Dame Judi Dench. Dame Judi Dench & Scarlett Johansson among British Independent Film Award nominees Since the likes of Judi Dench, Scarlett Johansson, James McAvoy, and Tom Hardy are in…
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Kirk Baxter, Tina Fey, Bradley Cooper, Angus Wall. Presenters Tina Fey and Bradley Cooper pose with Oscar winners Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall backstage at the 84th Academy Awards, held…
Milla Jovovich and Tim Gunn. Milla Jovovich and Tim Gunn: Academy Awards’ Red Carpet Ukrainian-born actress Milla Jovovich (on Dec. 17, 1975, in Kiev, at the time part of the…
The Artist with Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (DRAMATIC) * The Descendants Kevin Tent, A.C.E. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Angus Wall, A.C.E. & Kirk…
No Rest for the Wicked with José Coronado Pedro Almodóvar didn’t have much luck at the Spanish Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Goya Awards this evening in Madrid:…
Michel Hazanavicius and wife Bérénice Bejo: Making Golden Globes history. Michel Hazanavicius and wife Bérénice Bejo: ‘The Artist’ achieves unique Golden Globes feat Michel Hazanavicius and wife Bérénice Bejo accept…
The Descendants with George Clooney and Shailene Woodley. Since the late 1990s, Alexander Payne has been hopping around the United States, making movies about white, presumably heterosexual, middle-aged (or middle-ageish)…
Best Cast winner Bridesmaids with Rose Byrne, Kristen Wiig, Ellie Kemper, Melissa McCarthy, Maya Rudolph, and Wendi McLendon-Covey. Early this awards season, two female-centered hit movies topped the Best Cast category: the…
Huckleberry Finn movie: Lewis Sargent toplines sentimental William Desmond Taylor effort. Huckleberry Finn Movie: Sentimental Fare Directed by Eventual Murder Victim Directed by William Desmond Taylor, Huckleberry Finn stars a…
Independent Spirit Awards: Sleeper hit Sideways among winners. Alexander Payne’s Central California Wine Country-set road movie about two men-babies discovering their inner adult wholly dominated this year’s Independent Spirit Awards.…
The Aviator: Martin Scorsese’s Best Film - Drama Golden Globe winner stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Texan billionaire Howard Hughes, who made movies, dated Hollywood stars, got Hughes Aircraft off the…
The NSFC Awards’ surprisingly mainstream winner, Clint Eastwood’s maudlin boxing melodrama Million Dollar Baby is unlike most of the group’s recent Best Film selections – e.g., American Splendor, Mulholland Dr.,…
Wine Country road movie Sideways: Life lessons, picturesque views of California’s Santa Ynez Valley Wine Country, and the (sexist) portrayal of adult men as overgrown babies are all found in…
Sideways movie: Alexander Payne’s Central California Wine Country-set road movie stars Paul Giamatti and Thomas Haden Church as two overgrown babies who learn life’s lessons while boozing up and making…