Seattle International Film Festival 2008 award winners

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The 34th annual Seattle Film Festival closed on Sunday after running for 25 days. This year's edition of the festival saw almost 200 feature films from 69 countries screened and more than 70,000 ballots cast by the audiences. Here are all the winners: AUDIENCE AWARDS Best Film "Cherry Blossoms -- Hanami," directed by Doris Dörrie (Germany) Best Documentary "The Wrecking Crew," directed by Denny Tedesco (USA) Best Director Amin Matalqa, for "Captain Abu Raed" (Jordan) Best [Read more...]

Tony Awards 2008 – the winners

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The 62nd annual Tony Awards ceremony was held on Sunday. Here are the winners: MUSICAL "In The Heights" PLAY "August: Osage County" REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL "South Pacific" REVIVAL OF A PLAY "Boeing-Boeing" DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL Bartlett Sher, "South Pacific" DIRECTION OF A PLAY Anna D. Shapiro, "August: Osage County" PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL Paulo Szot, "South Pacific" PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL Patti LuPone, [Read more...]

Television Critics announce 2008 TCA Awards nominees

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The Television Critics Association has released the list of the nominees for this year's TCA Awards. The awards will be presented on Saturday, July 19. AMC's Golden Globe winning series Mad Men, which returns for a second season on July 27, and the final season of HBO's crime drama The Wire are leading the pack with four nominations each. With a total of 10 nominations, HBO is the leading network. Here are all the nominees: PROGRAM OF THE YEAR "John Adams" (HBO) "Lost" [Read more...]

Cannes Film Festival 2008 – the winners

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The 61st annual Cannes Film Festival closed on Sunday, when the jury, with Sean Penn presiding, announced the winners. Here they are: PALME D’OR FOR BEST FILM The Class (Entre les murs), directed by Laurent Cantet In The Class, Cantet portrays a Paris junior high school teacher and his students over the period of one year. Starring François Bégaudeau as the teacher, the two-hour classroom drama is based on an autobiographical work by Bégaudeau, who plays himself in the film. Cantet [Read more...]

Eric Stoltz, Alessandra Torresani cast on Caprica

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Eric Stoltz will join Esai Morales as the other leading man on Caprica, the much anticipated Battlestar Galactica prequel. Stoltz has been cast as Daniel Graystone, a wealthy computer genius who creates the very first Cylon model, based on an online avatar of his daughter, Zoe. The role of Zoe Graystone has also been cast, writes Hollywood Reporter, and it has gone to 21-year-old Alessandra Torresani. Those who watched Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles will remember her as the girl who [Read more...]