Gordon Willis, Roger Corman, and Lauren Bacall: Honorary Oscars. Honorary Oscar recipients Roger Corman, Lauren Bacall, and Gordon Willis at the 2009 Governors Awards ceremony held at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland on Saturday, Nov. 14. “It’s so much better … that nobody’s…
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Julianne Moore, a potential Oscar 2010 candidate for A Single Man, and Amanda Seyfried at the premiere of Atom Egoyan’s thriller Chloe during the Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival at the Vue West End on October 22. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images) Julianne Moore,…
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Early Oscar Predictions: Penélope Cruz in Pedro Almodóvar’s Broken Embraces. Oscar Early Predictions: Michelle Pfeiffer Best Actress Contender? Abbie Cornish, Bright Star Frances ‘Fanny’ Brawne has a relatively brief but intense love affair with poet John Keats Carey Mulligan, An Education In 1960s London, a…
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Penélope Cruz, Eva Marie Saint, and Goldie Hawn. “This is not going to be 45 seconds, I can say that right now,” said best supporting actress winner Penélope Cruz (for Vicky Cristina Barcelona). “Has anybody ever fainted here? Because I might be the first one.…
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Pat Hingle: ‘Gunsmoke,’ ‘Batman’ actor dead at 84 (image: Pat Hingle and Anjelica Huston in ‘The Grifters’) Pat Hingle, best remembered for his recurring role as police commissioner Gordon in the Batman movies of the late 20th century, died January 3, 2009, at his home…
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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou with Anjelica Huston and Bill Murray. Wes Anderson’s mix of maritime adventure, existential drama, and Jacques Cousteau parody, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou is torpedoed by a meandering screenplay and an uninspired central performance. Anderson and Noah Baumbach…