The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences is planning a major film museum, in part to make use of the huge profits it makes from the annual Oscars ceremony. The Academy, which is currently sitting on a $134m (£73m) fortune and is expected to earn $50m (£27.2m) from this year's show, is reportedly looking to spend $200m (£108.8m) on a new complex somewhere in the Los Angeles area, to create "a new cultural landmark".
Jennifer Garner and Colin Farrell have been signed up as Oscar presenters. Garner, who starred opposite Ben Affleck in Daredevil and will go on to star in the spin-off Elektra, will apparently present some of the early awards. Farrell is currently shooting Alexander with Oliver Stone - a probable contender for next year's gongs.
Jack Nicholson is in London to promote Something's Gotta Give, in which his cynical sugar daddy falls for a woman his own age. Nicholson said he wouldn't be painting London town red while he's there. "I'm just here for a couple of days so I won't be able to play Jack the Lad on this trip," he told reporters. "All good things come to an end. I'm not much of a raver any more - I think it's inappropriate and unattractive," he concluded, to cries of "we don't believe a word of it!" from the press corps.
