AP - Kelly Clarkson, Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert's pregame patriotism is the Super Bowl's opening act before Madonna takes her spot in the Super Bowl halftime spotlight.
Reuters - Andy Serkis and Patton Oswalt, who were passed over when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences handed out its nominations, stole the show on Friday night at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, which honored Serkis, Oswalt, Shailene Woodley and three Oscar nominees with its annual Virtuoso Awards.
omg! - Last year at the Super Bowl, Christina Aguilera's national anthem performance was a disaster on an international scale, but this year, Xtina's new "The Voice" castmate Kelly Clarkson delivered a "Star-Spangled Banner" performance that was the tour de force one might expect from a woman who came to fame having to sing in front of millions of viewers (and Simon Cowell) week after week. This American Idol truly is a national treasure.
omg! - LOS ANGELES, Feb 5 (TheWrap.com) - Sony Pictures Classics is about to buy the Sundance movie "Smashed," starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead as an alcoholic schoolteacher who decides to get sober, TheWrap has learned. James Ponsoldt directed the film, which he wrote with Susan Burke. "Smashed" is about Kate and Charlie, a married couple whose alcoholism sends their lives spinning out of control. Winstead plays Kate, and Aaron Paul ("Breaking Bad") plays Charlie. ...
omg! - Mike deGruy, an award-winning cinematographer who spent three decades making documentary films about the ocean, was killed in a helicopter crash in eastern Australia. He was 60.
Reuters - Los Angeles County Coroner's examiners have completed an autopsy on the body of artist Mike Kelley but have not yet determined a cause of death pending further tests, a spokesman said on Friday.