Bright Star Articles

Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom David Michod's crime family drama Animal Kingdom bagged 10 Australian Film Institute Awards at a ceremony held on Dec. 11 in Melbourne. Among Animal Kingdom's ten trophies were those for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress (Jacki Weaver), Best Actor (Ben Mendelsohn), Best Supporting Actor (Joel Edgerton), and Best Original Screenplay (Michod). Other AFI winners included Best Supporting Actress Deborah Mailman [...]

Ben Whishaw, Abbie Cornish, Bright Star David Michod's Animal Kingdom tied with Jane Campion's Bright Star at the Australian Film Institute's "industry" awards, which were announced Dec. 10. The "top" awards will be announced Dec. 11. Animal Kingdom received trophies for best editing (Luke Doolan) and best original music score (Antony Partos and Sam Petty), in addition to the AFI members' choice prize — a [...]

Joel Edgerton in David Michod's Animal Kingdom (top); Ben Whishaw, Abbie Cornish in Jane Campion's Bright Star (middle); Lincoln Lewis, Caitlin Stasey, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Phoebe Tonkin in Stuart Beattie's Tomorrow When the War Began (bottom)   Animal Kingdom, referred to by some as the Australian The Godfather, topped the Australian Film Institute's 2010 nominations announced today. Featuring James Frecheville, Ben Mendelsohn, Jacki Weaver, Guy Pearce, [...]

Kristen Stewart as Joan Jett with Dakota Fanning as Cherie Currie (center) in The Runaways (top); Stewart in Welcome to the Rileys (bottom) Kristen Stewart, the 20-year-old actress best known for her Bella Swan in Twilight, New Moon, and the upcoming Eclipse, torn between Robert Pattinson's vampire and Taylor Lautner's werewolf, has been trying to branch out as an actress. In the last couple of [...]