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		<title>Oscar 2010 Surprises: Joe Klotz, &#8220;Loin de Paname,&#8221; &amp; IL DIVO</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:41:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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Toni Servillo in Il Divo (top); Gérard Jugnot, Nora Arnezeder in Paris 36 (bottom)

Oscar 2010: Very Few Surprises
This is a follow-up to my previous post on the Oscar 2010 surprises (or lack thereof). So, if you hear someone like Sandra Bullock or Jeff Bridges or Mo&#8217;Nique or even Stanley Tucci or Penelope Cruz telling the media, &#34;Gee, whiz! By golly, this is all so totally unexpected.&#34; Feel free to call them shameless liars. Now, if someone like Joe Klotz says he was totally caught off guard when he found himself shortlisted for the 2010 Oscar, make sure to believe him. 
Who&#8217;s Joe Klotz? See below a few more Oscar 2010 surprises in the less media-friendly categories.
Precious for best editing
Star Trek, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>STAR TREK, IL DIVO, THE ROAD (But Not AVATAR): Oscar 2010 Makeup Semi-Finalists</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:34:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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Toni Servillo in Il Divo (MPI)

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced  the seven semi-finalists in the Makeup category for the  2010 Academy Awards.
The films are listed below in alphabetical order:


District 9
    Il Divo
    The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
    Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
    The Road
    Star Trek
    The Young Victoria


The biggest and best surprise was the inclusion of Il Divo among the seven. Paolo Sorrentino&#8217;s biting satire has been mostly ignored by US critics&#8217; groups (the San Diego critics were an exception), so it&#8217;s good to see that it&#8217;s gotten  some added [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Colin Firth, Michelle Monaghan Win San Diego Critics Awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:39:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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Michelle Monaghan in Trucker

Quentin Tarantino&#8217;s INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS Is San Diego Critics&#8217; Big Winner
Colin Firth&#8217;s best actor win for his gay college professor in Tom Ford&#8217;s A Single Man, however well-deserved, wasn&#8217;t really a surprise, but the San Diego critics&#8216; choice for best actress sure was: Michelle Monaghan for her portrayal of a carefree long-haul  truck driver whose life suddenly undergoes a dramatic change in the concisely titled Trucker. 
Among the critics&#8217; other unusual choices were best supporting actress Samantha Morton for her   war widow in Oren Moverman&#8217;s The Messenger;   best editing to Alan Edward Bell for (500) Days of Summer, hardly one&#8217;s idea of &#34;showy&#34; film editing work; and the  best cinematography award for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>San Diego Film Critics Awards 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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2009 San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
2009 San Diego Film Critics winners: Dec. 15, 2009
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Melanie Laurent in Inglourious Basterds
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Best Film: Inglourious Basterds
Best Foreign Language Film: Il Divo
Best Documentary: The Cove
Best Animated Film: Up
Best Director: Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds
Best Actress: Michelle Monaghan for Trucker
Best Actor: Colin Firth for A Single Man
Best Supporting Actress: Samantha Morton for The Messenger
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds
Best Ensemble Performance: Inglourious Basterds
Best Original Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds
Best Adapted Screenplay: Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach for Fantastic Mr. Fox
Best Cinematography:  Javier Aguirresarobe for  The Road
Best Editing:  Alan Edward Bell for (500) Days of Summer
Best Score: Abel Korzeniowski for  A Single Man
Best Production Design: David Wasco for   [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Italian Film Critics Awards 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 01:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Massimo David</dc:creator>
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2009 Nastri d&#8217;Argento
National Union of Italian Film Journalists&#8217; 2009 Nastri d&#8217;Argento (Silver Ribbons) nominations: May 29, 2009
2009 Nastri d&#8217;Argento winners: Taormina Film Festival, Sicily, on June 27, 2009
(&#8220;*&#8221; denotes the winner in each category)
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Toni Servillo (center) as Italian prime-minister Giulio Andreotti in Paolo Sorrentino&#8217;s scathing political comedy-drama Il Divo. At the Nastri d&#8217;Argento awards ceremony, Sorrentino remarked that if he were to make Il Divo today, &#8220;and revolving around a woman, it&#8217;d certainly be about Veronica Lario.&#8221; Former actress Lario is right-wing prime-minister Silvio Berlusconi&#8217;s soon-to-be former wife, who recently filed for divorce while accusing her family-values proponent husband of being much too interested in some very young women.
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Best Director 
  Francesca Archibugi (Questione di cuore)
  Pupi Avati [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2009 David di Donatello Winners</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 00:33:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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Matteo Garrone&#8217;s organized crime drama Gomorrah (above, top photo), based on Roberto Saviano&#8217;s polemical book, took top honors at the 2009 David di Donatello awards. The Italian Film Academy voted Gomorrah the best Italian film of the year and Garrone the best director, in addition to handing the film five other awards, including best screenplay and best producer.
Paolo Sorrentino’s Il Divo (above, lower photo), which also deals (however indirectly) with the mafia, also received a total of seven statues (out of 16 nominations), including the best actor trophy for star Toni Servillo&#8217;s brilliant caricature of former Italian prime minister  Giulio Andreotti, and a best supporting actress win for Piera Degli  Espositi. 
Last year, Gomorrah won  the Cannes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>David di Donatello 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 08:32:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Massimo David</dc:creator>
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2009 David di Donatello Awards
2009 David di Donatello Award nominations: April 9, 2009
2009 David di Donatello Award winners: May 8, 2009
(&#34;*&#34; denotes the winner in each category)
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Matteo Garrone&#8217;s Gomorrah (top photo); Toni Servillo in Il Divo (lower photo)
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Best Film /  miglior film
Il divo
produced by Andrea Occhipinti, Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima, Maurizio Coppolecchia
  directed by Paolo Sorrentino
 Ex
produced by Fulvio Lucisano, Federica Lucisano
  directed by Fausto Brizzi
* Gomorra
produced by Domenico Procacci
  directed by Matteo Garrone
Si può fare
produced by Angelo Rizzoli
  directed by Giulio Manfredonia
Tutta la vita davanti
  produced by Motorino Amaranto &#8211; Medusa
  directed by Paolo Virzì
Best Film from the European Union /  miglior film dell&#8217;Unione Europea
  Entre les murs, by Laurent [...]]]></description>
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