The Women remake: Critics derided + moviegoers were indifferent to writer-director Diane English’s defanged + declawed all-star all-female feminist comedy.
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Is Raging Bull 2 getting cast? Raging Bull 2? First of all, let me clarify that this isn’t an April’s Fools joke. At least not on my part. And let …
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Trent Reznor and Wife Mariqueen Maandig Photo, featuring the ex-Nine Inch Nails member and Oscar winner Reznor and his spouse.
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The Social Network and a Big Surprise: ACE Awards as Steven Spielberg paid homage to Michael Kahn and Christopher Nolan to film editing.
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Best Actress Oscar Nominees Group picture with Natalie Portman and Jennifer Lawrence with Nicole Kidman, Annette Bening and Michelle Williams.
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Catherine Zeta-Jones and Husband Michael Douglas making a comeback plus Robert Pattinson and Jake Gyllenhaal at the Golden Globes.
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Ricky Gervais’ mean-spirited Golden Globes humor eclipsed coverage of the actual winners. Among them, Annette Bening for her performance as a fierce, family-defending lesbian wife/mother in Lisa Cholodenko’s The Kids …
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Mainstream group choices: New York Film Critics opt for Establishment fare from inspirational king biopic to crowd-pleasing lesbian family comedy-drama.
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Michelle Williams in Derek Cianfrance’s Blue Valentine. Winter’s Bone, in which an Ozark Mountain teenager hunts down her drug-dealing father, topped the 2011 Spirit Award nominations announced earlier today. Directed …
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Patricia Norris. Patricia Norris: Art Directors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award Production Designer and Costume Designer Patricia Norris, a frequent David Lynch collaborator, will receive the Art Directors Guild’s Lifetime Achievement …
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The Expendables film: Sylvester Stallone with Jason Statham and Randy Couture. The Expendables & other Sylvester Stallone movies: ‘I always believe the violence is justifiable’ Actor, director, producer, screenwriter Sylvester …
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The Kids Are All Right box office: Lesbian family comedy-drama has no chance of reaching as high as Brokeback Mountain. Annette Bening and Julianne Moore star.
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Gay indie actor Matthew Montgomery and Steve Callahan, Role/Play. Described as “an unheralded superstar in the American independent gay filmmaking scene,” gay indie actor Matthew Montgomery, among whose credits are …
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Animator Adam Beckett Salute Animator and visual effects artist Adam Beckett will be celebrated by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with the special program “Infinite Animation: The …
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Jane Fonda Broadway comeback: 33 Variations with Colin Hanks and Samantha Mathis. In the New York Times, Ben Brantley reviews Jane Fonda’s return to Broadway after 46 years: “It’s a …
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In the languid late summer days, Neil LaBute’s low-budget movie Lakeview Terrace has been able to top the domestic box office chart.
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Bugsy movie with Annette Bening and Warren Beatty. Barry Levinson’s 1991 best picture nominee Bugsy is the next feature in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ “Great To …
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Running with Scissors (movie 2006) review: Ryan Murphy’s movie version of Augusten Burroughs’ memoirs is a dramatic mess. Annette Bening is its sole redeeming feature.
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Best Actress SAG Awards: Boxing-ring star beats stage diva in fierce rematch, while Katharine Hepburn has her first competitive Screen Actors Guild ‘win’ ever.
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Being Julia (movie 2004) review: As a 1930s London stage diva, Annette Bening has a fantastic time in István Szabó’s All About Eve-ish period comedy.
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Critics’ favorites: A crowd-pleasing Wine Country road movie and a polemical political documentary are the top selections this awards season, while Imelda Staunton is the Best Actress fave.
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National Board of Review Awards: The J.M. Barrie movie Finding Neverland was named the year’s best release. Annette Bening and Laura Linney were among the other winners.
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War-related movies were the clear favorites at the San Sebastian Film Festival, where Lifetime Achievement honors went to Hollywood celebrities Woody Allen and Annette Bening.
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Toronto Film Festival topics: Sex and politics. Highlights include a biopic of contentious American researcher Alfred Kinsey and veteran filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard’s latest political musings.
Luncheon for Oscar nominees Annette Bening, Jeff Bridges and (partially) Nicole Kidman. Annette Bening, Jeff Bridges photos: Oscar Nominees Luncheon 2011 Best Actress Academy Award nominee Annette Bening sits on …
Actors Guild: SAG Awards comes up with second Annette Bening vs Hilary Swank rematch while Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon bypassed.
Gotham Awards Nominations: Troubled Lesbian Couples, Ballerinas & Vampires The Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP), which bills itself the United States’ “oldest and largest organization of independent filmmakers,” announced today the …
Gordon Willis, Roger Corman, and Lauren Bacall: Honorary Oscars. Gordon Willis, the cinematographer of classics such as The Godfather: Part II, All the President’s Men, and The Purple Rose of …
Animation sound showcase: Academy presents ‘The Sound behind the Image II: Now Hear This!’ The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present a weekend of public events and …
Martin Scorsese and Clint Eastwood have performed an unexpected Golden Globes turnabout, while Hilary Swank and Annette Bening have an awards season rematch ‘tie.’
Diane English has penned and will direct The Women remake, as the 1939 all-female classic comedy is finally getting a 21st-century facelift. Meg Ryan and Annette Bening are slated to …