David Tennant announces Doctor Who exit

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David Tennant has announced that he will leave the award winning BBC One drama Doctor Who when he has completed the filming of four special episodes which will be screened in 2009 and early in 2010. David Tennant first appeared as The Doctor in 2005 and has gone on to star in three series and three Christmas specials as the tenth incarnation of the Time Lord. The BBC has confirmed that David will continue to play The Doctor in the four specials that will make up the 2009 series before a [Read more...]

Chicago Film Festival winners announced

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All the winners of the 2008 Chicago Film Festival have been announced. Steve McQueen’s Hunger won the Gold Hugo for Best Film “for its outstanding visual and dramatic strength, telling an uncompromisingly disturbing story of the courage to fight for one’s belief.” The Silver Hugo and the Grand Jury Prize went to Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Tokyo Sonata which, in the jury’s words, “uses a story of humble family life as a metaphor of global anxieties in an era of economic and moral collapse.” The [Read more...]

British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) nominees announced

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The nominees for the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) were announced earlier today. The BIFA pre-selection committee viewed more than 150 films before making the final selection. Hunger, Steve McQueen's portrayal of IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands, and In Bruges, Martin McDonagh's crime drama starring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, are this year’s front-runners, with seven nominations each. The 11th BIFA Awards will take place on November 30 at the Old Billingsgate Market in [Read more...]

Tudors, Englishman’s Boy rule at Gemini Awards

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Emmy winning drama The Tudors and miniseries adaptation of Guy Vanderhaeghe's award-winning 1996 novel, The Englishman's Boy, were the big winners at last night's Gemini Awards ceremony. A total of 33 prizes were awarded to television shows in the drama, comedy and variety categories. Two special prizes were also presented at the event: the Earle Grey lifetime achievement award went to actor David Gardner and the Margaret Collier award to the late television writer David Cole. The 23rd [Read more...]

Dexter gets two more seasons on Showtime

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The Emmy-nominated drama Dexter has been picked up for two more seasons by Showtime, the network announced earlier today. Dexter is currently in its third season, which premiered three weeks ago, and earned record ratings, surpassing three million viewers in its first week. Seasons four and five will follow the 12 episode format, and production on season four will begin next spring in Los Angeles. "Dexter's enormous success is a tribute to the great achievements of its cast, the [Read more...]