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Screen Actors Guild Awards 2012
SAG Awards Honors The Help
Originally posted 01/29/2012 10:50PM
"Dream big, dream fierce." The real-life ladies of The Help would have agreed with Viola Davis, it's worth it.
Accepting the trophy for female actor in a leading role for the period drama, Davis told the audience gathered at L.A.'s Shrine Exposition Center for Sunday night's Screen
Actors Guild Awards: "What is there [in life] but a dream. You can't trade in your dream for another dream. I am so proud to be an actor."
It's an appropriate motto for a cast who were also recognized for their work in the film as an ensemble, the top honor of the night.
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Katy Perry Big Winner at People's Choice Awards
Originally posted 01/12/2012 05:30AM
Despite not appearing at Wednesday's 38th annual People's Choice Awards, Katy Perry was the big winner of the night.
Perry, whose 14-month marriage to Russell Brand ended last month, was honored in five categories, as favorite female artist, tour headliner and for song of the year for "ET" with Kanye West, music video for "Last Friday Night" and TV guest star for How I Met Your Mother.
Nevertheless, the singer Tweeted her gratitude to her fans, writing, "THANK U to every1 who voted for me for the @peopleschoice tonight! We won so many! Now I need to get more books 2 successfully display them!"
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Betty White Plans to Spend 90th Birthday with One Special Friend
Originally posted 01/09/2012 10:15AM
Betty White is getting the best of both worlds when it comes to celebrating her 90th birthday – a giant party with all her friends and a nice quiet afternoon at home.
The first part of the festivities happened Sunday in Los Angeles, where NBC taped a TV special, Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl, at which friends and colleagues feted White.
But come Jan. 17, her actual birthday, White – a renowned animal lover – plans to kick back with one special friend in particular.
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Which of Betty White and Glenn Close's SAG-Nominated Roles Were Better?
Originally posted 12/15/2011 07:30AM
They like them. They really, really like them.
Screen Actors Guild members were so enamored with Glenn Close and Betty White this year that they nominated each actress twice for SAG Awards.
Close, 64, picked up two best-actress nods – one in the film category for Albert Nobbs, in which she plays a woman masquerading as a man in order to make a living in 19th-century Ireland; and one in the TV-drama category for Damages.
White, 89, also earned two best-actress nods – one in TV comedy for her sitcom Hot in Cleveland; and one in the TV movie or miniseries category for Hallmark Hall of Fame: The Lost Valentine, a modern-day story about a woman whose Navy husband went missing in World War II.
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Tina Fey, Betty White to Battle for a Grammy Award
Originally posted 12/01/2011 02:30PM
Sure, they've been chummy over the years. But come Feb. 12, Tina Fey and Betty White will become competitors as they vie for the 2012 Grammy Award for best spoken word album.
Both actresses earned Grammy nominations Wednesday night for narrating the audiobook versions of their memoirs – Fey, 41, for Bossypants, and White, 89, for If You Ask Me (And Of Course You Won't).
Both women, of course, have been nominated for – and won – a number of Emmys, but these are their first Grammy nods.
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Betty White's Love Affair with Zoos
Originally posted 11/23/2011 09:00AM
Anyone who knows Betty White knows her love of animals runs deep – and now, the actress wants to ignite that passion in others.
With her new book, Betty & Friends: My Life at the Zoo, the former Golden Girl shares photos and stories of her animal acquaintances, and hopes to get the word out on the amazing work that zoos do.
"Modern zoos of today are not like the old, old, old zoos," she tells PEOPLE. "Lot of people have the impression they don't like zoos because animals shouldn't be kept in captivity; they should be in their natural habitat. But what they don't realize is that the zoos not only exhibit animals, but they work in that natural habitat to save small populations of endangered species. They save many animals from going extinct."
First Look: Betty White Will Do Anything to Make Her Pooch a Star
Originally posted 10/20/2011 09:00AM
We know Betty White will do just about anything for a laugh. The other thing she'll bend over backward for? Dogs!
The Emmy-winning comedian, 89, volunteered her time to shoot this funny promotional spot for Orvis clothing's Cover Dog Photo Contest, which raises money annually for the Morris Animal Foundation's cancer research campaign.
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Scarlett Johansson Declines Marine Ball Invite – Sends Champagne
Originally posted 07/28/2011 12:45PM
These days, inviting a celebrity to the Marine Corps Ball has practically become as de riguer as combat boots and fatigues.
First, Mila Kunis accepted one Marine's invite to the ball. Next, Justin Timberlake said yes to another, and then a slew of other stars (Betty White among them!) have been asked to go, as well.
The latest invitee, Scarlett Johansson, had to decline a video invitation from Sgt. Dustin L. Williams for the Nov. 10 ball, but she's sending a bubbly replacement to accompany him to the fete.
Betty White Is Latest Belle Invited to Marine Corps Ball
Originally posted 07/18/2011 08:00PM
Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake are going. And now, Betty White's been invited, too.
Sgt. Ray Lewis has asked White to be his date to the Marine Corps Ball in a YouTube video, flattering the 89-year-old actress plenty in the process.
"She's funny, she's sweet, she's mature. She's the all-around perfect woman," he says. "I really think we'd have a good time. I'm fun, you know. … I think I can make her laugh. I think she can make me laugh. I think we can laugh together. … So, call me!"
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Betty White to Host Prankster Reality Show
Originally posted 03/31/2011 02:15PM
Betty White is no Ashton Kutcher, but she's about to watch people get punk'd.
The Hot in Cleveland star, 89, has signed on to host at least 12 episodes of NBC's new reality show, Betty White's Off Their Rockers, which follows senior citizens with hidden cameras and captures them pulling pranks youngsters.
"People have been telling me that I'm 'off my rocker' for years," White joked in a statement Thursday. "Now I can prove it."
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