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David Carradine in Bound for Glory David Carradine, the star of the 1970s TV series Kung Fu (right), was found hanged in his Bangkok hotel room early this morning. According to reports, there was no evidence of foul play at the scene. Carradine, who was in the Thai capital working on a film, was 72. Born in Los Angeles on Dec. 8, 1936, Carradine was [...]

Leonardo DiCaprio in The Departed Well on his way to his first Academy Award, last night Martin Scorsese received the Directors Guild of America's feature-film top honors for The Departed, Scorsese's way overrated I-can-smell-a-rat gangster flick that the director himself has referred to as his "B-movie." (And despite the presence of stellar names such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, and Jack Nicholson, that's really what [...]

2007 Directors Guild Awards 2007 Directors Guild of America nominations: feature film nominees on January 9, 2007; made-for-TV movies on January 10, 2007; other television nominees on January 11; and documentary and commercials nominees on January 16, 2007 2007 DGA Award winners: Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles on February 3, 2007 ("*" denotes the winner in each category)   Steven Spielberg, DGA [...]

Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby Best Director – Motion Picture Martin Scorsese – The Aviator Marc Forster – Finding Neverland * Clint Eastwood – Million Dollar Baby Taylor Hackford – Ray Alexander Payne – Sideways Best Director – Documentary * Byambasuren Davaa, Luigi Falorni – The Story of the Weeping Camel Ross Kauffman, Zana Briski – Born into Brothels Ross McElwee – Bright [...]