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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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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Boston Film Critics vote Wall-E, Slumdog Millionaire Best Movies of the Year
The Boston Society of Film Critics awarded top honours to Wall-E and Slumdog Millionaire in a vote for the Best Movies of the Year. This is the second big win for Wall-E coming from a critics’ association. The film already won the Best Picture Award from the Los Angeles Critics Association earlier this month. Similarly, [...]
New York Film Critics vote Milk best film of the year
The New York Film Critics Circle announced their top picks for 2008 yesterday. Here they are: BEST FILM Milk BEST DIRECTOR Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky BEST ACTOR Sean Penn, Milk BEST ACTRESS Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Josh Brolin, Milk BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona BEST SCREENPLAY Jenny Lumet, Rachel Getting Married [...]
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 [...]
Malick’s Tree of Life caught on camera
Terrence Malick’s first project since the 2005 Colin Farrell starrer The New World, the mysterious Tree of Life, is finally beginning to take shape. Scheduled to start filming in Smithville, Texas in late March, the movie will star Sean Penn and Brad Pitt, who has taken over one of the leading roles from Heath Ledger [...]
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