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CBSJohnny Galecki in "The Big Bang Theory" Johnny Galecki was up early catching up on correspondence on his second day off from production on CBS hit comedy The Big Bang Theory when he started getting text messages with news of his first Golden Globe nomination from the publicity folks at the show's studio, Warner Bros. Television.our editor recommends'The Artist' Tops Golden Globe Nominations Golden Globe Awards Nominations: The Complete ListGolden Globe Awards Nominations: The Nominees' ReactionsGolden Globe Awards Nominations: Key Stats, Inclusions and Snubs (Analysis)'Homeland' EPs Lowered Expections After SAG Shutout, Rewarded With 3 Golden Globe Noms "They started texting me at 5:20 in the morning and I accused them of being misinformed and drunk," Galecki said with a laugh. "I replied with, 'You're misfiring texts to [The Mentalist star] Simon Baker or someone else, this can not be true." PHOTOS: Golden Globe Awards Nominees In true form to his on-screen alter ego, lovable nerd Leonard Hofstadter, Galecki needed further convincing of the accolade. "They told me, 'No, it's you, go to HollywoodReporter.com and they sent me the link because I couldn't believe it," he said of his nom for actor in a comedy series. With The Big Bang Theory shut out of the comedy series category after having picked up nominations in the field last year, Galecki said he considers his individual recognition representative for the show as a whole -- and for co-star Jim Parsons, who took home the trophy in the category last January. COMPLETE LIST: 2012 Golden Globe Awards Nominees "It's like a drum and bass circle -- my character doesn't work without his character and vice versa," he said. "I wish the show had been nominated, certainly. I don't feel the nomination singles me out by any means; so much goes into this character that happens without my being aware. I think all of these accolades will shift between all of us. Sometimes they'll be funneled through Jim, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar and Kaley Cuoco. I'm touched, proud and stunned to be chosen as that representative." Noting that he has leaned on two-time Emmy winner Parsons for tips on how to navigate awards season after picking up his first Emmy nom last year, Galecki said his co-star was one of the first to congratulate him on the kudos, suggesting he get back on the treadmill in a nod to how he handled his nervous energy on Emmy day. "I've been in the biz quite a bit longer than Jim but the last few years as these accolades have been spread out, I find myself going to him for days like today," he noted. The former Roseanne star already had plans to attend The Big Bang Theory's 100th episode party Thursday night and joked he'd celebrate the nomination there. "Maybe now I'll throw on a tie," he laughed. PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery Golden Globe Awards: The Nominees Golden Globes Johnny Galecki The Big Bang Theory Golden Globes 2012

'Tatsumi,' 'Habibi' Take Dubai Festival Honors

Roger Arpajou/Sony Pictures Classics"Midnight in Paris" The nominees for the 18th annual SAG Awards were announced on Wednesday, Dec. 14. The Help led with four nominations, earning a leading role nomination for Viola Davis who plays the maid Aibileen Clark, supporting noms for Jessica Chastain and Octavia Spencer, and a motion picture ensemble nom.our editor recommends'The Help' Leads Screen Actors Guild Awards NominationsSAG Awards TV: 'Modern Family' Leads Nominations, 'Homeland' SnubbedSAG Awards Nominations: The Nominees' ReactionsSAG Awards: The NomineesSAG Awards Nominations: Key Stats, Inclusions and Snubs (Analysis)SAG Awards: 'Suits' Star Patrick Adams Reacts to Shocking Nomination, Talks 'Friday Night Lights' ExperienceSAG Awards: Jon Cryer on His First Nomination: 'I Had No Reason Whatsoever to Expect I Would Be Included'Why the SAG Awards Need to Get Serious (Analysis)Dick Van Dyke Reuniting With TV Wife Mary Tyler Moore at SAG Awards Other films nominated for best motion picture ensemble include The Artist, The Descendants, Midnight in Paris and Bridesmaids. For the television nominations, ABC's Modern Family leads total of five nods, including outstanding comedy ensemble. Dexter and 30 Rock follow with three nominations each. PHOTOS: SAG Awards Nominees The 18th annual SAG Awards will take place on Sunday, Jan. 29. The full list of nominees: MOTION PICTURE Outstanding Performance By A Cast In A Motion Picture Bridesmaids The Artist The Descendants The Help Midnight in Paris STORY: 'The Help' Leads Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominations Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Leading Role George Clooney, The Descendants Demian Bichir, A Better Life Leonardo DiCaprio, J. Edgar Jean Dujardin, The Artist Brad Pitt, Moneyball Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Leading Role Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs Viola Davis, The Help Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady Tilda Swinton, We Need to Talk About Kevin Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Supporting Role Nick Nolte, Warrior Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn Armie Hammer, J. Edgar Jonah Hill, Moneyball Christopher Plummer, Beginners Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Supporting Role Octavia Spencer, The Help Berenice Bejo, The Artist Jessica Chastain, The Help Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs ANALYSIS: SAG Awards Nominations Key Stats, Inclusions and Snubs Outstanding Performance By A Stunt Ensemble In A Motion Picture The Adjustment Bureau Cowboys & Aliens Harry Potter and the Deahtly Hallows: Part II Transformers: Dark of the Moon X-Men: First Class TELEVISION Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Television Movie Or Miniseries Laurence Fishburne, Thurgood Paul Giamatti, Too Big to Fail Greg Kinnear, The Kennedys Guy Pearce, Mildred Pierce James Woods, Too Big to Fail Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Television Movie Or Miniseries Diane Lane, Cinema Verite Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey Emily Watson, Appropriate Adult Betty White, The Lost Valentine Kate Winslet, Mildred Pierce Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Drama Series Patrick J. Adams, Suits Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire Kyle Chandler, Friday Night Lights Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad Michael C. Hall, Dexter Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Drama Series Kathy Bates, Harry's Law Glenn Close, Damages Jessica Lange, American Horror Story Julianna Margules, The Good Wife Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Comedy Series Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock Ty Burrell, Modern Family Steve Carell, The Office Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Comedy Series Julie Bowen, Modern Family Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie Tina Fey, 30 Rock Sofia Vergara, Modern Family Betty White, Hot In Cleveland Outstanding Performance By An Ensemble In A Drama Series Boardwalk Empire Breaking Bad Dexter Game of Thrones The Good Wife Outstanding Performance By An Ensemble In A Comedy Series 30 Rock The Big Bang Theory Glee Modern Family The Office Outstanding Performance By A Stunt Ensemble In A Television Series Dexter Game of Thrones Southland Spartacus: Gods of the Arena True Blood PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery SAG Awards: The Nominees SAG Awards SAG Awards 2011 The Artist The Help

Bosnian Serb War Victim Wants Jolies Film Banned

First Launched: December 13, 2011 9:08 AM EST Credit: Getty Images BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina -- Caption Jennifer Aniston steps in the Inside the Land of Blood stream and Honey premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood, Calif. on December 8, 2011The mind from the group for Serbs held prisoner throughout Bosnias 1992-95 war states Angelina Jolies movie Inside the Land of Blood stream and Honey needs to be banned inside the Serb-run part of the country. Branislav Djukic in the Bosnian Serb Association of Camping Crooks told the Connected Press on Tuesday that although he's seen only the trailer, they can already the film is showing lies and representing Serbs since the only ones who raped women through the war. Jolies movie will probably be released inside the U.S. on 12 ,. 23 which is huge drama of a Serb soldier who finds his ex-lover, a Muslim Bosnian lady, among sex slaves in the camping. The film was recognized having a selected audience of 11 non-Serb war victim groups who first seen it in Sarajevo captured. Copyright 2011 with the Connected Press. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Sam Waynberg dies at 86

Sam Waynberg, who produced films by Polanski and Fassbinder as well as most of the films in the long-running Israeli "Lemon Popsicle" sex-comedy franchise, died on Dec. 3 in Gstaad, Switzerland. He was 86. Born in Poland, Waynberg was interred in a Nazi concentration camp during WWII, after which he remained in Germany and worked as both a producer and distributor. During the 1990s, Waynberg's company, Scotia, distributed Miramax films in Germany, but Waynberg filed a lawsuit in 2001, claiming that Miramax had overpriced its films and failed to deliver acceptable movies (he ultimately lost). Waynberg got his start as exec producer of the German war documentary "Er ging an meiner Seite" (He walked by my side) in 1958. He was associated producer of Roman Polanski's 1965 classic "Repulsion" and exec produced his 1966 film "Cul-de-sac," and he was associate producer of the 1965 Sherlock Holmes-Jack the Ripper feature "A Study in Terror." Waynberg produced Andrzej Wajda's "Gates to Paradise" (1968) and then a pair of sexually experimental films, "Psychology of the Orgasm" and "Lovers Paradise" as well as the 1971 music concert documentary "Stamping Ground," which featured Jefferson Airplane, the Byrds and Pink Floyd. The first "Lemon Popsicle" film was produced by Yoram Globus and Menahem Golan. Waynberg became involved in the series as an exec producer starting with the second movie, "Going Steady," and also scripted 1981 and 1986 entries "Hot Bubblegum" and "Lemon Popsicle 6." Waynberg's efforts remained eclectic, however: He was a producer on Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 1982 film "Querelle" and produced 1983 French crime drama "Un dimanche de flic." On the distribution side, Waynberg mentored international film broker Gordon Steel, becoming the latter's first client in 1982. Their first deal was for the release of "Rambo," which proved highly successful for Waynberg's Scotia. Waynberg is survived by his wife, Gabriella. Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com

Hot Trailer: Jiro Hopes For Sushi

Jiro Hopes For Sushi profiles 85 year-old Jiro Ono, the proprietor of Sukiyabashi Jiro, a ten-chair sushi restaurant situated inside a Tokyo, japan subway station. Sushi enthusiasts originate from throughout world — calling several weeks ahead of time to order a chair at Jiros sushi bar. Even at his age Jiro still aims for perfection, and also the heart of the story is his loving but complicated relationship together with his oldest boy Yoshikazu. Director David Gelb’s debut feature opens March 9 from Magnolia Pictures.

The Mirren-Hopkins-Hitchcock Dream, and 5 Other Tales You Will Be Speaking About Today

Happy Thursday! Also in today’s edition from the Broadsheet: Tom Cruise tries (kind of) to speak up Top Gun 2… Ryan Seacrest may land on Today… There's a film within the Oscar search known as The Lady inside a Septic Tank… and much more. · The biopic-y Alfred Hitchcock and the building of Psycho could have a clumsy working title along with a tortured history, however the lengthy-suffering Anthony Hopkins project apparently includes a new studio in Fox Searchlight, a brand new director in Sacha Gervasi, and — I'm able to’t even believe I’m penning this — new interest from Helen Mirren in playing Hitchcock’s wife Alma. To repeat: Hopkins and Mirren may take part in the Hitchcocks. I am talking about! Maybe Alison Brie can enjoy Jesse Leigh. [THR] · And today imagine Ryan Seacrest co-hosting Today. It might happen — if Matt Lauer decides to depart the show in 2012. Can Seacrest and Ann Curry be also within the same room without leaving some type of blistering, bloodstream-red-colored, category-5 cultural cyclone over the land? Will we actually want to discover? [WSJ via Deadline] · Tom Cruise isn’t carrying out a very convincing job of taking Top Gun 2 seriously: “I stated to Tony I wish to make another movie with him. We haven’t designed a film since Times of Thunder. Tony and that i and Jerry, we i never thought that people would try it again. They began arrive at us with one of these ideas of where it's now. I figured, ‘Wow, that might be… what we should could do now.’” [MTV] · Melancholia’s seem designer reveals about this ending: “It’s the loudest factor I've ever mixed. I needed it to struggle and fight using the Wagner piece, therefore it attempts to drown the Wagner piece. Yes, it’s just a little untidy, however i wanted so that it is very overwhelming and i believe I been successful with this.” And just how. I suggest sitting as near to the screen as you possibly can for optimum effect. [NYT] · Your mileage can vary, however the Lady inside a Septic Tank seems like precisely the type of foreign-language Oscar entry we have to enhance this season’s race. [THR] · Going a little off subject, is not probably the most effective political ads you’ve seen up to now within the 2012 presidential race? Well, besides some of Herman Cain’s, I suppose. [via Andrew Sullivan]

Ashlee Simpson, Pete Wentz Divorce Carried Out LA

First Launched: December 7, 2011 4:50 PM EST Credit: Getty Images La, Calif. -- Caption Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz attend the X Existence Launch Party at Beso in Hollywood, California on December 15, 2010Court records show artists Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz have finished their divorce and so are keeping the particular regards to their breakup private. Records show a judge completed the couples divorce November. 22. The pair became a member of in to a 103-page settlement agreement, nevertheless the document are just filed once the couple features a dispute relating to this later on. The filings don't detail custody of the children from the children plans for your couples 3-year-old boy, Bronx. The completed judgment was reported Wednesday by celebrity news website TMZ.com. Simpson might be the sister of singer Jessica Simpson. She's released three albums and came out in the reboot in the TV series Melrose Place. Wentzs band, Give Up Boy, remains on hiatus since 2010. The 32-year-old is presently a part of this rock band Black Cards. Copyright 2011 with the Connected Press. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

'The Grey' Trailer: Liam Neeson Fights Nature, Wolves in Alaskan Wilderness Adventure

.post-content img {display:none;} Liam Neeson has disposed of his fair share of enemies over the last five years, but perhaps none more vicious than the twosome of foes he faces in 'The Grey': Mother Nature and a pack of vicious wolves. Neeson reunites with his 'A-Team' director Joe Carnahan for the new action drama, which focuses on a group of Alaskan pipeline workers who survive a deadly plane crash -- only to wind up stranded in the wilderness during the dead of winter. Can Neeson and his team -- played by Frank Grillo ('Warrior'), Dermot Mulroney, Dallas Roberts ('Rubicon') and James Badge Dale ('Shame') among others -- survive long enough to fend off the wolves and the plummeting temperatures? As long as Neeson can construct glass-shard knuckles out of minibar bottles of alcohol, probably! Watch the exclusive new trailer for 'The Grey' -- featuring a special introduction from Neeson and Grillo -- above. 'The Grey' cuts into theaters on Jan. 27, 2012. For more on the film, head over to 'The Grey' Facebook page. Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

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Disney and Pixar's 2009 animated film Up featured a colorful home with a lot of character The house was so inspiring to some that they build a replication of it.our editor recommends15 Movies That Made The Grade: A+ CinemaScore PosseAnimated, Documentary and Foreign: 3 Key Oscar Categories Analyzed The Utah home has been bought by two Disney fans, Clinton and Lynette Hamblin of Petaluma, CA, completing their long search for a home that had similarities to the one in the movie. PHOTOS: 15 Movies That Made The Grade: A+ CinemaScore Posse The couple had been looking mainly in California for a home that had either a colorful exterior or a bright blue kitchen like the one in the film. They then learned about the home in the Salt Lake City suburb of Herriman, Utah, that was built based on the film. The home, which was officially recognized by Disney as the Up house, had a $400,000 price tag on it. "We just love the message of the movie - adventure is out there," Lynette Hamblin told The Salt Lake Tribune. STORY: Hollywood Studios Accused of Pushing Liberal Agenda Through Children's Films The home in Up is basically another star of the film. It is the home of Carl and Ellie Frederickson after they get married and as they navigate the trails and triumps of their lives together. After Ellie dies, Carl becomes a curmudgeonly hermit, spending most of his time alone in the colorful home until he sets out on an accidental adventure with a young member of the "Wilderness Explorers." Adam Bangerter built the Utah home, telling The AP that he chose to replicate the movie home because it played such a memorable role in the film. "It illustrates what homeownership really is, and it's not an investment. It's part of the American dream to have a house to care for, to improve and to make part of your family," Bangerter said. PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery 15 Movies That Made The Grade: A+ CinemaScore Posse Related Topics Pixar