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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; James Cameron</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/james-cameron/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog</link> <description>The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:29:41 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>James Cameron Collaborator Andrew Wight, Cinematographer Mike deGruy Die in Helicopter Crash</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/james-cameron-andrew-wight-sanctum-mike-degruy-obit/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/james-cameron-andrew-wight-sanctum-mike-degruy-obit/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:49:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=37091</guid> <description><![CDATA[Producer Andrew Wight (right), best known for his collaboration with James Cameron on Sanctum, and cinematographer Mike deGruy, among whose credits is the documentary Deep Blue, have died earlier today as their helicopter crashed while taking off from an airstrip south of Berry in New South Wales, Australia. Wight, from the Australian state of Victoria, was 51; deGruy, from Santa Barbara, California, was 60. According [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/james-cameron-andrew-wight-sanctum-mike-degruy-obit/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>TITANIC 3D: Highly Positive Early Reactions</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/titanic-3d-highly-positive-reviews/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/titanic-3d-highly-positive-reviews/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:04:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35581</guid> <description><![CDATA[TITANIC 3D: James Cameron Presents 8-Scene Preview Early reactions to Titanic 3D have been highly favorable James Cameron directed. Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Gloria Stuart star. See below: &#34;The footage I saw this morning left me speechless. I’m not joking around when I say it’s the best post conversion I’ve ever seen and it looks like they originally shot it in 3D back in 1997. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/titanic-3d-highly-positive-reviews/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>TITANIC 3D: James Cameron Presents 8-Scene Preview</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/titanic-3d-preview-james-cameron-scenes/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/titanic-3d-preview-james-cameron-scenes/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:04:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35580</guid> <description><![CDATA[Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Titanic James Cameron and producer Jon Landau presented 8 scenes (or about 18 minutes) from Titanic 3D earlier today at the Paramount studios in Hollywood to highly positive reviews. Paramount, 20th Century Fox, and Cameron's Lightstorm Entertainment reportedly spent 60 weeks and $18 million on the 2D-to-3D conversion and full restoration of the 1997 blockbuster and multiple Oscar winner. (Cameron says [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/titanic-3d-preview-james-cameron-scenes/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AVATAR Is Most Pirated Movie Ever (Also Biggest Modern Blockbuster, Biggest DVD Seller of 2010)</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/avatar-most-pirated-movie-dvd-sales/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/avatar-most-pirated-movie-dvd-sales/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 23:43:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Zac Gille</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35464</guid> <description><![CDATA[James Cameron's Avatar Avatar is the most pirated movie of all time according to the website TorrentFreak. Citing statistics &#34;gathered from public BitTorrent trackers, dating back to early 2006,&#34; Avatar was downloaded an estimated 21 million times. James Cameron's environmentally conscious sci-fier, which went on to gross $2.78 billion at the worldwide box office, was followed by two other major worldwide blockbusters: Christopher Nolan's The [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/avatar-most-pirated-movie-dvd-sales/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>James Cameron: Pandora More Relevant Than Skynet</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/james-cameron-pandora-more-relevant-than-skynet/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/james-cameron-pandora-more-relevant-than-skynet/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 08:03:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26885</guid> <description><![CDATA[Christian Bale in McG's Terminator: Salvation &#34;Skynet was supposed to go operational tonight,&#34; James Cameron tweeted a few hours ago. &#34;Instead of machines taking over, we have the very real threat of global warming.&#34; In other words, Avatar's Pandora is the thing, says the Titanic filmmaker, who was recently in Brazil to protest the building of a gigantic (and, according to environmentalists, ecologically catastrophic) dam [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/james-cameron-pandora-more-relevant-than-skynet/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Colin Firth&#039;s THE KING&#039;S SPEECH Passes $100m; BIG MOMMAS Smaller Than Predecessors: Box Office</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/colin-firth-the-kings-speech-passes-100m-big-mommas-like-father-like-son-box-office/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/colin-firth-the-kings-speech-passes-100m-big-mommas-like-father-like-son-box-office/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 01:09:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Zac Gille</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26407</guid> <description><![CDATA[Helena Bonham Carter, Colin Firth, The King's Speech Liam Neeson's UNKNOWN Tops, Alex Pettyfer's I AM NUMBER FOUR Underperforms: Weekend Box Office At no. 4 this weekend was the Jennifer Aniston-Adam Sandler comedy Just Go with It, which collected $18.2m (-40%) in North America, according to studio estimates found at Box Office Mojo. There's no way this Sony release will recover its $80m production budget [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/colin-firth-the-kings-speech-passes-100m-big-mommas-like-father-like-son-box-office/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Leighton Meester-Minka Kelly&#039;s THE ROOMMATE Tops Slow Super Bowl Weekend: Box Office</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/leighton-meester-minka-kelly-the-roommate-super-bowl-weekend-box-office/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/leighton-meester-minka-kelly-the-roommate-super-bowl-weekend-box-office/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2011 22:55:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Zac Gille</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26239</guid> <description><![CDATA[Minka Kelly, Leighton Meester, The Roommate Sony / Screen Gems' The Roommate topped the North American box office this Super Bowl weekend, Feb. 4-6, according to studio estimates found at Box Office Mojo. Christian E. Christiansen's poorly received thriller took in $15.6m at 2,534 locations, averaging an acceptable $6,156 per-theater. That's not bad at all for a movie that cost $16m. The tale of a [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/leighton-meester-minka-kelly-the-roommate-super-bowl-weekend-box-office/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE ROOMMATE Tops Weak Friday Box Office; James Cameron-Produced SANCTUM in Second</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-roommate-james-cameron-sanctum-box-office/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-roommate-james-cameron-sanctum-box-office/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2011 00:02:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Zac Gille</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26222</guid> <description><![CDATA[Leighton Meester, Minka Kelly in Christian E. Christiansen's thriller The Roommate (top); Rhys Wakefield, Josh McGuire in Alister Grierson's 3D adventure/thriller Sanctum, executive-produced by Avatar's James Cameron (bottom) Sony / Screen Gems' The Roommate topped the ho-hum North American box office on Friday, Feb. 4, according to studio estimates found at Box Office Mojo. Christian E. Christiansen's thriller took in $6.4m at 2,534 locations on [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-roommate-james-cameron-sanctum-box-office/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Leonardo DiCaprio, Screenwriter James Cameron – TITANIC: Biggest Oscar Snubs #6</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/leonardo-dicaprio-james-cameron-titanic-oscar-895/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/leonardo-dicaprio-james-cameron-titanic-oscar-895/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2011 20:40:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20790</guid> <description><![CDATA[Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Titanic HOOP DREAMS: Biggest Oscar Snubs #7c The absence of Leonardo DiCaprio and James Cameron's Titanic screenplay from the list of 1997 Oscar nominations deserves its own slot because Titanic wasn't just a movie. As the biggest worldwide grosser ever until Avatar (not taking inflation into account), Cameron's romantic adventure-melodrama was a cultural and financial phenomenon. DiCaprio's failure to get a [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/leonardo-dicaprio-james-cameron-titanic-oscar-895/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE KING&#039;S SPEECH: Surprising Producers Guild Award Winner</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-kings-speech-producers-guild-award-winner/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-kings-speech-producers-guild-award-winner/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2011 08:55:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26089</guid> <description><![CDATA[Colin Firth, The King's Speech My Producers Guild Award predictions couldn't have been more off the mark. Well, come to think of it, I did get the Best Animated Feature right, Toy Story 3. But the PGA Award for the producer of the Best Documentary went to Lesley Chilcott for the Davis Guggenheim-directed Waiting for 'Superman' (instead of Inside Job), while the producers of the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-kings-speech-producers-guild-award-winner/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Producers Guild Awards 2011 Predictions: THE SOCIAL NETWORK, INSIDE JOB, TOY STORY 3</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/producers-guild-awards-2011-predictions-the-social-network/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/producers-guild-awards-2011-predictions-the-social-network/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 22 Jan 2011 13:07:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26083</guid> <description><![CDATA[Justin Timberlake, The Social Network If David Fincher's The Social Network, produced by Dana Brunetti, Ceán Chaffin, Michael De Luca, and Scott Rudin, doesn't win the Producers Guild (PGA) Award on Saturday, Jan. 22, that'll be an upset akin to, say, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen winning the Directors Guild Award for True Grit &#8212; despite the fact that the Coens weren't even nominated. In [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/producers-guild-awards-2011-predictions-the-social-network/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Gloria Stuart: TITANIC, Later Career</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/gloria-stuart-titanic-old-rose/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/gloria-stuart-titanic-old-rose/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 19:22:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25218</guid> <description><![CDATA[Boris Karloff, Gloria Stuart in James Whale's The Old Dark House Gloria Stuart Dies: TITANIC, THE OLD DARK HOUSE, THE INVISIBLE MAN In the '40s, Gloria Stuart did stage work and later retired from acting altogether, devoting her time to painting and fine printing. Her comeback in front of the camera took place in the mid-'70s, a few years prior to the 1978 death of [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/gloria-stuart-titanic-old-rose/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Gloria Stuart Dies: TITANIC, THE OLD DARK HOUSE, THE INVISIBLE MAN</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/gloria-stuart-dies-titanic-the-old-dark-house-the-invisible-man/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/gloria-stuart-dies-titanic-the-old-dark-house-the-invisible-man/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 19:22:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25217</guid> <description><![CDATA[Gloria Stuart in a publicity shot from the 1930s (top); Gloria Stuart as Old Rose in Titanic (bottom) Gloria Stuart, the pretty, blonde leading lady in the Universal horror classics The Old Dark House (1932) and The Invisible Man (1933), and the elderly Rose in James Cameron's megablockbuster Titanic (1997), died on Sunday, Sept. 26. Stuart had turned 100 last July 4; a breast-cancer survivor, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/gloria-stuart-dies-titanic-the-old-dark-house-the-invisible-man/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AVATAR (Finally) Passes $10m; ECLIPSE to Pass $300m; THE EXPENDABLES to Pass $100m: Box Office</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/avatar-eclipse-the-expandables-takers-box-office/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/avatar-eclipse-the-expandables-takers-box-office/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 22:04:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Zac Gille</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25173</guid> <description><![CDATA[James Cameron, Sam Worthington, Avatar (top); Taylor Lautner, Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson in David Slade's The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (upper middle); Hayden Christensen, Takers (lower middle); Sylvester Stallone, Jet Li, Randy Couture, Terry Crews, Jason Statham, The Expendables (bottom) Milla Jovovich-Wentworth Miller's RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE Tops Box Office for Last Time Paul W.S. Anderson's Resident Evil: Afterlife topped the box office on Thursday, while either [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/avatar-eclipse-the-expandables-takers-box-office/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>James Cameron&#039;s AVATAR Rerelease One of 2010&#039;s Biggest Disappointments: Box Office</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/avatar-rerelease-flop-james-cameron-box-office/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/avatar-rerelease-flop-james-cameron-box-office/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 00:40:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Zac Gille</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25148</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sam Worthington, Avatar Paul Walker's TAKERS Beats George Clooney's THE AMERICAN: Box Office After three weekends out, James Cameron's Avatar: Special Edition has yet to reach the $10m mark at the domestic box office. Despite higher 3D/IMAX ticket prices, Avatar has taken in only $9.78m following estimated grosses of $715k this weekend, as per Box Office Mojo. Initially showing at 811 theaters, Avatar is currently [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/avatar-rerelease-flop-james-cameron-box-office/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>TAKERS (Not THE LAST EXORCISM) on Top; AVATAR: SPECIAL EDITION Fails to Crack $5K Average: Box Office</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/takers-the-last-exorcism-avatar-special-edition-box-office/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/takers-the-last-exorcism-avatar-special-edition-box-office/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 23:45:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Zac Gille</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25078</guid> <description><![CDATA[Matt Dillon in John Luessenhop's Takers (top); Sam Worthington as a Na'vi in James Cameron's Avatar (bottom) The top spot at the North American box office this past weekend belonged to Takers, not The Last Exorcism, which came at no. 2. Studio estimates released Sunday were quite a bit off. Featuring Hayden Christensen, Paul Walker, Matt Dillon, Chris Brown, and Idris Elba, John Luessenhop's heist [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/takers-the-last-exorcism-avatar-special-edition-box-office/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>James Cameron&#039;s AVATAR: SPECIAL EDITION Disappoints: Box Office</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/james-cameron-avatar-special-edition-disappoints-box-office/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/james-cameron-avatar-special-edition-disappoints-box-office/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:13:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Zac Gille</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25075</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sam Worthington, Avatar THE LAST EXORCISM, TAKERS a Near Tie: Box Office With a $4m take at 812 3D venues according to studio estimates found at Box Office Mojo, James Cameron's Avatar: Special Edition was a disappointment, especially considering that it's playing at costlier locations &#8212; 3D/IMAX houses &#8212; that on average charge 30+% above regular movie ticket prices. But if egos have been bruised, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/james-cameron-avatar-special-edition-disappoints-box-office/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE LAST EXORCISM, TAKERS Surprise; James Cameron&#039;s AVATAR: SPECIAL EDITION Disappoints: Box Office</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-last-exorcism-takers-avatar-special-edition-box-office/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-last-exorcism-takers-avatar-special-edition-box-office/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 21:35:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Zac Gille</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25070</guid> <description><![CDATA[Hayden Christensen, Takers As mentioned in my previous post, Daniel Stamm's mockumentary The Last Exorcism and John Luessenhop's heist thriller The Takers performed above expectations on Friday. Most pundits predicted those two late August entries would collect approximately $15m-$16m over the weekend, but figures will likely be considerably higher for both. On the downside, James Cameron's Avatar: Special Edition was a disappointment, especially since it's [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-last-exorcism-takers-avatar-special-edition-box-office/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE LAST EXORCISM vs. TAKERS, THE EXPENDABLES vs. AVATAR: Weekend Box Office Predictions</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-last-exorcism-takers-the-expendables-avatar-box-office-predictions/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-last-exorcism-takers-the-expendables-avatar-box-office-predictions/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 02:08:15 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Zac Gille</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25058</guid> <description><![CDATA[Lionsgate's The Last Exorcism (above), a mock-cinéma vérité horror/humor tale about a possessed teenager, debuts on midnight Thursday. Directed by Daniel Stamm and produced by Eli Roth, The Last Exorcism is expected to be the weekend's top grosser by most pundits, collecting anywhere between $13m-$17m (apparently these figures include the midnight screenings). The heist thriller Takers, with Idris Elba, Paul Walker, Chris Brown, and Matt [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-last-exorcism-takers-the-expendables-avatar-box-office-predictions/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AVATAR &quot;Saves&quot; 2010 Domestic Box Office</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/avatar-saves-domestic-box-office/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/avatar-saves-domestic-box-office/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:03:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Zac Gille</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24465</guid> <description><![CDATA[According to Hollywood.com, in 2010 James Cameron's Avatar grossed $465m of its $749m at the domestic box office. The Na'vi's ability to bring people to (more expensive) 3D/IMAX theaters has helped to offset what has been otherwise a highly disappointing year, with underperformers such as Robin Hood, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, and Sex and the City 2. Although revenues are up 3.65 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/avatar-saves-domestic-box-office/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>David Slade&#039;s Twitter Rant</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/david-slade-twitter-rant-eclipse/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/david-slade-twitter-rant-eclipse/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 23:29:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Joan Lister</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24117</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Cullen Family in David Slade's The Twilight Saga: Eclipse: Ashley Greene, Nikki Reed, Elizabeth Reaser, Jackson Rathbone, Peter Facinelli David Slade IN THE FUTURE: Long Twitter Rant Following Ugly ECLIPSE Rumors My favorite Slade tweet is the ominous: IN THE FUTURE &#8212; all by itself. In other words, Slade wanted you to use your imagination. What will THE FUTURE be like? Of course, it [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/david-slade-twitter-rant-eclipse/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Robert Pattinson, Ashton Kutcher, James Cameron: TIME&#039;s 100 Most Influential People of 2010</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/robert-pattinson-ashton-kutcher-time-most-influential-people/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/robert-pattinson-ashton-kutcher-time-most-influential-people/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:27:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24072</guid> <description><![CDATA[Emilie de Ravin, Robert Pattinson, Remember Me (top); James Cameron, Sigourney Weaver, Avatar (middle); Ashton Kutcher, Anne Heche, Spread (bottom) Singer Lady Gaga, actor Robert Pattinson, artist Banksy, Apple entrepreneur Steve Jobs, Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh, talk-show hostess Oprah Winfrey, actor-tweeter Ashton Kutcher, talk show host Conan O'Brien, artist Zaha Hadid, filmmaker James Cameron, and Nelson Mandela's wife Graça Machel have all been included [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/robert-pattinson-ashton-kutcher-time-most-influential-people/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AVATAR DVD Sells 5.2 Million Copies First Two Days</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/avatar-dvd-record-breaking/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/avatar-dvd-record-breaking/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 05:05:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24029</guid> <description><![CDATA[Avatar sold 3.2 million DVD (including Blu-ray) copies on its first day out (not including rentals), last Thursday, according to figures provided by 20th Century Fox (via Deadline.com). Earlier reports had Avatar selling 4 million units. James Cameron's 3D sci-fier &#8212; on DVD in plain old HD 2D &#8212; broke The Dark Knight's record for Blu-ray sales: 600K copies for TDK vs. 1.2 million for [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/avatar-dvd-record-breaking/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AVATAR: DVD / Blu-ray Release Breaks Record</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/avatar-dvd-blu-ray-release-breaks-record/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/avatar-dvd-blu-ray-release-breaks-record/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:32:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24021</guid> <description><![CDATA[James Cameron's 3D big-screen blockbuster Avatar (above, Pandora's floating mountains) has already become a 2D DVD and Blu-ray blockbuster. On its first day out, Thursday, Earth Day, Avatar set the Blu-ray sales record for one day, with 1.5 million copies sold. (Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight had been the previous record holder with 600K Blu-ray copies sold.) According to estimates, overall 4 million copies of [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/avatar-dvd-blu-ray-release-breaks-record/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AVATAR Up 7% on Wednesday: Box Office</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/avatar-up-box-office-miley-cyrus-down/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/avatar-up-box-office-miley-cyrus-down/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 22:36:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Hutton</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24018</guid> <description><![CDATA[Miley Cyrus in the film version of Nicholas Sparks' The Last Song (top); James Cameron, Sam Worthington Avatar (bottom) Matthew Vaughn’s Kick-Ass, with Aaron Johnson, Chloe Moretz, and Nicolas Cage, held a very slight lead at the North American box office, with $1.297 million (-12.8%) on Wednesday, Apr. 21, according to Box Office Mojo. At #2, DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon, featuring the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/avatar-up-box-office-miley-cyrus-down/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>James Cameron, the Xingu Indians vs. Lula&#039;s Brazilian Government</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/james-cameron-xingu-belo-monte-dam-brazil/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/james-cameron-xingu-belo-monte-dam-brazil/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 23:52:04 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24008</guid> <description><![CDATA[Amazon's Xingu River (top); Avatar's Pandora (bottom) James Cameron and Avatar co-star Sigourney Weaver were recently in Brazil, where the director joined protesters against the building of a gigantic dam on the Amazon's Xingu River; the Belo Monte dam would destroy the local environment and displace tens of thousands of local Indians. Cameron went as far as saying that what was taking place in the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/james-cameron-xingu-belo-monte-dam-brazil/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AVATAR to Be Rereleased in August</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/avatar-to-be-rereleased-in-august/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/avatar-to-be-rereleased-in-august/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 23:48:34 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24007</guid> <description><![CDATA[Avatar's Pandora James Cameron's worldwide blockbuster Avatar will be released on DVD/Blu-ray tomorrow, April 22. The Los Angeles Times is doing its bit to promote the release, featuring an interview with the filmmaker. Here are a couple of choice tidbits from the q&#38;a with Patrick Kevin Day: Avatar should be rereleased in August, with six additional minutes featuring lots of WETA work. Avatar's sequel, which [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/avatar-to-be-rereleased-in-august/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Miley Cyrus-Liam Hemsworth&#039;s THE LAST SONG #6, AVATAR Grosses More than $1M: Box Office</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/miley-cyrus-liam-hemsworth-avatar-box-office/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/miley-cyrus-liam-hemsworth-avatar-box-office/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 19:56:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Hutton</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=23974</guid> <description><![CDATA[Liam Hemsworth, Miley Cyrus, The Last Song HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON, KICK-ASS: Box Office With nearly a $10 million gap separating it from #5 movie Clash of the Titans, the Miley Cyrus-Liam Hemsworth The Last Song, based on Nicholas Sparks‘ bestseller, was #6 at the North American box office this weekend according to Box Office Mojo. The romantic melodrama earned an estimated $5.8 million [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/miley-cyrus-liam-hemsworth-avatar-box-office/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>James Cameron, Sigourney Weaver Plant Tree in Brazil</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/james-cameron-sigourney-weaver-earth-day-network/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/james-cameron-sigourney-weaver-earth-day-network/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:45:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=23922</guid> <description><![CDATA[Avatar's Sigourney Weaver and James Cameron are in Brazil promoting both the release of the sci-fi blockbuster on DVD and Blu-ray in that country, and the Earth Day Network/Fox Home Entertainment effort to have 1 million trees planted around the world. In this photo, Weaver and Cameron can be seen planting &#8212; or at least posing as if they're planting &#8212; a pau-brasil tree in [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/james-cameron-sigourney-weaver-earth-day-network/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AVATAR, Christoph Waltz, Zoe Saldana: Jameson Empire Awards 2010</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/avatar-christoph-waltz-empire-awards/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/avatar-christoph-waltz-empire-awards/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 22:58:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=23788</guid> <description><![CDATA[James Cameron's worldwide blockbuster Avatar won top honors at the Jameson Empire Awards, voted by the people for the people, but without director Cameron in attendance. Sam Worthington, the one who goes from human to Na'vi in 3D, had to accept the Best Picture prize. For his Best Director win, Cameron had a pre-recorded acceptance speech, taped in Los Angeles: &#34;Well, I've just received this [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/avatar-christoph-waltz-empire-awards/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AVATAR Tops Jameson Empire Awards 2010</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/avatar-jameson-empire-awards/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/avatar-jameson-empire-awards/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 22:23:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=23787</guid> <description><![CDATA[(&#34;*&#34; denotes the winner in each category) BEST ACTOR Sir Michael Caine (Harry Brown) * Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) Robert Pattinson (New Moon) Sam Worthington (Avatar) Robert Downey Jr. (Sherlock Holmes) BEST ACTRESS Anne-Marie Duff (Nowhere Boy) Carey Mulligan (An Education) * Zoe Saldana (Avatar) Emily Blunt (The Young Victoria) Melanie Laurent (Inglourious Basterds) BEST NEWCOMER Carey Mulligan (An Education) * Aaron Johnson (Nowhere Boy) [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/avatar-jameson-empire-awards/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Robert Pattinson, Christoph Waltz, AVATAR: Empire Awards 2010</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/robert-pattinson-empire-awards-christoph-waltz/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/robert-pattinson-empire-awards-christoph-waltz/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 02:02:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=23754</guid> <description><![CDATA[Vampires galore: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson The Twilight Saga: New Moon (top); Tomas Alfredson's Let the Right One In (middle); Park Chan-wook's Thirst (bottom) From Robert Pattinson in The Twilight Saga: New Moon to Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds, from J.J. Abrams' Star Trek to Park Chan-wook's Thirst, from Zoe Saldana in Avatar to Anne-Marie Duff in Nowhere Boy &#8212; there's something for just about [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/robert-pattinson-empire-awards-christoph-waltz/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AVATAR, Sandra Bullock, Robert Downey Jr: Green Planet Movie Awards</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/green-planet-awards-avatar-sandra-bullock/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/green-planet-awards-avatar-sandra-bullock/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:04:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=23674</guid> <description><![CDATA[Avatar, Sandra Bullock, Robert Downey Jr, James Cameron, Matt Damon, and Penelope Cruz were the top winners at the Green Planet Movie Awards, which are supposed to acknowledge the &#34;power of movies to inspire environmental and humanitarian efforts.&#34; The awards are sponsored by the Southern California-based Academia Foundation and Anaheim University. Viewers from around the world select the winners. Hosted by Tamlyn Tomita, the awards [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/green-planet-awards-avatar-sandra-bullock/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AVATAR Vs. ALICE IN WONDERLAND Box Office Comparison</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/avatar-vs-alice-in-wonderland-box-office-comparison/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/avatar-vs-alice-in-wonderland-box-office-comparison/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:45:45 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Hutton</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=23582</guid> <description><![CDATA[James Cameron's Avatar (top); Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland (bottom) Avatar vs. Gone with the Wind, Avatar vs. Titanic, or even Avatar vs. The Blind Side, another late 2009 release, are all difficult to compare. In the first two instances, James Cameron's 3D sci-fier came out in a radically different movie distribution world &#8212; not to mention the warping effect of inflationary pressures on ticket [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/avatar-vs-alice-in-wonderland-box-office-comparison/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>6</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AVATAR 2D Box Office: Between SHREK 2 and GHOSTBUSTERS</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/avatar-box-office-shrek-2-ghostbusters/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/avatar-box-office-shrek-2-ghostbusters/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:48:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Hutton</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=23578</guid> <description><![CDATA[Zoe Saldana, Sam Worthington in James Cameron's Avatar AVATAR Box Office: #14 Inflation-Adjusted Chart Avatar, currently at #14 on Box Office Mojo’s inflation-adjusted chart, would fall behind nearly 20 more movies if 3D/IMAX surcharges are factored into its box-office grosses. As I've explained before, Box Office Mojo's inflation-adjusted chart is supposed to better reflect the number of tickets a movie has sold. In Avatar's case, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/avatar-box-office-shrek-2-ghostbusters/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>5</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AVATAR Box Office: Behind BEN-HUR on Inflation-Adjusted Chart</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/avatar-box-office-ben-hur/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/avatar-box-office-ben-hur/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:28:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Hutton</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=23575</guid> <description><![CDATA[Avatar: James Cameron, Sam Worthington on the set Avatar hasn’t been the top grosser at the domestic box office for nearly two months. It was initially dethroned by the Channing Tatum-Amanda Seyfried tearjerker Dear John, followed by Garry Marshall’s all-star Valentine’s Day, the Martin Scorsese-Leonardo DiCaprio thriller Shutter Island, and for the last three weekends Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland. Avatar is still doing okay [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/avatar-box-office-ben-hur/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AVATAR on DVD: Not 3D</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/avatar-dvd-not-3d-earth-day/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/avatar-dvd-not-3d-earth-day/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:11:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=23371</guid> <description><![CDATA[Avatar, James Cameron's 3D sci-fi extravaganza, is coming to DVD &#8212; but on 2D. Twentieth Century Fox announced today that Avatar will be released on Blu-ray and regular DVD on April 22, the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. Criticized by some for being racist, anti-American, anti-military, anti-human, pro-alien, and pro-paganistic, Avatar has been praised by others for its pro-nature approach. It's unclear when Fox will [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/avatar-dvd-not-3d-earth-day/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>International Box Office: SHUTTER ISLAND #2, AVATAR #3; Robert Pattinson&#039;s REMEMBER ME Flops</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/shutter-island-avatar-international-box-office/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/shutter-island-avatar-international-box-office/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:29:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Hutton</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=23343</guid> <description><![CDATA[Shutter Island was the #2 movie at the international box office this past weekend, after runaway #1 Alice in Wonderland. Martin Scorsese's dark thriller starring Leonardo DiCaprio (above) and Mark Ruffalo grossed an estimated $19.2 million in 43 markets. The film's total overseas take to date is $82 million, while the worldwide total is $190 million. For comparison's sake, the Oscar-winning The Departed (2006) grossed [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/shutter-island-avatar-international-box-office/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>James Cameron, Stephen Rivkin Photo: Governors Ball 2010</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/james-cameron-stephen-rivkin-governors-ball-129/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/james-cameron-stephen-rivkin-governors-ball-129/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:38:56 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Zac Gille</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=23150</guid> <description><![CDATA[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Governor James Gianopulos (left); Academy Award nominated (Avatar) editor Stephen Rivkin (center) and Academy Award nominee James Cameron (right) at the Governors Ball after the 82nd Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, CA on Sunday, March 7, 2010. James Cameron was up for three Oscars: as one of the producers of the Best Picture nominee [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/james-cameron-stephen-rivkin-governors-ball-129/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Ben Stiller as Na&#039;vi Photo: 2010 Oscar Ceremony</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/ben-stiller-navi-photo-oscar-ceremony-806/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/ben-stiller-navi-photo-oscar-ceremony-806/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:00:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=23135</guid> <description><![CDATA[I did watch most of Ben Stiller's introduction to the Best Makeup award, chiefly because I was wondering if he was going to mention Sacha Baron Cohen. Although Stiller's humor is of the sort that brings out the axe murderer in me, I actually chuckled a couple of times thanks in part to reaction shots of James Cameron. (Cameron's wife, Suzy Amis, seemed to be [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/ben-stiller-navi-photo-oscar-ceremony-806/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Barbra Streisand, Kathryn Bigelow and Gender Politics: Oscar 2010</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/barbra-streisand-kathryn-bigelow-oscar-198/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/barbra-streisand-kathryn-bigelow-oscar-198/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:28:33 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=23076</guid> <description><![CDATA[Kathryn Bigelow, Barbra Streisand Barbra Streisand, who was almost nominated for a Best Director Oscar a couple of times in the past, was chosen to present the 2010 Best Director Oscar at Sunday's ceremony. &#34;From among the five gifted nominees tonight, the winner could be, for the first time, a woman,&#34; Streisand told the audience at the Kodak Theatre. And just in time, too: Monday, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/barbra-streisand-kathryn-bigelow-oscar-198/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>James Cameron, Kathy Bates Photo: 2010 Oscar Red Carpet</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/james-cameron-kathy-bates-192/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/james-cameron-kathy-bates-192/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:54:04 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Joan Lister</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22926</guid> <description><![CDATA[James Cameron, Suzy Amis, Titanic's Kathy Bates Click on the photo to enlarge it. Photo: Richard Harbaugh / ©A.M.P.A.S.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/james-cameron-kathy-bates-192/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>James Cameron, Suzy Amis Photo: 2010 Oscar Red Carpet</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/james-cameron-suzy-amis-998/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/james-cameron-suzy-amis-998/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:53:56 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Joan Lister</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22925</guid> <description><![CDATA[Suzy Amis, James Cameron Click on the photo to enlarge it. Photo: Richard Harbaugh / ©A.M.P.A.S.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/james-cameron-suzy-amis-998/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Box Office: AVATAR Back to #1 on Thursday</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/avatar-back-top-thursday-499/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/avatar-back-top-thursday-499/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:21:34 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Hutton</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22707</guid> <description><![CDATA[Zoe Saldana, Sam Worthington in Avatar It was bound to happen. On its last day in a number of IMAX and 3D theaters across North America, James Cameron's Avatar recovered its position as the #1 movie at the box office, barely edging out Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island on Thursday, March 4. Avatar grossed $1.646 million (an increase of 7 percent from the day before) while [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/avatar-back-top-thursday-499/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Box Office: SHUTTER ISLAND Drops; AVATAR Rises</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/hollywood/shutter-island-drops-avatar-rises-54908/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/hollywood/shutter-island-drops-avatar-rises-54908/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:50:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Hutton</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22673</guid> <description><![CDATA[Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley in Shutter Island The gap between Shutter Island and Avatar got narrower on Wednesday (March 3), as the former lost nearly 15% of its take while the latter gained nearly 4%. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo, Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island barely managed to keep its spot at the top of the North American box office chart, with $1.65 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/hollywood/shutter-island-drops-avatar-rises-54908/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sacha Baron Cohen Gets Oscar Axe: Better Not Offend AVATAR&#039;s James Cameron</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/sacha-baron-cohen-james-cameron-oscar-71872/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/sacha-baron-cohen-james-cameron-oscar-71872/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:44:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22633</guid> <description><![CDATA[According to New York magazine's Vulture blog, Sacha Baron Cohen has been axed from the Oscar telecast because the Borat/Brüno performer who once landed on Eminem's lap was supposed to have appeared in a sketch with Ben Stiller that might have offended Best Director nominee James Cameron. The Avatar filmmaker has a reputation of being short tempered, and his blockbusting sci-fi epic is in the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/sacha-baron-cohen-james-cameron-oscar-71872/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Box Office: SHUTTER ISLAND No. 1; AVATAR Back at #2 on 75th Day Out</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/hollywood/box-office-shutter-island-avatar-cameron-44890/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/hollywood/box-office-shutter-island-avatar-cameron-44890/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:04:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Hutton</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22613</guid> <description><![CDATA[Shutter Island, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo (above), was the #1 movie at the North American box office on Tuesday, March 2, with Avatar right on its heels, according to figures provided by Box Office Mojo. Martin Scorsese’s creepy thriller took in $1.93 million, a 9.1 percent increase from Monday, while James Cameron's sci-fi adventure grossed $1.48 million (+18%) on its 75th day out. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/hollywood/box-office-shutter-island-avatar-cameron-44890/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Box Office: SHUTTER ISLAND (Barely) on Top on Monday</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/shutter-island-monday-71790/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/shutter-island-monday-71790/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:47:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Hutton</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22569</guid> <description><![CDATA[Shutter Island, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo (above), remained the #1 movie at the North American box office on Monday, March 1, according to Box Office Mojo. However, the gap between Martin Scorsese’s psychological thriller and the runners-up wasn't as wide as was the case over the weekend. Shutter Island grossed an estimated $1.774 million on Monday, followed by Kevin Smith’s Cop Out, starring [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/shutter-island-monday-71790/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE HURT LOCKER Producer Nicolas Chartier Barred from Oscar Ceremony</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/nicolas-chartier-punished-oscar-ceremony-59192/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/nicolas-chartier-punished-oscar-ceremony-59192/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:43:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22556</guid> <description><![CDATA[Oscar-nominated The Hurt Locker producer Nicolas Chartier will be denied attendance at the 2010 Academy Awards ceremony. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that &#34;should The Hurt Locker be announced as the recipient of the Best Picture award at Sunday’s ceremonies, only three of the picture’s producers will be present for the celebration.&#34; The Iraq War drama's other nominated producers are [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/nicolas-chartier-punished-oscar-ceremony-59192/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AVATAR Wins Six Visual Effects Awards</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/avatar-visual-effects-awards-59012/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/avatar-visual-effects-awards-59012/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:49:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22523</guid> <description><![CDATA[James Cameron's 3D sci-fi epic Avatar won six Visual Effects Society Awards on Sunday. Among those was the top VES Award for visual effects in a visual effects-driven feature. Avatar's competition was District 9, Star Trek, 2012, and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Additionally, James Cameron received the VES Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by Bill Paxton. Avatar is obviously the favorite to win this year's [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/avatar-visual-effects-awards-59012/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
