Today at 4:15 PM, Conrad Murray has been convicted of the involuntary man slaughter charges against him regarding the tragic death of Michael Jackson. Conrad Murray was convicted of causing the singer's death by administering the a powerful anesthetic known as Propofol without proper supervision and without taking proper steps after the singer had stopped breathing.

He could face up to 4 years in prison and could lose his medical license.

Did you feel that? Residents of Michigan just experienced a "after-shock" around 2 P.M. that is was felt all over North America. The magnitude of the earthquake is measured at 5.9 at its epicentre just 27 miles from Charlottesville, Virginia and is the explanation for the earthquake felt in Washington D.C.!

The earthquake actually shook our office here in Detroit. Earthquakes in Michigan are extremely uncommon, but not entirely unheard of. There are currenlty no reports of anyone being injured by the quake. 

7 of our Chicago actors have been requested to audition for an upcoming commercial for Wilton Sledge hammers. The company has been around for over 60 years and are a top supplier of metalworking, material handling, air tools and much more! If any of our talent are chosen for the commercial, not only will they receive a ton of national exposure, they will be paid $500.00 for the shoot.

The commercial is set to air both nationwide and virally! Good luck to all of our actors who are up for the part!

Kim Kardashian is extremely upset that she has been put on the cover of Turkish Cosmopolitan without her knowledge, but given the circumstances, who wouldn't be.

The Country of Turkey committed genocide on the Armenian people, and since Kim Kardashian is Armenian she has strong feelings about the matter and had spoken out against the genocide many times.

So how did she get featured on the cover? The reality star did an international photo shoot that got sent out to various magazines published by Cosmo, but she was never informed that it would end up on the Turkish version of the magazine. 

A film that has been getting a lot of buzz lately opened this past weekend and won over the box office. "Battle Los Angeles". The film is an action thriller about a global offensive initiated by unknown extraterrestrial hostiles and stars Aaron Eckhart.

It earned a respectable estimate of 36 million over the weekend.  Here is the trailer for you to check out. Let us know what you think. Is it worth all of the buzz?

Award Season will soon becoming to an end and although we have seen who picked up SAG and Golden Globes, here comes the big one.  The Academy Awards.  Filmmaking's highest honor.  Usually you can tell by the Globes who the favorites are, but there are always some surprises at the Oscars.  Here are our picks for the major awards.  

2011 Academy Awards Nominations

Best Picture
"Black Swan"
"The Fighter"
"Inception"
"The Kids Are All Right "
"The King's Speech"
"127 Hours"
"The Social Network"
"Toy Story 3?
"True Grit"
"Winter's Bone"

Best Direction
Darren Aronofsky for "Black Swan"
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for "True Grit"
David Fincher for "The Social Network"
Tom Hooper for "The King's Speech"
David O. Russell for "The Fighter"

Actor in a Leading Role
Javier Bardem in "Biutiful"
Jeff Bridges in "True Grit"
Jesse Eisenberg in "The Social Network"
James Franco in "127 Hours"
Colin Firth in "The King's Speech"

Actress in a Leading Role
Annette Bening in "The Kids Are All Right"
Nicole Kidman in "Rabbit Hole"
Jennifer Lawrence in "Winter's Bone"
Natalie Portman in "Black Swan"
Michelle Williams in "Blue Valentine"

Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale in "The Fighter"
John Hawkes in "Winter's Bone"
Jeremy Renner in "The Town"
Mark Ruffalo in "The Kids Are All Right"
Geoffrey Rush in "The King's Speech"

Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams in "The Fighter"
Helena Bonham Carter in "The King's Speech"
Melissa Leo in "The Fighter"
Hailee Steinfeld in "True Grit"
Jacki Weaver in "Animal Kingdom"

Adapted Screenplay
Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy for "127 Hours"
Aaron Sorkin for "The Social Network"
Michael Arndt, story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich for "Toy Story 3?
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for "True Grit"
Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini for "Winter's Bone"

Original Screenplay
Mike Leigh for "Another Year"
Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson. Story by Keith Dorrington and Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson for "The Fighter"
Christopher Nolan for "Inception"
Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg for "The Kids Are All Right"
David Seidler for "The King's Speech"

Animated Feature
"How to Train Your Dragon"
"The Illusionist"
"Toy Story 3?

While you are getting ready to watch this years Golden Globe Awards, 15 of our Los Angeles talent will be taking part in the fun. They will be celebrity escorts for this years Access Hollywood's "Stuff You Must" gift lounge celebrating the Golden Globes! The models will escort the celebs around the gift lounge while they get to pick out their free swag! They will be rubbing elbows with some of the presenters, winners and the rest of Hollywood's finest!

Our girls have have taken part of these events for the past several years and have done other award shows including the Tony Awards, Primetime and Daytime Emmys, and more! We'll let you know who they got to meet this year. Don't forget to watch the awards live next Sunday, January 16th!

Finally, Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie are getting ready to heat up the screen in their latest film, "The Tourist". The film evolves around Frank, who is an American tourist that visits Italy to mend his broken heart when he meets Elise (Jolie) who deliberately crosses his path. The film will be released in theaters on December 10th.

Here is the trailer for you to check out. What do you think?

The celeb filled film "The Lincoln Lawyer" is about a lawyer who conducts business from the back of his Lincoln town car while representing a high-profile client in Beverly Hills. The film stars Marisa Tomei, Matthew McConaughey, John Leguizamo, Ryan Phillippe and more. The film will be released in March of next year. Here is the new trailer for you to check out.

It has taken over the headlines lately and you definitely had to be living under a rock if you haven't heard about the upcoming wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. Now rumors are swirling that their wedding may be aired in 3D! They have announced the date of April 29th and will tie the not where Prince William's parents did at Westminster Abbey.

That sure would be a lot different from the Princess Diana wedding. If you are old enough to remember, it was shown live on every network station. Looks like they may be trying to cash in on this one and make it a whole new experience. Although it seems it may be a little tough and expensive for everyone to see the 3D version I guess we'll have to wait and see.