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Samuel Maoz’ Lebanon wins Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival

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The 66th annual Venice Film Festival ended with the awards ceremony earlier today. Here are this year's winners across the categories: GOLDEN LION FOR BEST FILM Lebanon, by Samuel Maoz SILVER LION FOR BEST DIRECTOR Shirin Neshat, for Women Without Men SPECIAL JURY PRIZE Soul Kitchen, Fatih Akin COPPA VOLPI FOR BEST ACTOR Colin Firth, for A Single Man COPPA VOLPI FOR BEST ACTRESS Kseniya Rappoport, for La doppia ora MARCELLO MASTROIANNI AWARD FOR BEST NEW YOUNG [Read more...]

2009 Primetime Emmy Awards nominees

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Here is the complete list of this year's Primetime Emmy nominees: Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series 30 Rock · Reunion · NBC · Broadway Video, Little Stranger, Inc. in association with Universal Media Studios Matt Hubbard, Writer 30 Rock · Apollo, Apollo · NBC · Broadway Video, Little Stranger, Inc. in association with Universal Media Studios Robert Carlock, Writer 30 Rock · Mamma Mia · NBC · Broadway Video, Little Stranger, Inc. in association with Universal Media Studios Ron [Read more...]

Ron Moore’s Virtuality to air June 26 on Fox

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Ron Moore and Michael Taylor's SF pilot Virtuality will air on Friday, June 26 (8-10 PM ET/PT) on Fox. The pilot for the science fiction drama was filmed last year and its prospects of getting a series order seemed bleak only a couple of months ago. It remains to be seen if this will change, especially with the Friday night deathslot reserved for the premiere. Virtuality follows a 12 member crew on a 10-year journey to a distant solar system. The crew members have a lot of time to fill, which [Read more...]

Haneke’s The White Ribbon wins Palme d’Or

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The 62nd Cannes Film Festival closed yesterday, when this year's winners were announced at the awards ceremony. German helmer Michael Haneke won the Palme d'Or with his black-and-white prison drama The White Ribbon. Haneke had previously won the director award for Cache (2005) and the Grand Prix for The Piano Teacher (2001) at the Cannes Film Festival. The Grand Prix went to French director Jacques Audiard’s drama A Prophet. Here is the list of all the winners: Palme d'Or The White [Read more...]

2009 Tony nominations announced

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Billy Elliott, The Musical scored as many as 15 nominations for the 2009 Tony Awards, which were announced on Tuesday morning. Other productions that earned multiple nods this year include Next to Normal (11 nominations), Hair (8), Shrek The Musical (8), Mary Stuart (7) and The Norman Conquests (7). Here is the full list of the 2009 Tony Award nominations: BEST PLAY Dividing the Estate Author: Horton FooteProducers: Lincoln Center Theater, Bernard Gersten, André Bishop, Primary [Read more...]