Sean Young forcibly removed from awards ceremony

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48 year-old actress Sean Young, whose career has stalled following a series of crazy stunts and a general reputation of being unstable, didn’t do herself any favors over the weekend at the Director’s Guild Awards. She was escorted out by security after repeatedly heckling presenters and award winners.

Apparently over-served actress Sean Young was thrown out of the Directors Guild of America awards in Los Angeles after getting into a drunken argument with director Julian Schnabel as he delivered a speech.

“She yelled out, ‘Hurry up with the speech,’ and he looked like Raging Bull. He shot back, ‘Have another cocktail sweetheart, or would you rather finish my speech for me?’” a witness to Saturday night’s row said.

“The entire room gasped,” the insider continued.

“He almost charged off without finishing his speech, to the point where the music started to play. But he calmed himself and came back and finished.”

Young, 48, who was sitting at Helen Hunt’s table near the front, also heckled “La Vie en Rose” actress Marion Cotillard - in French; and she became unruly during a video clip of George Clooney.

“Her date was whispering to her that she was drunk, and she would push him off and slur, ‘No, you’re drunk. I’m not leaving. YOU leave!’” the witness said.

Young, a former model, achieved fame with roles opposite Harrison Ford in “Blade Runner” (1982) and Kevin Costner in “No Way Out” (1987).

But her feisty temperament began costing her work, and a 1988 romance with “The Boost” co-star James Woods famously ended with him suing her for harassment.

[From NY Daily News]

I remember reading a lot of dirt on how Young went crazy after James Woods dumped her and mailed him photos of dead animals. Defamer points us to this interview with her in Entertainment Weekly that chronicles the decline of her career along with the allegations by Woods. She compared herself to Jodie Foster, who was harassed by Reagan’s would-be assassin John Hinckley and said that “[The Woods story] boils down to two people plotting to set me up and make me look like I was a crazy person, partially because of their own mental illness, partially because of revenge,” and “How many actresses do you know whose leading man and leading man’s girlfriend have sued them? And what was Hinckley? What do those two things have in common?” Craziness? “That’s right. And what do you think that does to a person? You either get it together real fast, or you get eaten up by it.”

Defamer reminds us that Young famously appeared on the The Joan Rivers Show in a catsuit trying to land the role of catwoman that ultimately went to Michelle Pfeiffer. She also showed up at Warner Brothers offices dressed in full catwoman gear vying for the role. It’s a wonder she was passed up.

Here’s the video of her on The Joan Rivers show, thanks to Defamer for linking it. It doesn’t have sound:

Thanks to Access Hollywood for the photos of Young on the night in questions.

Published on January 29th, 2008 in Awards, Drunk, Sean Young

Best and Worst Dressed at the SAG Awards

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I wanted to post as many photos of the celebrities at the SAG Awards last night as possible, so instead of just doing “Best” and “Worst” Dressed or posting by single celebrity, which takes too long, I’m adding an “Undecided” category for those dresses that don’t hit either extreme.

Some outfits are obviously bad, like Sandra Oh and her giant bow, and Tilda Swinton’s oversized purple metallic jacket. I feel bad for putting Cate Blanchett on the worst dressed list, and usually she would get a pregnancy pass for that busy flowery dress, but we hold Blanchett to a higher fashion standard than everyone else and she’s expected to look fabulous throughout her pregnancy.

Other gowns are just not to my taste but don’t deserve a “Worst Dressed” label, like Terri Hatcher’s too-tight white gown with a silver and bronze flower print. It wasn’t a hideous dress, the print just looked like wallpaper to me. Simple clean lines and solid colors are what I prefer to see on the red carpet. I’ve been aptly criticized in these best and worst dressed posts in the past for being too conservative in my fashion tastes, though. I didn’t adore Angelina Jolie’s dress - the cut was lovely for a probably pregnant woman, but the colors seemed kind of muddy to me.

Michelle Pfeiffer was striking in a sleeveless tan dress with matching peep-toe shoes and subtle accessories. Holly Hunter cut a striking figure in cowl neck white dress with a grey ribbon. Kyra Sedgwick and Marcia Cross wore flowing dresses in bright hues of blue. And Ellen Pompeo seems to have escaped her sometimes-fug fashion past with a gorgeous silver gown with subtle layers of soft fabric.

Thanks to PRPhotos for these pictures.

Best Dressed: Michelle Pfeiffer, Holly Hunter, Kyra Sedgwick, Marcia Cross, Ellen Pompeo, Marion Cotillard, Brittany Snow, Nancy O’Dell, Jamie Lynn Sigler, Glenn Close, Lymari Nadal, and Becki Newton:

Worst Dressed: Tilda Swinton, Sandra Oh, Amanda Bynes, Melora Hardin, Nikki Blonski, Jane Krankowski, January Jones, Dana Delaney, Debra Messing, Missi Pyle, Christina Hendricks, Cate Blanchette

Undecided: Kate Beckinsale, Eva Longoria, Edie Falco, Chandra Wilson, Christina Applegate, Teri Hatcher, Maria Gay Harden, Lisa Rinna, Sara Ramirez, Rebecca Romijn, America Ferrera, Ellen Burstyn, Sophia Bush, Alison Janney, Vanessa Williams, Nicolette Sheridan, Ashley Tisdale, Tina Fey, Angelina Jolie, Sally Field.

Published on January 28th, 2008 in Awards

Winners at the Screen Actors Guild Awards

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Stars flocked to the annual award ceremony for the Screen Actors Guild, which was granted a waiver by fellow unionists in the Writers Guild of America, who promised not to picket the show. The Golden Globes were canceled due to the writer’s strike, and the upcoming Oscars, scheduled for under a month away on February 24, are also likely to be scrapped. There are negotiations going on now, but it is not known if the strike will be amicably settled in time for the biggest Hollywood award ceremony of the year. For now we’ll have to settle with the SAG Awards, which were suitably star-studded and often predict the Oscar winners. Even if the Oscars have to be mailed in this year, we’ll still have the SAG Awards. This lighter awards schedule helps remind us how the people in the industry are suffering while we’re sitting back waiting for our favorite shows to come back or run out.

Top honors went to No Country for Old Men as best ~~film~~ cast, with Daniel Day Lewis winning best actor for his role as an oil prospector in There Will be Blood. Julie Christie took home the best actress award for Away From Her, in which she plays an elderly woman suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.

The Screen Actors Guild gave its top 2008 Actor Awards to the cast of “No Country for Old Men, Daniel Day-Lewis and Julie Christie.

In film, the Screen Actors Guild honored Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, “There Will Be Blood,” Actress: Julie Christie, “Away From Her”, Supporting actor: Javier Bardem, “No Country for Old Men,” Supporting actress: Ruby Dee, “American Gangster” and cast: “No Country for Old Men.”

In Television the winners are Actor in a movie or miniseries: Kevin Kline, “As You Like It.” Actress in a movie or miniseries: Queen Latifah, “Life Support,” Actor in a drama series: James Gandolfini, “The Sopranos,” Actress in a drama series: Edie Falco, “The Sopranos,” Actor in a comedy series: Alec Baldwin, “30 Rock,” Actress in a comedy series: Tina Fey, “30 Rock,” Drama series cast: “The Sopranos” and Comedy series cast: “The Office.”

[From HollywoodToday.net]

Here are pictures from the press room, including some of presenters Kate Hudson and a newly-shorn Matthew McConaughey. Thanks to PRPhotos.

Published on January 28th, 2008 in Awards

Angelina Jolie looking mighty pregnant

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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt attended the Screen Actors Guild awards last night, and Angelina was looking pregnant in a flowing vintage Hermes gown that emphasized her growing bustline and hid any evidence of a bump. There are rumors that Angelina is pregnant with twins, and that might not be true but I would bet that she’s at least pregnant. She’s gained some much-needed weight recently and was seen at the People’s Choice Awards with a small lower bump. Now that she’s wearing a loose gown she really looks like she’s hiding something.

Brad and Angelina were seen kissing at the event and generally looking cuddly. Angelina was nominated for best actress for her role as Marianne Pearl in A Mighty Heart, with Julie Christie ultimately winning the award for Away From Her. Given how happy Brad and Angelina looked, it’s not likely that she minded.

We contacted Brad’s rep about the recent rumors that Angelina is pregnant with twins and that Brad wants to adopt a Katrina orphan. She said “I’m not commenting on unsubstantiated rumors from tabloid magazines.” Now that I’ve read the whole Katrina orphan story in Star Magazine, it does sound like a crock of shit to me. The twin rumor also seems a bit too good to be true, but it would be great news if it were. Either way, it seems like congratulations are in order.

Thanks to PRPhotos for these pictures.