disney XD

“Oh, Brother” (The Troop), Written by Max Burnett; Nickelodeon

“The Prince Frog” (Imagination Movers), Written by Jennifer Heftler, Randi Barnes, Rick Gitelson, Vivien Mejia, Michael G. Stern; Disney Channel

NEW MEDIA NOMINEES

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING ORIGINAL NEW MEDIA

WINNER: “Episode 1,” “Episode 2,” “Episode 4,” “Episode 5,” “Episode 6” (Aim High), Written by Heath Corson & Richie Keen; cambio.com/aim-high

“Episode 2.1: Employment,” “Episode 2.2: Clientele,” “Episode 2.3: Personal Property,” “Episode 2.4: The American Dream,” “Episode 2.5: Debt Ceiling” (Downsized), Written by Daryn Strauss; downsizedthewebseries.com

“Episode 3.1: The Return,” “Episode 3.5: The Testosterone,” “Episode 3.6: The Advice,” “Episode 3.7: The Date” (Jack in a Box), Written by Michael Cyril Creighton; jackinaboxsite.com

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING DERIVATIVE NEW MEDIA

“Soft Served!,” “Iced!,” “Rokered!” (Jack Donaghy: Executive Superhero), 30 Rock, Written by Tom Ceraulo; nbc.com

“Raiden,” “Kitana and Mileena,” “Johnny Cage” (Mortal Kombat: Legacy), Written by Todd Helbing & Aaron Helbing; machinima.com

“Pay Phone,” “Jax Meets His Second Son,” “Tara & Piney,” “Mexican Basketball” (Sons of Anarchy), Written by Kurt Sutter & Gladys Rodriguez; FXnetworks.com

WINNER: “A New Day,” “Family Matters,” “Neighborly Advice,” “Step Mom,” “Everything Dies” (The Walking Dead), Teleplay by John Esposito, Story by John Esposito and Greg Nicotero; amc.com

VIDEOGAME NOMINEES

VIDEOGAME WRITING

Assassin’s Creed: Revelations,Story by Alexandre Amancio, Jean Guesdon, Corey May, Darby McDevitt; Multiplayer Story by Stéphane Blais, Richard Farrese, Jeffrey Yohalem; Lead Script Writer Darby McDevitt; Script Writers Richard Farrese, Nicholas Grimwood, Corey May, Jeffrey Yohalem; Greek and Turkish Ambient Dialogue Writer Vincenzo Beretta; Ubisoft

Batman: Arkham City,Lead Narrative Designer Paul Crocker; Story Written by Paul Dini, Paul Crocker and Sefton Hill; Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment

Brink, Lead Writer Edward “Bongoboy” Stern; Bethesda Softworks

Mortal Kombat, Story by John Vogel, Brian Chard, Dominic Cianciolo, Alexander Barrentine, Jon Greenberg; Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment

WINNER: Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, Written by Amy Hennig; Sony Computer Entertainment

RADIO NOMINEES

DOCUMENTARY

2010 Year in Review, Written by Gail Lee; CBS Radio News

NEWS – REGULARLY SCHEDULED OR BREAKING REPORT

Portraits of a Terrorist: Who is Osama Bin Laden?, Written by Gail Lee; CBS Radio News

NEWS – ANALYSIS, FEATURE OR COMMENTARY

Justice in a Time of Terror,Written by Andrew Cohen & Rob Mank; CBS Radio News

So Many Goodbyes, Written by Gail Lee; CBS Radio News

PROMOTIONAL WRITING AND GRAPHIC ANIMATION NOMINEES

ON-AIR PROMOTION (RADIO OR TELEVISION)

“Fairytale” (Today Show), Written by Carol M. Sullivan; NBC News

TELEVISION GRAPHIC ANIMATION

“CBS News Animations” (CBS News), Graphic Animation by David Rosen; CBS News

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Swimsuit model Kate Upton swapped her bikini for a sassy red dress as she arrived at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City on Tuesday (February 14).

The nineteen year old showed off the 2012 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition cover before heading inside for her interview on the “Late Show with David Letterman”.

Earlier this morning Kate also made an appearance on the “Today” show and talked about being a model, saying, “Well, in my opinion… you know everyone talks about how the age of the supermodel is dead… but I don’t think it’s dead. I think people want more. You know, we have new technology so people want to see personalities not just someone walking down a runway or just a face. That’s why campaigns go to actresses now.”

After the interview, she tweeted, “Just finished the @todayshow and for real I’m looking hot haha”.

Question by Adrian Cunha: Are there any Australian cinemas that show movies past “new release” status?
Not much to add to that. Does anyone know of any cinemas in Australia (preferably in Sydney) that show favorite movies of the past few years rather than just new releases?

Best answer:

Answer by Big Red Candle
I dont think there would be much demand for that, most people would prefer to just rent the dvd
I live in Sydney, those kind of independent cinemas did not survive into 21st century, maybe the Chauvel in Paddington is the only one left.

What do you think? Answer below!

Starting with an SNL episode’s reference to 30 Rock, jumping from there to a 30 Rock reference to Community, and continuing on in that fashion, reference to reference, this video from pleatedjeans plots out one possible path to eventually loop back around to an SNL reference, completing the circuit and making all television self-aware and probably hostile. It’s a pointless effort for sure, but hey, it only takes a few minutes, and any route that cruises past Fresh Prince of Bel-Air for a cameo from Beetlejuice‘s Glenn Shadix is a worthwhile trip in my book.

Honestly, how many séances have you done, Otho?

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Toasting the best films to grace the big screen through the duration of 2011, the stars gathered together for the 64th Annual Directors Guild Of America Awards in Hollywood, California on Saturday night (January 28).

Dressed in their finest garb, big names such as George Clooney, Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux, Berenice Bejo and Jean Dujardin showed up at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland while settling in at their designated tables for the evening’s proceedings.

With the ceremony being hosted by Kelsey Grammer, other stars in attendance for the annual Tinseltown fete included Michelle Williams, Jon Cryer, Helen Mirren, Shailene Woodley, Gary Oldman, Amber Heard, Penelope Ann Miller, Octavia Spencer, Deborah Ann Woll, Stana Katic, Kathy Bates, Laura Dern, Patty Jenkins, Heather Tom, Kathleen Robertson, Fred Savage, Sir Ben Kingsley and Adam Gregory.

With Michael Hazanavicius of “The Artist” taking home the top prize of Best Feature Film, the DGAs also included three special to Ed Sherin (2012 Honorary Life Member Award), Katy Garretson (2012 Frank Capra Achievement Award) and Dennis Mazzocco (2012 Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award).

With all of pictures from the show found below, the list of 64th Annual Directors Guild Of America Awards winners is as follows (will be updated as they’re handed out:

Feature Film:
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
David Fincher, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
WINNER: Michael Hazanavicius, The Artist
Alexander Payne, The Descendants
Martin Scorsese, Hugo

Movies for Television and Mini-Series:
Jeff Bleckner, Hallmark Hall of Fame, “Beyond The Blackboard”
WINNER: Jon Cassar, The Kennedys
Stephen Gyllenhaal, Girl Fight
Demi Moore, Jennifer Aniston, Penelope Spheeris, Alicia Keys, Patty Jenkins, Lifetime’s “Five”
Michael Stevens, Thurgood

Comedy Series:
Fred Savage, Modern Family, “After the Fire”
Don Scardino, 30 Rock, “Double-Edged Sword”
Michael Spiller, Modern Family, “Express Christmas”
David Steinberg, Curb Your Enthusiasm, “The Divorce”
WINNER: Robert B. Weide, Curb Your Enthusiasm, “Palestinian Chicken”

Reality Programs:
WINNER: Neil P DeGroot, Biggest Loser, “Episode #1115″
Eytan Keller, The Next Iron Chef: Super Chefs, “Episode #401”
Brian Smith, Master Chef, “Episode #201”
J. Rupert Thompson, Fear Factor 2.0, “Scorpion Tales”
Bertram Van Munster, The Amazing Race, “You Don’t Get Paid Unless You Win?”

Children’s Programs:
John Fortenberry, Fred 2: Night of the Living Fred
Jeffrey Hornaday, Geek Charming
Michael Lembeck, Sharpay’s Fabulous Adventure
Patricia Riggen, Lemonade Mouth
Damon Santostefano, Best Player
WINNER: Amy Schatz, A Child’s Garden of Poetry

Documentary:
Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky, Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Steve James, The Interrupters
WINNER: James Marsh, Project Nim
Richard Press, Bill Cunningham New York
Martin Scorsese, George Harrison: Living in the Material World

Dramatic Series:
Michael Cuesta, Homeland, “Pilot”
Vince Gilligan, Breaking Bad, “Face Off”
WINNER: Patty Jenkins, The Killing, “Pilot”
Tim Van Patten, Game of Thrones, “Winter is Coming” (Pilot)
Michael Waxman, Friday Night Lights, “Always”

Musical Variety:
Louis J. Horvitz, The Kennedy Center Honors
Don Roy King, Saturday Night Live With Host Justin Timberlake
Don Mischner, 83rd Annual Academy Awards
Chuck O’Neil, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Episode #16070
WINNER: Glenn Weiss, 65th Annual Tony Awards

Daytime Serials:
Larry Carpenter, One Life to Live, “Erika’s 40th”
Casey Childs, All My Children, “The Send Off”
Mike Denney, The Young and the Restless, “From the Grave”
WINNER: William Ludel, General Hospital, “Intervention”
Scott McKinsey, General Hospital, “Forces of Nature”
Cynthia J. Popp, The Bold and the Beautiful, “Brooke Berry”
Angela Tessinari, All My Children, “In the Wee Small Hours…”

Commercials:
Lance Accord, (Park Pictures)
Dante Ariola, (MJZ)
Fredrik Bond, (MJZ/Sonny London)
Steve Miller, (@radical.media)
WINNER: Noam Murro, (Biscuit Filmworks)

With The Office winding down (it is winding down, right?) and the debacle that was Joey apparently wiped from NBC’s mind with Matt LeBlanc’s sudden Golden Globes respect, the network is now reportedly considering an Office spin-off centered on the wacky times of Dwight Schrute. But don’t worry, guys, this will not be another Joey. It will be more of another Golden Palace, because Rainn Wilson will be trying to run a little inn:

…the proposed spinoff is a family comedy, which was the brainchild of Wilson and The Office executive producer/showrunner Paul Lieberstein. It will have Dwight (Wilson) living at the Schrute family beet farm and bed & breakfast, which have been featured on the show several times, including in an episode where Jim and Pam visited Dwight there.

The potential spinoff will be introduced in an Office episode later this season set at Schrute Farms. “Paul and Rainn have been joking for years about Dwight’s life on the farm, his family and how ill-suited he is to run a B&B,” a source close to The Office said. “A while ago, it started to feel like a show to them.

With the network already on board to desperately prolong Wilson’s tenure for as long as it takes to get rid of all the fucking bobbleheads they ordered for the NBC store, the idea has reportedly already progressed even further since conception, “developed to include multiple generations, many cousins and neighbors.” Because what a show acutely focused on an eccentric, beet-obsessed oddball needs is a rotating cast of even wackier characters and distracting cameos to create a hazy white noise of unbelievable insanity.

If the series gets picked up, it would potentially launch midseason 2013, leaving The Office with one less voice in its cacophony of crazy comments and forced romances. Not that the series will necessarily go on much longer anyway. Deadline notes that Ed Helms, John Krasinksi, and Mindy Kaling all have other, larger prospects in development and no deals yet in place for even the next season. This could be the beginning of the end for The Office. Or it could be the beginning of Stanley inexplicably becoming the boss and James Spader’s dopey identical twin showing up to play an intern/love-interest for Oscar. We’ll see.