SAG Awards’ surprise double nominee Helen Mirren as Hollywood gossip columnist Hedda Hopper in ‘Trumbo.’ 2016 SAG Awards’ nominations: Sylvester Stallone, Matt Damon ‘snubbed’ while Helen Mirren among surprising inclusions…
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With some assistance from Dalton Trumbo himself, Bryan Cranston delivers a phenomenal performance as the blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter.
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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…
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Michael Haneke at the 2012 European Film Awards. The story of an elderly couple facing illness and death, Amour was the top winner at this year’s European Film Awards, collecting…
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Michelle Williams: Golden Globes’ Best Actress in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical winner. Best Actress winner Michelle Williams: Golden Globes Michelle Williams poses backstage after winning the Golden Globe…
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Allison Janney, Emma Stone, The Help Sept. 8 update: The Help was once again the no. 1 movie at the U.S. and Canada box office on Tuesday, Sept. 7, grossing…
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The Queen with Helen Mirren and James Cromwell. A more sober tone would have made Stephen Frears’ filmization of Peter Morgan’s The Queen screenplay less appealing to a mass audience.…
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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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Indie Spirit Awards: Helen Mirren, Anne-Marie Duff, Paul Giamatti in The Last Station ‘Indie’ Spirit Awards’ mostly mainstream winners The Academy Awards show will be held on Sunday. The Razzie…
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Heath Ledger in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. One of this year’s AFI FEST offerings along with “fantasy soccer” by way of Looking for Eric, Viggo Mortensen’s dystopian reality in…
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White couple, black baby: Sophie Okonedo as black daughter of white parents in Skin Winner of four audience awards, including at the AFI Dallas and Santa Barbara film festivals, Skin…
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Left to right: Costume worn by Danny Kaye in The Inspector General (1949), designed by Travilla. Costume worn by Viveca Lindfors in The Adventures of Don Juan (1948), designed by…
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Javier Bardem: Best Supporting Actor Academy Award winner for Joel and Ethan Coen’s ‘No Country for Old Men.’ Javier Bardem Academy Award winner Javier Bardem was the year’s Best Supporting…
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Manoel de Oliveira, Jeanne Moreau, and Liv Ullmann at the European Film Awards. Veteran Portuguese filmmaker Manoel de Oliveira, 99 years old next Dec. 11, was the recipient of the…
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Canadian Movie Awards: Olivier Gourmet in Congorama Quebec’s 2007 Jutra Awards, presented on Sunday, Feb. 18, offered a whole array of surprises. Even though the bilingual box office smash Bon…
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Helen Mirren young: Hot future British Queen back in the 1960s. Helen Mirren young: Hot future Queen Helen Mirren, the odds-on favorite to take home this year’s Best Actress Academy…
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Pan’s Labyrinth with Doug Jones as the Faun. Whereas Pedro Almodóvar’s Volver received on single Academy Award nomination – Penélope Cruz is up for Best Actress – Guillermo del Toro’s…
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What are the Golden Globes? Babel set with Alejandro González Iñárritu and Gael García Bernal. What are the Golden Globes? One possible answer: An awards season ceremony that, at least…
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James McAvoy in The Last King of Scotland. This year, the British Academy decided to support two (at least part-) British “royal movies”: Stephen Frears’ The Queen, starring Helen Mirren…
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Helen Mirren Queen Elizabeth Double Awards Season Dose + Mexican Directors Are U.S. Critics’ Winners
Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen. Set in the aftermath of Princess Diana’s death, Stephen Frears’ The Queen, written by Peter Morgan, goes out of its way…
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The Dixie Chicks vs George W. Bush + Freedom of Speech Issue surprising awards season wins + San Diego Film Critics reject groupthink selections.
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Brad Pitt in Babel. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association members suffer from congenital star-struck disease; hence, it’s no surprise that Brad Pitt is a Best Supporting Actor contender for his…
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National Board of Review Best Film winner Letters from Iwo Jima, with Ken Watanabe. Clint Eastwood’s accompanying piece to Flags of Our Fathers shows the battle of Iwo Jima from…
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The L-Shaped Room & Prime Suspect actor Tom Bell has died British actor Tom Bell died on Oct. 4 after a short illness. Perhaps best remembered for playing opposite Helen…
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The Queen with Helen Mirren. For the first time in the history of the Venice Film Festival, all films competing for the 2006 Golden Lion will have their world premiere…
Anthony Hopkins: Hitchcock. Anthony Hopkins ‘Hitchcock’ poster: ‘Psycho’ style The Hitchcock poster above shares a few elements with the Psycho 1960 poster, such as the splitting of the image into…
Melissa Leo Oscar Winner: Thoughts on Expletives (her speech has made Oscar history), Controversial Ad and presenter Kirk Douglas.
Warren Beatty. Warren Beatty will receive the Art Directors Guild’s Outstanding Contribution to Cinematic Imagery Award, “given to an individual whose body of work in the film industry has richly…
Jon McLaughlin ‘So Close.’ Enchanted song. Jon McLaughlin ‘So Close’: Oscar ceremony At the 2008 Academy Awards ceremony, singer Jon McLaughlin performed “So Close,” the Oscar-nominated song from Kevin Lima’s…
SAG Awards: British Dames Julie Andrews and Helen Mirren are top winners + immigration and identity theft drama wins Sundance + Gong Li leads Hong Kong.
Pan’s Labyrinth: The Pale Man (Doug Jones) in underground, dark fantasy. Guillermo del Toro’s post-Spanish-Civil-War-set Pan’s Labyrinth / El laberinto del fauno was the National Society of Film Critics’ surprise…
Romanian actress Luminita Gheorghiu in The Death of Mr. Lazarescu with Ion Fiscuteanu. The Los Angeles Film Critics Awards’ most surprising winner was veteran Romanian actress Luminita Gheorghiu, selected as…