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"Sources" report that Jack was invited to participate in a group award presentation at the Oscars, but declined.

From the LA Times:

However, the latter didn't seem to be the case with Jack Nicholson, a past winner of both categories (lead for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and "As Good as It Gets," supporting for "Terms of Endearment"). As Gold Derby reported earlier, he wasn't asked to participate in the group thing for the supporting slot, which would've been great if he'd accepted. Imagine Nicholson discussing what he thought of Heath Ledger's performance as the Joker in "The Dark Knight," a role he portrayed in "Batman." But our source says that Jack was invited to do the group thing in the lead race but declined, informing Oscarcast producers, "I present alone." We asked Nicholson's rep Sandy Bresler to comment on this report, but he did not respond to our phone call or to an e-mail in which we presented the inquiry in detail. We also sent a detailed e-mail to Oscarcast producer Laurence Mark (he's the person Daniel Day-Lewis spoke to on the phone when declining to attend), asking him to respond to all of the claims made by our source, but he also did not reply. After Nicholson snubbed the Oscars show, we asked Gold Derby readers what they thought he ended up doing that night. In our poll, only about 14% of respondents said they believe he watched the Oscars on TV. The other 86% said they think the three-time past Oscar winner watched the Lakers basketball game instead.

Regardless of speculation about the invite, I strongly suspect the Lakers took precedence on Oscar night. Read more

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And thanks again, of course, to our readers. Jack has been taking it easy lately but we'll keep you posted on his plans in 2009!

With her double Golden Globe nominations for lead actress in drama ("Doubt") and musical/comedy ("Mamma Mia!"), Meryl Streep is now the all-time Golden Globe champ with 23 nominations. Going into this year's Golden Globe race, Streep was one nom behind Jack Lemmon who amassed 22 lead nods and 4 wins.

In her three decades of collecting awards hardware, Streep has won six Globes out of 21 previous bids. That winning record ties her with her pal Jack Nicholson. While all of Nicholson's Globes are for movies (3 drama actor, 2 comedy actor, and 1 supporting actor), one of Streep's wins was for a small screen role — lead actress in a TV movie or mini ("Angels in America," 2004). If Meryl wins for either of her nominations, she will surpass Jack for the all-time record with 7 (or 8?) Golden Globe awards.

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California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and First Lady Maria Shriver announced back on May 28, 2008 that Nicholson will be inducted into the California Hall of Fame, located at The California Museum for History, Women and the Arts. The induction ceremony will take place December 10th. He will be inducted alongside 11 other legendary Californians (but who more legendary than Jack?) The museum is located across the street from a Direct Buy California showroom, which may come in handy to make room for all the new inductees.

Our favorite and most talented actor turns 71 years young today! The New York Daily News has a nice feature and are running a poll where you can vote for your favorite Jack Nicholson movie. You can check it out online here.

Health and happiness Jack!

For anyone who missed Jack presenting a montage of the Best Picture Academy Award winners over the last 80 years, here's a clip!

Jack Nicholson will present an award at tomorrow's Academy Awards ceremony. It will screen on ABC, 8 p.m. ET/5 PT so keep an eye out for the king of Hollywood!

Also check out this fabulous article from USA Today with Jack looking back at the Oscars over the years.

Jack is on the cover of the March/April issue of AARP magazine. You can read the feature online here. AARP Magazine has given the Bucket List a 'movies for grownups award' for being the best buddy picture of the last year and have named it as a runner up in the overall best picture catergory too! Thanks to the fan who left a note about this! -- Tom

Jack Nicholson attended premieres of The Bucket List in Paris, Berlin and London over the last week. Here are some photos from the premieres and also of Jack leaving the Wolseley where he dined after last night's London Premiere. You can read a funny story about Jack's kissing antics online here. Nice to hear he is pleasing his fans!

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The Bucket List has taken the top spot at the box office. It opened wide on Friday after a limited release in LA, NY and Toronto and took 19.5 million according to estimates. Warner Bros.' exit polling indicated that 70 percent of Bucket List's audience was over 35 years old and 58 percent was female. The film received a very positive A- rating overall from it's audience. Although movie critic reviews had been mixed audiences have loved the film, 95% of the weekend audience members surveyed rated the picture "excellent" or "very good" and now it is a hit! You can read more on this here.

The wait is over! Today is the day! The Bucket List will open wide in North America. For all fans outside of LA, NY and Toronto I hope you will enjoy getting to watch Jack Nicholson's new film!

To mark the ocassion here are the official hi-quality stills from Warner Bros view here.

Thanks to moviebuff here is an interview with the man himself from Boston.com

Showtime info etc can all be found on the official site. -- Tom

I hope you are all enjoying the festive season! The Bucket List has opened in limited release in Toronto, Los Angeles and New York for those of you lucky enough to live in those centers, there is ticket and showtime info on the official site. The movie will open wide on January 11th.

Movieweb has a contest with The Bucket List merchandise so click here to enter for a chance to win!

There are a range of reviews over at rottentomatoes.com both good and bad. Interestingly the film critics have been less positive than the actual movie-going audience, so I 'm looking forward to seeing this for myself. Reviews will contain spoilers so if you don't want any preconceptions or too much knowledge of the plot lines going into the movie, don't read them.

For fans outside of the US and Canada here is IMDB's list of release dates.

What do you think of the European one sheet? I think I prefer it to the US design. Click the thumbnail to enlarge.

There is a nice clip of Jack Nicholson arriving at Sunday night's premiere of The Bucket list, online here. Jack looked very dapper as he walked the red carpet, thanks to the fan who posted the heads up!

You can read some nice quotes from the premiere over at USA Today.

And here are more photos. As I'm away over Christmas I'll post the pics like this for now and put them into a gallery when I'm back at home on my usual PC.

The little girl that Jack is photographed with in the photos is his co-star from The Bucket List, Taylor Ann Thompson.

There is a great interview with The Bucket List co-stars in the LA Times make sure you read it! Online here.

Jack Nicholson will be on the cover of the January issue of Men's Journal you can read a preview of his interview online here and look forward to some more 'Jackisms' in the issue!

There is a nice interview with Jack Nicholson discussing The Bucket List in Variety. He says his favorite film is "Brando in 'On the Waterfront.' I was an assistant manager in the theater in New Jersey when it played, so I probably saw it 12 or 15 times. He was the guy of my high school generation."

You can also read another interview with Jack Nicholson and co-star Morgan Freeman from the NY Journal. Make sure you check out the great accompanying photo with the piece.

The Bucket List Premiere Update - Warners Bros have announced the Premiere will be held Sunday, December 16 at the Cinerama Dome. Red carpet arrivals will begin at 4pm. More details online here.

The Bucket List will open in Los Angeles, New York and Toronto on December 25th before going wide January 11. So it seems like a good time for an update.



Awards season is under way with the National Board of Review having given out the first accolades yesterday. The Bucket List was included in their top ten films, you can see the full list online here.

The official website for the film has been updated and you can view photos and John Mayers music video from the film.

There is a brief interview with The Bucket List's director, Rob Reiner over at Variety. Reiner says of Jack Nicholson, "Jack is a true artist and he approaches everything as an artist. He gets richer and better with every performance." You can read it here.

There is a positive review *with mild spoilers* online here and I'm sure there will be more soon.

Finally, last week Jack Nicholson gave a Q & A at a screening of The Bucket List for the Screen Actors Guild Nominating Committee here is a write up of the event from the LA Times -

Warner Bros. had to turn away at least 50 Screen Actors Guild members at an overflowing screening of "The Bucket List" at the TV Academy in North Hollywood last night.

About 600 strong filled every seat and then some for the rare – and we mean rare -- opportunity to see Jack Nicholson do a Q&A.

The session immediately followed the very enthusiastically received showing of his latest film, costarring Morgan Freeman and directed by Rob Reiner who joined Nicholson on stage for the SAG Nominating Committee event.

When we introduced Nicholson he came out a bit surprised to see such a large crowd.

Apparently no one had explained to him exactly what he was getting into.

"I have to tell you, I thought they said I was going to be talking to a committee of a few actors. I had no idea it was this," he said, to lots of laughter.

Paparazzi made it difficult for him to get through the doors, but once he did, he took off on his own for what can only be described as a "Jack tour" of the premises. Eventually, he emerged onstage and settled down for a 45-minute chat with the actors voting on this year's SAG nominations.

On the topic of awards, he said he never knows what to expect whenever he is nominated for an Oscar (it's happened 12 times with three wins, a record for male actors). He did allow that every time he loses he thinks he's been "robbed."

Nicholson also kept needling Reiner, saying the director didn't have the faith initially that he could play the colonel in the first collaboration between the two friends, "A Few Good Men."

He also mentioned that he loves the Coen brothers and would have been perfect for "No Country for Old Men."

The crowd ate it all up. Not a single person left and Jack graciously signed autographs for another 20 minutes after the Q&A.

Asked by an actor in the audience if he was planning on making a "bucket list" of his own, Jack explained that at age 70 he still planned to live a little longer and didn't need to make a list of things to do before he dies (unlike the characters in his more recent film).

"If I can find something I want to do tomorrow, I am just gonna go out and do it, baby," he said.

Judging from the reaction to him and the poignant comedy/drama, Warner Bros. could find themselves not only with a major hit picture but a surprise awards contender once the film opens on Christmas Day.

Jack Nicholson is featured in the Dec 9 issue of Parade. You can read an interview with Jack at parade.com

Here's an excerpt from Jack Nicholson's recent interview with Golf Digest

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Actor Jack Nicholson says he likes to hit range balls — lots and lots of them — into that canyon out back of his Beverly Hills home.

"Hundreds. Thousands," he told Golf Digest. "Initially I planned to retrieve them, but there got to be so many. A friend of mine, [actor] James Spader, made his way down there through the woods and weeds, and James took a picture. It looks like outer space down there, golf balls everywhere, like a planet peppered with golf balls."
Ever worry about hitting, say, a snake or scorpion out there?

"I hope not. Live and let live, y'know? One time I lashed a ball, and a homeless guy came running out of the weeds, yelling."

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Read the interview at Golf Digest.