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Anna Kendrick Lands a Nod at 2010 SAG Awards

17 December 2009 5:46 PM, PST | Celebrity Mania | See recent Celebrity Mania news »

Anna Kendrick has really struck the gold with her Natalie Keener role in "Up in the Air". Having won the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress and been nominated at the 67th Annual Golden Globes, the actress who plays Jessica Stanley in the "Twilight Saga" series is nominated for another prestigious awards, the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards.

On Thursday morning, December 17, the 24-year-old has been named among the nominees for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role. For the title, she will be competing against fellow "Up in the Air" star Vera Farmiga as well as other

nominees, Penelope Cruz of "Nine", Mo'Nique of "Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire" and Diane Kruger of "Inglourious Basterds".

Beside Anna Kendrick, the Screen Actors Guild also put her co-star and leading

man of the drama movie George Clooney for the Best Actor category. …

- celebrity-mania.com

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List of 16th Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominees

17 December 2009 5:27 PM, PST | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »

Next year's list of Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations puts three films and three television shows under three categories. In terms of number, critics' choice "Up in the Air" is battling it out with "Inglourious Basterds" and "Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire" while "30 Rock" gets heavy competition from "Dexter" and "The Closer".

The nominees that were read out on Thursday, December 17, also revealed that several actors receive multiple nominations. In motion picture category, Penelope Cruz earns two for starring in "Nine". In television, Tina Fey scores also two for being the lead of "30 Rock". Her co-star Alec Baldwin is also having two chances to walk away with an award.

Nomination by studio for theatrical motion pictures is led by Paramount Pictures which distributes "Up in the Air", "The Lovely Bones" and "Star Trek". Meanwhile, nomination by television network is dominated by NBC which is the home for …

- AceShowbiz.com

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SAG Nominations

17 December 2009 3:10 PM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

The precursors have been squeezed into an unusually small period this year. The Globes, Bfca, Nyfcc, Lafca and SAG all announced in the space of one week. That's not business as usual. I guess this is one way to squeeze out all those regional critics groups because... who will care now? What does all this mean for Oscar? Generally clear consensus between the major precursors means that Oscar will be nearly a carbon copy. But with an unusual amount of time between the actors announcement and the announcement of Oscar nominations (Still more than a month away) it Might mean that Academy voters react to and against these lists, rather than along with them if you know what I mean. Do you know what I mean?

The Hurt Locker team is having a great awards season run.

Ensemble Cast

An Education

The Hurt Locker

Inglourious Basterds

Nine

Precious

Thankfully they …

- NATHANIEL R

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Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominations Announced

17 December 2009 12:59 PM, PST | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »

The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards nominations were announced today, and in large part they mirror those who got the nod from the Golden Globes earlier this week. Although whereas the Globes are a robust 67 years old, the SAGs are merely Sweet 16.

In any event, here are the genre-related nominees with most of them falling in the television categories:

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role: Stanley Tucci for The Lovely Bones

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series: Michael C. Hall for Dexter

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series: Patricia Arquette for Medium (no Anna Paquin, which is a rather big surprise)

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: Dexter and True Blood (makes up for Paquin's earlier snub, I suppose)

Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series: Dexter and Heroes

Of special note is that the much beloved, …

- The Woman In Black

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Screen Actors Guild Nominations Announced

17 December 2009 9:57 AM, PST | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »

The morning the Screen Actors Guild announced the nominees for the 16th annual SAG awards. The actual ceremony will be held Saturday, January 23rd. There are a lot of gay-faves on the list of nominees.

For starters, Colin Firth picked up a nomination for A Single Man,and Sigourney Weaver is in the running for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries thanks to Prayers for Bobby.

Freshmen series Glee and Modern Family are competing against each other for Beest TV Comedy Ensemble.

And surprisingly (at least for me) the cast of True Blood is up for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.

You can check out the full list of nominess after the break!

Theatrical Motion Pictures

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Jeff Bridges / Bad Blake - "Crazy Heart" (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

George Clooney / Ryan Bingham

- dennis

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Screen Actors Guild Award Nominations Announced

17 December 2009 8:57 AM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

Causing a yawn followed by sad resignation, this year’s Screen Actors Guild Award nominations are unimaginative and a depressing indicator of what we could be seeing when the Oscar nominations are announced on February 2nd.  There’s not a single nominee that surprises.  Even the out-of-left-field Best Supporting Actress nomination of Diane Kruger for Inglourious Basterds feels more like a comment on the lack of good roles for actresses rather than an attempt to bring attention to an overlooked performance.

You can see the full list of nominees after the jump along with the equally-dull nominations for TV actors.

16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® Nominations

Theatrical Motion Pictures

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Jeff Bridges / Bad Blake - “Crazy Heart” (Fox Searchlight Pictures) George Clooney / Ryan Bingham - “Up In The Air” (Paramount Pictures) Colin Firth / George Falconer - “A Single Man” (The …

- Matt Goldberg

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SAG Awards Nominations Led By 'Up In The Air,' 'Precious'

17 December 2009 8:39 AM, PST | MTV Movie News | See recent MTV Movie News news »

'Inglourious Basterds,' '30 Rock' also score big nominations.

By Eric Ditzian

George Clooney in "Up in the Air"

Thursday morning's nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Awards have confirmed what has become increasingly clear since the Golden Globe noms two days earlier: Films like "Up in the Air" and "Precious" are the indisputable favorites heading into the peak of awards season.

Both of those films, as well as Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds," racked up three nods each, followed by the likes of "The Hurt Locker" and "Nine," each with two. With just five motion picture categories — including an Outstanding Performance by a Cast in place of the more traditional recognition for best film — no one movie dominated the results.

The films recognized for their casts are "An Education," "Hurt Locker," "Basterds," "Nine" and "Precious." Save for "Education," all of these films were recognized in a Best Motion Picture category at the Globes. …

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30 Rock Lands Triple TV Nominations For 2010 SAG Awards

17 December 2009 8:16 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Hit U.S. comedy 30 Rock is leading the charge for the primetime TV categories at the 2010 Screen Actor's Guild Awards with three top nominations.

Tina Fey and her co-star Alec Baldwin are both up for Outstanding Performance in a Comedy Series honours in their respective categories, while the entire 30 Rock cast has been nominated for the ensemble comedy prize.

Kevin Bacon (Taking Chance), Cuba Gooding. Jr. (Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story) and Jeremy Irons (Georgia O'Keeffe) will battle it out for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries, against Kevin Kline (Great Performances: Cyrano De Bergerac) and Tom Wilkinson (A Number).

Drew Barrymore's TV movie Grey Gardens has scored a double mention - the Hollywood star and her colleague Jessica Lange are both nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries. They will compete against Sigourney Weaver (Prayers For Bobby), Ruby Dee (America) and Joan Allen (Georgie O'Keeffe).

Other primetime TV nominees Christina Applegate (Samantha Who?) and Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie) in the outstanding actress comedy category, Jon Hamm (Mad Men) and Hugh Laurie (House) for outstanding actor in a drama series, and Glenn Close (Damages) and Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer) for outstanding actress in a drama series.

The nominations were announced on Thursday morning by Michelle Monaghan and Chris O'Donnell and the prizegiving ceremony will take place on 23 January.

The full list of primetime TV nominations for the 16th Annual SAG Awards is as follows:

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries:

Kevin Bacon - Taking Chance

Cuba Gooding, Jr. - Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story

Jeremy Irons - Georgia O'Keeffe

Kevin Kline - Great Performances: Cyrano De Bergerac

Tom Wilkinson - A Number

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries:

Joan Allen - Georgia O'Keeffe

Drew Barrymore - Grey Gardens

Ruby Dee - America

Jessica Lange - Grey Gardens

Sigourney Weaver - Prayers For Bobby

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series:

Simon Baker - The Mentalist

Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad

Michael C. Hall - Dexter

Jon Hamm- Mad Men

Hugh Laurie - House

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series:

Patricia Arquette - Medium

Glenn Close - Damages

Mariska Hargitay - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Holly Hunter - Saving Grace

Julianna Margulies - The Good Wife

Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series:

Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock

Steve Carell - The Office

Larry David - Curb Your Enthusiasm

Tony Shalhoub - Monk

Charlie Sheen - Two And A Half Men

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series:

Christina Applegate - Samantha Who?

Toni Collette - United States Of Tara

Edie Falco - Nurse Jackie

Tina Fey - 30 Rock

Julia Louis-Dreyfus - The New Adventures Of Old Christine

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series:

The Closer

Dexter

The Good Wife

Mad Men

True Blood

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series:

30 Rock

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Glee

Modern Family

The Office. …

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30 Rock Lands Triple TV Nominations For 2010 SAG Awards

17 December 2009 7:16 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Hit U.S. comedy 30 Rock is leading the charge for the primetime TV categories at the 2010 Screen Actor's Guild Awards with three top nominations.

Tina Fey and her co-star Alec Baldwin are both up for Outstanding Performance in a Comedy Series honours in their respective categories, while the entire 30 Rock cast has been nominated for the ensemble comedy prize.

Kevin Bacon (Taking Chance), Cuba Gooding. Jr. (Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story) and Jeremy Irons (Georgia O'Keeffe) will battle it out for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries, against Kevin Kline (Great Performances: Cyrano De Bergerac) and Tom Wilkinson (A Number).

Drew Barrymore's TV movie Grey Gardens has scored a double mention - the Hollywood star and her colleague Jessica Lange are both nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries. They will compete against Sigourney Weaver (Prayers For Bobby), Ruby Dee (America) and Joan Allen (Georgie O'Keeffe).

Other primetime TV nominees Christina Applegate (Samantha Who?) and Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie) in the outstanding actress comedy category, Jon Hamm (Mad Men) and Hugh Laurie (House) for outstanding actor in a drama series, and Glenn Close (Damages) and Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer) for outstanding actress in a drama series.

The nominations were announced on Thursday morning by Michelle Monaghan and Chris O'Donnell and the prizegiving ceremony will take place on 23 January.

The full list of primetime TV nominations for the 16th Annual SAG Awards is as follows:

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries:

Kevin Bacon - Taking Chance

Cuba Gooding, Jr. - Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story

Jeremy Irons - Georgia O'Keeffe

Kevin Kline - Great Performances: Cyrano De Bergerac

Tom Wilkinson - A Number

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries:

Joan Allen - Georgia O'Keeffe

Drew Barrymore - Grey Gardens

Ruby Dee - America

Jessica Lange - Grey Gardens

Sigourney Weaver - Prayers For Bobby

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series:

Simon Baker - The Mentalist

Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad

Michael C. Hall - Dexter

Jon Hamm- Mad Men

Hugh Laurie - House

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series:

Patricia Arquette - Medium

Glenn Close - Damages

Mariska Hargitay - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Holly Hunter - Saving Grace

Julianna Margulies - The Good Wife

Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series:

Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock

Steve Carell - The Office

Larry David - Curb Your Enthusiasm

Tony Shalhoub - Monk

Charlie Sheen - Two And A Half Men

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series:

Christina Applegate - Samantha Who?

Toni Collette - United States Of Tara

Edie Falco - Nurse Jackie

Tina Fey - 30 Rock

Julia Louis-Dreyfus - The New Adventures Of Old Christine

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series:

The Closer

Dexter

The Good Wife

Mad Men

True Blood

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series:

30 Rock

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Glee

Modern Family

The Office. …

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The 2010 Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominations are Here

17 December 2009 7:15 AM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

Photo: Screen Actors Guild Nominations for the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were announced this morning just two days after the 2010 Golden Globe Nominations giving us plenty to chew on heading into the weekend. As for surprises I can say there are really only a couple.

First off, one nod that's not really a surprise is the one that went to Jeremy Renner for The Hurt Locker, most likely edging out Daniel Day-Lewis for Nine. Considering we are talking about actors nominating actors this seems about right. However, Diane Kruger getting a nomination for her performance in Inglourious Basterds is a bit of a surprise, especially as she's beating out her co-star in that film Melanie Laurent, not to forget Marion Cotillard in Nine, both performances I believe are more deserving. Don't expect Oscar to follow suit with that choice.

The other nominations causing me to scratch my head …

- Brad Brevet

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16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominations

17 December 2009 7:11 AM, PST | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »

Nominees for the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG Awards) for both film and television categories were announced this morning. Michelle Monaghan and Chris O'Donnell announced the nominees at the Pacific Design Center's Silver Screen Theater in West Hollywood.

The 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be simulcast live nationally on TNT and TBS on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010 at 8 p.m. Et/Pt, 7 p.m. Ct, and 6 p.m. Mt from the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center. Recipients of the stunt ensemble honors will be announced from the SAG Awards red carpet during the TNT.TV and TBS.Com live pre-show webcasts.

If you want to predict the acting categories for the Oscars, look no further than the results of the Screen Actors Guild Awards. Voted by actors' peers, the SAG award has closely resembled the winners of the Oscars in the past few years.

For example, the SAG …

- Manny

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'Nine,' 'Up in the Air,' Rule SAG Nominations

17 December 2009 6:42 AM, PST | TheInsider.com | See recent The Insider news »

"The Insider" has the latest... The nominations for the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards are in and the movie musical 'Nine' and the George Clooney dramedy 'Up in the Air' received many of the top nods. Both movies were given nods for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, along with 'An Education,' 'The Hurt Locker' and 'Inglourious Basterds.' Along with Clooney, nominees for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role are Jeff Bridges for 'Crazy Heart,' Colin Firth for 'A Single Man,' Morgan Freeman for 'Invictus' and Jeremy Renner for 'The Hurt Locker.' Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role noms went to Sandra Bullock for 'The Blind Side,' Helen Mirren for 'The Last Station,' Carey Mulligan for 'An Education,' Gabourey Sidibe for 'Precious, …

- TheInsider

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SAG Award Nominees Out - Will It Be a Sweep Season?

17 December 2009 6:40 AM, PST | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »

Hot on the heels of this week's Golden Globe nominations, Hollywood woke up Thursday to more honors - with the announcement of the Screen Actors Guild Award nominees - which brought some obvious choices as well as a few surprises among the names from big screen and small. While the already honored (by critics' groups) George Clooney is again off and running as a nominated actor of Up in the Air, and Meryl Streep received yet another nod for her leading role in Julie & Julia, the field of leading men also included Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart; Colin Firth, A Single Man; Morgan Freeman, …

- Stephen M. Silverman

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'30 Rock,' 'Up in the Air' and 'Inglorious Bastards' top SAG nominees

17 December 2009 6:30 AM, PST | Zap2It - From Inside the Box | See recent Zap2It - From Inside the Box news »

Satires "30 Rock" on television and the George Clooney vehicle "Up in the Air," Quentin Tarantino's Nazi revenge fantasy "Inglourious Basterds" and the little drama that could "Precious" led the way for the Screen Actors Guild nominations Thursday morning with three nods apiece.

"Eagle Eye" actress Michelle Monaghan and "NCIS: Los Angeles" star Chris O'Donnell took to the stage after SAG president Ken Howard kicked off the nominations for the awards, which will be simulcast on TNT and TBS on Jan. 23 at 8 p.m. Et.

The nominees are as follows:

Male actor in a drama series

Simon Baker, "The Mentalist"

Brian Cranston, "Breaking Bad"

Michael C. Hall, "Dexter"

Jon Hamm, "Mad Men"

Hugh Laurie, "House"

Female actor in a drama series (A tie, so six nominees)

Patricia Arquette, "Medium"

Glenn Close, "Damages"

Mariska Hargitay, "Law & Order: Svu"

Holly Hunter, "Saving Grace"

Julianna Margulies, "The Good Wife"

Kyra Sedgwick, "The Closer

- editorial@zap2it.com

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Celebs Express Themselves at P.S. Arts Fair

23 November 2009 2:00 PM, PST | People - CelebrityBabies | See recent People - CelebrityBabies news »

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It was a celeb-fest last Saturday as stars gathered with their families for the 2009 P.S. Arts “Express Yourself” Creative Arts Fair, held in Santa Monica, Calif.

At left, The Soup host and Community star Joel McHale poses with wife Sarah and sons Edward Roy, 4 ½, and Isaac Hayden, 20 months.

See many more photos below, including pictures of James Marsden, Nicole Sullivan, Jake Weber, Michelle Monaghan, Wolfgang Puck, Melora Hardin, Jason Bateman, Natalie Maines, Adrian Pasdar, Breckin Meyer, Jenna Elfman, Hamish Linklater, Megyn Price, Jennifer Grey, Kyle MacLachlan, Camryn Manheim and kids!

Axelle/Bauer-Griffin

The Box star James Marsden

- Sarah

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Danny Arroyo on new film Repo Chick and his passion for superheroes

23 November 2009 12:47 PM, PST | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »

Among the stars of the upcoming new movie Repo Chick - Alex Cox's so-called "official non-sequel" to his 1984 sci-fi cult classic Repo Man - is Us actor/writer/producer Danny Arroyo

The film, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival in September, is co-produced by David Lynch's production company (Eraserhead, Dune, The Elephant Man, Twin Peaks) and produced by Daren Hicks and Simon Tams (producers of Batman: Dead EndSearchers 2.0, Hunter Prey). 

The official synopsis of the project is: "Against the background of the credit crunch and the subprime mortgage crisis in the Us, where repossessions of homes, cars and other forms of property is at a new high, the repo business has expanded to everything from boats, houses, aeroplanes, small nations...children."  

Jaclyn Jonet stars as the central character Pixxi de la Chasse, a rich girl disinherited by her family for her antics. She ends up …

- David Bentley

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'Medium' recap: A shade shady

21 November 2009 8:33 AM, PST | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »

After a somewhat ho-hum start to its sixth season -- and a move to a new night and network (Fridays on CBS) -- Medium has gotten back on stride, and last night's "The Future's So Bright" found the procedurals-are-better-with-psychics drama back at its creepy, inventive best. The episode followed Patricia Arquette's Allison after she borrowed a pair of sunglasses from the department's lost-and-found drawer to deal with a sudden sensitivity to light -- and discovered every person she encountered had a number floating over his or her head that corresponded to the number of days that person had left to live. …

- Michael Slezak

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James Van Der Beek Files for Divorce From Wife Heather McComb

19 November 2009 6:14 PM, PST | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »

Divorce is on the card for James Van Der Beek and his actress wife Heather McComb. The Dawson Leery of TV series "Dawson's Creek" has on Friday, November 13, filed for divorce papers, seeking to legally end his marriage to Heather in the eyes of the law. He cited "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for the separation.

James Van Der Beek and Heather McComb got engaged in early 2003 before then walking down the aisle on July 5 the same year. In June this year, the small screen actor had his representative publicly confirming that he and Heather have separated, but giving no clue what caused the break-up. However, in his divorce papers filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, James listed his date of separation from Heather on April 15, 2009.

As of the press time, there has been no single statement outed by Heather regarding her separation from James. The pair has no children together. …

- AceShowbiz.com

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James Van Der Beek's Marriage Up a Creek

19 November 2009 3:41 PM, PST | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »

James Van Der Beek didn't want to wait for his life to be over to be single again. The Dawson's Creek star has filed for divorce from wife Heather McComb, five months after the duo confirmed they were separating after almost six years of marriage. Van Der Beek, 32, cited irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split, according to the petition filed Nov. 13 in Los Angeles Superior Court. The once very cute couple tied the knot in July 2003. They did not have children together. After stringing together a series of TV appearances, including guest spots on Criminal Minds, How I Met Your Mother and Medium (he plays a great creep), Van Der Beek recently landed a role on ABC's …

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Celebrity Biography: Emma Stone

15 November 2009 9:21 AM, PST | PopStar | See recent PopStar news »

Emily Jean Stone, better known as Emma Stone, was born on November 6, 1988, in Scottsdale, Arizona, the daughter of Jeff and Krista Stone, and the older sister of Spencer. Stone started acting at a relatively young age, appearing in a school production of The Wind in the Willows when she was just 11. Regional theater appearances followed and eventually, at 15, Stone convinced her parents -- using popcorn and a PowerPoint presentation, of all things, keyed to the Madonna song "Hollywood" -- to let her take a serious shot at acting, which meant relocating to Los Angeles. "I just always wanted to act from birth,” Stone told Saturday Night Magazine. "I think I was drawn to comedy originally because when I was really young, by the time I was eight, I had seen movies like The Jerk (1979), Animal House (1978), and Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987) with my dad, and I knew them by heart. I loved them, …

- ianspelling@corp.popstar.com (Ian Spelling)

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