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	<title>Alternative Film Guide &#187; Slumdog Millionaire</title>
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		<title>European Film Awards 2009: Nominations</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:59:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[A Prophet]]></category>
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Tahar Rahim in A Prophet (top); Dev Patel, Freida Pinto in Slumdog Millionaire (middle); The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke (bottom)

Six films are vying for the top prize at the 2009 European Film Awards. They are:

Andrea Arnold&#8217;s Fish Tank, about a teenager (best actress nominee Katie Jarvis) upset that her mother has found herself a new boyfriend (Michael Fassbender)
Stephen Daldry&#8217;s The Reader, a melodrama starring Kate Winslet as a former Nazi guard who believes that being illiterate is worse than being an accomplice to mass murder
Jacques Audiard&#8217;s A Prophet, a prison drama about a toughie (best actor nominee Tahar Rahim) fighting his way to the top of the world behind bars
Danny Boyle&#8217;s Slumdog Millionaire, about a young man (best actor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>European Film Awards 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:02:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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2009 European Film Awards
2009 European Film Award nominations: Nov. 7, 2009
2009 European Film Award winners: Bochum, Germany, on Dec. 12, 2009
(&#34;*&#34; denotes the winner in each category)
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Tahar Rahim in A Prophet (top); The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke (middle); Dev Patel in Slumdog Millionaire (bottom)
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BEST EUROPEAN  FILM
Fish Tank, UK
  written and directed by Andrea  Arnold
produced by Kees Kasander &#38; Nick Laws 
Låt den Rätte Komma In (Let the  Right One In), Sweden
  directed by Tomas Alfredson
  written by John Ajvide Lindqvist
  produced by John Nordling &#38; Carl Molinder
Un Prophète (A  Prophet), France
  directed by Jacques Audiard
  written by Jacques Audiard &#38; Thomas Bidegain based on an original  idea by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Italian Film Critics Awards 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/nastri-dargento-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 01:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Massimo David</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Film Awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Francesca Neri]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gianni Di Gregorio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Giovanna Mezzogiorno]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gran Torino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Il Divo]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Suddenly Last Winter]]></category>
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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
(&#8221;*&#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>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2009-david-di-donatello-winners/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 00:33:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alba Rohrwacher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clint Eastwood]]></category>
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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>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/david-di-donatello-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 08:32:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Massimo David</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tutta la vita davanti]]></category>
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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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		<title>2009 David di Donatello Nominations</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2009-david-di-donatello-nominations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 06:08:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Massimo David</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alessandro Gassman]]></category>
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Paolo Sorrentino&#8217;s  Il Divo, a biopic of former Italian prime minister Giulio Andreotti, and Matteo Garrone&#8217;s organized crime thriller Gomorrah, both starring Toni Servillo, were the top nominees for the Italian Academy&#8217;s 2009 David di Donatello awards.
Il Divo led the field with 16 nominations, followed by Gomorrah with 11. Both films, which are in the running in the best picture category, have already won several international awards: Il Divo received the Special Jury Award at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival and a European Film Award for best actor Toni Servillo (also for Gomorrah);  Gomorrah won Cannes&#8217; Grand Prix and five European Film Awards, including  best film and Servillo&#8217;s shared best actor prize. Gomorrah was also Italy&#8217;s submission [...]]]></description>
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		<title>KNOWING Tops Box Office</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 02:36:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Franck Tabouring</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Duplicity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I Love You Man]]></category>
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Knowing  emerged as the champion at the North American box office this weekend with  $24.8 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. 
Alex Proyas’ apocalyptic thriller  celebrated the widest release this week at 3,332 locations, taking the No. 1  spot as early as Friday. In the film, Nicolas Cage tries to prevent a series  of global disasters.  

Debuting in second place was John  Hamburg’s latest comedy  I Love You, Man, which picked up  $18 million. Starring Paul Rudd and Jason Segel, the movie centers on a man who  doesn’t have male buddies and heads out to find the perfect best man for his  wedding.

Duplicity,  the weekend’s third [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DGA Awards 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/directors-guild-awards-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 06:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ari Folman]]></category>
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 2009 Directors Guild Awards
2009 DGA feature film nominations: January 8, 2009. Documentary and television nominations: January 9, 2009
2009 DGA award winners: Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, January 31, 2009
(&#34;*&#34; denotes the winner in each category)
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Following his DGA win, Danny Boyle is the odds-on favorite to win the best director Academy Award. In fact, Boyle has been the odds-on favorite for quite some time. In any case, since the DGA Awards&#8217; inception in 1949 only eight times has the DGA winner failed to win the best director Oscar. (Actually, more like six times as there was some overlapping in the 1948-49 selections. Check out the DGA Awards/the Oscars.) Slumdog Millionaire has also won the Producers Guild Award.
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FEATURE [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Richard Attenborough Film Awards 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/richard-attenborough-film-awards-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:02:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Awards]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Film Awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kate Winslet]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Wrestler]]></category>

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2009 Richard Attenborough Film Awards
2009 regional British film critics&#8217; Richard Attenborough Film Award winners: Jan. 29, 2009
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Freida Pinto in Slumdog Millionaire
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Film of the Year: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Actress: Kate Winslet, The Reader
Best Actor: Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
Best Screenwriter: Martin McDonagh, In Bruges
Rising Star Award: Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionaire
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People&#8217;s Choice Awards
Film of the Year: The Dark Knight
Best British Film: Mamma Mia!
British Breakthrough Star: Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Film Score: The Dark Knight
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Richard Attenborough Film Awards: 2007 2008
Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
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		<title>Scripter Award 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/scripter-awards-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:48:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator>
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2009 USC Scripter Awards
2009 Scripter Award nominations: Jan. 6, 2009
2009 Scripter Award winners: Jan. 30, 2009
(&#34;*&#34; denotes the winner)
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Dev Patel, Freida Pinto in Slumdog Millionaire
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Screenwriter Eric Roth, who shares story credit with Robin Swicord, for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,  based on the short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Screenwriters Mark  Fergus &#38; Hawk Ostby and Art Marcum &#38; Matt Holloway for Iron Man, based on the comic book series authored by Stan Lee and Don Heck
Screenwriter David Hare and author Bernhard Schlink for The Reader
Screenwriter Justin Haythe for Revolutionary Road, based on the novel by Richard Yates
* Screenwriter Simon Beaufoy for Slumdog Millionaire, based on Q &#38; A by author Vikas Swarup
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USC Scripter Awards
USC Scripter Awards: 2005 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PAUL BLART Beats UNDERWORLD: RISE OF THE LYCANS</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/paul-blart-underworld-box-office/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/paul-blart-underworld-box-office/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Franck Tabouring</dc:creator>
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Paul Blart: Mall Cop  topped the North American box office for the second consecutive weekend with  $21.5 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. 
Steve Carr’s  comedy  starring Kevin James as a mall security guard successfully fought off its  competition, lifting its domestic gross to an impressive $64 million after only  two weeks in release.

Following closely in second place  was new entry Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, which took  home $20.7 million but failed to beat the $26.8 million opening weekend gross  of its predecessor, Underworld: Evolution. 

Things didn’t go so well for Inkheart,  this weekend’s second wide release. The Iain Softley-directed adaptation of  Cornelia Funke’s novel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SAG Awards 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/sag-awards-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/sag-awards-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 01:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator>
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2009 Screen Actors Guild of America (SAG) Awards
2009 SAG Award nominations: December 18, 2008
2009 SAG Award winners: January 25, 2009
(&#34;*&#34; denotes the winner in each category)
SAG Awards 2009 photos
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THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
  RICHARD JENKINS / Walter Vale &#8211; THE VISITOR (Overture Films)
  FRANK LANGELLA / Richard Nixon &#8211; FROST/NIXON (Universal Pictures)
* SEAN PENN / Harvey Milk &#8211; MILK (Focus Features)
  BRAD PITT / Benjamin Button &#8211; THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (Paramount Pictures)
  MICKEY ROURKE / Randy &#8211; THE WRESTLER (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
  ANNE HATHAWAY / Kym &#8211; RACHEL GETTING MARRIED (Sony Pictures Classics)
  ANGELINA JOLIE [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Producers Guild Awards 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/producers-guild-awards-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/producers-guild-awards-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 05:11:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator>
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2009 Producers Guild of America&#8217;s Golden Laurel Awards
2009 Producers Guild of America feature-film and long-form TV nominations: January 5, 2009
2009 Producers Guild of America winners: Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles on Jan. 24, 2009
(&#34;*&#34; denotes the winner in each category)
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Dev Patel in Slumdog Millionaire
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The Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award
in Theatrical Motion Pictures
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
  Kathleen Kennedy &#38; Frank Marshall
  Ceán Chaffin
THE DARK KNIGHT
  Christopher Nolan
  Charles Roven
  Emma Thomas
FROST/NIXON
  Brian Grazer
  Ron Howard
  Eric Fellner
MILK
  Dan Jinks
  Bruce Cohen
* SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
  Christian Colson
The Producers Guild of America Producer of the Year Award in Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures
* MAN ON WIRE
  Simon Chinn
STANDARD [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar 2009: Best Films at the Box Office</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2009-best-films-box-office/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2009-best-films-box-office/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:26:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator>
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Domestic totals up to Jan. 20. Worldwide figures include domestic rentals. 

Frost/Nixon &#8212;  Domestic: $8.8 million; Worldwide: $10.1 million

Milk &#8212;  Domestic: $20.5 million; Worldwide: $21.6 million

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button &#8212; Domestic: $103.6 million; Worldwide: $117.9 million

 The Reader &#8212; Domestic: $7.9 million; Worldwide: $12.4 million

 Slumdog Millionaire &#8212; Domestic: $44.2 million; Worldwide: $61.1 million

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Source: Box Office Mojo (boxofficemojo.com)
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		<title>Oscar 2009: Best Song Longlist</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2009-best-song-longlist/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2009-best-song-longlist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:43:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator>
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&#34;Jai Ho&#34; sound clip. Posted by Marycarmenrod.

In December, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that forty-nine songs  are  contending for a spot in the 2009 Academy Awards&#8216; Best Original Song category. 
Three to five songs will receive a nomination. A maximum of  two songs may be nominated per film. If more than two songs from a  film end up in contention, the two songs with the most votes will be the  nominees. In other words, no five High School Musical 3: Senior Year nominated songs. (Last year, Enchanted received three nominations &#8212; all of them in the best song category.) 
As per Academy rules, &#34;to be eligible, a song must consist of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Texas Film Critics Awards 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/north-texas-film-critics-awards-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/north-texas-film-critics-awards-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 08:19:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator>
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2009 North Texas Film Critics Association Awards
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Best Film: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Foreign Language Film: Let the Right One In
Best Documentary: Young @ Heart
Best Animated Film: WALL-E
Best Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Actor: Frank Langella, in Frost/Nixon
Best Actress: Meryl Streep, in Doubt
 Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, in The Dark Knight
 Best Supporting Actress: Amy Adams, in Doubt
 Best Cinematography: Claudio Miranda, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
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North Texas Film Critics Association Awards: 2008
Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
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		<title>Iowa Film Critics Awards 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/iowa-film-critics-awards-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/iowa-film-critics-awards-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 07:56:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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2009 Iowa Film Critics Association Awards
2009 Iowa Film Critics Association award winners: Jan. 13, 2009
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Freida Pinto in Slumdog Millionaire
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Best Film: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Animated Feature: WALL-E
Best Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Actor: Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
Best Actress: Meryl Streep, Doubt
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

Best Supporting Actress: Penélope Cruz, Vicky Christina Barcelona
Best Picture Yet to Open in Iowa: The Wrestler
&#160;
 Iowa Film Critics Association Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
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		<title>Golden Globes 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/golden-globes-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/golden-globes-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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2009 Golden Globes
Hollywood Foreign Press Association&#8217;s 2009 Golden Globe nominations: December 11, 2008
 2009 Golden Globe winners: January 11, 2009
(&#34;*&#34; denotes the winner in each category)
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Freida Pinto in Slumdog Millionaire
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MOTION PICTURES
Best Motion Picture, Drama
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
The Reader
Revolutionary Road
* Slumdog Millionaire
Best Motion Picture &#8211; Musical or Comedy
Burn After Reading
In Bruges
Happy-Go-Lucky
Mamma Mia!
* Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Ari Folman &#8211; &#169; HFPA / 66th Golden Globe&#174; Awards
Best Foreign Language Film
The Baader Meinhof Complex, Germany
Everlasting Moments, Sweden / Denmark
Gomorrah, Italy
I&#8217;ve Loved You So Long, France
* Waltz with Bashir, Israel
Best Animated Film
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
* WALL-E
Best Director
* Danny Boyle &#8211; Slumdog Millionaire
Steven Daldry &#8211; The Reader
David Fincher &#8211; The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard &#8211; Frost/Nixon
Sam Mendes &#8211; Revolutionary Road
Best Actor, Drama
Leonardo DiCaprio, Revolutionary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2009 Critics Choice Winners</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2009-critics-choice-winners/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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The biggest Critics&#8217; Choice 2009 winner was Slumdog Millionaire, which received five awards: best film, best director (Danny Boyle), best young actor (Dev Patel), best writer (Simon Beaufoy), and best composer (A. R. Rahman). As for the biggest loser, that was The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which lost every single one of its eight nominations.
Milk fared a little better, with  two wins &#8212; best actor for Sean Penn and best ensemble &#8212; out of eight nods.
Expect the Academy&#8217;s choices to be quite similar &#8212; perhaps even identical &#8212; to the Broadcast Critics&#8217; choices in just about every category, from best film to best song. Do not, however, expect a tie for the two The Devil Wears Prada co-stars. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Broadcast Film Critics Awards 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/broadcast-film-critics-critics-choice-awards-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/broadcast-film-critics-critics-choice-awards-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator>
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2009 Critics&#8217; Choice Awards
2009 Broadcast Film Critics Association Critics&#8217; Choice Award nominations: December 9, 2008
2009 Critics&#8217; Choice winners:  Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on January 8, 2009
(&#34;*&#34; denotes the winner in each category)
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Dev Patel in Slumdog Millionaire
&#160;

BEST PICTURE
  Changeling
  The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  The Dark Knight
  Doubt
  Frost/Nixon
  Milk
  The Reader
* Slumdog Millionaire
  Wall-E
The Wrestler
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
  A Christmas Tale
  Gomorrah
  I&#8217;ve Loved You So Long
  Let the Right One In
  Mongol
* Waltz With Bashir
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
  I.O.U.S.A.
* Man on Wire
  Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
  Standard Operating Procedure
  Young at Heart
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
  Bolt
  Kung Fu Panda
 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kansas City Film Critics Awards 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/kansas-city-film-critics-awards-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/kansas-city-film-critics-awards-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:32:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator>
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2009 Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
2009 Kansas City Film Critics Circle award winners: January 5, 2009
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Best Film: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Foreign Language Film: Let the Right One In (Sweden)
Best Documentary: Man on Wire
Best Animated Film: WALL-E
 Robert Altman Award for Best Director: Darren Aronofsky &#8211; The Wrestler
Best Actor: Mickey Rourke &#8211; The Wrestler
Best Actress: Meryl Streep &#8211; Doubt
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger &#8211; The Dark Knight
Best Supporting Actress: Penélope Cruz &#8211; Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best Original Screenplay: Robert Siegel &#8211; The Wrestler
Best Adapted Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy &#8211; Slumdog Millionaire
Vince Koehler Award for Best Science Fiction, Fantasy or Horror Film: The Dark Knight
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Kansas City Film Critics Circle Site
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar 2009 Predictions: Best Cinematography, Editing, Music</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2009-predictions-technical/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 06:54:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
    Australia
    The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    The Dark Knight
    The Reader
    Slumdog Millionaire

BEST EDITING
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E

BEST ART DIRECTION
  Australia
  The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
  The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  The Dark Knight
  The Duchess

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Changeling
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Duchess

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Australia
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire

Oscar 2009 Predictions: Best Film, Foreign Film
Oscar 2009 Predictions: Best Director, Screenplay
Oscar 2009 Predictions: Best Documentary, Animated Film
Oscar 2009 Predictions: Best Actor, Actress
Oscar 2009 Predictions: Best Supporting Actor, Supporting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar 2009 Predictions: Best Film, Foreign Film</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2009-predictions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 07:33:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oscar 2009 Predictions
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Michael Sheen, Frank Langella in Frost/Nixon

BEST FILM
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
  Frost/Nixon
  Milk
  Slumdog Millionaire
Slumdog Millionaire has to be there. It&#8217;s been winning nearly every film critics&#8217; award in the United States and it has received two SAG Award nominations: best ensemble and a surprising best supporting actor nod for Dev Patel (who, ahem, happens to be the film&#8217;s lead). 
Frost/Nixon is a prestige production based on a prestige play. The sort of stuff prestige-hungry Academy members tend to go for even when reviewers haven&#8217;t been all that kind. Also, Frost/Nixon is an actors&#8217; showcase, and actors comprise the &#8212; by far &#8212; largest contingent among Academy members. (Note: Initially, I had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oklahoma Film Critics Awards 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oklahoma-film-critics-awards-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oklahoma-film-critics-awards-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:16:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator>
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2008 Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards
2008 Oklahoma Film Critics winners: December 23, 2008
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Dev Patel in Slumdog Millionaire
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Best Film of 2008: Slumdog Millionaire dir. Danny Boyle
Top Ten Films (listed alphabetically):
  The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  The Dark Knight
  Doubt
  Frost/Nixon
  Happy-Go-Lucky
  Milk
  Rachel Getting Married
  Slumdog Millionaire
  WALL-E
  The Wrestler
Best Foreign Film: Let the Right One In, dir. Tomas Alfredson
Best First Feature: Synecdoche, New York, dir. Charlie Kaufman
Best Documentary: Man on Wire, dir. James Marsh
Best Animated Film: WALL-E dir. Andrew Stanton
Best Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Actress: Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky
Best Actor: Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
Best Supporting Actress: Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Best Original Screenplay: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>YES MAN Tops Weak Box Office, SEVEN POUNDS Too Heavy at No. 2</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/yes-man-seven-pounds-box-office/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/yes-man-seven-pounds-box-office/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:43:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Franck Tabouring</dc:creator>
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Jim Carrey’s latest comedy, Yes  Man, topped the North American box office this weekend with $18.1  million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. 
In the Peyton Reed-directed film,  Carrey stars as a bitter man who decides to change his life by saying yes to  anything and everything. For a mainstream Carrey comedy, Man  delivered an unusually low-key performance at the box office. 

Contrary to Will Smith’s  recent films, the drama Seven Pounds failed to score a  big opening, debuting with only $16 million at No. 2. Directed by Gabriele  Muccino, Seven Pounds  follows a desperate IRS agent as he embarks on a quest to  forever change the lives [...]]]></description>
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		<title>African-American Film Critics Awards 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-movies/african-american-film-critics-awards-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-movies/african-american-film-critics-awards-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2008 22:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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2008 African-American Film Critics Association Awards
2008 African-American Film Critics winners: Dec. 19, 2008
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Best Film:  The Dark Knight
Runners-up:
2.  Slumdog Millionaire
    3.  The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    4. (tie)  The Secret Life of Bees and  Cadillac Records
    6.  Miracle at St. Anna
    7.  Milk
    8.  Seven Pounds
    9.  Doubt
10.  Iron Man
Best Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Lead Actor: Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
Best Lead Actress: Angelina Jolie, Changeling
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Best Supporting Actress: Viola Davis, Doubt
Special Achievement Award: Melvin Van Pebbles
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African-American Film Critics Association Awards: 2008
Film Awards: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Detroit Film Critics Awards 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/detroit-film-critics-awards-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/detroit-film-critics-awards-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator>
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2008 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards
2008 Detroit Film Critics nominations: December 10, 2008
2008 Detroit Film Critics winners: December 19, 2008
(&#34;*&#34; denotes the winner in each category)
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Best film
The Dark Knight
* Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
The Wrestler
Frost/Nixon
Best director
Darren Aronofsky for The Wrestler
* Danny  Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire
Ron Howard for Frost/Nixon
Christopher Nolan for The Dark Knight
Andrew Stanton for WALL-E
Best actor
Josh Brolin for W.
Leonardo DiCaprio for Revolutionary Road
Frank Langella for Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn for  Milk
* Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler
Best actress
Anne Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married
Sally Hawkins for Happy-Go-Lucky
Melissa Leo for Frozen River
Meryl Streep for Doubt
* Kate Winslet for Revolutionary Road
Best supporting actor
Robert Downey Jr. for Tropic  Thunder
James Franco for Milk
* Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight
Eddie Marsan for Happy-Go-Lucky
Michael Sheen for Frost/Nixon
Best supporting actress
Amy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Florida Film Critics Awards 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/florida-film-critics-awards-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/florida-film-critics-awards-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:17:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator>
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2008 Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
2008 Florida Film Critics Circle Award winners: December 18, 2008
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Dev Patel, Freida Pinto in Slumdog Millionaire

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Best Picture:  Slumdog Millionaire
Best Foreign Language:  Let The Right One In
Best Documentary:  Man On Wire
Best Animated Feature:  WALL-E
Best Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Actor: Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
Best Actress: Melissa Leo, Frozen River
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Best Supporting Actress: Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
Best Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Cinematography: Wally Pfister, The Dark Knight
Pauline Kael Breakout Award: Martin McDonagh, writer/director of In Bruges
Golden Orange Award: Dick Morris of the Sarasota Film Society
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Florida Film Critics Circle Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
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		<title>SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE and India&#8217;s Social Inequalities at Don&#8217;t Panic</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator>
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Heydon Prowse&#8217;s &#34;Slumdog and Billionaires&#34; at Don&#8217;t Panic:
&#34;Danny Boyle’s latest film, Slumdog Millionaire, about an orphan from the Mumbai slums who reaches the final of the  Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is winning awards all over the place (including Best Film and Best  Director at BIFA). We should  all go to see it, but perhaps not because of the superlatives that it is  consistently squeezing from the pens of critics, but because of what it tells  us about Mumbai’s social inequality in the wake of the recent attacks. 
&#34;Who exactly does want to be a millionaire  in Mumbai? The answer is, pretty much everyone. And how many will actually  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chicago Film Critics Awards 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/chicago-film-critics-awards-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/chicago-film-critics-awards-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:15:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator>
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2008 Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2008 Chicago Film Critics nominations: December 14, 2008
2008 Chicago Film Critics winners: December 18, 2008
(&#34;*&#34; denotes the winner in each category)
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BEST FILM
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
* WALL-E
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
The Band’s Visit
Che
A Christmas Tale
I’ve Loved You So Long
* Let the Right One In
BEST DOCUMENTARY
American Teen
Dear Zachary
IOUSA
* Man on Wire
Standard Operating Procedure
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
The Tale of Despereaux
* WALL-E
Waltz with Bashir
BEST DIRECTOR
* Danny Boyle &#8212; Slumdog Millionaire
David Fincher &#8212; The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Christopher Nolan &#8212; The Dark Knight
Andrew Stanton &#8212; WALL-E
Gus Van Sant &#8212; Milk

BEST ACTOR
Clint Eastwood &#8212; Gran Torino
Richard Jenkins &#8212; The Visitor
Frank Langella &#8212; Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn &#8212; Milk
* Mickey Rourke &#8212; The Wrestler
BEST ACTRESS
* Anne Hathaway &#8212; Rachel [...]]]></description>
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