‘Iron Man 3’ with Robert Downey Jr. ‘Iron Man 3’ box office: Second biggest domestic debut ever? May 4 update: Directed by Shane Black and starring Robert Downey Jr, Iron Man 3 will likely boast the second biggest opening weekend ever at the North American…
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Susan Sarandon Under US Government Surveillance? Susan Sarandon has been removed from a guest list for a White House event next week. Why? “I was denied security clearance and I don’t know why,” Sarandon, 65, told the crowd attending a Q&A with herself and Michael…
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Persepolis controversy: Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud animated feature offends – some of – Tunisia’s Fundamentalist Muslims. ‘Persepolis’ Broadcast: Tunisian Television Station President Apologizes to Offended Muslims Three days ago a group of 200 Fundamentalist Muslims protested outside the headquarters of a television station in…
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Natalie Portman in Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan Natalie Portman: SAG Awards’ Best Actress for ‘Black Swan.’ Natalie Portman: SAG Awards’ Best Actress winner ‘bleeped’ TNT and TBS bleeped Natalie Portman, this year’s Best Actress SAG Award winner for her performance as a mentally unbalanced ballerina…
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3D: Film history repeats itself. Picture above: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince with Rupert Grint. (Jaap Buitendijk / Warner Bros.). ‘Hatty Potter’ & ‘Clash of the Titans’ in 3D: Film History Repeats Itself Fans of Daniel Radcliffe will be able to see him in…
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Susan Sarandon in The Lovely Bones. Best Actress Academy Award winner (Dead Man Walking, 1995) Susan Sarandon isn’t exactly a top contender for the Academy Awards early next year for her performance as a young-looking granny in Peter Jackson’s supernatural crime/psychological drama The Lovely Bones…
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Stockholm Film Festival: Susan Sarandon. In Giorgos Lanthimos’ Dogtooth, winner of the 2009 Stockholm Film Festival’s Bronze Horse for best film, a patriarch (Christos Stergioglou) tries to shield his cloistered wife (Michelle Valley) and two daughters (Aggeliki Papoulia and Mary Tsoni) from the outside world.…
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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 enhanced the visual aspects of the movie-going experience,” at the ADG Awards ceremony on Feb.…
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Susan Sarandon and Julia Roberts in Stepmom. Susan Sarandon will be the recipient of the Stockholm Lifetime Achievement Award 2009 to be presented at the 20th Stockholm International Film Festival (website), which runs Nov. 18–29. Sarandon will be accepting the honor in person. As per…
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Freida Pinto and Dev Patel: SAG Awards’ Best Cast winners. Danny Boyle’s sleeper hit Slumdog Millionaire marked the feature film debut of British actor Dev Patel and Indian model Freida Pinto; the former plays a slum denizen with a seemingly inexplicable ability to get all…
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Gay Sundance: I Love You Phillip Morris with Jim Carrey as the titular “I,” real-life con artist Steven Jay Russell, and Rodrigo Santoro as a wet and thirsty “friend.” Update: Glenn Ficarra and John Requa’s gay comedy-drama-romance-of-sorts received quite a few warm reviews at the…
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Beyoncé and Jay-Z. Pop celebs such as Beyoncé and Jay-Z mingled with movie celebs at the 2009 Golden Globes ceremony. Beyoncé, a.k.a. Beyoncé Knowles, was in the running in the Best Original Song category for the Cadillac Records ditty “Once in a Lifetime,” which she…
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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 York State and Quebec, where two single mothers – one white, one Mohawk – in…
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Alfie 2004 movie with Jude Law. ‘Alfie’ 2004 movie: Remake & Jude Law deserved warmer reception A major financial flop that received – at best – mixed reviews, Charles Shyer’s Alfie 2004 remake, starring an accomplished Jude Law, deserved better. A dramatic comedy about a…
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Gael García Bernal and Pedro Almodóvar Bad Education quotes: The Y Tu Mamá Tambiénactor reveals his “inner transvestite” while the Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown filmmaker takes on the Catholic Church and its long-standing anti-gay stance. Pedro Almodóvar, Gael García Bernal, Michael…