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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; The Blind Side</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/the-blind-side/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>Morgan Freeman Accuses Tea Party of Racism: DOLPHIN TALE Box Office Affected?</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/morgan-freeman-accuses-tea-party-of-racism-dolphin-tale-box-office-affected/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/morgan-freeman-accuses-tea-party-of-racism-dolphin-tale-box-office-affected/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 01:35:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Zac Gille</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35237</guid> <description><![CDATA[Morgan Freeman [right, as Nelson Mandela in Clint Eastwood's Invictus], Best Supporting Actor Academy Award winner for Million Dollar Baby, accused the Tea Party of being racist while interviewed on CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight this past Friday. Freeman also denied he had provided narration for a Tea Party-backed ad pushing North Carolina Republican candidate B. J. Lawson in November 2010. As quoted on CBS.com, last November [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/morgan-freeman-accuses-tea-party-of-racism-dolphin-tale-box-office-affected/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>5</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Colin Firth, Sandra Bullock, Christopher Plummer: Oscar&#039;s Veterans 2009</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/colin-firth-sandra-bullock-christopher-plummer-oscar/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/colin-firth-sandra-bullock-christopher-plummer-oscar/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 13:02:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26376</guid> <description><![CDATA[Colin Firth in Tom Ford's A Single Man (top); Sandra Bullock in John Lee Hancock's The Blind Side (middle); Christopher Plummer in Michael Hoffman's The Last Station (bottom) Christian Bale, Jacki Weaver: Oscar Veterans 2010 Colin Firth Colin Firth received a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his bereaved gay professor in Tom Ford's A Single Man. He lost to Jeff Bridges in Scott Cooper's Crazy [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/colin-firth-sandra-bullock-christopher-plummer-oscar/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Hollywood Rules BAFTA Longlists &#8211; But No Sandra Bullock?</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sandra-bullock-hollywood-rules-bafta-longlists/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sandra-bullock-hollywood-rules-bafta-longlists/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 09 Jan 2011 14:31:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25948</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side Looking at this year's British Academy of Film and Television Award longlists, two things become (once again) obvious: a) The British Academy should have its name changed to the &#34;Hollywood Academy.&#34; b) No hype, no glory. [List of BAFTA 2011 longlist titles.] Regarding item a): Of the 15 films on the Best Film longlist, 11 are US productions, three are [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sandra-bullock-hollywood-rules-bafta-longlists/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON, AVATAR, THE BLIND SIDE: 2010 Teen Choice Award Winners</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-twilight-saga-new-moon-2010-avatar-teen-choice-award-winners/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-twilight-saga-new-moon-2010-avatar-teen-choice-award-winners/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 07:11:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Zac Gille</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24937</guid> <description><![CDATA[Robert Pattinson (via RobPattzNews) Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Sandra Bullock: 2010 Teen Choice Award Winners MOVIES Choice Drama: The Blind Side Choice Actress, Drama: Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side Choice Actor, Drama: Robert Pattinson, Remember Me Choice Comedy: Date Night Choice Actress, Comedy: Tina Fey, Date Night Choice Actor, Comedy: Ashton Kutcher, Killers Choice Romantic Comedy: Valentine's Day Choice Actress, Romantic Comedy: Sandra [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-twilight-saga-new-moon-2010-avatar-teen-choice-award-winners/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Sandra Bullock: 2010 Teen Choice Award Winners</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/robert-pattinson-kristen-stewart-taylor-lautner-sandra-bullock-2010-teen-choice-awards/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/robert-pattinson-kristen-stewart-taylor-lautner-sandra-bullock-2010-teen-choice-awards/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 06:45:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Zac Gille</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24936</guid> <description><![CDATA[Taylor Lautner, Kristen Stewart, The Twilight Saga: New Moon (top); Emilie de Ravin, Robert Pattinson, Remember Me (middle); Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, The Blind Side (bottom) Much like at the People's Choice Awards and the MTV Movie Awards, in which fans get to vote for their favorites, vampires ruled at the Teen Choice Awards 2010, held Sunday, August 8, at the Gibson Amphitheater in Los [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/robert-pattinson-kristen-stewart-taylor-lautner-sandra-bullock-2010-teen-choice-awards/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Sandra Bullock, Jake Gyllenhaal: 2010 Teen Choice Award Nominees</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/robert-pattinson-kristen-stewart-sandra-bullock-teen-choice-awards/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/robert-pattinson-kristen-stewart-sandra-bullock-teen-choice-awards/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:46:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24550</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sam Worthington, Laz Alonso, Avatar 2010 Teen Choice Award Nominees Teen Choice Awards 2010: From AVATAR, TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON to AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL Choice Movie: Drama The Blind Side Dear John The Last Song Remember Me The Runaways Choice Movie Actor: Drama Jake Gyllenhaal, Brothers Tobey Maguire, Brothers Robert Pattinson, Remember Me Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker Channing Tatum, Dear John Choice Movie [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/robert-pattinson-kristen-stewart-sandra-bullock-teen-choice-awards/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>6</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Twitter: Accurate Box Office Tracker?</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/twitter-accurate-box-office-tracker/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/twitter-accurate-box-office-tracker/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:48:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>D. Zhea</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24544</guid> <description><![CDATA[Kristen Stewart in Chris Weitz's The Twilight Saga: New Moon At TheWrap, Brent Lang explains how tracking Twitter users may be more reliable than more old-fashioned tracking systems such as the Hollywood Stock Exchange. According to Bernardo Huberman, who co-authored a study about the Twitter box-office effect, &#34;If you looked at what happened with New Moon and The Blind Side, you might see the same [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/twitter-accurate-box-office-tracker/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sandra Bullock &quot;Back to Normal&quot;: From Oscar to MOST WANTED with Ryan Reynolds</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sandra-bullock-most-wanted-ryan-reynolds/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sandra-bullock-most-wanted-ryan-reynolds/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:46:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24466</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, The Proposal After kissing Scarlett Johansson at the 2010 MTV Movie Awards this past Sunday, Sandra Bullock told the crowd: &#34;Now that I have done that, can we please go back to normal &#8230; Go back to making fun of me. I don't care. It's time to go back to normal.&#34; Bullock, this year's Oscar winner for the sleeper blockbuster The [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sandra-bullock-most-wanted-ryan-reynolds/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>BAFTA 2011 Date</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/bafta-2011-date/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/bafta-2011-date/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 22:22:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=23776</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sandra Bullock The Blind Side The 2011 British Academy Awards will be held on Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011 &#8212; or exactly two weeks before Hollywood's Academy Awards. The annual BAFTAs are presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. For the 2011 awards, eligible films will be those screened between Feb/Mar 2010 and Feb. 2011. So, Sandra Bullock's The Blind Side could be [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/bafta-2011-date/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sandra Bullock, Jesse James &amp; the Oscar Curse (Nonsense)</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/sandra-bullock-jesse-james-the-oscar-curse-nonsense/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/sandra-bullock-jesse-james-the-oscar-curse-nonsense/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:18:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=23424</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sandra Bullock's separation from reality show personality Jesse James, her husband of nearly five years, has become major news because the actress has just won a Best Actress Academy Award. Just yesterday, she canceled her appearance at the London premiere of The Blinde Side due to &#34;unforeseen personal reasons.&#34; “I leave you alone at the table and you come back with Morgan Freeman’s e-mail,&#34; Bullock [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/sandra-bullock-jesse-james-the-oscar-curse-nonsense/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>International Box Office: The Oscars &amp; CRAZY HEART, THE BLIND SIDE, THE HURT LOCKER</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/box-office-crazy-heart-the-blind-side/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/box-office-crazy-heart-the-blind-side/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:45:34 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Hutton</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=23349</guid> <description><![CDATA[Scott Cooper, Jeff Bridges on the Crazy Heart set (top); Nick Saban, Tim McGraw, Lily Collins, Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side (middle); Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker (bottom) Crazy Heart, The Blind Side, and The Hurt Locker have all been helped at the domestic box office following their Oscar victories on March 7. Crazy Heart earned Jeff Bridges a Best Actor Oscar; The Blind [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/box-office-crazy-heart-the-blind-side/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar Box Office Effect: CRAZY HEART, THE BLIND SIDE, THE HURT LOCKER Benefit</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/crazy-heart-the-blind-side-the-hurt-locker-benefit/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/crazy-heart-the-blind-side-the-hurt-locker-benefit/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:11:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Hutton</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=23303</guid> <description><![CDATA[At the North American box office, Crazy Heart (above), The Blind Side, and The Hurt Locker were the only three movies that benefited from their Oscar victories last Sunday. Starring Jeff Bridges as a down-and-out country singer who strikes up a relationship with a younger woman (Maggie Gyllenhaal), Crazy Heart earned Bridges the Best Actor Oscar, in addition to another statuette for Best Original Song [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/crazy-heart-the-blind-side-the-hurt-locker-benefit/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>CRAZY HEART: Oscar Nominations Box-Office Effect</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/crazy-heart-oscar-nominations-56891/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/crazy-heart-oscar-nominations-56891/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:55:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Hutton</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22012</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal in Crazy Heart It's hard to tell if the Academy Award nominations have done much for most of the nominated films. Several Oscar nominees had a minor box-office increase the day the nominations were announced and smaller ones on the following day or so, but with perhaps four or five exceptions &#8212; The Blind Side, A Single Man, An Education, Up [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/crazy-heart-oscar-nominations-56891/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>2010 Oscar Predictions: Best Actress Sandra Bullock</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/best-actress-sandra-bullock-oscar-87109/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/best-actress-sandra-bullock-oscar-87109/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:11:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21908</guid> <description><![CDATA[Best Actress: Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side Other nominees: Helen Mirren, The Last Station; Carey Mulligan, An Education; Gabourey Sidibe, Precious; Meryl Streep, Julie &#38; Julia. Sandra Bullock was under no one's Oscar 2010 radar a mere eight weeks ago. Then John Lee Hancock's sentimental family drama The Blind Side opened to lukewarm reviews and great box office. From then on, it was all about [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/best-actress-sandra-bullock-oscar-87109/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>5</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Box Office: AVATAR, New Releases, Oscar Movies</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/hollywood/box-office-dear-john-oscar-movies-18769/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/hollywood/box-office-dear-john-oscar-movies-18769/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:12:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Hutton</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21776</guid> <description><![CDATA[Channing Tatum in Lasse Hallström's Dear John (top); John Travolta, Melissa Mars, Jonathan Rhys Meyers in From Paris with Love (bottom) According to estimates provided by Box Office Mojo, Lasse Hallström’s romantic tearjerker Dear John, starring Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried, topped the domestic box-office this weekend, with $32.4 million in ticket sales. Avatar came at a distance second, with $23.6 million. James Cameron's 3D [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/hollywood/box-office-dear-john-oscar-movies-18769/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Box Office: AVATAR Leads, Oscar Nominations Effect All But Gone</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/hollywood/box-office-avatar-oscar-nominations-198/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/hollywood/box-office-avatar-oscar-nominations-198/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:08:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Hutton</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21675</guid> <description><![CDATA[Colin Firth in A Single Man All but two movies on the top-twelve domestic box-office chart posted losses on Wednesday, according to Box Office Mojo. Obviously, the effects of Tuesday's minor Oscar bump didn't linger very long. Avatar had one of the smallest drops, 1.5 percent, down to $2.647 million for a total of $603.7 million after 48 days. James Cameron’s sci-fier was followed by [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/hollywood/box-office-avatar-oscar-nominations-198/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Box Office: Oscar Nominations Help Only a Little</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/hollywood/oscar-nominations-box-office-999/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/hollywood/oscar-nominations-box-office-999/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:21:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Hutton</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21646</guid> <description><![CDATA[Vera Farmiga, George Clooney in Up in the Air (Dale Robinette / Paramount); Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron in The Blind Side (Ralph Nelson / Warner Bros.) (middle); Meryl Streep, Steve Martin in It's Complicated (Melinda Sue Gordon / Universal) (bottom) On Tuesday, James Cameron’s Avatar once again topped the North American box-office chart, with $2.688m, a minuscule 0.4 percent drop from the day [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/hollywood/oscar-nominations-box-office-999/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2010: Best Picture Nominees Box Office Grosses</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-best-picture-box-office-122/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-best-picture-box-office-122/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:48:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21599</guid> <description><![CDATA[James Cameron's Avatar (top); Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw in The Blind Side (middle); Carey Mulligan in An Education (bottom) To shore up the Oscar ceremony's dwindling television audience, the Academy wanted bigger fare at the 2010 Oscars. So, they expanded the Best Picture category to include ten films, hoping that some blockbuster or other would get a nomination. Indeed, it's true that several of the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-best-picture-box-office-122/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sandra Bullock: From Razzie to Oscar</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/sandra-bullock-razzie-oscar-451/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/sandra-bullock-razzie-oscar-451/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:29:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21595</guid> <description><![CDATA[What a difference a day makes. Sandra Bullock went from a Razzie nod to an Oscar nod in less than 24 hours. Bullock is up for a Razzie for the year's Worst Actress for All About Steve (top photo, with Bradley Cooper). She's up for an Oscar for the year's best actress for The Blind Side (above, lower photo). Her performance in The Proposal earned [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/sandra-bullock-razzie-oscar-451/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2010: AVATAR&#039;s Best Picture Chances Are Slim</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/avatar-best-picture-chances-559/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/avatar-best-picture-chances-559/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:11:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21581</guid> <description><![CDATA[James Cameron, Sigourney Weaver on the set: Avatar (Mark Fellman / 20th Century Fox) At this year's Oscars, James Cameron's Avatar tied with Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker. Each film received nine Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director. That makes Avatar one of the two top contenders for the Best Picture Oscar, right? Well, think again. Yes, Avatar received a total of [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/avatar-best-picture-chances-559/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2010: Very Few Surprises</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-surprises-maggie-gyllenhaal-489/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-surprises-maggie-gyllenhaal-489/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:18:15 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21554</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal in Crazy Heart (top); Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw in The Blind Side (bottom) Those expecting to find major surprises in the 2010 Oscar nominations were in for a major surprise: there were very, very few truly unexpected nominees. All five Directors Guild nominees, Kathryn Bigelow, James Cameron, Quentin Tarantino, Lee Daniels, and Jason Reitman were shortlisted by the Academy. All but [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-surprises-maggie-gyllenhaal-489/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sandra Bullock, Jeff Bridges, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS: SAG Awards 2010 Winners</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/sandra-bullock-jeff-bridges-inglourious-basterds-445/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/sandra-bullock-jeff-bridges-inglourious-basterds-445/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 03:22:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21241</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jeff Bridges was the SAG Awards' best actor winner for his troubled country singer in Scott Cooper's Crazy Heart. He'd also won the Golden Globe last week for best actor (drama). Bridges talked about his &#34;acting family&#34; (as in, his fellow actors everywhere), declared &#34;I love being an actor!&#34; and looked dismayed when he was prompted to &#34;Please wrap this up.&#34; I believe it was [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/sandra-bullock-jeff-bridges-inglourious-basterds-445/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>SAG Awards 2010 Prediction: Sandra Bullock, Best Actress</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/sag-awards-2010-sandra-bullock-best-actress-898/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/sag-awards-2010-sandra-bullock-best-actress-898/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:16:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19956</guid> <description><![CDATA[2010 SAG Award Predictions Best Actress Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side Say what? Sandra Bullock? I know I'm going a bit out on a limb here, but unlike Jeff Bridges' Crazy Heart, Sandra Bullock's The Blind Side is truly a career-capping flick &#8212; as in, more box-office cash registers ringing than, say, Miss Congeniality, Infamous, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, or The Proposal. Additionally, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/sag-awards-2010-sandra-bullock-best-actress-898/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>5</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AVATAR Box Office: #1 on Wednesday; IT&#039;S COMPLICATED, SHERLOCK HOLMES Switch Places</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/avatar-box-office-its-complicated-sherlock-holmes-111/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/avatar-box-office-its-complicated-sherlock-holmes-111/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:48:15 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Hutton</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21143</guid> <description><![CDATA[Avatar, still at the top of the North American box office, earned $3.79 million on Wednesday, according to estimates provided by Box Office Mojo. James Cameron’s sci-fi adventure saga had a relatively modest 9.5 percent drop compared to Tuesday. After 34 days out, Avatar’s total domestic take stands at $512.8m. Written and directed by Cameron, the best picture (drama) and best director Golden Globe winner [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/avatar-box-office-its-complicated-sherlock-holmes-111/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sandra Bullock &#8211; Best Actress Drama: Golden Globe Predictions</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/sandra-bullock-best-actress-golden-globe-111/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/sandra-bullock-best-actress-golden-globe-111/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:43:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20729</guid> <description><![CDATA[Best Actress &#8211; Drama Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side Who would have thought a mere six weeks ago? I don't believe many were expecting The Blind Side to earn even one quarter of what it has so far ($220m at the domestic box office and counting) or that Sandra Bullock would be named the top moneymaking star of 2009, the first woman on that spot [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/sandra-bullock-best-actress-golden-globe-111/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Denver Film Critics 2010 Nominations</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/denver-film-critics-2010-nominations-894/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/denver-film-critics-2010-nominations-894/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:18:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20712</guid> <description><![CDATA[George Clooney, Vera Farmiga in Up in the Air (Dale Robinette / Paramount) Denver Film Critics Society 2010 Nominations. Winners: Jan. 27, 2010. Best Film: A Serious Man, directed by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen Up in the Air, directed by Jason Reitman Star Trek, directed by J.J. Abrams The Hurt Locker, directed by Kathryn Bigelow Best Foreign Language Film: Thirst, directed by Chan-wook Park Sin [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/denver-film-critics-2010-nominations-894/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sandra Bullock: Top Box Office Star</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/sandra-bullock-top-box-office-star-484/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/sandra-bullock-top-box-office-star-484/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 22:58:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20546</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw in The Blind Side (Ralph Nelson / Warner Bros.) &#34;&#8230; Far and away the biggest-grossing movie with a female as its sole main player, which is certainly a challenge to conventional Hollywood assumptions (men can star alone, while women need a costar of either sex).&#34; That's Sandra Bullock in the 2009 football drama The Blind Side, right? Wrong. Film commentator Stuart [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/sandra-bullock-top-box-office-star-484/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS, Johnny Depp, Sandra Bullock: People&#039;s Choice Award Winners</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/inglourious-basterds-johnny-depp-sandra-bullock-118/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/inglourious-basterds-johnny-depp-sandra-bullock-118/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 10:44:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20462</guid> <description><![CDATA[Brad Pitt in Inglourious Basterds (François Duhamel / The Weinstein Co.) THE TWILIGHT SAGA: People's Choice Awards' Big Winner Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds was The People's favorite independent movie &#8212; Academy, pay heed! &#8212; while Lady Gaga was the favorite pop and breakout music artist. Academy, have La Gaga sing one or all of the nominated Disney songs (if any). Sandra Bullock (not Kristen Stewart?) [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/inglourious-basterds-johnny-depp-sandra-bullock-118/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AVATAR Box Office: More Than $300m Domestic; $800m Worldwide</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/avatar-box-office-crosses-300-million-567/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/avatar-box-office-crosses-300-million-567/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 23:25:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Hutton</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20257</guid> <description><![CDATA[Zoe Saldana, Sam Worthington in Avatar Avatar grossed an estimated $25 million at the domestic box office on Friday, New Year's Day, surpassing the $300 million mark, reports Nikki Finke at Deadline Hollywood. The total domestic gross of James Cameron's sci-fi epic currently stands at $308.8m. Worldwide, it's at more than $800m. For this weekend, estimates have been hovering around $60m. Sherlock Holmes, starring Robert [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/avatar-box-office-crosses-300-million-567/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>9</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AVATAR Box Office: #1 for December, #6 for 2009</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/avatar-box-office-december-record-887/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/avatar-box-office-december-record-887/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 01:08:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Hutton</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20208</guid> <description><![CDATA[According to Box Office Mojo, yesterday Avatar earned another $18.4 million at the US/Canada box office. After 13 days out, the total domestic gross of James Cameron's sci-fi epic now stands at $268.9m. Avatar is officially the top December opener ever (having surpassed Will Smith's I Am Legend) and it's the sixth biggest grosser of 2009, following Michael Bay's Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ($402.1m), [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/avatar-box-office-december-record-887/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Princess, Frog, Sandra Bullock, Nelson Mandela, Robert Pattinson Fight It Off</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/princess-frog-sandra-bullock-robert-pattinson-766/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/princess-frog-sandra-bullock-robert-pattinson-766/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:31:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Hutton</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19481</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Princess and the Frog by Ron Clements and John Musker (top); Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw in The Blind Side (middle); Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson in The Twilight Saga: New Moon (bottom) Disney's The Princess and the Frog took in an estimated $25 million this weekend, which some say is in line with what was expected while others call it a &#34;soft&#34; opening. No records [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/princess-frog-sandra-bullock-robert-pattinson-766/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart&#039;s TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON in 4th Place</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/robert-pattinson-kristen-stewart-twilight-princess-frog-984/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/robert-pattinson-kristen-stewart-twilight-princess-frog-984/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 07:10:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Hutton</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19448</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Princess and the Frog (top); Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner in The Twilight Saga: New Moon (bottom) Disney's The Princess and the Frog came out on top at the domestic box office on Friday, with $7.2 million &#8212; hardly a record-shattering figure, but respectable nonetheless. Directed by Ron Clements and John Musker, The Princess and the Frog features voices by Dreamgirls' Anika Noni Rose, Bruno [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/robert-pattinson-kristen-stewart-twilight-princess-frog-984/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, and Taylor Lautner Settle for 2nd Place</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/robert-pattinson-kristen-stewart-taylor-lautner-settle-483/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/robert-pattinson-kristen-stewart-taylor-lautner-settle-483/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:02:04 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19292</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side (top); Taylor Lautner, Kristen Stewart in The Twilight Saga: New Moon (bottom) With $20 million, Sandra Bullock's The Blind Side did indeed lead the pack at the domestic box office last weekend, earning nearly $5 million &#8212; or about 30% &#8212; more than The Twilight Saga: New Moon. Robert Pattinson's vampire, Kristen Stewart's teen, and Taylor Lautner's werewolf had [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/robert-pattinson-kristen-stewart-taylor-lautner-settle-483/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>6</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sandra Bullock to Be Honored at Santa Barbara Festival</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sandra-bullock-santa-barbara-film-festival-884/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sandra-bullock-santa-barbara-film-festival-884/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:26:06 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19235</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sandra Bullock, the star of the year-end sleeper hit The Blind Side, will receive the Santa Barbara Film Festival's American Riviera Award on Friday, February 5, 2010. Among Bullock's credits are Love Potion No. 9, While You Were Sleeping, Practical Magic, Miss Congeniality, The Net, A Time to Kill, 28 Days, Murder By Numbers, The Lake House, the Academy Award winner Crash, the recent hit [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/sandra-bullock-santa-barbara-film-festival-884/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sandra Bullock Vs. Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson &amp; Taylor Lautner</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/sandra-bullock-kristen-stewart-robert-pattinson-488/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/sandra-bullock-kristen-stewart-robert-pattinson-488/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:27:29 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michele Colbert</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19212</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw in The Blind Side (top); Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner in The Twilight Saga: New Moon (bottom) Starring Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw as a white affluent couple who &#34;adopt&#34; an overgrown, inner-city black teenager (Quinton Aaron), The Blind Side managed to surpass The Twilight Saga: New Moon at the domestic box-office &#8212; Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, bare pecs, and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/sandra-bullock-kristen-stewart-robert-pattinson-488/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>7</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON Beats THE BLIND SIDE</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/the-twilight-saga-new-moon-beats-the-blind-side-123/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/the-twilight-saga-new-moon-beats-the-blind-side-123/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:35:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Franck Tabouring</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18941</guid> <description><![CDATA[Kristen Stewart in The Twilight Saga: New Moon (top); Rain in Ninja Assassin (middle); John Travolta, Robin Williams in Old Dogs (bottom) Chris Weitz’s The Twilight Saga: New Moon prevailed at the North American box office for the second consecutive weekend, with a solid $42.5 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. Starring Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, and Taylor Lautner, the sequel to [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/the-twilight-saga-new-moon-beats-the-blind-side-123/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON &#8211; Worldwide Blockbuster</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/the-twilight-saga-new-moon-worldwide-blockbuster-123/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/the-twilight-saga-new-moon-worldwide-blockbuster-123/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:10:06 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Hutton</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18939</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Twilight Saga: New Moon, starring Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, and Taylor Lautner (above), was the weekend's #1 box-office hit both domestically and internationally. Directed by Chris Weitz, and adapted by Melissa Rosenberg from Stephenie Meyer's novel, New Moon tells the story of a teen girl (Stewart) who is caught between a hunky vampire (Pattinson) and an equally hunky werewolf (Lautner). Somehow, this multispecies love-lust [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/the-twilight-saga-new-moon-worldwide-blockbuster-123/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON, THE BLIND SIDE Box Office</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/the-twilight-saga-new-moon-the-blind-side-123/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/the-twilight-saga-new-moon-the-blind-side-123/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:58:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Franck Tabouring</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18755</guid> <description><![CDATA[Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson in The Twilight Saga: New Moon (top); Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw in The Blind Side (middle); John Cusack in 2012 (bottom) The Twilight Saga: New Moon stormed to the top spot at the North American box office this weekend with a phenomenal $140.7 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. The Chris Weitz-directed sequel to Twilight scored an average [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/the-twilight-saga-new-moon-the-blind-side-123/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON Not to Shatter Weekend Box-Office Records</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/the-twilight-saga-new-moon-box-office-records-123/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/the-twilight-saga-new-moon-box-office-records-123/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:33:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18736</guid> <description><![CDATA[Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Kristen Stewart in The Twilight Saga: New Moon (top); Penélope Cruz in Broken Embraces (middle); Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side (bottom) The Twilight Saga: New Moon's estimated take of $140.7 million broke (or rather, is breaking) several box-office records, but not the one for best opening weekend ever. That one still belongs to Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight, followed by [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/the-twilight-saga-new-moon-box-office-records-123/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
