SAG Awards Nominations: Unexpected Helen Mirren double dose plus loads of surprises and snubs means Oscars a wildly unpredictable race.
Movie Awards
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Online film critics awards: Rooney Mara (according to some, absurdly) in Best Supporting Actress Category while Kristen Stewart in.
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Los Angeles Film Critics Awards surprises: Michael Fassbender, Charlotte Rampling tops as the former now 4th two-time LAFCA Best Actor winner.
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Trumbo (Movie 2015): Flawless Bryan Cranston
10 minutes readTrumbo (movie 2015) review: Bryan Cranston delivers a phenomenal performance as the blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo.
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Steve Jobs (Movie 2015): Fantastic Michael Fassbender
9 minutes readSteve Jobs (movie 2015) review: Michael Fassbender is outstanding in Danny Boyle and Aaron Sorkin’s vigorous biopic. Kate Winslet costars.
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The Martian (Movie 2015): Charming Matt Damon
7 minutes readThe Martian (movie 2015) review: Ridley Scott proves that he still has what it takes. Amiable ‘everyman’ Matt Damon and Jessica Chastain star.
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Best Foreign Language Film Oscar Submissions: Multicultural and Multinational movies as Academy more open-minded re: international cinema.
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Katharine Hepburn Movies: Women in Drag, in Love & in Danger
9 minutes readKatharine Hepburn Movies: Women in Drag, in Love and in Danger in classic movies that ultimately earned her 12 Academy Award nominations.
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Amy (Movie 2015): Exceptional Winehouse Documentary
7 minutes readAmy (movie 2015) review: Asif Kapadia’s remarkable Amy Winehouse documentary chronicles the rise and fall of the tragic singer.
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Academy Invites Eddie Redmayne, Bong Joon-ho: Eclectic and International Talent that may help to diversify future Oscar choices.
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Teresa Wright was one of the ‘Oldest’ Oscar Winners and the earliest surviving Best Supporting Actress winner at the time of her death.
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Teresa Wright: Actress Made Academy Awards History
14 minutes readTeresa Wright: Actress Made Oscar History for her work in The Little Foxes, Mrs Miniver and The Pride of the Yankees – feat still unmatched.
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2015 Oscar Winners: Meryl Streep Breaks 2 Records
18 minutes readOscar Winners: Meryl Streep Breaks Two Academy Award Records, Neil Patrick Harris in his underwear and politically controversial documentary winner.
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Kristen Stewart & Catherine Deneuve Make César Award History
11 minutes readKristen Stewart and Catherine Deneuve have achieved remarkable César Award feats. One is a First; the other one is a Record-Tier.
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Sean Penn: Honorary César Goes Hollywood (Again)
14 minutes readSean Penn will receive the Honorary César. The two-time Best Actor Oscar winner is the latest Hollywood celebrity to take home the award.
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Golden Globes Winners: Early Technical Glitch Led to Much Ado About Nothing while Julianne Moore took home 1 statuette as expected.
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Selma (Movie 2014): Disturbingly Pertinent MLK March
9 minutes readSelma (movie 2014) review: Ava DuVernay’s ‘Martin Luther King Jr. in Alabama’ drama is a reminder that Civil Rights events remain disturbingly relevant. David Oyelowo plays MLK.
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Luise Rainer: Two-Time Best Actress Oscar Winner Was 104
9 minutes readLuise Rainer Dead: At 104 years old first Two-Time Oscar Winner in the acting categories was oldest surviving Academy Award recipient.
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Maureen O’Hara Oscar: Honorary Award given to feisty, red-headed The Quiet Man and Rio Grande actress and John Wayne leading lady.
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Gotham Awards’ Winners: Julianne Moore + Edward Snowden
6 minutes readGotham Awards winners include Hollywood stars Julianne Moore and Michael Keaton plus controversial political refugee Edward Snowden.
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Best Documentary Short Oscar Contenders: The prospect of death and Illness are key topics plus art, oil and a hotline for war veterans.
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Neil Patrick Harris Oscar Host
5 minutes readNeil Patrick Harris: Oscar Host. Good Choice? The Tony and Emmy winner will be first openly gay (male) Academy Awards host ever.
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Christopher Reeve: Superman movies, Somewhere in Time and other films remembered 10 years after his death plus surprise Oscar speech.
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Best Foreign Language Film Record Entries include a number of highly political movies with controversial topics.
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Honorary Award bypassed Marlene Dietrich, Gloria Swanson and Rita Hayworth among dozens of other women as Academy focused on male recipients.
Room (Movie 2015): Capable Brie Larson
Room (movie 2015) review: Starring an effective Brie Larson, Lenny Abrahamson’s psychological drama provides an uncomfortable experience.
Uggie: The Artist Dog Star Remembered
Uggie: The Artist Dog Star that stole scenes from Oscar winner Jean Dujardin in Michel Hazanavicius’ 2011 sleeper hit has died at age 13.
Mad Max: Fury Road (Movie 2015): Women on Top
Mad Max: Fury Road (movie 2015) review: Charlize Theron is the de facto ‘hero’ in George Miller’s post-apocalyptic actioner. Tom Hardy costars.
Catherine Deneuve: César Award Record-Tier
Catherine Deneuve: César Award Best Actress Record-Tier after her latest nomination. Article includes list of rare Anglophone César nominees.
Cecil B. DeMille Award winners range from Walt Disney to George Clooney while women are for the most part snubbed no matter how prestigious their careers.
Interstellar (movie 2014) review: Christopher Nolan sci-fier is a grandiose achievement that ultimately fails to fulfill its thematic promise. Matthew McConaughey stars.
Whiplash (Movie 2014): Devilish J.K. Simmons
Whiplash (movie 2014) review: Damien Chazelle directs a visually and aurally accomplished drama that gives J.K. Simmons a devil of a role. Also in the cast: Miles Teller.