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Annie Awards 2011 Winners: HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON Tops
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON – *Not* TOY STORY 3 – Dominates Annie Awards 2011 Nominations DreamWorks' How to Train Your Dragon (above) topped the 2010 Annie Award nominations with 15 nods, including Best Animated Feature. Two other DreamWorks' animated features also fared well with Annie voters: Megamind with six nominations and Shrek Forever After with five. Disney/Pixar followed with three nominations for Toy Story [...]
Akshay Kumar's TEES MAAR KHAN, Sofia Coppola's SOMEWHERE Do Well: Box Office
Garrett Hedlund, Shana Feste's Country Strong LITTLE FOCKERS, TRON: LEGACY, NARNIA, YOGI BEAR, THE FIGHTER Down: Blizzard-Battered Box-Office Actuals Among the "specialty" movies, Bollywood's Tees Maar Khan did relatively well on its first weekend out, collecting $540k at 108 theaters and averaging $4,998 per venue, according to Box Office Mojo. Directed by Farah Khan, Tees Maar Khan stars Akshay Kumar in the title role. At [...]
THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT, THE SOCIAL NETWORK: New York Film Critics' Mainstream Choices
Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, The Kids Are All Right The New York Film Critics Circle have chosen their 2010 winners. [List of New York Film Critics winners.] My predictions — Another Year, David Fincher, Lesley Manville, Jesse Eisenberg, Carlos, Toy Story 3, Jacki Weaver, Niels Arestrup — were mostly way off the mark. This year, the New York critics opted for accessible, U.S.-made mainstream fare: [...]
New York Film Critics Winners 2010: THE SOCIAL NETWORK, Annette Bening, Colin Firth, CARLOS
Jesse Eisenberg, Brenda Song, The Social Network THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT, THE SOCIAL NETWORK: New York Film Critics' Mainstream Choices Best Film: The Social Network Best Foreign Language Film: Carlos Best Director: David Fincher, The Social Network Best Actress: Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right Best Actor: Colin Firth, The King's Speech Best Supporting Actress: Melissa Leo, The Fighter Best Supporting Actor: Mark [...]