Worst Oscar Host Ever? Anne Hathaway and James Franco widely panned but what about Academy Awards produced by the flamboyant Allan Carr?
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Actors Guild: SAG Awards comes up with second Annette Bening vs Hilary Swank rematch while Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon bypassed.
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Conviction movie box office: Starring Hilary Swank, Tony Goldwyn’s real-life-based legal drama is on its way to becoming a sizable commercial dud.
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British street gangs top San Sebastian Film Festival: Neds directed by Peter Mullan. Peter Mullan’s Glasgow-set drama Neds, about a distraught teenager who joins a street gang in the early…
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Pat Morita movies: The Karate Kid 1984 martial arts teacher to Ralph Macchio earned former stand-up comedian an Oscar nomination.
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Hilary Swank Oscar triumph #2: The Million Dollar Baby actress is the 21st century’s first double winner in the Academy Awards’ acting categories.
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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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Awards season news: In an ungodly twist of fate, Jesus + Jason + Napoleon have all lost out to Spider-Man, while Kate Winslet has nabbed a surprise win.
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NSFC Awards surprise: A Clint Eastwood melodrama is the unexpectedly mainstream winner of the generally more ‘esoteric’ U.S.-based critics group.
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A superlative Hilary Swank can’t beat the odds against Clint Eastwood’s cliché-ridden boxing + surrogate father-daughter melo Million Dollar Baby.
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Generally ignored in most of the world, African cinema is the focus of the Toronto Film Festival’s Planet Africa sidebar. A key title is Ousmane Sembene’s most recent effort, Moolaadé.
Brian De Palma’s neo-noir The Black Dahlia is a poor imitation of 1940s films noirs. Josh Hartnett, Aaron Eckhart and Hilary Swank are the badly miscast stars.
Martin Scorsese and Clint Eastwood have performed an unexpected Golden Globes turnabout, while Hilary Swank and Annette Bening have an awards season rematch ‘tie.’
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.