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Carey Mulligan An Education (top); Noomi Rapace as Lisbeth Salander in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (bottom) Carey Mulligan, not Kristen Stewart, Natalie Portman, or Keira Knightley, is now rumored to star in David Fincher's Hollywood version of Niels Arden Oplev's Swedish blockbuster The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (in the original, Men Who Hate Women). Mulligan, a near-total unknown until late last year, [...]

Carey Mulligan in An Education PRECIOUS Sweeps 25th Spirits Awards The Spirit Award nominations are selected by several groups of film professionals, scholars, and critics, depending on the categories. That explains how something like Alvarez's micro-budgeted Easier with Practice received two nominations, including Best First Film. Or how Cary Fukunaga's Spanish-language Sin Nombre, one of the best-received films last year, was in the running for [...]

Gabourey Sidibe in Lee Daniels' Precious John Cassavetes Award winner Lynn Shelton, Best First Film Crazy Heart director Scott Cooper, and Precious screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher all shed tears when accepting their awards. But the most emotional moment of the evening was the standing ovation given to Roger Ebert, who presented the Chaz and Roger Ebert Truer Than Fiction award to Bill Ross and Turner Ross' [...]

James Cameron's Avatar (WETA / 20th Century Fox) BEST FILM Avatar – James Cameron, Jon Landau An Education – Amanda Posey, Finola Dwyer * The Hurt Locker – Nominees TBC Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire – Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness Up In the Air – Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman, Daniel Dubiecki OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM An Education – Amanda Posey, Finola [...]