Russell Brand will host the MTV Movie Awards. From the press release: "Brand will build upon his triple-threat skill set to give viewers a new, off-the-cuff and unique spin on the past year’s biggest films and hottest stars. 'This MTV Movie Awards will be more impressive than "The Avengers" and you won't have to wait an hour for someone to Hulk out,' said Russell Brand. 'With his amazing ability to span the full spectrum of comedy from the most high to lowbrow, Russell’s smart, unpredictable wit uniquely connects him to our audience,' said Stephen Friedman, President of MTV. 'His rock-n-roll sensibility and fearlessness give us the perfect partner with whom to take a leap of faith with as we meld the worlds of movies and music together on one very special night.'"

First batch of presenters announced for the MTV Movie Awards: "'The Amazing Spider-Man' co-stars Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield will be on tap for the June 3 ceremony, along with Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron, Michael Fassbender, Mila Kunis and Mark Wahlberg. British television host Louise Roe will also return as the international guest correspondent on the red carpet for the second year in a row. Indie pop group fun. will also perform." HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

Burt Bacharach and Hal David win Gershwin Prize: "President Barack Obama honored Burt Bacharach and Hal David on Wednesday night as 'two kings of songwriting,' presenting them the nation's highest prize for popular music at the White House. The songwriting duo received the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song during a tribute concert in the East Room, featuring Stevie Wonder, Sheryl Crow, Lyle Lovett and others. Wonder sang their tunes, 'Make It Easy on Yourself' and 'Alfie,' wowing the crowd on his harmonica." ASSOCIATED PRESS

An Oscar nomination failed to help Ashvin Kumar back home in India: "Winning accolades at international film festivals and being nominated at the Oscars didn't make it any easier for Ashvin Kumar to release his film in India. The 39-year-old film-maker waited for six years to release his debut feature 'The Forest,' and says being nominated for an Oscar (for his 2004 short film 'Little Terrorist') didn't help. 'It makes no difference. If it did, do you think I'd be running around arranging finances for my next film and trying to get this one released?' Kumar said. 'The Forest' has been ready since 2006, but the film-maker said its release was stuck for several reasons, including a fallout with a producer." REUTERS

TBS steps in to save "Cougar Town": "The cable network has ordered a fourth season of the comedy to begin airing in early 2013. In addition, TBS has purchased the rights to 'Cougar Town's' first three seasons of 61 episodes that originally aired on ABC. '"Cougar Town" is a smart, whimsical sitcom that draws its humor from likable, relatable characters' said Michael Wright, president, head of programming for TBS. 'We are thrilled to have "Cougar Town" moving to the TBS neighborhood as the network continues to expand its slate of original comedy series.'" EW.COM

Tony nominations shake up Broadway ticket sales: "According to figures posted by 'The Broadway League,' Broadway gross ticket sales totaled $25.2 million compared to $26.1 million the previous week. Twenty-four shows had a decrease in sales while 15 saw an increase. 'There are small fluctuations in ticket sales all the time,' Amanda Pekoe, president of theatrical marketing and advertising company The Pekoe Group, told TicketNews via email. 'With Tony nominations just announced, the playing field is changed somewhat with respect to ticket buying patterns. People may be waiting to buy tickets to the show they truly want to see, rather than buying tickets to their second or third choices.'" TICKET NEWS

"Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" will hold a special "Tony" performance. From the press release: "The high flying production will hold a special Tony Sunday performance at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 10, for which anyone with the first name Anthony, Tony, Antoinette, Toni, or Antonio will be eligible to receive a free ticket. 'It has been brought to our attention that the Tonys have been honoring Broadway for years, and we thought it was about time to repay the favor,' [producers Michael Cohl and Jeremiah J. Harris] said in a joint statement. They added, 'Nothing would make us prouder than to have more Tonys than any other show on Broadway on Sunday, June 10.'"

Oscars go outdoors: "While the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences may seem like a highly restrictive group — and it is, if you want to win one of those golden statuettes — the organization is expanding its outreach to regular moviegoers by announcing a summer-long series of outdoor movies. 'Oscars Outdoors' will showcase films on Fridays and Saturdays on a 40-by-20 foot screen in a park the organization built in the heart of Hollywood specifically for the sake of showing movies under the stars. The public is welcome, and the Academy is especially hopeful tourists will take advantage of it." EW.COM

Betty White honored by PromaxBDA: "PromaxBDA, the leading global association for promotion, marketing and design professionals in the entertainment industry, announced today that renowned actress and comedienne Betty White will be the recipient of its prestigious PromaxBDA Lifetime Achievement Award at The Conference 2012, June 12-14 in Los Angeles. With a career that has spanned more than 60 years, the seven-time Emmy Award winner has created unforgettable roles in television and film, authored seven books and won numerous awards, including those for her lifelong work for animal welfare." WALL STREET JOURNAL

The Royal Philharmonic Society Awards honor classical music: "Where the Oscars are all tinsel, tears and fake emotion, the RPS event is an occasion when the music world gets genuine and decent. OK, it's a niche industry celebrating its own with the blowing of trumpets, but last night's celebration at the Dorchester Hotel was also a roomful of people taking real delight in the achievement of others. And the trumpeting had the endearing awkwardness of a community that feels, these days, a bit too niche. It wasn't brazen, it was heartfelt – all the better for the fact that the RPS is good at getting the tone of these things right. No razzmatazz, no gush, but warm and dignified appreciation. Just as it should be." THE TELEGRAPH

Tony nominated "Gore Vidal's The Best Man" extends its run: "The producers of the 2012 Tony Award-nominated Broadway revival of 'Gore Vidal's The Best Man' announced on May 9 that the run now continues to July 22 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. The previous on-sale period was to July 8. The starry revival about the personalities involved in a political party's convention has been nominated for a 2012 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play. It also earned a Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play nomination for James Earl Jones, who plays a former U.S. president." PLAYBILL

South Florida natives nominated at the Blues Music Awards: "Memphis is the place to be in May if you love the blues. On Thursday night, followers of the genre will gather for a folksy version of the Grammys, where fans get to mingle with their favorite blues artists and, if they're lucky, get their pictures taken with the likes of B.B. King, Buddy Guy and Matt 'Guitar' Murphy. This year, two South Florida musicians will be among the nominees at the 33rd Blues Music Awards, held at the Cook Convention Center in downtown Memphis. Tenor saxophonist Terry Hanck, who lives in Singer Island, is nominated in two categories, Best Song and Best Instrumentalist -- Horn, while guitarist JP Soars, from Boca Raton, is up for 'Contemporary Blues Male Artist' of the year." SUN-SENTINEL

NBC is set to renew its Thursday comedies: "It looks like NBC‘s 30 Rock will be back for a likely abbreviated seventh and final season. I hear the Emmy-winning comedy has closed deals with its key high-level writers to return for what is expected to be a final season of 13-14 episodes ... As for NBC’s other bubble comedies, newbie 'Whitney' does not appear likely to return. Fellow freshman 'Up All Night' has been looking better ... Meanwhile, veterans 'Community' and 'Parks and Recreation' both are in the running, with Parks’ renewal considered likely. I hear that, like '30 Rock,' all returning NBC comedy series are likely to get short orders. That would save some coin and allow NBC to pick up more new comedies." DEADLINE

The Television Academy launches a "For Your Consideration" screening website. From the press release: "The site, developed and run by the Television Academy in conjunction with one of their development partners, TrueLogic Software, provides members with an affordable and efficient, privacy-protected means of  screening submission materials for the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards, which will be broadcast live coast-to-coast, Sunday, September 23, 2012 exclusively on ABC. Every Friday thru June 22, Television Academy members will receive an email update listing all program submissions that have been posted to the FYC site that week for viewing."

Despite a Best Musical Tony nomination, "Leap of Faith" will close on May 13: "Just a week after being snubbed for nominations in every major Tony Award category — except, ironically, Best Musical — the stage production of 'Leap of Faith' will close on Broadway on Sunday, May 13, after 24 previews and 20 regular performances. Really, it didn’t have a prayer. 'Leap of Faith,' which stars Raul Esparza as a duplicitous faith healer in rural Kansas, has been steadily declining in its box office take since its opening on April 26." EW.COM

Tony-nominated "Nice Work If You Can Get It" will go on tour: "'Nice Work If You Can Get It,' the 2012 Tony Award-nominated Broadway musical that marries a new screwball-comedy plot to old Gershwin songs, will spawn a national touring company, the producers said on May 8 ... The tour will launch in fall 2013. Tour direction is by The Booking Group, which currently oversees the tours of 'The Book of Mormon,' 'Mamma Mia!' and 'Anything Goes' (among others) and also represented the original tours of 'The Producers' and 'Rent.'" PLAYBILL

MTV announced the nominees for Best Latino Actor at the MTV Movie Awards: "Zoe Saldana, Diego Luna, Demian Bichir, Penelope Cruz and Harmony Santana are the nominees for Best Latino Actor at the 2012 MTV Movie Awards, which will be held June 3, the MTV, Musica y Mas television channel announced Monday. The bilingual entertainment channel said in a press release that Saldaña was nominated for her role in the film 'Colombiana,' Luna for 'Casa de Mi Padre,' Bichir for 'A Better Life,' Cruz for 'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides' and Santana for 'Gun Hill Road.'" FOX NEWS LATINO

Alex Trebek considering retiring from "Jeopardy!": "What is 'two'? This is the number of years Alex Trebek may have left as the host of 'Jeopardy,' he told Fox News’ Chris Wallace. Trebek, 71, says he has been 'thinking about retiring' after 28 years with the game show phenomenon. Trebek said he may spend his remaining years on charity work. He is active with the humanitarian group World Vision and has embarked on several U.S.O. tour to support troops overseas." IFP

DGA to allow awards seson screeners. From our press release: "The DGA had a longstanding policy of not allowing awards season screeners.  The Guild believed that films sent out on DVD could have an advantage over films that are not able to be sent out due to limited marketing budgets or other financial constraints of studios and distributors.  Additionally, most DGA members have numerous opportunities to see films in awards contention in other ways. However, in the annual review of all policies and procedures related to Awards after the conclusion of each awards season, it became clear that the industry standard has changed and the majority of guilds and other entertainment community bodies allow “for your consideration” DVDs."

Grammy's pop problem: "Case in point, Beyonce has 16 Grammys. Patti LaBelle has two. Aretha Franklin has 18. Chaka Khan has 10. What kind of sense does this make? Beyonce has two less than the undisputed Queen of Soul, 14 more than a woman whose vocal heights she dreams about, and six more than the Queen of Funk and big hair. That makes no sense. The Grammys used to be a respected institution. It was the place music fans and artists went to settle disputes over who was the best once and for all. The judgement of the Grammy committee used to be spot on. Now they just give awards away to whoever had the biggest smash year. Musical integrity has been lost for popularity." THY BLACK MAN

"Once" to begin a national tour in 2013: "The producers of 'Once,' the acclaimed new Broadway musical, announced today that The Road Company is putting together a US national tour that will launch in the summer of 2013. The most nominated new musical of the season, with more Tony Award nominations (11) than any other show, 'Once' opened on at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (242 West 45th Street) on Sunday, March 18, 2012 to rave reviews." BROADWAY WORLD

WGA holds a memorial tribute to writer Hal Kanter: "It was a very funny, sometimes touching, but mostly uproarious tribute Sunday afternoon at the Writers Guild Theatre in Beverly Hills. The WGA West and the Writers Guild Foundation along with the Kanter family held a well produced and attended memorial for one of their most illustrious members, Hal Kanter, who passed away in November at age 92. The three-time Emmy winner (and seven time nominee) was also believed to be the only person ever to win all three of the Guild’s prestigious special honors – the Morgan Cox award for service to the WGA, the Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award, the Valentine Davies Award." DEADLINE

"Sherlock" returns to PBS to strong ratings: "Sunday night's premiere of 'Masperiece Mystery!'s' second season averaged 3.2 million viewers, not including those viewing through station replays, DVRs or online streaming. (Nielsen Fast National data, 2.1 household rating.) The premiere of the second season of the BAFTA Award-winning series more than doubled the average PBS primetime rating (based on metered market averages). New episodes of 'Sherlock' debut each Sunday night on 'Masterpiece' through May 20." THE FUTON CRITIC

Firestorm erupts over a Radio Times BAFTA poll: "While fans of Benedict Cumberbatch's portrayal of Sherlock Holmes or of Dominic West's role as Fred West have together clocked up only 4,000 votes in the best leading actor poll, more than half a million voters across the world have backed the film 'Shouting in the Dark,' made in Bahrain by journalist May Ying Welsh for al-Jazeera. Another half a million have voted for Channel 4's film 'Sri Lanka's Killing Fields,' fronted by Jon Snow. Welsh's film, which was shot undercover over three months, went out on al-Jazeera's English-speaking channel last summer and provoked outrage among officials in Bahrain. They claimed it painted an unfair picture of police brutality during the uprising and played down the involvement of Iranian-backed subversives among the crowds." THE GUARDIAN

A look at the film achievemens of the Beastie Boys' late Adam Yauch: "Yauch's creative reach was significant in the film world as well. And his tenure as a driving force behind indie distributor Oscilloscope Laboratories has ushered brave pick-ups and challenging cinematic material to the fore for the last four years or so. Awards success greeted a few of those titles. Most significant was a Best Supporting Actor nomination for Woody Harrelson as well as a Best Original Screenplay nomination for Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman for 'The Messenger' in 2009, which itself flirted with the first-ever expanded Best Picture line-up during that season." IN CONTENTION

Oscilloscope to attend Cannes despite Adam Yauch's death: "Dan Berger and David Laub, who just a day ago were promoted to jointly oversee marketing, distribution and acquisitions for the indie film company, will attend this month’s festival, Deadline has learned. Debra Fisher, who runs digital and TV sales for the company, also is headed to Cannes. Oscilloscope president David Fenkel, who co-founded the indie distributor with Yauch, will not attend because of a family matter. The plan Thursday to elevate Berger and Laub called for Fenkel to segue into a consulting role at the company. That will remain the case, though after Yauch’s passing he will be more heavily involved in the day-to-day running of the New York-based company than previously thought." DEADLINE

International Digital Emmy winners announced: "Kenya's 'Shujaaz FM (Well Told Story),' Canada's 'Endgame Interactive: Facebook Episode' and U.K.'s 'Live From the Clinic' topped the Intl. Digital Emmy Awards, which were handed out Sunday at MipTV in Cannes. Hosted by celebrity chief Chuck Hughes, 'Jersey Shore' stars Vincenzo Guadagnino and Deena Nicole Cortese as well as 'Femmes Fatale' -- Christine Donlon, Catherine Annett and Stacy Stas -- the ceremony was attended by more than 300 industryites ... 'This year's winners have masterfully woven social media into the fabric of their programs,' said Bruce L. Paisner, prexy and CEO of the Intl. Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. 'We congratulate them on their boundary breaking.'" VARIETY

Jay-Z world record will be broken for the 3rd O Music Awards: "MTV and the Viacom Music Group are returning to the birthplace of rock 'n' roll for the third O Music Awards, staging a road trip from Memphis to New Orleans in which one band will break the Guinness World Record for 'Most Live Concerts' in 24 hours. That record currently belongs to Jay-Z ... 'We’re collapsing the show and a world record into one seamless experience,' Shannon Connolly, VP of digital music strategy for MTV, told TheWrap. 'In the past, we had a lead-up with the world record attempt and then a show. With this one it’s all combined and it will make for some really interesting storytelling.' The awards show, which honors music but with a focus on digital, will combine 24 hours of both awards and musical performances – all of it live." THE WRAP

Jonah Hill joins the cast of Martin Scorsese's "The Wolf of Wall Street": "The film, still in pre-production, is based on Jordan Delfort's memoir about his meteoric rise and ignominious fall as a Wall Street trader. Delfort made millions, living of a life of the utmost extravagance only to succumb to drug and alcohol addiction ... Hill will play Danny Borush, a close friend of Delfont who is lured into the world of yachts, partying and shady business dealings. Known largely for comedy thanks to 'Superbad,' 'Get Him to the Greek,' Hill has actively pursued roles outside that Judd Apatow-style comedy comfort zone, including his turns in 'Cyrus' and 'Moneyball.'" THE WRAP

Tony Award snubs claim their first victims: "Teresa Rebeck's comedy 'Seminar,' which received no nominations, quickly announced that it would shutter this Sunday. Jeff Goldblum recently stepped into the play to take over for Alan Rickman. Next up to the guillotine is the basketball drama 'Magic/Bird,' which also got no recognition from Tony nominators. The show ends on May 12. 'Though it ran a limited time, it attracted many new audiences to the theater as well as provided a vehicle for many young people to attend their first show,' its producers said in a statement." AM NEW YORK

BAFTA honors Rolf Harris with an Academy Fellowship: "Rolf Harris’ broadcast career may have started alongside a puppet called Fuzz, but the Australian presenter, musician and artist has been a regular fixture on TV screens since he signed with the BBC in 1953. Six decades later, 82-year-old Harris is being honoured with Bafta's highest award, a fellowship, to be received at the TV Awards on Sunday 27 May at London's Royal Festival Hall. Generations of Britons have grown up watching Harris' work, which includes 'Rolf’s Cartoon Club,' 'Rolf on Art,' and 'Animal Hospital.'" TELEGRAPH

Chris Rock is one of the irreverant presenters at the Comedy Awards: "Opening the second-annual Comedy Awards, recorded last Saturday and being shown on Sunday night on Comedy Central, he was more blunt. Of the eligible comics for best comedy special, he said, three are funny, one used to be and another never was. Then he assured the audience he was not joking. Then he took it back. Whether you believed him didn’t really matter, since Mr. Rock accomplished something remarkable: He made everyone listen closely to the roll call of nominees. They were Louis C.K., Norm MacDonald, Patton Oswalt, Colin Quinn and someone who I suspect didn’t like the joke, Daniel Tosh." NEW YORK TIMES

"A Separation" receives yet another honor, this time in Italy: "Internationally-acclaimed Iranian drama was awarded for the Best Foreign Language film at the 2012 David di Donatello Awards, which is considered the Italian equivalent to the Academy Award. [Asghar Farhadi’s] prize-magnet drama went up against the renowned cinematic creations such as Martin Scorsese’s 'Hugo,' Terrence Malick’s 'Tree of Life,' George Clooney’s 'Ides of March' as the other nominees in this section." PRESS TV

Emmy-nominee and BAFTA-winner Steven Moffat discusses his updated "Sherlock": "'There are very, very few people who can play Sherlock Holmes, and there have been so many and so few good ones,' Moffat tells Fresh Air's TV critic David Bianculli ... Moffat and his wife, a producer on the series, were on the hunt for their Sherlock when they first noticed [Benedict Cumberbatch] playing a supporting role in the 2007 film 'Atonement.' 'He was a brilliant actor, he had the look, [and we thought] "Let's send the script to him,"' he says. 'And we did. He came in and read for it. And after he read for it, we just thought, "There's really no point in looking anywhere else. There really isn't."'" NPR

Daytime Emmys headed to HLN? "The Daytime Emmy Awards are headed to Time Warner’s HLN/Headline News network, according to Broadcasting & Cable. The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences also hopes to secure AOL as the awards show’s social media parter. Nominations for the Daytime Emmys had been expected to be announced Friday but have been delayed until Wednesday May 9 to give NATAS time to wrap up those deals ... The last two telecasts have been on CBS but were produced by Associated Television International, which leased the airtime and sold ads and arranged produce placement deals." DEADLINE

Black Journalists Association's award to Beyonce draws criticism: "... Michael Feeney, the president of the New York chapter of the black journalists association, said Beyoncé had 'won fair and square' ... Still, some online columnists, like Amber Rose writing for the Mused online magazine, questioned whether Beyoncé had written the piece herself. 'These types of awards overlook the real journalists who write about insightful and sometimes dangerous topics,' Ms. Rose wrote. 'Beyoncé is getting an award along with Robert Naylor, a thirty-year reporter who chaired the Associated Press Diversity Council and founding member of the LGBT Task Force and the late Gil Noble, who hosted “Like It Is” since 1967 and interviewed Adam Clayton Powell, Muhammad Ali, Bill Cosby and Dr. Martin Luther King. Beyoncé wrote an article about a 9-month vacation.'" NEW YORK TIMES

"Modern Family" wins Catholic Media Group honor: "The group Catholic in Media Associates (CIMA) has awarded ABC hit show 'Modern Family' its Best Television Show of 2012 award. The awards, known as the Catholic Oscars (or in this case Emmys), seeks to recognize people and pieces of work that 'uplift the spirit and help us better understand what it is to be part of the human family.' The group formed, it has said, to 'counter the image of Catholics as people who criticize what they don’t like' ... However, 'Modern Family' has drawn the ire of religious conservatives and especially for its depiction of gay couple Cam (Eric Stonestreet) and Mitch (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) who in the show are raising their adopted daughter." CARE 2

Could the MTV Movie Awards be good this year? "It's a promising year for the MTV Movie Awards for a couple of reasons. While the last few ceremonies have been seemingly rigged by Twihards, the recent change to the voting system could finally mean some new blood (resisting a 'Twilight' joke) at the podium on June 3. Of course, it would still be nearly impossible to unseat Kristen Stewart, Rob Pattinson, or Taylor Lautner with this crowd if that franchise didn't have a formidable successor. Though 'The Hunger Games' has very little in common with the weak-kneed vampire franchise in terms of substance, it stands to inherit its fan base." SPIN

Denis Leary pokes fun at himself at the Television Academy Honors: "'I have to be very honest with you,' said Leary, who was being honored for 'Rescue Me' with fellow exec producer Peter Tolan. 'I don't ever win awards. We're 0 for 8 at Emmys (except) for Michael J. Fox, and that doesn't really count. 'I’ve won two awards. About six months after I won my Cable Ace award … they canceled the Cable Aces. I won a Blockbuster Award. About three months after that, they abolished the Blockbuster Award. Abolished. So I'd like to say thank you, and I'm really sorry – you will not be holding these awards again.'" THE VOTE

Europe's television awards set to launch in the US. From the press release: "The National Reality TV Awards launched in the UK to celebrate the best in the world of reality TV entertainment is proud to announce its official launch in the USA. NRTA USA will make history as the first ever European born awards show to launch in the USA and will be webcast live and also televised for syndicated broadcast to TV partners in over 22 countries after the awards show is launched on the 30th of August ... The National Reality TV Awards was born out of the need to recognize the worldwide producers, celebrities, participants, researchers, and industry that form part of what is now on the forefront of the global television market ... All nominations for the categories are submitted by the public by voting for their favorite shows, celebrities or participants."

How to pick a winning Emmy submission: "Most contenders and advisors are well aware of near-winners who might have taken home a prize with a better approach — like 'Roseanne' also-ran John Goodman, and, most famously, Susan Lucci, who lost 18 times before finally landing a Daytime Emmy. 'You have to exert shrewdness and sometimes deviousness,' said Tom O’Neil, founder of the awards-tracking website Gold Derby. 'It’s shocking to me how many contenders are ignorant of the process and don’t think through their submissions.'" THE WRAP

Richard Curtis discusses Oscar's comedy bias: "Curtis told The Daily Telegraph: 'There is prejudice against comedy movies... which is why they don't get Oscars and things like that.' The 'Blackadder' co-creator has in fact notched up several award nominations for his films, including the Audience Award For Most Popular Film for Notting Hill at the 2000 Baftas. But it seems he has his heart set on an Academy Award. He added: 'They just don't win these awards. "Bridesmaids," I think, got nominated for a screen award, but, no. Woody Allen only started getting nominated for Oscars when he got slightly less funny.'" UK PRESS ASSOCIATION

Beyonce wins a journalism award: "In the lead up to the release of her fantastic album '4,' Beyonce was all about spreading the word about how awesome it was to take several months off ... The break turned into a spiritual journey and 'creative reawakening' for the 'Love on Top' singer, which she cataloged for her 'Year of 4' documentary and put in writing in an Essence magazine article, titled 'Eat, Play, Love.' Now, her July 2011 Essence cover story has won the star a prestigious New York Association of Black Journalists prize, which will be awarded at a May 15 gala. 'She's a real writer,' Essence entertainment director Cori Murray told The New York Daily News. 'We had to edit her, but everyone gets edited except Toni Morrison.'" MTV

Oscar-winning silent film "Wings" returns to the big screen: "'Wings,' the only silent film to have won best picture before 'The Artist's' triumph this February, has been fully restored ahead of a limited release. The 1927 black and white war film, starring Clara Bow, was given a PG-13 rating. Directed by William A Wellman, it won two Oscars at the 1929 ceremony, including best film and best effects ... The film was remastered and re-released by Paramount, as part of the studio's 100th anniversary this year." BBC

James Corden poses for his official Tony-nominee portrait: "James Corden is likely to have been pinching himself as he posed for his official Tony Awards nominee portrait yesterday in New York. The actor is currently the toast of Broadway following his nomination for Best Leading Actor in a Play for his role in 'One Man, Two Guvnors.' The 33-year-old has won rave reviews and a host of new fans Stateside during the play's stint in Manhattan. James stood out at yesterday's Tony Awards press day in a pale blue suit as he posed for the portrait. Also in attendance at the reception were fellow nominees including Cynthia Nixon, Kelli O'Hara, Josh Young and Laura Osnes." DAILY MAIL

"General Hospital" star Haley Pulos talks about her show narrowly escaping cancellation and the possibility of an Emmy nomination: SNAKKLE

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"Bridesmaids" and "The Hunger Games" dominate the nominations. For the first time, the net convened a panel of industry experts to determine the contenders in the dozen races. 

Both of these female-driven pictures contend for Movie of the Year against three other films that feature strong women: "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2," "The Help" and "Breaking Dawn: Part 1."

And both of the leading contenders boast a pair of performers who landed a leading four bids: Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Wiig from "Bridesmaids" and "Hunger Games" star-crossed lovers Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson. "21 Jump Street" buddies Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill also received four nods apiece. 

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