Juno with Ellen Page and Michael Cera. Directed by Jason Reitman and written by 2008 Academy Award-winner Diablo Cody, Juno is what most teen movies are not: non-commercial, with an “agenda” between the pages of…
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Best Actor Oscar nominees Colin Firth, Jeff Bridges, George Clooney, Morgan Freeman, Jeremy Renner at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 2010 Oscar Nominees Luncheon held this afternoon at the Beverly Hilton Hotel…
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Vera Farmiga, George Clooney in Up in the Air (Dale Robinette / Paramount) Jan. 17 update: Hosted by Ricky Gervais, the 2010 Golden Globes ceremony will be broadcast live coast to coast later this evening,…
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DGA Awards make history: Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker: Iraq War drama directed by Directors Guild Award nominee Kathryn Bigelow. (Image: Jonathan Olley / Summit Entertainment). Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker), James Cameron (Avatar),…
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Meryl Streep Best Actress favorite for Julie & Julia – tied with Carey Mulligan for An Education. Carey Mulligan & Meryl Streep Best Actress ‘tie’: U.S. critics’ favorites Only two actresses delivered great performances in 2009,…
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Utah Film Critics’ Best Actor winner Viggo Mortensen in The Road. The performer best known for playing Aragorn in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Viggo Mortensen was the surprise Best Actor choice…
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The Hurt Locker with Guy Pearce and Brian Geraghty. After being all but ignored at this year’s Venice Film Festival and at the 2008 Spirit Awards – where it received only two nominations in the…
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Up in the Air with George Clooney and Vera Farmiga. As the United States remains mired in one of its worst economic crises ever, the National Board of Review (NBR) has selected Jason Reitman’s Up…
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Two-time Oscar winner Emma Thompson (Best Actress for Howards End, Best Adapted Screenplay for Sense and Sensibility), Carey Mulligan and Dominic Cooper arrive for the premiere of An Education during the Times BFI 53rd London…
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is inviting 105 artists and executives to join its ranks of voting members in 2008. Among the invitees are several of this year’s Oscar nominees and winners,…
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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 Actor Academy Award winner for…
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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 box office hit Enchanted, starring…
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Sarah Polley, Tamara Jenkins, Julie Christie At the 2008 Oscar luncheon at the Beverly Hilton hotel on Monday, Academy president Sid Ganis remarked that “regardless of those circumstances, which are beyond our control, we will…
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Atonement with Vanessa Redgrave. Having made her big-screen debut in the late 1950s (Behind the Mask) and a steady film actress since the mid-1960s (Blow-Up, Camelot), Vanessa Redgrave was bypassed by the 2008 Oscars for…