Early this morning, the nominations were announced for this year’s Academy Awards. Michael Sheen’s (Aro) Midnight in Paris has been nominated for an Oscar for “Best Picture”, “Best Original Screenplay”, “Best Director” and “Best Art Direction”, while the lead actor in Chris Weitz’s A Better Life, Demián Bichir, has been nominated in the “Best Actor” category. In addition Bryce Dallas Howard’s (Victoria in Eclipse) The Help was also nominated under “Best Picture” (as well as getting some “Best Actress” and “Best Supporting Actress” nominations). Finally, Jamie Campbell Bower and Xavier Samuel’s Anonymous was nominated for “Best Costume Design” as well. The 84th Academy Awards will be held on February 26th, 2012 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, and broadcast on ABC. Check it all out below:

Best Picture

War Horse
The Artist
Moneyball
The Descendants
The Tree of Life
Midnight in Paris
The Help
Hugo
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Best Original Screenplay

Michel Hazanivicius, The Artist
Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumulo, Bridesmaids
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
J.C. Chandor, Margin Call
Asghar Farhadi, A Separation

Best Director

Michel Hazanivicus, The Artist
Alexander Payne, The Descendants
Martin Scorsese, Hugo
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life

Art Direction

The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
War Horse

Best Actor

Demián Bichir, A Better Life
George Clooney, The Descendants
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt, Moneyball

Costume Design
Anonymous
The Artist
Hugo
Jane Eyre
W.E.

See the full list at The Hollywood Reporter here.

I’m personally thrilled to see Demián Bichir nominated for Best Actor, I think that’s a pretty big deal. And on a lighter note, I’m pretty excited to see “Man or Muppet” from The Muppets nominated for Best Original Song… seriously, it’s genius. If you haven’t seen Midnight in Paris, go rent it now, Michael Sheen is unbelievably funny!

What do you think of this year’s nominees for the Oscars?

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Xavier Samuel appears in the latest issue of BlackBook Magazine, where he chats about some mistaken identity, what it was like to be involved with Anonymous and the impact of Twilight on his life. Read more below:

While in Berlin last year shooting Roland Emmerich’s Anonymous, Xavier Samuel decided to take advantage of a rare night away from set to hit the clubs with his younger brother, Benedict, who was visiting from the suburbs of Sydney. Samuel, who plays vampire Riley Biers in the galactically popular Twilight saga, wanted to cut loose, unnoticed, among the crowds. “We walked up to the door of one bar, and people started screaming at my brother: ‘Jamie! Jamie! Jamie!’” says the 27-year-old actor.

“So he started posing for pictures and signing autographs.” The throngs had mistaken Benedict for Jamie Campbell Bower, Samuel’s Anonymous costar, both of whom boast long, meticulously tangled heads of hair. “The next morning, there was a photo of Benedict and me in one of the papers over a caption that read, ‘Jamie Campbell Bower and friend in Berlin.’ And friend? Come on!” From the shrub-encased patio at Culina inside the Four Seasons Los Angeles, the Australian shakes his head and lets out a laugh.

Read the full story at BlackBook Magazine here.

I can’t believe that anyone mixed up Xavier’s brother and Jamie Campbell Bower. I’ve never thought that Jamie and Xavier look similar at all.

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PopSugar recently spoke with Xavier Samuel (Riley in Eclipse) as he promotes his movie, Anonymous, a movie he stars in along with fellow Twilight cast member, Jamie Campbell Bower. Here Xavier chats about some mistaken identity, what he’s looking forward to seeing on the big screen in Breaking Dawn, his role in Anonymous and an role in A Midsummer’s Night Dream. Enjoy the interview below:

Xavier Samuel may be best known as Riley in Eclipse, but the Australian actor takes on a new challenge with a part in this month’s period piece, Anonymous. The movie explores the mystery behind Shakespeare and happens to costar one of Xavier’s Twilight saga cohorts, Jamie Campbell Bower. During our talk, Xavier told a funny story about a case of mistaken identity involving him, his little brother, and Jamie, and also weighed in on what he’s looking forward to seeing on screen in Breaking Dawn. He even admitted to playing one of the female characters in A Midsummer’s Night Dream during his college days. Check out our interview to hear Xavier’s story, and be sure to catch Anonymous when it hits theaters on Oct. 28!

See more at Buzz Sugar here.

I’m looking forward to Anonymous, even if the premise is a bit bizarre.

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Jamie Campbell Bower and Xavier Samuel were both on hand for the big debut of their movie, Anonymous, at the Toronto International Film Festival this year. What could be better than two of our fantastic Twilight actors in the same picture? Both guys were not only on hand for the screening of Anonymous, but both attended the press conference as well. Check it all out below:

(Video via Dario Twilight)

From a purely style standpoint, the winner of Saturday’s best-dressed cast at a press conference goes to the team behind Anonymous, the whodunit questioning the authenticity of the works of William Shakespeare. The cast — including Rhys Ifans, Jamie Campbell Bower and the handsome Joely Richardson, whose elegant mother Vanessa Redgrave also appears in the film though was unable to attend the conference — were dressed to the nines.

“I was deeply flattered that Roland cast me as such a sexy young man,” said Ifans, referring to both Roland Emmerich, the film’s director, and Campbell Bower, who plays his younger self in the film.

“I feel the same,” said Campbell Bower, whose hair grew blonder the closer it got to the tips.

“Thank you, darling,” said Ifans, wearing a tiny red scarf, bracelets and a handful of rings. “I’m in room 360.”
Anonymous is sure to rile the hardcore Shakespearean faction, and the cast and its director took turns expressing their doubt in the authenticity of the Bard. “I can’t lie and say that I’m convinced that it was actually Oxford,” said Ifans of the Earl of Oxford, the character he plays in the film, “but I’m adamant that it was not a guy called William Shakespeare from Stratford.”

Read the full story here and see more pictures here.

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We have one more interview for you from the MTV Movie Awards last Sunday. Here Bryce Dallas Howard and Xavier Samuel chat with MTV about their big win for “Best Fight” at the awards. Bryce and Xavier tell MTV that there was a lot of really good competition in their category, and Bryce goes on to declare that Robert Pattinson is the reason they came out on top along with the passion of Twilight fans. Check out the interview below:

I’m not surprised they won at all! I think I’m more surprised that we lost any category at all. While some of the other fights were good, clearly Twilighters were out voting in full force. I think I was honestly more worried about “Best Kiss”, and so glad we took the win on that one.

Were you surprised that the Eclipse fight took home the win for “Best Fight”?

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It’s finally here, the long-awaited and much-teased MTV Movie Awards have arrived! We’ll be updating you live as the MTV Movie Awards go on, bringing you winners, pictures and video. Sit back, watch the awards with TA and have some fun!

See ALL of the pictures from the awards in our gallery HERE!

Best Male Performance
• Robert Pattinson – The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

You can also watch at MTV here.

Best Fight
• Robert Pattinson vs. Bryce Dallas Howard and Xavier Samuel – The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

Best Kiss
• Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson – The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

Best Female Performance
• Kristen Stewart – The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

Best Movie
• The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

Kristen, Rob and Taylor present the teaser trailer for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1

Rob helps present award for Reese Witherspoon

See ALL of the pictures from the awards in our gallery HERE!

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David Slade (Director of Eclipse) has been back on his twitter account, clearing up rumors and commenting on a variety of subjects. As a nice surprise for Twilight fans, David posted a picture he took right on the spot of Xavier Samuel (Riley in Eclipse), when he ran into him at a local coffee shop. Check out the picture below:

Here is a pic of Xavier Samuel, we ran into him in our local coffee shop today. Apologies its just an iphone pic, its all I had on me.

You can follow David on twitter here and be sure to follow TA here!

Only David Slade would run into a Twilight Saga cast member and be able to take the perfect picture of them with an iPhone! David is always fun to watch on twitter, he has a ton to say on so many different things. I’m kind of waiting to hear what he has to say regarding the new Daredevil movie since he keeps teasing about it in his tweets.

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