BEST PICTURE “Slumdog Millionaire” BEST ACTRESS Kate Winslet, “The Reader” BEST ACTOR Sean Penn, “Milk” BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Penelope Cruz, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight” BEST DIRECTOR Danny Boyle, “Slumdog Millionaire” BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Dustin Lance Black, “Milk” BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Simon Beaufoy, “Slumdog Millionaire” BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM [...]
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Slumdog Millionaire, Man on Wire win BAFTAs for Best Film
The British Academy announced the winners of this year’s BAFTA Awards at a ceremony at the Royal Opera House in London. Slumdog Millionaire was the big winner of the evening with honours in seven categories, including Best Film. Here is the list of the BAFTA nominees, for reference. And here are this year’s winners: BEST [...]
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SAG Award winners announced
The Screen Actors Guild announced the SAG Award winners last night. Slumdog Millionaire took top honours – Best Ensemble – among films, while Mad Men, John Adams and 30 Rock were the winners in the television categories. Here are the SAG Award winners: FILM ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE Richard Jenkins, “The Visitor” Frank Langella, [...]
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Oscar nominees announced
The nominees for the 81st Academy Awards were announced earlier today. Here is the complete list: BEST PICTURE “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” “Frost/Nixon” “Milk” “The Reader” “Slumdog Millionaire” BEST ACTRESS Anne Hathaway, “Rachel Getting Married” Angelina Jolie, “Changeling” Melissa Leo, “Frozen River” Meryl Streep, “Doubt” Kate Winslet, “The Reader” BEST ACTOR Frank Langella, [...]
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Broadcast Film Critics honour Slumdog Millionaire, Heath Ledger, Sean Penn
The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) announced the winners of the 14th Critics’ Choice Awards at a ceremony held yesterday at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. Slumdog Millionaire was the big winner of the evening, taking five awards for Best Picture, Best Director for Danny Boyle, Best Writer for Simon Beaufoy, Best Young Actor/Actress for [...]
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Wall-E voted Best Picture by Los Angeles Critics Association
Disney-PIXAR’s Wall-E has become the first animated feature in history to win the title of Best Picture from the Los Angeles Critics Association. It didn’t however, win Best Animated Film at the same time as the honor went to Israeli feature Waltz with Bashir. Here are all the winners and runners-up across the categories, as [...]
Scream 2008 Awards: The Dark Knight wins 12 trophies
Box office hit and critically acclaimed film, “The Dark Knight” dominated the competition collecting twelve awards including the nights’ most prestigious award, The Ultimate Scream, accepted by the films’ producers, Charles Roven, Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan. “The Dark Knight” co-stars Christian Bale, Heath Ledger and Gary Oldman each scored awards, as Bale took home [...]
The Dark Knight breaks midnight showings record
The Dark Knight is off to a great start. The Batman sequel premiered yesterday and immediately broke its first record, the one for a 12:01 a.m. film opening. The movie earned $18,489,000 at the box office from midnight showings alone, as Warner Bros’ Domestic Distribution president Dan Fellman reports. Better yet, it is currently rated [...]
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The Dark Knight makes motion picture history in IMAX theatres on July 18th
IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures today announced that the studio’s highly anticipated and technologically unprecedented summer movie, The Dark Knight, starring Christian Bale and Heath Ledger, and directed by Christopher Nolan, will open in a record 94 IMAX(R) theatres domestically on July 18th in conjunction with the film’s wide release. The film will also [...]
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