Kathryn Bigelow and Sony Pictures can celebrate a win ahead of Sunday’s Golden Globes, as Zero Dark Thirty grossed more than $24 million on the weekend to take top spot at the box office.
The thriller, released four weeks ago, opened nationwide in nearly 3,000 theaters, bringing its domestic total so far to $29.5 million, according to Box Office Mojo.
A Haunted House, the comedy horror spoof starring Marlon Wayans, raked in $18.8 million while Ryan Gosling’s Gangster Squad was close behind with $16.7 million.
Django Unchained and Les Miserables rounded out the ...

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Among the most heated races at the Golden Globes are the acting categories. Denzel Washington and Daniel Day-Lewis are in a virtual dead-heat for Best Actor in a drama, while newly Oscar-nominated Bradley Cooper (The Silver Linings Playbook) squares off opposite Les Mis frontrunner Hugh Jackman for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy.
On Sunday, January 13, the awards will be handed out, but who will win? Who should win? Let Celebuzz help you figure that out with our guide to the Best Actor nominees.


Just like we did for Best Actress in both drama and musical/comedy, we ...

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Now that’s the smile of an actor nearing the finish line.
On Saturday, Leonardo DiCaprio suited up one last time as infamous New York stockbroker Jordan Belfort on the set of Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street.
DiCaprio, 38, spent a good chunk of the day filming scenes at Rao’s Restaurant, located in the East Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan.
The film, based on Belfort’s bestselling memoir, also stars Jonah Hill, Matthew McConaughey, The Artist’s Jean Dujardin and Friday Night Lights’ Kyle Chandler.

DiCaprio, who currently can be seen in the Quentin Tarantino western Django ...

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Meet Halle Berry, phone operator.
On Friday, Sony and Tristar gave Berry fans around the world a first look at her new film The Call (formerly known as Hive). In the picture, a 911 operator named Jordan (Berry) receives a phone call from a teenage girl (Abigail Breslin) who is trapped in her kidnapper’s trunk.
The twist? The kidnapper is believed to be the same serial killer Jordan failed to catch in a previous emergency phone call.
Michael Imperioli and Morris Chestnut also star in the film, out Mar. 15.

The Call is one of at least two films ...

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In the ramp-up to the Golden Globes, the Oscar nominations have come and gone, leaving a bread-crumb trail of obvious nods and an ocean of dissatisfied grumbles at some of the less-subtle snubs.
In fact, one could argue that between its two two-category system of Drama and Musical/Comedy, the Globes made a much wiser set of selections. And if you haven’t seen several, most or all of these noteworthy nominees, Celebuzz is here to break them down and help you out in the office pool come Monday.

Lincoln, Argo and Zero Dark ...

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It’s not secret that Ryan Gosling spent a significant portion of his adolescence on The Mickey Mouse Club, singing and dancing alongside future pop stars like Justin Timberlake on the Disney Channel series.
But in an interview for his new film Gangster Squad, Gosling reveals that he doubted for the future of such pop phenomena as Backstreet Boys when a members of the band first proclaimed their inevitable success.

“When I was doing the Mickey Mouse Club, we were living in the same place as that guy A.J. from the Backstreet Boys,” Gosling tells Celebuzz. “They were just ...

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If you’re anything like us, the first few weeks of the year are a tangle of renewed responsibilities, halfhearted resolutions and mostly, desperate need for more days off.
As such, it’s not just a welcome, but necessary distraction to find a movie (or two, or three) to occupy those hours not already claimed by work or a new gym membership – which is why Five Flicks in Five Clicks exists.
Celebuzz takes a look at the week’s top five films – some already successful, others eagerly anticipated – to help moviegoers make their choice ...

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Genetics may get all of the credit for movie stars being so darn attractive up on the screen, but truthfully, it’s costume designers who often do most of the work. And over the past two decades, Mary Zophres has helped George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bridges among many others look their best, earning BAFTA and Academy Award nominations in the process.
Most recently, Zophres gave a glamorous sheen to Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone and Josh Brolin in Gangster Squad, a crime thriller that required her to recreate the look of ...

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More things should have Ryan Gosling and Tommy guns. It’s science, really.
Thankfully, Gangster Squad agrees with us. The new film from Zombieland director Ruben Fleischer features Gosling and Josh Brolin as police detectives in 1940s Los Angeles, working outside the law to take down real-life crime boss, Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn). Emma Stone also stars as the requisite femme fatale.
While Squad has plenty of Gosling and cops ‘n robbers action, is it worth your hard-earned money at the box office? Read on to hear what the critics have to say.




RYAN GOSLING: TOP SIX MUST-SEE FILM ROLES



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More things should have Ryan Gosling and Tommy guns. It’s science, really.
Thankfully, Gangster Squad agrees with us. The new film from Zombieland director Ruben Fleischer features Gosling and Josh Brolin as police detectives in 1940s Los Angeles, working outside the law to take down real-life crime boss, Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn). Emma Stone also stars as the requisite femme fatale.
While Squad has plenty of Gosling and cops ‘n robbers action, is it worth your hard-earned money at the box office? Read on to hear what the critics have to say.




RYAN GOSLING: TOP SIX MUST-SEE FILM ROLES



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More things should have Ryan Gosling and Tommy guns. It’s science, really.
Thankfully, Gangster Squad agrees with us. The new film from Zombieland director Ruben Fleischer features Gosling and Josh Brolin as police detectives in 1940s Los Angeles, working outside the law to take down real-life crime boss, Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn). Emma Stone also stars as the requisite femme fatale.
While Squad has plenty of Gosling and cops ‘n robbers action, is it worth your hard-earned money at the box office? Read on to hear what the critics have to say.




RYAN GOSLING: TOP SIX MUST-SEE FILM ROLES



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