‘Oscar Diversity’ quota requirements have been instituted for the Academy Awards’ Best Picture category. These consist of hiring and representation demands of debatable effectiveness.
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Penélope Cruz Penélope Cruz as next ‘Bond Girl’? Whether you find “age-appropriateness” all-important or just another politically correct inanity, it’s both surprising and good news that 39-year-old Academy Award winner …
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Kate Capshaw and Steven Spielberg. Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw attend the Governors Ball following the 84th Academy Awards in Hollywood on Feb. 26. Along with Kathleen Kennedy, Spielberg produced …
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Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides box office: Starring Johnny Depp and Penélope Cruz, latest franchise entry about to become one of the biggest box office hits in film …
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Colin Firth and Wife Livia Giuggioli: Academy Awards. Best Actor Oscar winner railed against censorship, dismissed message movies.
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Prison dramas: Luis Tosar and Juan Oliver in Cell 211. Daniel Monzón’s Celda 211 / Cell 211, a drama set during a prison riot, was the big winner at the …
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Penélope Cruz, Kate Winslet and Sean Penn: 3 surviving Oscar winners will present plus Academy Awards’ Less Glamorous Side.
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SAG Award honoree Betty White. In addition to Betty White’s and Sandra Bullock’s speeches, another highlight at the SAG Awards ceremony was much less polished though quite memorable nevertheless. That …
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Sophia Loren, Penélope Cruz were present at the Rome Premiere Party of Rob Marshall’s musical Nine, co-hosted by Martini, at the Martini Terrazza on Jan. 13. Federico Fellini’s 8½, on …
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The Golden Globes are over. A folksy looking and sounding Jeff Bridges (above, in Crazy Heart), not George Clooney (for Up in the Air), got the chance to thank family …
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Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate: Top classic movies at “Last Remaining Seats” series in Los Angeles. The L.A. Conservancy has announced a list of tentative titles for the 2010 edition …
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Betty White, Sandra Bullock in The Proposal (Kerry Hayes / Touchstone). Sandra Bullock, up for a best actress SAG Award for The Blind Side, will present the Screen Actors Guild’s …
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SAG Awards: Diane Kruger Surprise + Bizarre Best Cast vs. Individual Screen Actors Guild nominations Mismatch and Orson Welles upset failed to materialize.
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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 …
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Broken Embraces: Pedro Almodóvar on the set (top); Penélope Cruz as the heroine (bottom). In the mystery-melodrama, a director and his female star begin a passionate love affair that leads …
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Actor Gael García Bernal, Academy Award-winning actress Penélope Cruz, veteran director Mario Monicelli, veteran screenwriter Lorenzo Semple Jr, and Academy Award-winning filmmakers Bernardo Bertolucci and Ethan Coen are a few …
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Goldie Hawn, Whoopi Goldberg, Anjelica Huston, Penélope Cruz, Tilda Swinton, and Eva Marie Saint. “This is not going to be 45 seconds, I can say that right now,” said best …
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Oscar Luncheon: Amy Adams and Marisa Tomei plus Penélope Cruz + Kate Winslet Lead or Supporting? And did Bette Davis really name the Oscars?
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Freida Pinto + Dev Patel: SAG Awards’ Best Cast truly = Oscars Precursor? Winners Meryl Streep + Kate Winslet while Producers Guild honors ‘foreigners.’
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Los Abrazos Rotos: Pedro Almodóvar darkness-Inspired Neo-Noir + Paul Rudd and Jason Segel comedy trailer aims for the lowest common denominator.
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Critics Poll: Why So Few Faves Winning Critics Groups Awards? A strange thing happened on the way from critical top picks lists and their groups winners.
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Hugh Jackman Oscar Host brings movies back to ceremony + Surprising Best Actor & Best Picture Ties and Sally Hawkins an Academy Award fave?
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Wong Kar-Wai (image: Mattias Lindbäck ) Screenwriter-director Courtney Hunt’s immigrant smuggling drama Frozen River takes place in the days before Christmas near a border crossing on the Mohawk reservation between New …
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Tropic Thunder box office: Ben Stiller action comedy dethroned The Dark Knight and was dethroned by a Nicolas Cage dud.
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William Castle and the Rosemary’s Baby ‘curse.’ William Castle was a director of B movie thrillers such as those in two popular franchises of the 1940s starring faded stars of …
Vicky Cristina Barcelona set with Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz, Scarlett Johansson, and Woody Allen. I saw Woody Allen’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona at its Canadian premiere at the 32nd Montreal World …
Meryl Streep. Sigourney Weaver, Justin Timberlake, Kyra Sedgwick, Ray Romano, Jeremy Renner, Carey Mulligan, Anthony Mackie, Anna Kendrick, Felicity Huffman and Brian Geraghty have been announced as presenters at the …
Penélope Cruz in Broken Embraces (Emilio Pereda & Paola Ardizzoni / El Deseo / Sony Pictures Classics) (top); Jordi Mollà in El cónsul de Sodoma (Steinweg Emotion Pictures) (bottom). In …
The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke. Six films are vying for the top prize at the 2009 European Film Awards. They are: Andrea Arnold’s Fish Tank, about a teenager (best …
Zac Efron Werner Herzog Slumdog Millionaire composer A.R. Rahman, Sairaa Rahman Robert Pattinson, Edward Cullen in the Twilight movie franchise. Photos: Bryan Crowe / © A.M.P.A.S. James Franco, Ahna O’Reilly …
Beyoncé and Jay-Z + Tom Cruise and rare double winner Kate Winslet + Meryl Streep is biggest loser ever: Predictable but eclectic Golden Globes.
Los Angeles and New York Film Critics winners: 1st Animated movie + Slain Gay leader biopic tops as Sally Hawkins now serious Best Actress Oscar contender.
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