European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award: Award-less veteran actress Danielle Darrieux. European Film Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award: Only three female recipients to date As mentioned in the previous post, French film icon Catherine Deneuve is only the third woman to receive the European Film Academy’s…
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Production designer J. Michael Riva. Marlene Dietrich Grandson J. Michael Riva, Robert Clatworthy, and Harper Goff: Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame 2014 Production Designers Robert Clatworthy, Harper Goff, and J. Michael Riva will be posthumously inducted into the Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame…
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Emmy Nominations’ Oscar Favorites: Al Pacino and Helen Mirren in Phil Spector. Emmy Nominations’ Oscar Favorites The 2013 Emmy nominations were announced earlier today by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. As usual, there was a whole array of movie people nominated, including many…
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Léa Seydoux and Adèle Exarchopoulos in ‘Blue Is the Warmest Color.’ Lesbian love story Blue Is the Warmest Color wins Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or The 2013 Cannes Film Festival came to a close on Sunday evening. Earlier in the day in Paris, an estimated…
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Oscar host Seth MacFarlane: Off-color jokes and dance numbers led to raised eyebrows and complaints. Oscar host debate + producers return Craig Zadan and Neil Meron will return next year as producers of the Academy Awards ceremony, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president…
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Logan Lerman on the red carpet at the MTV Movie Awards. ‘Twilight’ fans boycott MTV Awards ceremony after Robert Pattinson & Kristen Stewart ‘Best Kiss’ snub Say what you will about Twilight fans, but they can’t be accused of not taking their idols seriously. Kristen…
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Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards winner Kristen Stewart. Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards: Kristen Stewart & Johnny Depp among winners Kristen Stewart and Johnny Depp were two of the film category winners at this year’s green-slime-infested Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards held at the University of Southern California’s…
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Emmanuelle Riva. Emmanuelle Riva, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Michael Haneke, Amour: César Awards 2013 Michael Haneke’s drama about love and death, Amour, won five César Awards (out of ten nominations) earlier this evening at a ceremony held at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris: Best Film, Best…
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Child’s Pose with Luminita Gheorghiu. Berlin Film Festival Golden Bear winner: ‘Child’s Pose’ The 2013 Berlin Film Festival’s Golden Bear, handed out earlier this evening, went to Calin Peter Netzer’s mix of social critique and family drama Child’s Pose / Pozitia copilului. Co-written by Netzer…
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What is an indie movie? Silver Linings Playbook with Jennifer Lawrence. What is an indie movie? All-star Harvey Weinstein release tops Spirit Awards As expected, Silver Linings Playbook was the big winner at the 2013 Spirit Awards, though the David O. Russell-directed comedy drama about…
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Ben Affleck director: DGA Award winner. Ben Affleck tops DGA Awards Ben Affleck, not nominated for a Best Director Academy Award this year (or any other year), has won the Directors Guild of America’s 2013 DGA Award in the feature-film category. Vying for the same…
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Anne Hathaway Les Misérables. SAG Awards winners 2013 Anne Hathaway & Tommy Lee Jones The SAG Awards 2013 are currently being held at the Shrine Exposition Center, just south of downtown Los Angeles. One of the key Academy Award precursors, SAG Award winners have usually…
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PGA Awards 2013 winners Update: Ben Affleck’s Argo wins Theatrical Motion Picture PGA Award. Argo producer Ben Affleck tells Steve Pond “I had totally convinced myself they were going to read another name.” Affleck’s fellow Argo producers are George Clooney and Grant Heslov. The Producers…
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Adele: Golden Globes’ lack of surprises. Golden Globes non-surprises: Adele & Ben Affleck + Daniel Day-Lewis The Golden Globes 2013 – a.k.a. the 70th annual Golden Globe Awards – offered few surprises, at least when it came to the winners. Unless, that is, you weren’t…
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Geneviève Bujold and James Cromwell in Still Mine. Harvey Weinstein Oscars’ Lead Continues: Oscar nominations Harvey Weinstein Oscars’ lead continues unabated, thanks to key nominations for Silver Linings Playbook – in the running in all four acting categories – The Master, and Django Unchained. Performance by an…
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Amy Adams in The Master: “Classy” NSFC win. What Batman Awards? WGA snubs latest ‘Dark Knight’ movie The WGA Awards 2013 nominations were announced earlier today. Expect the Academy Awards 2013 nominations in the writing categories to be – at least – somewhat different, for…