LOS ANGELES (Back Stage) - Melissa Leo is about to ring some bells. Despite receiving an Academy Award nomination for her raw, memorable turn as a desperate mother in 2008's "Frozen River," the actor ...

EXCLUSIVE: The Fighter Oscar winner Melissa Leo has inked with Gersh for representation. Leo recently starred in Long Gone Heroes with John Hutcherson and King Ivory, which premiered at the Venice ...

PASADENA, Calif. — There’s something to be said about having nothing. According to actress Melissa Leo, growing up without made her the woman she is today. Leo, who earned the Academy Award for her ...

Melissa Leo is conflicted. Her latest film, "The Fighter," in which she co-stars opposite Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale in a performance that's destined to earn her a second Oscar nomination, has ...

Micky Ward has revealed that there was talk of having ‘The Fighter' sequel, which would focus on his three-fights with Arturo Gatti. The 2010 film featured Mark Wahlberg as Ward, as he starred ...

LOS ANGELES, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Melissa Leo won her first Academy Award on Sunday for her supporting role in "The Fighter," a movie that propelled the 50-year-old actress into the mainstream for the ...

Melissa Leo has spoken about "vanity" in Hollywood. In The Fighter, Leo played the older Alice Ward, who is the mother and manager of two boxing sons played by Christian Bale and Mark Wahlberg. "I ...

If you’ve seen The Fighter, you know that Melissa Leo‘s chainsmoking, white-jeaned matriarch vies with Christian Bale for stealing every scene. But when it comes to the Oscars, turns out Leo has to do ...

Melissa Leo has defended her decision not to break character on the set of her latest film The Fighter. The actress, who plays the gruff mother of a professional boxer in director David O. Russell's ...

Melissa Leo won the supporting-actress Academy Award on Sunday for her role as the domineering matriarch of a boxing family in "The Fighter, while "Toy Story 3" claimed the prize for feature animation ...