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	<title>Alt Film Guide &#187; Nine</title>
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		<title>Oscar 2010: Those with Fewer Nominations Than Expected</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-invictus-the-lovely-bones-398/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:27:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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Clint Eastwood&#8217;s Invictus  was expected to land a Best Picture Oscar nod and was a possibility for Best Director. The sentimental political drama&#8217;s only two Oscar 2010 nominations were for best actor Morgan Freeman (above) and best supporting actor Matt Damon. &#34;We didn&#8217;t get a best picture nomination? Well that&#8217;s a big letdown.  Well there you go. That&#8217;s my problem, I thought we should get a best  picture nomination,&#34; Freeman remarked upon learning that he was in, but his movie was out.
Michael Hoffman&#8217;s The Last Station was at one point touted as a possible Best Picture contender. It received two nominations: best actress for Helen Mirren and best supporting actor Christopher Plummer. As expected, James McAvoy was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar 2010 Predictions: Best Cinematography, Original Score, Original Song, etc.</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-predictions-best-cinematography-883/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator>
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Kathryn Bigelow&#8217;s The Hurt Locker (top); James Cameron, Sam Worthington on Avatar set (middle, upper); J.J. Abrams&#8216; Star Trek (middle, lower); Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend in The Young Victoria (bottom)

Oscar 2010 Predictions: The Winners
The 2010 Academy Award nominations will be announced in  a few hours. So we&#8217;re wrapping up our list of predictions in every category we can think of, from best cinematography to best animated short. 
Most of the choices below are based on which movies have received nominations from the various guilds and associations. Others &#8212; e.g., best song, the short subjects categories &#8212; are mostly just plain old guesswork. Some of those categories may end up with less than five nominees.
Also, several categories have their own [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2010 Oscar Predictions: Best Picture</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2010-oscar-predictions-best-picture-891/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2010 Oscar Predictions
Best Picture


Avatar (Zoe Saldana, Sam Worthington), James Cameron

Broken Embraces (Penelope Cruz), Pedro Almodóvar

District 9, Neill Blomkamp

An Education (Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard), Lone Scherfig

The Hurt Locker (Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie), Kathryn Bigelow

Inglourious Basterds (Melanie Laurent), Quentin Tarantino

Nine (Penelope Cruz, Judi Dench, Nicole Kidman, Fergie, Daniel Day-Lewis, Kate Hudson, Sophia Loren), Rob Marshall

Precious (Gabourey Sidibe, Mo&#8217;Nique), Lee Daniels

A Serious Man (Michael Stuhlbarg), Joel and Ethan Coen

Up in the Air (George Clooney, Vera Farmiga), Jason Reitman


Other possibilities: Pete Docter&#8217;s Up, Marc Webb&#8217;s (500) Days of Summer, Clint Eastwood&#8217;s Invictus, John Lee Hancock&#8217;s The Blind Side, J.J. Abrams&#8216; Star Trek, Oren Moverman&#8217;s The Messenger, Michael Haneke&#8217;s The White Ribbon, Louie Psihoyos&#8216; The Cove, Michael Hoffman&#8217;s The Last Station, Wes Anderson&#8217;s Fantastic Mr. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SAG Awards 2010 Prediction: THE HURT LOCKER, Best Cast</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/sag-awards-2010-the-hurt-locker-best-cast-998/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:15:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2010 SAG Award Prediction

Best Cast in a Motion Picture
The Hurt Locker &#8212; Christian Camargo, Brian Geraghty, Evangeline Lilly, Anthony Mackie, Jeremy Renner
Many  consider the Screen Actors Guild&#8217;s Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture Award as SAG&#8217; best film equivalent. Generally speaking, that ain&#8217;t true. A &#34;cast,&#34; or &#34;ensemble,&#34; is exactly what the name implies: a group of performers interacting with one another in a movie. SAG Award voters, whether when selecting their nominees or  winners, have almost invariably followed that &#34;Outstanding Cast = Outstanding Group Acting&#34; concept. 
For instance, among past SAG Award nominees in the Outstanding Cast category have been How to Make an American Quilt, Marvin&#8217;s Room, Boogie Nights, The Green Mile, Chocolat, and Bobby &#8212; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mo&#8217;Nique, Nicole Kidman: Golden Globes Photos</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/monique-nicole-kidman-golden-globes-899/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:25:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator>
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Mo&#8217;Nique (Golden Globe Awards / © HFPA)

Mo&#8217;Nique&#8217;s speech at the Golden Globes this past Sunday was the evening&#8217;s highlight for some. According to Brian Brooks at indieWIRE, the best supporting actress winner had already delivered a memorable speech the previous evening at the Los Angeles Film Critics Association&#8217;s awards dinner, held at the Century City Intercontinental Hotel. (About a stone&#8217;s throw from the Globes&#8217; Beverly Hilton Hotel.)
Mo&#8217;Nique explained that she hadn&#8217;t been looking at the Precious rushes, and only realized the impact of her performance as Gabourey Sidibe&#8217;s abusive mother after she received a phone call from director Lee Daniels.
“Lee said to me, ‘Bitch!’ I mean, he said to me, ‘Biiiiiitch! You  gave me far more then I could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jeff Bridges, Kate Hudson, Nicole Kidman: Golden Globes 2010 Photos</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/jeff-bridges-kate-hudson-nicole-kidman-887/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:54:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator>
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Jeff Bridges (Golden Globe Awards / © HFPA)

 “You&#8217;re really screwing up my under-appreciated status here,&#34; said 40-year film veteran Jeff Bridges as he accepted his  Golden Globe for best actor (drama) of the year. In Scott Cooper&#8217;s Crazy Heart, Bridges plays an aging, troubled country singer who has a &#34;healing&#34; affair with a much younger journalist (Maggie Gyllenhaal). 
Although he&#8217;s been mentioned as a favorite for the Oscars &#8212; a sort of career achievement award for the four-time nominated actor &#8212; the Golden Globe was expected to go to George Clooney for his corporate-downsizing expert in Up in the Air. After all, the members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association are well known for their love of big [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mel Gibson (Not Heckled), Meryl Streep&#8217;s Speech, Penelope Cruz&#8217;s Legs: Golden Globes 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/mel-gibson-meryl-streep-penelope-cruz-555/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 05:15:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator>
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Penelope Cruz in Nine (David James / The Weinstein Co.)

Speeches at the 2010 Golden Globes ranged from the moving to the mundane. Mostly the mundane. The awards show itself wasn&#8217;t the most exciting thing on planet Earth, but at least it was over in about three hours. 
What I was most curious about wasn&#8217;t who was going to win best actor (drama) or best director or best screenplay or best actress (comedy or musical). What I was most curious about  was: Will someone throw a shoe at Mel Gibson when he shows up as a presenter? Will he be heckled? Will he get a standing ovation? Will he get shoes, heckles, and a standing ovation? 
Much to my disappointment, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Golden Globes 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/golden-globes-2010-887/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:07:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joan Lister</dc:creator>
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2010 Golden Globes
Hollywood Foreign Press Association&#8217;s 2010 Golden Globe nominations: Dec. 15, 2009
2010 Golden Globe winners: Jan. 17, 2010
(&#34;*&#34; denotes the winner in each category)
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Stephen Lang, Sam Worthington in Avatar (Mark Fellman / 20th Century Fox)
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BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
* AVATAR
Lightstorm Entertainment; Twentieth Century Fox
THE HURT LOCKER
Voltage Pictures; Summit Entertainment
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
The Weinstein Company / Universal Pictures; The Weinstein Company
PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE
A Lee Daniels Entertainment / Smokewood Entertainment Group Production;
Lionsgate
UP IN THE AIR
Paramount Pictures; Paramount Pictures
2. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
EMILY BLUNT
THE YOUNG VICTORIA
* SANDRA BULLOCK
THE BLIND SIDE
HELEN MIRREN
THE LAST STATION
CAREY MULLIGAN
AN EDUCATION
GABOUREY SIDIBE
PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE
3. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NINE, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS, AVATAR Lead Critics Choice Awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:36:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator>
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Rob Marshall&#8217;s Nine and Quentin Tarantino&#8217;s Inglourious Basterds; each with ten nominations, and James Cameron&#8217;s Avatar with nine, are the leading nominees for the Broadcast Film Critics Association&#8217;s Critics Choice Awards, which will be handed out this evening at the Hollywood Palladium. The show will be hosted by Kristin Chenoweth.
In addition to the aforementioned three films, the other seven best picture nominees are: Lone Scherfig&#8217;s An Education; Kathryn Bigelow&#8217;s The Hurt Locker; Clint Eastwood&#8217;s Invictus; Lee Daniels&#8216; Precious; Joel and Ethan Coen&#8217;s A Serious Man; Pete Docter&#8217;s Up and Jason Reitman&#8217;s Up in the Air. Bigelow, Cameron, Daniels,  Eastwood, Reitman, and Tarantino received best director nods.
The best actor nominees are George Clooney, Up in the Air; Jeff Bridges for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IT&#8217;S COMPLICATED &#8211; Best Picture (Comedy or Musical): Golden Globe Predictions</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/its-complicated-best-picture-comedy-194/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator>
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Best Picture &#8211; Comedy or Musical
It&#8217;s Complicated
None of the five nominees in the best picture (comedy or musical) category has a matching best director nomination. Only one of them has a matching best screenplay nod, It&#8217;s Complicated. That shouldn&#8217;t be enough for this Nancy Meyers comedy to win, but this may well be the Year of the Woman at the Golden Globes. A romantic comedy directed by a woman wins, Kathryn Bigelow wins as best director, Dame Meryl Streep wins (again) for Julie &#38; Julia, Top Box Office Star Sandra Bullock wins for The Blind Side, Big Bad Mama Mo&#8217;Nique wins as best supporting actress for Precious. Who cares about the men?
Well, Meryl Streep&#8217;s character in It&#8217;s Complicated clearly does, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AVATAR, THE WHITE RIBBON, THE HURT LOCKER: ASC Awards 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/avatar-the-white-ribbon-the-hurt-locker-444/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:06:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator>
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Penelope Cruz, Marion Cotillard, Nicole Kidman, Kate Hudson, Stacy Ferguson, Sophia Loren, Daniel Day-Lewis in Nine (David James / The Weinstein Co.) (top); Michael Haneke&#8217;s The White Ribbon (Films du Losange / Sony Pictures Classics)  (middle); Sam Worthington, Michelle Rodriguez, Sigourney Weaver, Joel David Moore in Avatar (Mark Fellman / 20th Century Fox)  (bottom)

The American Society of Cinematographers has announced its list of nominees. They are Barry Ackroyd  for The Hurt Locker,  Dion Beebe for Nine, Christian Berger for The White Ribbon, Mauro Fiore for Avatar, and Robert Richardson for Inglorious Basterds.
Dion Beebe  previously won the ASC Award for Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) and was nominated for Collateral (2004). Robert Richardson&#8217;s nod is his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AVATAR In, Oprah Out: PGA Awards 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:43:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator>
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Sam Worthington in Avatar (WETA / 20th Century Fox)

The Academy is probably hoping that Oscar voters will follow  the Producers Guild of America&#8216; lead, as  their top-ten list features one mega-blockbuster, James Cameron&#8217;s Avatar (more than $1 billion worldwide), and no less than four blockbusters: J.J. Abrams&#8216; Star Trek,  Pete Docter&#8217;s Up, Quentin Tarantino&#8217;s Inglourious Basterds and Neill Blomkamp&#8217;s District 9. The rationale is that bigger movies are supposed to result in bigger TV ratings.
Cameron&#8217;s Titanic raked in solid viewership numbers back in 1998, but it&#8217;s been mostly downhill from there. Last year, the Oscar ceremony got an audience bump that was credited to the presence of teen heartthrobs Robert Pattinson (fresh off of Twilight) and Zac [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marion Cotillard, Quentin Tarantino to Be Honored in Palm Springs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:05:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marion Cotillard (right) and  Quentin Tarantino will be honored at the 2010 Palm Springs Film Festival. Cotillard, one of the stars of Rob Marshall&#8217;s Nine, will receive the  Desert Palm Achievement Actress Award while Tarantino will get the Sonny Bono Visionary Award.
 Presented by Cartier, the Palm Springs Awards  Gala will take place on Tuesday, January 5, at the  Palm Springs Convention Center. The event will be hosted by Entertainment Tonight&#8217;s  Mary Hart. Other 2010 honorees are   Jeff Bridges, T Bone Burnett, Mariah Carey, Morgan Freeman, Anna  Kendrick, Helen Mirren, Jason Reitman and Jeremy Renner. The Festival  runs January 5-18, 2010. 
 In Nine,  a musical adaptation of Federico Fellini&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE HURT LOCKER Is US Critics&#8217; Favorite</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-hurt-locker-american-critics-favorite-654/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator>
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Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker (Jonathan Olley / Summit Entertainment)

Thus far, The Hurt Locker is the top choice among American film critics. The Iraq War drama directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal, has won about a dozen awards from US-based critics&#8217; groups, including those from the country&#8217;s three largest metropolitan areas: New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. 
Although The Hurt Locker is surely going to get an Oscar nomination come next February, the film&#8217;s chances of actually winning the award remain iffy in spite of a SAG nomination (and likely win) for best ensemble. Either Jason Reitman&#8217;s dramatic comedy Up in the Air, in which George Clooney plays a corporate-downsizing expert, or James Cameron&#8217;s generally well-received [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AVATAR, Robert Downey Jr, Chipmunks, Meryl Streep Top Box Office</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 23:12:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Franck Tabouring</dc:creator>
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James Cameron’s Avatar  prevailed at the North American box office this weekend as the sci-fi action  spectacle regained the No. 1 spot with another stunning $75 million in ticket  sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Even though Avatar  was dethroned Friday by new entry Sherlock Holmes, the  film regained momentum Saturday and Sunday to emerge as the weekend’s winner. Starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, and Sigourney Weaver, Avatar  has brought its domestic total to a solid $212.2 million.

Guy Ritchie’s new take on Sherlock Holmes  also delivered a strong performance at the box office, bagging a superb $65.3  million from ticket sales at 3,626 locations. Starring Robert Downey  Jr. and Jude Law, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AVATAR to Beat SHERLOCK HOLMES at Christmas Weekend Box Office</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Hutton</dc:creator>
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James Cameron&#8217;s Avatar (WETA / 20th Century Fox) (top); Jude Law, Robert Downey Jr in Sherlock Holmes (Alex Bailey / Warner Bros.) (bottom)

Probably because of both the enormous publicity surrounding its production costs and the nearly mythical place of Titanic in box-office history, Avatar&#8217;s box-office fate has been a major topic among film-related publications, whether online or elsewhere. So, here we go again.
According to Nikki Finke at Deadline Hollywood, James Cameron&#8217;s sci-fi epic will come out on top this Christmas weekend despite having fallen behind Sherlock Holmes on Friday, Christmas Day. In her report, Finke says that as per her sources Avatar grossed anywhere between $28 and $32 million on Saturday. She adds that estimates for the film&#8217;s weekend take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE HURT LOCKER, NINE Win Satellite Awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator>
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Kathryn Bigelow&#8217;s The Hurt Locker (Jonathan Olley / Summit Entertainment) (top); Daniel Day-Lewis, Sophia Loren in Nine (David James / The Weinstein Co.) (bottom)

The Hurt Locker and Nine were named, respectively, best film drama and comedy/musical by the International Press Academy on Sunday evening, Nov. 20. 
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow, who won the IPA&#8217;s Satellite Award for best director, The Hurt Locker follows a bomb squad through the dangerous streets of an Iraqi city. The film has been winning tons of accolades and it&#8217;s one of the favorites for the 2010 Academy Awards. Its lead, Jeremy Renner, was named the year&#8217;s best actor.
Daniel Day-Lewis, Judi Dench, Penélope Cruz, Marion Cotillard, Sophia Loren, Stacy Ferguson, Nicole Kidman, Kate Hudson star in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Satellite Awards 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:20:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator>
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2009 Satellite Awards
International Press Academy&#8217;s 2009 Satellite Award nominations: Nov. 29, 2009
2009 Satellite Award winners: Dec. 20, 2009
(&#34;*&#34; denotes the winner in each category)
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Judi Dench, Penélope Cruz, Marion Cotillard, Sophia Loren, Stacy Ferguson, Nicole Kidman, Kate Hudson, Daniel Day-Lewis in Nine (David James / The Weinstein Co.)
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Best Motion Picture (Drama)
    Bright Star
    An Education
 *    The Hurt Locker
    The Messenger
    Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
The Stoning of Soraya M.
Best Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical)
    The Informant!
    It’s Complicated
    Julie &#38; Julia
*     Nine
    A Serious Man
Up in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar 2010: Best Song Submissions</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:08:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator>
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Jim Carrey in A Christmas Carol (top); The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus by Terry Gilliam (middle); Daniel Day-Lewis, Kate Hudson in Nine (bottom)

Sixty-three songs are  contending for a nomination in the Best Original Song category for the 2010  Academy Awards. Needless to say, there are songs from Disney movies &#8212; A Christmas Carol, The Princess and the Frog &#8212; in addition to songs from Miley Cyrus&#8216; Hannah Montana The Movie, Rob Marshall&#8217;s Nine, and even Sacha Baron Cohen&#8217;s Bruno.
Among the curiosities (the song titles, I mean) are “AyAyAyAy” from The Maid, “Fly Farm Blues” from It Might Get Loud, “Depression Era” from That Evening Sun, “Running Out of Empty (Make Ourselves at Home)” from Lymelife,  “We Love [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SAG Awards 2010: Predictions &#8211; Best Ensemble</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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James Cameron&#8217;s Avatar: best long-toothed  ensemble blue cast

The nominations for the 2010 SAG Awards will be announced tomorrow morning by Michelle Monaghan and Chris O&#8217;Donnell. As usual, expect some surprises. 
In the past, SAG voters &#8212; only a relatively small group of SAG members vote on the nominations &#8212; have made unexpected choices such as Dev Patel for  best supporting actor in Slumdog Millionaire,  best actress nods for Ziyi Zhang in Memoirs of a Geisha and Patricia Clarkson in The Station Agent, and best ensemble nods for 3:10 to Yuma, Hairspray, and Hustle &#38; Flow.
My SAG Award predictions  are  probably as accurate as the ones I made for the Golden Globes a while back. In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NINE, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS, AVATAR Top 2010 Critics Choice Nominations</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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Kate Hudson, Daniel Day-Lewis in Nine (top); Brad Pitt in Inglourious Basterds (middle); Giovanni Ribisi, Sigourney Weaver in Avatar (bottom)

Two The Weinstein Co. releases are  the  Broadcast Film Critics Association&#8217;s  top nominees for the 2009 Critics Choice Awards. 
Quentin Tarantino&#8217;s Inglourious Basterds and Rob Marshall&#8217;s Nine lead the race with ten nominations each. James Cameron&#8217;s soon-to-be blockbuster (how big a blockbuster remains to be seen) Avatar followed closed behind with nine nods. Kathryn Bigelow&#8217;s The Hurt Locker and Jason Reitman&#8217;s Up in the Air came next with eight nominations apiece. All of them are up for best picture. (The Broadcast critics have expanded their number of categories from 17 to 25, with six nominations per category except [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2009 Satellite Awards &#8211; Nominations</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:29:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator>
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Why should anyone give a damn about the (Golden) Satellite Awards?
Well, how often will you see a small, little-seen indie like The Stoning of Soraya M. (above) listed as one of the best films of the year? Or Hugh Dancy shortlisted for his performance in Adam? Or Mozhan Marno listed as best supporting actress, also for The Stoning of Soraya M.? Or the absence of two of the &#34;top ten films of the year&#34; from the list of the year&#8217;s twelve best films (six dramas, six comedies or musicals)?
The two absent (best) films, by the way, are (500) Days of Summer and Inglourious Basterds. Quentin Tarantino was also ignored when it came to the shortlisting the year&#8217;s best directors. Three [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Golden Globes 2010 Predictions &#8211; Best Supporting Actress</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:46:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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2010 Golden Globe Predictions: Best Supporting Actress

Mariah Carey, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire (with Gabourey Sidibe)
An unglamorous social worker

Penélope Cruz, Nine
A film director’s seductive mistress 

Mo’Nique, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire (with Gabourey Sidibe)
 A Mom from Hell

Julianne Moore, A Single Man
A married alcoholic  in love with a distraught gay professor

Emma Thompson, An Education (with Ellie Kendrick, Amanda Fairbank-Hynes, Carey Mulligan)
A school headmistress coping with unruly girls in 1960s London
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Saoirse Ronan, Susan Sarandon in The Lovely Bones (top); Nicole Kidman, Daniel Day-Lewis in Nine (middle, upper); Marion Cotillard in Public Enemies (middle, lower); Kathy Bates in Cheri (bottom)


Like the Golden Globe Best Actress &#8211; Drama race, the Best Supporting Actress category will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Golden Globes 2010 Predictions: Best Director</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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2010 Golden Globe  Predictions: Best Director

Lee Daniels,  Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire

Clint Eastwood,  Invictus (above, Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon)

Peter Jackson,  The Lovely Bones (above, Saoirse Ronan)

Rob Marshall,  Nine  (above, Daniel Day-Lewis, Kate Hudson)

Jason Reitman,  Up in the Air
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Ben Whishaw, Abbie Cornish in Bright Star (top);Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin in It&#8217;s Complicated (middle); Sam Worthington in Avatar (bottom)


What a difference a few weeks make. I didn&#8217;t think that Lee Daniels or Clint Eastwood had that much of a chance to land a Best Director Oscar nod, but now, considering all the hoopla surrounding their films and the unexpected box-office success of Precious, they&#8217;ve  become likely candidates. Daniels, in fact, is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Golden Globes 2010 Predictions: Best Actor &#8211; Comedy or Musical</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:55:30 +0000</pubDate>
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2010 Golden Globe  Predictions: Best Actor &#8211; Comedy or Musical

George Clooney, Up in the Air (with director Jason Reitman)
A professional downsizer finds his ideal frequent-flying partner right when he&#8217;s about to get grounded.

Sacha Baron Cohen, Brüno
An Austrian fashionista wants to become the next red-white-and-blue sensation.

Matt Damon, The Informant!
A pathological liar helps the FBI nab a law-breaking agribusiness conglomerate.

Daniel Day-Lewis, Nine
In this musicalized remake of Federico Fellini’s 8 1/2, Daniel Day-Lewis plays the old Marcello Mastroianni role of an Italian film director at odds with the women in his life.

Ryan Reynolds, The Proposal (with Sandra Bullock)
A Canadian businesswoman&#8217;s assistant is coerced into marrying her lest she be deported from the US.

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Ryan Reynolds? Sacha Baron Cohen? Well, they&#8217;re both names (and [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:18:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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2010 Golden Globe Predictions: Best Actress &#8211; Comedy or Musical

Sandra Bullock, The Proposal
A bossy Canadian businesswoman forces her American assistant (Ryan Reynolds) to marry her so she can stay in the US.

Marion Cotillard, Nine
The wife of an Italian filmmaker (Daniel Day-Lewis, above) must cope with both his infidelities and his artistic temper.

Zooey Deschanel, (500) Days of Summer
A young woman meets a young man (Joseph Gordon-Levitt, above) who falls madly in love with her. Too bad she doesn&#8217;t feel the same.

Meryl Streep, It&#8217;s Complicated
A divorced woman begins an affair with her remarried ex-husband (Alec Baldwin, above), while becoming the object of another man&#8217;s desire (that&#8217;s Steve Martin).

Meryl Streep, Julie &#38; Julia
 Julia Child and the art of cooking.


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		<title>Golden Globes 2010 Predictions: Best Picture – Comedy or Musical</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
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2010 Golden Globes Predictions: Best Picture &#8211; Comedy or Musical

The Informant! (above, with Matt Damon), d: Steven Soderbergh; scr: Scott Z. Burns
A pathological liar  helps the US government nab a nefarious agribusiness conglomerate.

Julie &#38; Julia (above, with Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci), d &#38; scr: Nora Ephron
Julia Child starts cooking decades ago, while in the  early 21st-century blogger Julie Powell decides to boil and broil every single recipe found in Child&#8217;s first book.

The Men Who Stare at Goats (above, with Kevin Spacey), d: Grant Heslov; scr: Peter Straughan
US military &#34;intelligence&#34; and its use of paranormal activities.

Nine (above, with Judi Dench, Penélope Cruz, Marion Cotillard, Sophia Loren, Stacy Ferguson, Nicole Kidman, Kate Hudson), d: Rob Marshall; scr: Michael Tolkin, Anthony [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar 2010: Early Predictions &#8211; Best Supporting Actress</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
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Best Supporting Actress

Penélope Cruz, Nine
A film director&#8217;s seductive mistress (if she&#8217;s half as tantalizing in the film as she is in the above photo, Cruz deserves not only a nod but the golden statuette itself)

Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
A professional downsizer&#8217;s trainee

Mo&#8217;Nique, Precious: Based on the Novel &#8216;Push&#8217; by Sapphire
A  pregnant, illiterate teen&#8217;s Mom from Hell

Julianne Moore, A Single Man (with Colin Firth)
A married alcoholic  pining for an English professor &#8212; who just happens to be both gay and suicidal

Emma Thompson, An Education
A school headmistress in 1960s London


The most disputed acting category in the 2010 Oscar race. In addition to the aforementioned five actresses, five others who could easily land a nomination (in case their movies open [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar 2010: Early Predictions &#8211; Best Actor</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:34:49 +0000</pubDate>
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BEST ACTOR

George Clooney, Up in the Air
A professional downsizer finds the frequent-flying love of his life while having to come to terms with his long-lost humanity.

Matt Damon, The Informant!
A pathological liar helps the FBI nab his employer, a dishonest agribusiness conglomerate.

Daniel Day-Lewis, Nine (with Marion Cotillard)
In this musicalized remake of Federico Fellini&#8217;s 8 1/2, Daniel Day-Lewis plays the old Marcello Mastroianni role of the Italian film director trying to cope with the women in his life.

Colin Firth, A Single Man
In 1960s Los Angeles, a gay college professor is determined to kill himself after learning that his lover has died in an accident.

Viggo Mortensen, The Road
A man and his son struggle to survive in a  post-apocalyptic world.


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		<title>Oscar 2010: Early Predictions &#8211; Best Picture</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 07:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
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BEST FILM

An Education, d: Lone Scherfig; scr: Nick Hornby
In Swinging (suburban) London, a teenager decides to have her first sexual experience with a man in his thirties.

The Hurt Locker, Kathryn Bigelow; scr: Mark Boal
An elite unit of the US Army must disarm bombs during combat in an &#34;enemy&#34; city in Iraq.

The Informant!, d: Steven Soderbergh; scr: Scott Z. Burns
A whistle-blower (who also happens to be a pathological liar) helps the US government nab an agribusiness conglomerate.

The Lovely Bones, Peter Jackson; scr: Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens
A murdered girl, now a heaven-resident, sees how life has changed in her small Pennsylvania town following her disappearance.

The Men Who Stare at Goats, d: Grant Heslov; scr: Peter Straughan
A journalist gets involved with US [...]]]></description>
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