SAG Awards Nominations: Unexpected Helen Mirren double dose plus loads of surprises and snubs means Oscars a wildly unpredictable race.
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Trumbo (Movie 2015): Flawless Bryan Cranston
10 minutes readTrumbo (movie 2015) review: Bryan Cranston delivers a phenomenal performance as the blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo.
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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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European Film Awards: Michael Haneke Sets Best Director Record
14 minutes readEuropean Film Awards: Michael Haneke Best Director record as 2 French cinema veterans win their 1st award + Annie Awards bypass blockbusters.
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Michelle Williams and Elle Macpherson: Golden Globes’ Best Actress and Top Model as Marilyn Monroe spirit revisited.
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Worst Labor Day Weekend Box Office in Nearly Two Decades
18 minutes readThe Help with Emma Stone. Disastrous Labor Day weekend box office Sept. 2–5 (Labor Day) weekend box office: North American box office actuals have been released. Tate Taylor’s The Help …
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Arthur Box Office: Panned Russell Brand Remake Bombs
5 minutes readArthur box office: Featuring Russell Brand in the old Dudley Moore role, Jason Winer’s remake of the 1981 blockbuster is on its way to becoming a sizable flop. Helen Mirren …
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Melissa Leo Oscar Winner: Thoughts on Expletives (her speech has made Oscar history), Controversial Ad and presenter Kirk Douglas.
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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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For Colored Girls Box Office: All-Star Tyler Perry Drama Performing Well Below Expectations
5 minutes readFor Colored Girls box office: The latest Tyler Perry drama has been a major commercial disappointment despite its stellar cast (Kerry Washington et al.).
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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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Warren Beatty + Martin Scorsese Receiving Career Awards
28 minutes readWarren 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 …
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Classic Movie Costumes & L.A. Jewish Film Festival + Liam Neeson in Clash of the Titans
10 minutes readLeft 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 Oscar Winner, Kristin Chenoweth singing That’s How You Know and composer Dario Marianelli at the Academy Awards.
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Jon McLaughlin & Kristin Chenoweth: ‘So Close’ & ‘That’s How You Know’: Academy Awards Images
11 minutes readJon 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 …
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Canadian Movie Awards: Rwanda Horror & Cop Comedy + Helen Mirren & Meryl Streep Top London
30 minutes readCanadian 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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SAG Awards: British Dames Andrews & Mirren + Sundance Winners
16 minutes readSAG Awards: British Dames Julie Andrews and Helen Mirren are top winners + immigration and identity theft drama wins Sundance + Gong Li leads Hong Kong.
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What Are the Golden Globes? Quality-oriented + multinational and multiethnic awards show embracing ‘diversity’ (especially of the British kind)?
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WGA Awards go for populist + outlandish screenplays while last year’s Maurice Richard leads Genie nods and Storm thriller among Guldbagge contenders.
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Dark Fantasy Tops NSFC while raunchy Kate Winslet film wins Iowa + is Al Gore global warming documentary going to change Americans’ warped views?
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The Dixie Chicks vs. George W. Bush + Freedom of Speech Issue
14 minutes readThe 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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Star-Struck Golden Globes & Critics’ Choice Awards Nods: From Brad Pitt to Mel Gibson
12 minutes readStar-struck Golden Globes’ + Broadcast Critics’ Choice Awards’ nominations range from Brad Pitt and Ben Affleck to Mel Gibson and Leonardo DiCaprio x2.
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Romanian Actress + Suburban Emma Bovary & 1969 French WWII Drama: Critics’ Surprises
14 minutes readRomanian actress + suburban Emma Bovary and 1969 French World War II drama + the Great Kazakh hope: Major surprises among US film critics choices.
Anthony Hopkins ‘Hitchcock’: Oscar-Winning Actor Mimics Oscar-Nominated ‘Psycho’ Director
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 …
The Queen (Movie 2006): Mirren Showcase Goes Easy on Monarch
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. …
Jackass 3D box office: Starring Johnny Knoxville, this (sorta) record-breaking Paramount comedy provides further evidence that filmgoers want creative and quality fare.
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 …
European Film Awards: Veterans Jeanne Moreau + Liv Ullmann
European Film Awards: Veterans Jeanne Moreau and Liv Ullmann + Alain Resnais and Helen Mirren among presenters, winners and honorees.
Academy Awards: Mexicans Invade the Oscars and the British are back in one of most international Oscars in history while Pedro Almodóvar shockingly snubbed.
Helen Mirren Queen Elizabeth Double Awards Season Dose + Mexican Directors Are U.S. Critics’ Winners
Helen Mirren Queen Elizabeth double + Leonardo DiCaprio triple awards season dose while Mexican directors surprise as US critics’ favorites.