The Tubey Awards: best and worst of the 2007-08 TV season

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Television Without Pity has posted the winners of this year's Tubey Awards, voted by viewers across the globe. Lost, Battlestar Galactica, House, 30 Rock and How I Met Your Mother are among the shows that scored several wins in the positive categories, while Heroes and Grey's Anatomy picked up a few uncomplimentary Tubeys this year. Here are the winners: BEST NEW SHOW Pushing Daisies WORST NEW SHOW Living Lohan BEST RETURNING SHOW Lost WORST RETURNING SHOW According to [Read more...]

Slumdog Millionaire audience’s favourite at Toronto Film Festival

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The 33rd Toronto International Film Festival closed over the weekend. British director Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, Sunshine) took home the Cadillac People's Choice Award and the $15,000 prize for his latest feature, Slumdog Millionaire, a story about a teenage Indian orphan who is about to win 20 million rupees on India's edition of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Marie-Helene Cousineau and Madeline Piujuq Ivalu's drama Before Tomorrow won Best Canadian First Feature Film and Rodrigue Jean's [Read more...]

Winners of Creative Arts Primetime Emmys announced

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HBO's acclaimed drama John Adams, AMC's award winning Mad Men, NBC's 30 Rock, and SCI FI's fan favourite Battlestar Galactica were just some of the shows that took home Creative Primetime Emmys this weekend. The Creative Arts ceremony will be followed by the main Primetime Emmy Awards event, which takes place on September 21 and will be broadcast on ABC, with Neil Patrick Harris (Dr. Horrible's Singalong Blog, How I Met Your Mother) and Sarah Chalke (Scrubs) hosting. Here are the winners [Read more...]

Spike TV announces 2008 Scream nominees – time to vote

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Spike TV has announced the Advisory Board and nominees for Scream 2008. The Scream awards honour the best works in the comic book, science fiction and fantasy genre. The event will take place at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles on October 18 and be aired on Spike TV on October 21. It will be seen in more than 160 territories around the world. The members of the Scream 2008 Advisory Board, in charge of selecting nominees, include director Guillermo Del Toro, writer/director Eli Roth, [Read more...]

Venice Film Festival 2008 awards

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The 65th annual Venice Film Festival wrapped over the weekend. The Golden Lion for best film went to Darren Aronofsky for his drama The Wrestler, starring Mickey Rourke as a retired professional wrestler trying to make a comeback. Rourke is one of the early contenders for an Oscar for his performance in the film, even if he missed out on the best actor prize in Venice. (The festival regulations do not allow the film that wins the Golden Lion to also get acting prizes.) “We need to thank [Read more...]