Hollywood, U.S.A. – The 16th Annual Hollywood Film Awards, presented by the Los Angeles Times, is pleased to announce that actor Bradley Cooper will be given the “Hollywood Actor Award,” at this year’s awards gala.

“We are honored to present the “Hollywood Actor Award” to Bradley Cooper for his outstanding performance in ‘Silver Lining Playbook’, said Carlos de Abreu, Founder and Executive Director of the Hollywood Film Awards.

The 2012 Hollywood Film Awards has also announced that it will honor Academy Award-nominated writer/director Quentin Tarantino with the “Hollywood Screenwriter Award,” Ben Affleck, Alan Arkin, Bryan Cranston and John Goodman with the “Hollywood Ensemble Acting Award” for ‘Argo’, director David O. Russell with the “Hollywood Director Award”; Oscar-winning actor Robert De Niro with the “Hollywood Supporting Actor Award”; Academy Award-winning actress Marion Cotillard with the “Hollywood Actress Award”; three-time Academy Award-nominated actress Amy Adams with the “Hollywood Supporting Actress Award”; producers Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner with the “Hollywood Producers Award”; writer/director Judd Apatow with the “Hollywood Comedy Award”; actor John Hawkes with the “Hollywood Breakout Performance Award” for ‘The Sessions’; and Quvenzhane Wallis with the “New Hollywood Award” for ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’.

Other honorees include cinematographer Wally Pfister, editor Dylan Tichenor, production designer Sarah Greenwood, and visual effects supervisors Janek Sirrs and Jeff White. In addition, director Peter Ramsey’s ‘Rise of the Guardians’ will be honored with the “Hollywood Animation Award,” along with additional honorees to be announced in the coming weeks.

The Hollywood Film Awards Gala Ceremony will take place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on October 22, 2012. The event honors cherished stars and up-and-coming talent, and traditionally kicks off the film awards season with the biggest stars and top industry executives in attendance.

“We are very proud to be the first stop of the awards season. In the last nine years, a total of 85 Oscar nominations and 32 Oscars were given to the honorees of the Hollywood Film Awards,” said de Abreu.

Last year’s awards show reached a total TV audience of more than 41 million media impressions, in addition to more than 300 million online and print readers’ impressions.

Aside from celebrating accomplishments on screen, the Hollywood Film Awards established the “Hollywood Gives Back” program to expand and continue highlighting and assisting important local and national charities to raise funds. Over the years, the Hollywood Film Awards has contributed to such charities as the following: The Art of Elysium, Artists For Human Rights, Artists for Peace and Justice, MatchingDonors.com, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, the Enough Project, and Variety The Children’s Charity of So. CA, among others.

Further, the Hollywood Film Awards selects individuals to be recipients of their “Hollywood Humanitarian Awards” in recognition of their contribution to the betterment of their communities or society at large. Prior recipients include Nobel Peace Prize winner and ex-President of East Timor, Dr. Jose Ramos-Horta, Nobel Laureate Jody Williams, Father Rick Frechette, and actor and activist Sean Penn.

About Bradley Cooper

Bradley Cooper will next be seen in ‘Silver Lining Playbook’, directed by David O’Russell which will be released by the Weinstein Company on November 21. This summer, Cooper performed in Williamstown, Massachusetts in the production of ‘The Elephant Man’. Directed by Scott Ellis and starring alongside Patricia Clarkson, the play marked Coopers second run at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in which he first performed ‘The Understudy’ in 2008. Cooper is currently in development to bring ‘The Elephant Man’ to Broadway next fall. Cooper recently wrapped production on the independent drama Serena, based on the adaptation of Ron Rash’s period novel and directed by Oscar winner Suzanne Bier.

Next year, Cooper stars alongside Ryan Gosling in Derek Cianfrance’s thriller, ‘Place Beyond The Pines’, which debuted at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. ‘Place Beyond The Pines’ will be released by Focus Features in 2013. Recently, Cooper signed a two-year, first-look deal with Warner Brothers announcing his production company, 22 & Indiana Pictures.

Last year, Cooper reprised his role alongside Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis and Justin Bartha in the Warner Brothers comedy sequel ‘The Hangover Part II’ directed by Todd Phillips. The opening weekend of the film marked the highest-grossing worldwide opening for any comedy and in June 2011, the film out-grossed the original ‘Hangover’ in worldwide earnings to become the highest-grossing R-rated comedy of all time. Cooper is currently filming the final installation, ‘The Hangover Part III,’ which will be released by Warner Brothers on May 24, 2013.

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After seeing the Hangover II, I thought it was not possible to laugh that much at a movie. From the beginning to the ending, there was not a sour moment of humor but to some, the Hangover II did not even compare to the first one. Yes, fans were excited to see Americas three best friends back in action; Stu, Phil, and Alan. Even though the new movie took place in Thailand instead of Las Vegas, it seems that they were basically the same. Although part II was very funny, it mimicked a lot of the first movies timeline… same jokes, same setup, and the same ending. It was expected to be a crazy hangover experience like the first one, but fans were expecting something different to look forward too. Part I created some of the most quotable movie moments in Hollywood history, such as the wolfpack speech and stealing a cop car. The second part did not have any of those moments, except for the ones that were mimicked to be like the ones in the first part.

It is hard to top an epic movie like the first part of the Hangover, but with a different story line it might of came close. In the Hangover I there was a lot of funny moments that just hit you and came out of no where. Part II, you knew those moments were coming because of having the same setup as the first one. In the second part, the movie was set up so that you knew that there would be something wrong with Stu’s face, someone would go missing, a weird animal would pop out of no where, and that they would all eventually live happily ever after.

But still the movie made over 30 million in box office sales on the first day, making it the second largest opening for an action comedy. Still, days after, the movie continued to sell out. Do not get me wrong, the movie was hysterical, but it defiantly could have been improved. The second part was designed to create another epic story, but from the looks of it, a year later, Hangover I still is better. Now, everyone is asking, will there be a third movie?  Movies, like Transformers, have had sequels that have blown viewers away. So, will there be a third hangover movie to make up for the second one? According to Warner Brothers, there will be a third movie with a completely different plot. The rumor is that part III will be Alan trying to escape from a mental ward. Even though there is no script set or dates to start, there are defiantly plans for a third one.

Producer Todd Phillips said that if there is a part III, the movie’s beginning and ending will be nothing like the hangovers before it. This will be a good change from Part II, which seemed to disappoint and let down fans. The wolfpack has become an American sensation and we know, even though the second one was not as great, there is still the three best friends that everyone can count on for a good laugh. In the long run here are not many sequels hat ever have topped the first initial movie so if you havent seen the Hangover I or II go out and see it and decide for yourself.

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