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Brody Jenner to Joe Francis: Sorry Man!

Brody Jenner is not only retracting his allegation that Joe Francis beat up Jayde Nicole (Brody’s then-girlfriend), he’s apologizing to his former enemy. He’s obligated to, of course, as part of the settlement to their legal war over an incident that took place between the three of them in August 2009. Jayde Nicole said Francis pulled her hair and punched her in the face in a wild nightclub melee that ended with a chivalrous Jenner getting tasered. Bromance means being able to own up to it when you’re wrong. Their stories varied, but Joe was too close to his ex (and Jayde’s BFF) Abbey Wilson for the couple’s liking. Jayde sued the Girls Gone Wild founder. That’s all water under the bridge now. Brody and Jayde split last December, and after settling with Francis, he writes as part of this public apology: “I would like to acknowledge for the record that media reports that you beat up Jayde Nicole that night … were completely inaccurate.” Now with Avril Lavigne, Brody adds: “I have always known you to be a gentleman and I’m very sorry that you were wrongly accused that night.” And the always-polite Brody Jenner even ends by writing, “Please accept my congratulations and best wishes on your recent marriage.” Joe married Christina McLarty last month. We’re guessing Brody wasn’t invited to the wedding, but at least they’ve buried the hatchet.

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Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany: Expecting!

Jennifer Connelly is pregnant! She and husband Paul Bettany will soon welcome a sibling for their 7-year-old son Stellan and her 13-year-old son Kai. The star, who wed Bettany in Scotland in 2003 after they met while filming A Beautiful Mind , opened up to Glamour last year about her life partner. “It was something about the way that we were together,” she told the mag. “He stood out to me as someone singular and rare and beautiful.” “I liked the way he was in the world. I liked the way he was with people. I liked the way he was with my son and the way he made me feel.” Congratulations to the parents-to-be!

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Angelina Jolie on Golden Globe Nomination: LOL!

Now that’s comedic. Angelina Jolie is as confused as the rest of us at her Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Comedy or Musical … for The Tourist . Come on, Hollywood Foreign Press. If you want to throw an A-list star a nomination strictly for the buzz or access, go right ahead. But … it’s a spy thriller. Chelsea Handler’s enemy said she and Johnny Depp “were laughing because it’s the first time that I’ve been in the comedic category … it’s new for me.” She will face off against Annette Bening and Julianne Moore ( The Kids Are All Right ), Anne Hathaway ( Love and Other Drugs ) and Emma Stone ( Easy A ). Depp, who also received a nod for his performance, along with one for Alice in Wonderland, said he was ” very touched ” by the double nomination. His funny bone in particular.

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Social Network, Kids Are All Right Get Awards Boost From NY Critics Circle

More awards! Hoo-ahhh ! This time it’s the august New York Film Critics circle doing the laurel-fitting, delivering its best-of-2010 prize to the redoubtable Social Network . Like their peers out in Los Angeles , the NYFCC also went with best director David FIncher and best actor Colin Firth; The Kids Are All Right took over from there, winning three prizes including best actress for Annette Bening. Jacki Weaver was cruelly stiffed in supporting actress once again in favor of The Fighter ‘s Melissa Leo, though Animal Kingdom did win best first feature for David Michod. So that’s nice. Click through for the full list of winners.

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‘Winter’s Bone,’ ‘Black Swan’ Nab Independent Spirit Noms

‘127 Hours,’ ‘Greenberg,’ ‘The Kids Are All Right’ also up for best feature. By James Kuo Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter’s Bone” Photo: Anonymous Content Movie awards season is here again. And while most of the year’s big Oscar-buzz-generating films have yet to open, the indies, as usual, are a step ahead. On Tuesday (November 30), a day after “Winter’s Bone” won best feature at the Gotham Awards, the film garnered seven Independent Spirit Award nominations, including a nod for best feature. “Winter’s Bone,” directed by Debra Granik, is a dark drama about a girl (Jennifer Lawrence) looking for her father in a drug-riddled rural Arkansas community. Granik earned nominations for best director and best screenplay along with co-writer Anne Rosellini. Rounding out the nominations for Spirit’s best feature list was Danny Boyle’s “127 Hours,” Darren Aronofsky’s “Black Swan,” Noah Baumbach’s “Greenberg” and Lisa Cholodenko’s “The Kids Are All Right.” James Franco got a nod for best actor for his role as a hiker trapped in a canyon who must cut off his own arm to survive in “127 Hours.” His competition is John C. Reilly for “Cyrus,” Ben Stiller for “Greenberg,” Ronald Bronstein for “Daddy Longlegs” and Aaron Eckhart for “Rabbit Hole.” On the best actress side of Spirit nominees was Natalie Portman for her portrayal of a ballet dancer in “Black Swan,” Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine,” Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right,” Greta Gerwig in “Greenberg,” Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole” and Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter’s Bone.” The Independent Spirit Awards, given out by Film Independent, is a major event for films made outside of the major Hollywood studios with budgets of less than $20 million. The 2011 ceremony will be held on February 26 in Santa Monica and will be hosted by “Community” star Joel McHale. Check out everything we’ve got on “Black Swan.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com .

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Why Hilary Swank’s New Flop is Good News for Annette Bening

Oscar night, 2000: Despite overwhelming acclaim for her turn as an embittered, adulterous realtor in American Beauty , an exceedingly pregnant Annette Bening loses the Academy Award for Best Actress to relative newcomer Hilary Swank, who plays martyred transgender teen Brandon Teena in the powerful drama Boys Don’t Cry . Oscar night, 2005: Despite overwhelming acclaim for her turn as an aging stage star in Being Julia , Annette Bening loses the Academy Award for Best Actress to Oscar-winner Hilary Swank, who plays a martyred butch boxer in the powerful drama Million Dollar Baby . What will Oscar night, 2011 bring?

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A Private Star

“In retrospect, it’s all sort of hilarious,” says Annette Bening of the media circus in which her current life as star, mother, and wife of Warren Beatty began. Here she opens up about why she dislikes feminist complaints about Hollywood, what actors intimidate her, and just how unlikely it is her husband would approve of her doing a nude scene like the one she did in The Grifters .

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Director Lisa Cholodenko on The Kids Are All Right, Gay Porn, and That Ending

In The Kids are All Right , lesbian moms Nic and Jules (Annette Bening and Julianne Moore) and their teenage children (Mia Wasikowska and Josh Hutcherson) have to withstand a lot upheaval when the kids’ feckless sperm donor (Mark Ruffalo) comes back into their lives. For director Lisa Cholodenko, making the movie was just as complicated.

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Michael Musto’s Man on the Street: Lesbian vs. Predator

Fresh from braving the gyno-storm of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse , our man on the street Michael Musto further dipped his oars in the lady-filled waters of The Kids Are All Right . Michael’s pressing question this week is, in a steel cage, no-holds-barred grudge match, who makes the better lesbian, Annette Bening or Julianne Moore? It seems like Benning’s got the edge, but Moore’s not without her fans. But are there a few stereotypical sapphic trappings that both Moore and Benning lack in the movie? Click through to find out.

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REVIEW: Brilliant Kids Are All Right Brims with Grace, Smarts and Laughs

Lisa Cholodenko’s The Kids Are All Right is such a low-key feat of filmmaking that the scope of its offhanded generosity — toward its characters, its story, its actors and its audience — may not hit you until days after you’ve seen it. The movie finds its greatness in the margins, in the way one character might fumble through a particularly astute yet painful observation, or the way another muses aloud about how much a sperm bank paid him for the very stuff of human life. This is a comedy about what might be considered an alternative family, if only its members didn’t suffer so acutely from the same doubts, temptations, insecurities and longings that people in nearly all families do. The Kids Are All Right is more universal than it is alternative, except in one sense: There’s nothing else on the contemporary movie landscape like it.

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