Oscar winners 2009
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 [...]
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 [...]
Julia Ormond, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali to star in The Wronged Man
Julia Ormond (Legends of the Fall, Inland Empire) and Mahershalalhashbaz Ali (The 4400, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) will headline The Wronged Man, a story of justice and redemption premiering on Lifetime Movie Network in November 2009. The film is based on the true story of an unlikely friendship between paralegal Janet Gregory (Ormond) [...]
London Film Critics name The Wrestler, Slumdog films of the year
The London Film Critics’ Circle presented the awards for the best achievements in film in 2008 on Wednesday. Darren Aronofsky‘s The Wrestler, starring Mickey Rourke and Marisa Tomei, was named the best film of the year, while Danny Boyle‘s Slumdog Millionaire took home the award for Best British Film. Here are all the winners: FILM [...]
Directors Guild releases 2008 DGA Awards nominees list
The Directors Guild of America (DGA) has released the list of nominees for the 2008 DGA Awards in film and television categories. Here they are: FEATURE FILM Danny Boyle, “Slumdog Millionaire” David Fincher, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” Ron Howard, “Frost/Nixon” Christopher Nolan, “The Dark Knight” Gus Van Sant, “Milk” MOVIE FOR TELEVISION/MINISERIES Bob [...]
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, [...]
Visual Effects Society announces VES Awards nominees
Visual Effects Society has revealed the nominees for this year’s VES Awards. Iron Man leads the pack with five nominations, followed by The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Cloverfield and Hellboy II: The Golden Army with four nods each. Battlestar Galactica, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Jericho and Pushing [...]
British Academy releases final BAFTA nominations
The British Academy released the final list of nominees for this year’s British Academy Film Awards on Thursday morning. Danny Boyle‘s Slumdog Millionaire and David Fincher‘s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button lead the BAFTAs race with 11 nominations each. The BAFTAs nominations longlist was released last week. Here is the final list of BAFTA nominees: [...]
Art Directors Guild announces nominees for Excellence in Production Design
The Art Directors Guild announced the nominees for the annual Excellence in Production Design Awards on Friday. Here are the nominees in the film and television categories: PERIOD FILMS CHANGELING Production Designer: James J. Murakami THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON Production Designer: Donald Graham Burt DOUBT Production Designer: David Gropman FROST/NIXON Production Designer: Michael [...]
Director’s Guild reveals DGA 2008 nominees
Directors Guild of America selected the five nominees for the DGA Award: Christopher Nolan, Gus Van Sant, Ron Howard, Danny Boyle and David Fincher.