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isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20215</guid> <description><![CDATA[Meryl Streep in Julie &#38; Julia (Columbia Pictures) (top); Carey Mulligan in An Education (Kerry Brown / Sony Pictures Classics) (bottom) Only two actresses delivered great performances in 2009, at least as far as most US-based critics' groups were concerned: veteran Meryl Streep as Julia Child in Julie &#38; Julia, and newcomer Carey Mulligan as a daring schoolgirl in 1960s London in An Education. The [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/meryl-streep-carey-mulligan-best-actress-889/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Spirit Awards 2010: Nominations</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/spirit-awards-2010-nominations-123/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/spirit-awards-2010-nominations-123/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:50:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19027</guid> <description><![CDATA[Michael Stuhlbarg in A Serious Man (top); James McAvoy, Christopher Plummer, Helen Mirren in The Last Station (middle); Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschanel in (500) Days of Summer (bottom) The nominees for the 25th annual Spirit Awards have been announced. Two of the best picture nominees also happen to be this year's most nominated films: Lee Daniels' Precious and Michael Hoffman's The Last Station, with five [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/spirit-awards-2010-nominations-123/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Gotham Awards 2009 Winners</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/gotham-award-2009-winners-123/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/gotham-award-2009-winners-123/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:35:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19000</guid> <description><![CDATA[Catalina Saavedra in The Maid (top); Stella Schnabel in You Won't Miss Me (middle); The Hurt Locker by Kathryn Bigelow (bottom) &#34;Kudos to you, great performance,&#34; Rosie Perez told Willem Dafoe, after saying that Lars von Trier's Antichrist, a dark, sex-filled drama in which Dafoe co-stars with Charlotte Gainsbourg, was a &#34;sick-ass movie.&#34; That was followed by: &#34;Was that your &#8230; Oooohhhh. It was?&#34; And [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/gotham-award-2009-winners-123/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Gotham Awards 2009</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2009-gotham-awards-123/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2009-gotham-awards-123/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:28:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
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