Judy Garland in THE WIZARD OF OZ Screening
Starring Judy Garland and directed by Victor Fleming, the 1939 Best Picture nominee The Wizard of Oz will be screened, digitally from a new 4K restoration, as the final feature in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ series “Hollywood’s Greatest Year: The Best Picture Nominees of 1939” on Monday, August 3, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
Jerry Maren, who portrayed one of the Lollipop Guild members in Munchkinland, will be present for a short Q&A before the film.
The evening will begin at 6:45 p.m., and will include videotaped interviews with Margaret Hamilton and Ray Bolger from a 1983 Academy event; the [...]
by Andre Soares | July 29, 2009
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Tags: Billie Burke, Classic Movies, Gay Interest, Judy Garland, Los Angeles Screenings, Oscar 1939, Oscar Movies, Shirley Temple, Three-Star Oscar Movies, Victor Fleming
2006 SAG Award Winners
Reese Witherspoon and Joaquin Phoenix in Walk the Line (top); Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener in Capote; Sandra Bullock in Crash
Among the winners of the 2006 Actor statuettes, the Screen Actors Guild awards, were:
Best actress Reese Witherspoon for playing country singer June Carter in the Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line
Best actor Philip Seymour Hoffman in Capote, for playing another real-life character, Truman Capote
Best (faux) supporting actress Rachel Weisz for her tragic human-rights fighter in The Constant Gardener (Weisz is actually a lead character in the political drama, and is being recognized as such in Britain)
Best supporting actor Paul Giamatti for the box-office disappointment Cinderella Man
The ethnically conscious melodrama Crash, for its all-star cast, including Matt [...]
by Andre Soares | January 30, 2006
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Tags: Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Crash, Felicity Huffman, Film Awards, Paul Giamatti, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel Weisz, Reese Witherspoon, SAG Awards, Shirley Temple
SAG Awards 2006
2006 SAG Awards
2006 Screen Actors Guild of America award winners: January 29, 2006
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Thandie Newton, Matt Dillon in Crash
THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Russell Crowe / CINDERELLA MAN – Jim Braddock (Universal Pictures)
* Philip Seymour Hoffman / CAPOTE – Truman Capote (UA/Sony Pictures Classics)
Heath Ledger / BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN – Ennis Del Mar (Focus Features)
Joaquin Phoenix / WALK THE LINE– John R. Cash (20th Century Fox)
David Strathairn / GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK. – Edward R. Murrow (Warner Independent Pictures)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Judi Dench / MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS – Mrs. Laura Henderson (The Weinstein Company)
Felicity Huffman / TRANSAMERICA – Bree [...]
by Andre Soares | January 29, 2006
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Tags: Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Crash, Felicity Huffman, Film Awards, Paul Giamatti, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel Weisz, Reese Witherspoon, SAG Awards, Shirley Temple
