The hunt for an Oscar host trudges on. Hugh Jackman has officially turned down the chance to do the gig a second time, Ricky Gervais is tied up hosting the Golden Globes, and now Nikki Finke is reporting that producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman sent out an offer to Ben Stiller and Robert Downey Jr. to host as a duo. As incredible as that pairing would have been, they said no. Can’t blame ‘em, really– hosting the Oscars is a thankless job that comes with a lot of criticism,... 

I can’t be the only one who’s always had trouble telling the difference between Miramax and The Weinstein Company. It was Bob and Harvey Weinstein, of course, who made Miramax what it was back in the 90s, but the brothers weren’t allowed to keep the name when they split from parent company Disney four years ago, forcing them to abandon the label named for their parents and start their own shingle. But with Miramax all but shut down at this point, and Disney apparently not all that... 

Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day opened in an extremely limited release on the coasts this past weekend, and middle America fans left out in the cold responded by taking to the internet and demanding it. That seems to have paid off, since Apparition has just announced that the film will expand into additional markets on November 13. A complete list of new openings is still to come, but we know that at the least All Saints Day will expand to Seattle, San Francisco, San Diego, Chicago, Detroit, Dallas,... 

Earlier today we delivered the unfortunate news that Robert Downey Jr. and Ben Stiller would not be hosting the Oscars, though we were happy to see that producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman were skewing in a younger direction. Well, it looks as though that idea didn’t pan out as Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin, according to Variety, are the official co-hosts of the 82nd Academy Awards. While the previous sentence may read as me being disappointed, it is not because of the selections, as...