20 Best Horror Flicks

19) The Village

Director: M. Night Shyamalan

Actors: Bryce Dallas Howard, Joaquin Phoenix, Sigourney Weaver, William Hurt, Adrien Brody, Judy Greer, Brendan Gleeson,
Cherry Jones, Jessie Eisenberg, Michael Pitt

Year: 2004

M. Night Shyamalan has certainly proven that he can write a terrifically scary film, but it was 2004's The Village that kept audiences everywhere feeling unrelentless intensity and suspense. Another reason this film is so good: it introduced us to the amazingly talented Bryce Dallas Howard.

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Hollywood Awards (2011 films)

HOLLYWOOD DISCOVERY AWARDS

Best Short Film

Clear Blue: Eun Kyung Nam, Mattias Troelstrup,

S. Brent Martin, Lindsay Mackay

Best Feature

Fort McCoy: Andy Hirsch, Eric Stoltz, Kate Connor

HOLLYWOOD FILM AWARDS

Actor of the Year

George Clooney: The Descendants

Actress of the Year

Michelle Williams: My Week with Marilyn

Supporting Actor of the Year

Christopher Plummer: Beginners

Supporting Actress of the Year

Carey Mulligan: Drive and Shame

Ensemble of the Year

The Help: Viola Davis, Emma Stone, Octavia Spencer,

Bryce Dallas Howard, Jessica Chastain, Allison Janney,

Sissy Spacek, Cicely Tyson, Chris Lowell, Ahna O'Reilly,

Aunjanue Ellis, Mary Steenburgen

Animation of the Year

Rango: Gore Verbinski

NEW HOLLYWOOD AWARDS

Hollywood Breakthrough Award

Felicity Jones: Like Crazy

Actor of the Year

Joseph Gordon-Levitt: 50/50

Actress of the Year

Jessica Chastain: Take Shelter, The Help,

The Tree of Life, The Debt, Coriolanus

Spotlight Awards

Andrea Riseborough: W.E.

Anton Yelchin: Like Crazy

Shailene Woodley: The Descendants

Elle Fanning: Super 8

Amber Heard: The Rum Diary

Jean Dujardin: The Artist

Berenice Bejo: The Artist

Hollywood Career Achievement Award

Glenn Close: Albert Nobbs


Performance of the Day

Actor: BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD

Film: "The Help"

Character: Hilly

Year: 2011

This lady continues to surprise me. She takes a role and commands it. Bryce Dallas Howard is outstanding as the snobby and racist Hilly Holbrook. As soon as she came on screen, I forgot about her Hollywood royalty status and lost myself in her strong performance. I have been an avid fan of hers since 2004's "The Village" and I'll surely be watching when she wins an Oscar one day. Howard is a powerful actor and a force to be reckoned with.

Did You Know...

... Rachel McAdams donned a wig in the film "Mean Girls". Her hair was shoulder-length because she had just finished filming "The Hot Chick".

Some other wig-outs in films: Reese Witherspoon at the end of "Legally Blonde" because the scene was filmed later on and she had already cut her hair for "Sweet Home Alabama". Elizabeth Taylor in the 1949-version of "Little Women". Jennifer Aniston in "Horrible Bosses" (and might we add that she should consider dark brown because it looks fabulous on her). Bryce Dallas Howard in "Eclipse" (Nikki Reed and Ashley Greene also wear pieces for the film series). Angelina Jolie donned a few in "Salt". Emma Stone in "The Help".

Ginger of the Week

I started off this category with one of my favorite gingers, Bryce Dallas Howard. The offspring of another famous red-head (former actor and current director/producer Ron Howard), she has been a breathe of fresh air in an industry full of bottle-blonds. With her star-making debut in M. Night Shyamalan's spooky "The Village", she made her mark (and managed to out-shine big names Joaquin Phoenix, Adrien Brody, and Sigourney Weaver). With a string of other hits (including "Lady in the Water", "Spiderman 3", "Terminator: Salvation", and now as the new 'Victoria' in the Twilight saga) beautiful Howard has shown that nepotism isn't the only reason she has become a success.