Marília Pêra: Brazilian superstar and daring Pixote prostitute was US Film Critics’ Best Actress winner and potential Oscar nominee.
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Nicholas Kallsen: Brad Pitt Glory Days co-star. Brad Pitt Glory Days co-star Nicholas Kallsen dead at 48 Nicholas Kallsen, who was featured opposite Brad Pitt in the short-lived television series…
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Apartheid Movies: Focus on White South Africans criticized in films (usually made by/with British and American talent) such as A World Apart and Cry Freedom.
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Iron Man 3 with Robert Downey Jr.: Box office hit. Iron Man 3 box office: Second biggest domestic debut ever? May 4 update: Directed by Shane Black and starring Robert…
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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…
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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,…
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Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps box office: Michael Douglas and Shia LaBeouf star in Oliver Stone’s underperforming sequel to his 1987 film.
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Susan Sarandon Sympathy Oscar Nod? + Megan Fox and Robert Pattinson Sexiest Stars while Peter Jackson knighted and Marion Cotillard honored.
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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…
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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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Passchendaele. Genie Awards: World War I drama ‘Passchendaele’ wins Best Picture In a bizarre twist, the Canadian Academy of Film & Television (website) chose Passchendaele, Paul Gross’ flag-waving World War…
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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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Gay Sundance vs. Gay Boycott? From con artist Jim Carrey + inspirational lesbian teacher to London threesomes + same-sex experiences.
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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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Iron Man box office: Marvel’s superhero movie became the year’s second biggest blockbuster in the domestic market. Robert Downey Jr. stars.
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Enchanted movie box office: Amy Adams romantic fantasy is one of the rare global hits focused on an adult female character. Patrick Dempsey costars.
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Jude Law, Marisa Tomei and Susan Sarandon are the highlights in Charles Shyer’s deeply flawed yet moderately entertaining Alfie 2004.
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A couple of Susan Sarandon quotes: The Oscar-winning actress discusses the need for liberal political activism in our troubled times and her appeal as a sexy older woman capable of seducing younger men.
Susan Sarandon Under US Government Surveillance? Liberal activist and Oscar winner Susan Sarandon (Dead Man Walking, 1995) has been removed from a guest list for a White House event next…
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:…
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…
Beyoncé and Jay-Z + Tom Cruise and rare double winner Kate Winslet + Meryl Streep is biggest loser ever: Predictable but eclectic Golden Globes.
The Brave One box office: Directed by Neil Jordan and starring two-time Oscar winner Jodie Foster, the revenge thriller has had a wobbly debut.