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When Tom Hanks made Saving Private Ryan , he put a popular face on a war that seemed like old news to a certain generation. Maybe it helped that he was saving Matt Damon. Now he’s working behind the scenes on war movies, but he’s still the spokesperson for them.

Documentary filmmaker Roger Ross Williams felt like Taylor Swift at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards when his former producer stole his spotlight at the Oscars on Sunday. Audience members at the Kodak theater in Hollywood and viewers around the world were puzzled when Elinor Burkett joined Williams onstage and pushed him aside as he started his Best Documentary Short acceptance speech.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Brad Paisley is recovering after he tripped on stage and took a tumble during a concert in South Carolina

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Academy Awards voters are expected to go very big or very small on their best-picture winner at Sunday’s Oscars. The two favorites in the expanded field of 10 best-picture nominees are the as-big-as-it-gets blockbuster “Avatar” and the critical darling “The Hurt Locker,” which drew a tiny fraction of the audience its mammoth competitor pulled in

Taylor Swift – ELLE Magazine’s April cover girl on media scrutiny, her fears, and those revealing lyrics: On who she thinks is hot: “Um, well…Taylor Lautner.” On whether she’s really “fearless”: “I overthink everything.

Naomi Campbell is once again in trouble for assault. Police are searching for her after she clocked her driver in the back of the head

Country trio Lady Antebellum will lead the way at the 2010 Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards after landing seven top nominations. The band’s self-titled disc will compete for Album of the Year, while their hit single Need You Now has garnered five mentions on its own, including Song of the Year, Video of the Year and Single Record.

Iconic rocker Bret Michaels, lead vocalist of Poison, reality TV star, actor, and solo musician, has just released the single “Nothing To Lose.” On the track Michaels taps into his melodic prowess and knack for composing epic ballads and delivers a song that will easily find a home amongst rock, pop and country music fans.

Cast chemistry is crucial in television, and the stars of the FX drama Nip/Tuck have gotten it right since day one.

Rapper Jay-Z is urging young Britons to vote in upcoming U.K. elections, insisting it’s “dangerous” not to exercise the right.