The famous actor is certainly known for his looks, and apparently he’ll do anything to keep his physique and maintain his youthful appearance.

John has recently opened up about finally taking on pilates, despite the fact that the whole experience is a bit awkward and silly for him, due to the exercise positions he has to practice… Yes…we can only imagine!! As a matter of fact, he stated that ” They plot before I get there…How can we make John look ridiculous? Because every exercise involved my legs up, like I’m in the stirrups or something.”

Putting aside his discomfort, he actually discovered the high of the class…”..the good thing is, I have a beautiful woman’s body now, I have a great ass now.”

We bet that with supporters like him, women everywhere now will be queing up to join their local gyms and enroll in the next available pilates class, in order to achieve results like his.

Clarkson, backed by a children’s choir, belted a capable and lyrically-correct version of the song. Prior to Clarkson’s Super Bowl performance, country music power couple Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert paired up for a duet of “America the Beautiful.

She is the third and youngest child of Jeanne Rose, a first grade English teacher of Greek descent and Stephen Michael Clarkson, a former engineer of English descent.

Watch Kelly Clarkson’s performance below:

John Stamos was the face of the first ever yogurt commercial to air during the big game. Dannon decided to collaborate with the Greek-American actor, in order to promote their Oikos Greek Yogurt brand. The funny commercial aired during the 3rd quarter of Super Bowl XLVI. Watch it below:

Tom Hanks

Two-time Academy Award®-winning actor Tom Hanks, Academy Award®-winning actress Halle Berry and three-time Academy Award®-nominated actor Tom Cruise will be among the presenters of the 84th Academy Awards ceremony, telecast producers Brian Grazer and Don Mischer announced.

Tom Hanks is also a governor of the Academy and has won consecutive Oscars® in 1993 and 1994 for his lead performances in “Philadelphia” and “Forrest Gump.” He was also nominated for his leading roles in “Big,” “Saving Private Ryan” and “Cast Away.” Hanks can currently be seen in the Best Picture-nominated “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close.” His other film credits include “Larry Crowne,” “Toy Story 3,” “Charlie Wilson’s War,” “The Da Vinci Code,” “The Terminal,” “Catch Me If You Can,” “Road to Perdition,” “Apollo 13″ and “A League of Their Own.”

Halle Berry won an Oscar® in 2001 for her lead performance in “Monster’s Ball.” She was recently seen in “New Year’s Eve” and will be seen next opposite Tom Hanks and Hugh Grant in “Cloud Atlas.” Berry’s other film credits include “Frankie & Alice,” “Things We Lost in the Fire,” “Die Another Day,” “Swordfish,” and the first three “X-Men” films.

Tom Cruise was nominated for his lead performances in “Born on the Fourth of July” and “Jerry Maguire.” He also was nominated for his supporting role in “Magnolia.” Cruise was recently seen in “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol” and will be seen next in “Rock of Ages.” His other film credits include “Tropic Thunder,” “War of the Worlds,” “Collateral,” “Minority Report,” “A Few Good Men,” “Rain Man,” “The Color of Money” and “Top Gun.”

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011 will be presented on Sunday, February 26, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries worldwide.

Maroulis — who placed sixth in the fourth season of the show — has landed the starring dual role in the upcoming production of “Jekyll & Hyde.” Maroulis will play both Dr. Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde in the musical based on the Robert Louis Stevenson story, which begins a 25-week national tour at the Civic Theatre in San Diego, Calif. on October 2 before beginning a limited Broadway run in Spring 2013.

The show, which bowed on Broadway in 1997 and played for four years, was written by Tony-nominated composer Frank Wildhorn, with  a book by Oscar and Grammy winner Leslie Bricusse. Jeff Calhoun, whose credits include “High School Musical: On Tour!” and “Big River” on Broadway, will direct and choreograph the revival. Nederlander Presentations will produce.

Maroulis made his Broadway debut in “The Wedding Singer” and is currently in the title role of “Toxic Avenger” at the Alley Theatre in Houston. His debut album, “Constantine,” was released on his own label, Sixth Place Records.

Maroulis is no stranger to musical theater: the 36-year-old belter, known for his dark, untamed mane, received a best actor Tony Award nomination for his performance in “Rock of Ages” (he’ll also play a small role in the upcoming big-screen version, starring Tom Cruise), and has performed on stage presentations of “The Wedding Singer” and “Rent.”

(With information from Reuters)

Arliss was born in Lorain, Ohio, on October 23, 1932. Her acting career began at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago. She first garnered attention after appearing in Arthur L. Kopit’s Broadway play Indians in the 1960s in which she played a Native American character who spoke with an Italian accent. She went on to appear in multiple stage, television and film productions including the 1973 classic The Sting.

Arliss died at the Motion Picture and Television Fund Hospital in Woodland Hills, California, aged 79, from complications of a stroke. She is survived by a sister.

Filmography

The Sting (1973)
Rich Man, Poor Man Book II (1976)
The Other Side of Midnight (1977)
A Perfect Couple (1979)
Xanadu (1980)
Firefox (1982)
Eleni (1985)
It’s My Party (1996)
Bless the Child (2000)

Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, and our very own Zach Galifianakis are signing on for a threequel and their agreed upon payday will be $15million each; you heard it right! The deals are nearly signed after a 4 month stall, in which the 3 actors banded together to fight for a $15 million paycheck, a paycheck they admittedly deserve after their comic antics on screen made the first two “Hangovers” smash hits.  The actors know they are irreplaceable as the central group of close-knit friends in the movies.

Back in December 2011, Bradley Cooper said that filming for the 3rd movie is expected to begin in September, and also that this movie will close the trilogy. He also hinted that the possible location is LA, and this time the story might be different.

Well, with a trio like that, no matter where and how the movie is filmed, it’s bound to be a success.

Gerard Butler

Gerard Butler – in an exclusive interview with the Greek Reporter – talks about his upcoming projects, discusses the possibility of participating in the “300″ sequel and reveals his love for Greece. He tells us that although he hasn’t read the script yet he will have a meeting with the director of the “300: Battle of Artemisia” soon to discuss possible involvement in the film. Butler also reveals his love for Greece and says that the island of Santorini is his favorite Greek destination.

Alexander Payne with his Oscar Award for "Sideways" in 2005

Beverly Hills, CA – Nominations for the 84th Academy Awards were announced today (Tuesday, January 24) by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak and 2010 Oscar® nominee Jennifer Lawrence.

Sherak and Lawrence, who was nominated for an Academy Award® for her lead performance in “Winter’s Bone,” announced the nominees in 10 of the 24 Award categories at a 5:38 a.m. PT live news conference attended by more than 400 international media representatives.

Second Generation Greek-American director, Alexander Payne, is nominated in three categories in the upcoming Oscars with “The Descendants” for best picture, director and adapted screenplay. Payne won an Oscar for screenwriting for his film “Sideways” in 2005.

Academy members from each of the branches vote to determine the nominees in their respective categories – actors nominate actors, film editors nominate film editors, etc. In the Animated Feature Film and Foreign Language Film categories, nominations are selected by vote of multi-branch screening committees. All voting members are eligible to select the Best Picture nominees.

Nominations ballots were mailed to the 5,783 voting members in late December and were returned directly to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), the international accounting firm, for tabulation.

Official screenings of all motion pictures with one or more nominations will begin for members this weekend at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Screenings also will be held at the Academy’s Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood and in London, New York and the San Francisco Bay Area.

All active and life members of the Academy are eligible to select the winners in all categories, although in five of them – Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film, Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject and Foreign Language Film – members can vote only if they have seen all of the nominated films in those categories.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011 will be presented on Sunday, February 26, 2012, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 4 p.m. PT/7 p.m. ET. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries worldwide.

Nominations list for the 84th Academy Awards

Performance by an actor in a leading role

* Demián Bichir in “A Better Life” (Summit Entertainment)
* George Clooney in “The Descendants” (Fox Searchlight)
* Jean Dujardin in “The Artist” (The Weinstein Company)
* Gary Oldman in “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” (Focus Features)
* Brad Pitt in “Moneyball” (Sony Pictures Releasing)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

* Kenneth Branagh in “My Week with Marilyn” (The Weinstein Company)
* Jonah Hill in “Moneyball” (Sony Pictures Releasing)
* Nick Nolte in “Warrior” (Lionsgate)
* Christopher Plummer in “Beginners” (Focus Features)
* Max von Sydow in “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” (Warner Bros.)

Performance by an actress in a leading role

* Glenn Close in “Albert Nobbs” (Roadside Attractions)
* Viola Davis in “The Help” (Touchstone)
* Rooney Mara in “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” (Sony Pictures Releasing)
* Meryl Streep in “The Iron Lady” (The Weinstein Company)
* Michelle Williams in “My Week with Marilyn” (The Weinstein Company)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

* Bérénice Bejo in “The Artist” (The Weinstein Company)
* Jessica Chastain in “The Help” (Touchstone)
* Melissa McCarthy in “Bridesmaids” (Universal)
* Janet McTeer in “Albert Nobbs” (Roadside Attractions)
* Octavia Spencer in “The Help” (Touchstone)

Best animated feature film of the year

* “A Cat in Paris” (GKIDS) Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
* “Chico & Rita” (GKIDS) Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
* “Kung Fu Panda 2” (DreamWorks Animation, Distributed by Paramount) Jennifer Yuh Nelson
* “Puss in Boots” (DreamWorks Animation, Distributed by Paramount) Chris Miller
* “Rango” (Paramount) Gore Verbinski

Achievement in art direction

* “The Artist” (The Weinstein Company) Production Design: Laurence Bennett, Set Decoration: Robert Gould
* “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2” (Warner Bros.) Production Design: Stuart Craig, Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
* “Hugo” (Paramount) Production Design: Dante Ferretti, Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
* “Midnight in Paris” (Sony Pictures Classics) Production Design: Anne Seibel, Set Decoration: Hélène Dubreuil
* “War Horse” (Touchstone) Production Design: Rick Carter, Set Decoration: Lee Sandales

Achievement in cinematography

* “The Artist” (The Weinstein Company) Guillaume Schiffman
* “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Jeff Cronenweth
* “Hugo” (Paramount) Robert Richardson
* “The Tree of Life” (Fox Searchlight) Emmanuel Lubezki
* “War Horse” (Touchstone) Janusz Kaminski

Achievement in costume design

* “Anonymous” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Lisy Christl
* “The Artist” (The Weinstein Company) Mark Bridges
* “Hugo” (Paramount) Sandy Powell
* “Jane Eyre” (Focus Features) Michael O’Connor
* “W.E.” (The Weinstein Company) Arianne Phillips

Achievement in directing

* “The Artist” (The Weinstein Company) Michel Hazanavicius
* “The Descendants” (Fox Searchlight) Alexander Payne
* “Hugo” (Paramount) Martin Scorsese
* “Midnight in Paris” (Sony Pictures Classics) Woody Allen
* “The Tree of Life” (Fox Searchlight) Terrence Malick

Best documentary feature

* “Hell and Back Again” (Docurama Films) A Roast Beef Limited Production, Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner
* “If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front” (Oscilloscope Laboratories) A Marshall Curry Production, Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman
* “Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory” An @radical.media Production, Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky
* “Pina” (Sundance Selects) A Neue Road Movies Production, Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel
* “Undefeated” (The Weinstein Company) A Spitfire Pictures Production, TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Richard Middlemas

Best documentary short subject

* “The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement” A Purposeful Production, Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin
* “God Is the Bigger Elvis” A Documentress Films Production, Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson
* “Incident in New Baghdad” A Morninglight Films Production, James Spione
* “Saving Face” A Milkhaus/Jungefilm Production, Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
* “The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom” A Supply & Demand Integrated Production, Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen

Achievement in film editing

* “The Artist” (The Weinstein Company) Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
* “The Descendants” (Fox Searchlight) Kevin Tent
* “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
* “Hugo” (Paramount) Thelma Schoonmaker
* “Moneyball” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Christopher Tellefsen

Best foreign language film of the year

* “Bullhead” A Savage Film Production, Belgium
* “Footnote” (Sony Pictures Classics) A Footnote Limited Partnership Production, Israel
* “In Darkness” (Sony Pictures Classics) A Studio Filmowe Zebra Production, Poland
* “Monsieur Lazhar” (Music Box Films) A micro_scope Production, Canada
* “A Separation” (Sony Pictures Classics) A Dreamlab Films Production, Iran

Achievement in makeup

* “Albert Nobbs” (Roadside Attractions) Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle
* “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2” (Warner Bros.) Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight and Lisa Tomblin
* “The Iron Lady” (The Weinstein Company) Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

* “The Adventures of Tintin” (Paramount) John Williams
* “The Artist” (The Weinstein Company) Ludovic Bource
* “Hugo” (Paramount) Howard Shore
* “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” (Focus Features) Alberto Iglesias
* “War Horse” (Touchstone) John Williams

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

* “Man or Muppet” from “The Muppets” (Walt Disney) Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
* “Real in Rio” from “Rio” (20th Century Fox) Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown, Lyric by Siedah Garrett

Best motion picture of the year

* “The Artist” (The Weinstein Company) A La Petite Reine/Studio 37/La Classe Américaine/JD Prod/France3 Cinéma/Jouror Productions/uFilm Production, Thomas Langmann, Producer
* “The Descendants” (Fox Searchlight) An Ad Hominem Enterprises Production, Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers
* “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” (Warner Bros.) A Warner Bros. Pictures Production, Scott Rudin, Producer
* “The Help” (Touchstone) A DreamWorks Pictures Production, Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan, Producers
* “Hugo” (Paramount) A Paramount Pictures and GK Films Production, Graham King and Martin Scorsese, Producers
* “Midnight in Paris” (Sony Pictures Classics) A Pontchartrain Production, Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, Producers
* “Moneyball” (Sony Pictures Releasing) A Columbia Pictures Production, Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt, Producers
* “The Tree of Life” (Fox Searchlight) A River Road Entertainment Production, Nominees to be determined
* “War Horse” (Touchstone) A DreamWorks Pictures Production, Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers

Best animated short film

* “Dimanche/Sunday” (National Film Board of Canada) A National Film Board of Canada Production, Patrick Doyon
* “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore” A Moonbot Studios LA Production, William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
* “La Luna” (Walt Disney) A Pixar Animation Studios Production, Enrico Casarosa
* “A Morning Stroll” (Studio AKA) A Studio AKA Production, Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe
* “Wild Life” (National Film Board of Canada) A National Film Board of Canada Production, Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby

Best live action short film

* “Pentecost” (Network Ireland Television) An EMU Production, Peter McDonald and Eimear O’Kane
* “Raju” A Hamburg Media School/Filmwerkstatt Production, Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren
* “The Shore” An All Ashore Production, Terry George and Oorlagh George
* “Time Freak” A Team Toad Production, Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey
* “Tuba Atlantic” (Norsk Filminstitutt) A Norwegian Film School/Den Norske Filmskolen Production, Hallvar Witzø

Achievement in sound editing

* “Drive” (FilmDistrict) Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis
* “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Ren Klyce
* “Hugo” (Paramount) Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
* “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” (Paramount) Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
* “War Horse” (Touchstone) Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom

Achievement in sound mixing

* “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” (Sony Pictures Releasing) David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson
* “Hugo” (Paramount) Tom Fleischman and John Midgley
* “Moneyball” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco and Ed Novick
* “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” (Paramount) Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin
* “War Horse” (Touchstone) Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson

Achievement in visual effects

* “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2” (Warner Bros.) Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson
* “Hugo” (Paramount) Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning
* “Real Steel” (Touchstone) Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg
* “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” (20th Century Fox) Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett
* “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” (Paramount) Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier

Adapted screenplay

* “The Descendants” (Fox Searchlight) Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
* “Hugo” (Paramount) Screenplay by John Logan
* “The Ides of March” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon
* “Moneyball” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin Story by Stan Chervin
* “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” (Focus Features) Screenplay by Bridget O’Connor & Peter Straughan

Original screenplay

* “The Artist” (The Weinstein Company) Written by Michel Hazanavicius
* “Bridesmaids” (Universal) Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
* “Margin Call” (Roadside Attractions) Written by J.C. Chandor
* “Midnight in Paris” (Sony Pictures Classics) Written by Woody Allen
* “A Separation” (Sony Pictures Classics) Written by Asghar Farhadi

In fact, the company just announced that this year’s Super Bowl will be home to the first ever yogurt commercial to air during the big game.

Well there is more good news to go around. Dannon has decided to collaborate with actor John Stamos, in order to promote their Oikos Greek Yogurt brand, and the commercial will air during the 3rd quarter of Super Bowl XLVI and will also be pushed through the Oikos Facebook and You Tube pages.

Surprisingly, this isn’t the first time that John Stamos, or shall we say, our very own Uncle Jesse, has appeared in a Dannon Oikos’ TV commercial, and hopefully if the commercial is successful, his run with Oikos will continue.

This positive news makes it clear that even during such difficult times for Greece, there are still big names out there who are willing to invest and promote Greek products.

“Betty White’s 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America’s Golden Girl” featured a number of A-Listers honoring White, a multi-time Emmy winner. Some of the attendees included Ellen DeGeneres, Morgan Freeman, Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan and William Shatner.

Some of Betty’s most memorable co-stars, from the ladies of Hot in Cleveland to the legendary Mary Tyler Moore, paid tribute to the eternal Golden Girl with jokes, stories, and of course, musical numbers!

Zachary Levi who kissed Betty White at her party tweeted about it.

“Soooooo, I may have just made out with Betty White. This is not a joke.”

Levi also told her he wants to marry her, shows her a ring and a prenup, and says he needs an answer soon so he can find a backup girl, namely Carol Burnett.

And then she lays a big ol smooch on him. “Forget about those other girls,” she says.

Watch the video:

It’s been quite a ride for White recently. Her series “Hot in Cleveland” just got picked up for a fourth season. And if that wasn’t enough, her role as Elka Ostrovsky earned her an Emmy nomination in 2011 and a Screen Actor Guild nomination in 2012. She also just published the book “Betty & Friends: My Life at the Zoo.”