Awards

At last year’s Golden Globe Awards, host Ricky Gervais found himself wiped off more than one celebrity holiday card list after making several pointed, caustic — and come on, admit it, hilarious — barbs at the stars’ expense. Afterwards, many Tinseltown insiders said he’d never be invited back to emcee the event. They were wrong.

Last week Eddie Murphy quit as 2012 Academy Award host and was quickly replaced by Billy Crystal, and apparently it was the right choice. According to a new survey from Poll Position, more people prefer Billy Crystal over Eddie Murphy when it comes to hosting the Oscars.

After a tumultuous week that saw director Brett Ratner step down from his post as producer of the 2012 Oscar telecast on Tuesday following controversial comments he made, Eddie Murphy has now announced he will no longer host the ceremony.

One morning in July, John Benton’s pit bull Titan began acting strange, and wouldn’t let Benton leave the house to go to work. Benton eventually followed the pooch’s lead to his upstairs bedroom where he found his wife Gloria, who had just suffered a brain aneurysm, laying on the floor and bleeding from a fractured skull.

Will Ferrell was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor during a ceremony at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC Sunday night.

At the ‘2011 Scream Awards,’ Darth Vader channeled the Dark Side and won the award for Ultimate Villain. But he wasn’t content to simply accept the honor. During his speech, Vader complained loudly about the digital enhancements that creator George Lucas has made to the ‘Star Wars’ films over the years.

Nominations for the American Music Awards were announced today, and British singer Adele leads the pack with four nominations, including Artist of the Year and Favorite Female Artist. Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Lil Wayne and country group The Band Perry were right behind Adele with three nods apiece. Perry will perform on the show, as will Pitbull.

Add the New York Jets’ Mark Sanchez to the list of battered, high-profile NFL quarterbacks playing through injuries in 2011. Sanchez had his nose broken on a hit to the face by Raiders linebacker Kamerion Wimbley in the second half of the Jets’ 34-24 loss at Oakland on Sunday. He still p ...

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has mailed out the ballots for its 27th annual list of potential inductees, leaving it to the organization’s 500 voters to pick the winners from an eclectic group that includes first-time nominees as well as returning contenders. Newly eligible artists who made this year’s cut include Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Guns N’ Roses, Heart, and Eric B. & Rakim, while

In a spoof of ‘The Office‘ that aired during the Emmy Awards, characters from other popular shows made their way to Dunder-Mifflin’s confessional room and told the camera what it is about their TV workplace that gets them down.

‘Mike & Molly’ star Melissa McCarthy was the surprise winner at last night’s Emmy Awards, taking Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy. The nominees for the award — including Tina Fey and Amy Poehler — broke tradition by all appearing onstage together before the winner was announced like they were competing in a beauty pageant.

‘Modern Family’ ruled the 2011 Emmys — the ABC comedy took home the first four awards of the evening, including Outstanding Supporting Actor and Actress in a Comedy Series and, later in the night, winning Outstanding Comedy Series.