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SAG Award winners announced

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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, "Frost/Nixon" Sean Penn, "Milk" Brad Pitt, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" Mickey Rourke, "The Wrestler" ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE Anne Hathaway, [Read more...]

2009 Sundance Film Festival ends – winners announced

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The 2009 Sundance Film Festival closed on Saturday. Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire, a drama exploring parental abuse set in 1980s Harlem, took the two main prizes in the U.S. dramatic competition; the grand jury prize and the audience award. Here is the list of the winners: GRAND JURY PRIZE: U.S. DOCUMENTARY "We Live in Public," directed by Ondi Timoner GRAND JURY PRIZE: U.S. DRAMATIC "Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire," directed by Lee Daniels WORLD CINEMA JURY PRIZE: [Read more...]

Cesar nominations announced

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The French Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has unveiled the nominations for this year's Cesars. Gangster movie Public Enemy Number One topped the nominations with nods in 10 categories. The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony which takes place in Paris on February 27. Here are the Cesar nominees: MOTION PICTURE The Class I've Loved You so Long Public Enemy Number One Paris The First Day of the Rest of Your Life Seraphine A Christmas Tale DIRECTOR [Read more...]

Slumdog Millionaire, 30 Rock, Mad Men win PGA honours

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Producers Guild of America (PGA) has awarded Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire with the Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award, effectively naming it the best film of the year. In the television categories, the honours went to three Emmy and Globe winners: HBO series John Adams, AMC's Mad Men, and NBC's 30 Rock. Here are all the Producer of the Year Award winners: THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES Slumdog Millionaire Christian Colson ANIMATED THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES Wall-E Jim [Read more...]

Oscar nominees announced

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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, "Frost/Nixon" Sean Penn, "Milk" Brad Pitt, "The Curious Case of Benjamin [Read more...]