"The Artist" wing DGAs, Etta James remembered
- 12 years ago
"The Artist" director Michel Hazanavicius was named the year's best feature film director by the Directors Guild of America on Saturday (January 28), further positioning the silent movie-era romance as a frontrunner for Oscars. The DGA Awards are a key indicator of who may win Academy Awards next month because only six times since the DGA began handing out annual honors in 1948 has its winner failed to also be named best director by Oscar voters.
Hundreds of mourners gathered at a Los Angeles-area church on Saturday (January 28) to remember rhythm-and-blues singer Etta James.
The two-hour service featured performances by pop stars Stevie Wonder and Christina Aguilera and Rev. Al Sharpton eulogized James as a woman who rose from a tough childhood and poured her pain into her music. Aguilera performed a version of "At Last," James' show-stopping hit and best-known song. James died at 73 at a Riverside, California, hospital on January 20 from complications of leukemia.
Survival story "The Grey" starring Liam Neeson in a battle against weather and wolves led the box office pack with a better-than-expected $20 million (USD) in ticket sales over the weekend. It knocked last weekend's winner, "Underworld: Awakening," to second place. The vampire and werewolf sequel starring Kate Beckinsale brought in $12.5 million.
Katherine Heigl's new comedy, "One for the Money," finished in third place with $11.8 million, topping industry forecasts of less than $10 million for the film based on a best-selling book by Janet Evanovich.
Lindsay Claiborn, Reuters.
Hundreds of mourners gathered at a Los Angeles-area church on Saturday (January 28) to remember rhythm-and-blues singer Etta James.
The two-hour service featured performances by pop stars Stevie Wonder and Christina Aguilera and Rev. Al Sharpton eulogized James as a woman who rose from a tough childhood and poured her pain into her music. Aguilera performed a version of "At Last," James' show-stopping hit and best-known song. James died at 73 at a Riverside, California, hospital on January 20 from complications of leukemia.
Survival story "The Grey" starring Liam Neeson in a battle against weather and wolves led the box office pack with a better-than-expected $20 million (USD) in ticket sales over the weekend. It knocked last weekend's winner, "Underworld: Awakening," to second place. The vampire and werewolf sequel starring Kate Beckinsale brought in $12.5 million.
Katherine Heigl's new comedy, "One for the Money," finished in third place with $11.8 million, topping industry forecasts of less than $10 million for the film based on a best-selling book by Janet Evanovich.
Lindsay Claiborn, Reuters.