BEST PICTURE "Slumdog Millionaire" BEST ACTRESS Kate Winslet, "The Reader" BEST ACTOR Sean Penn, "Milk" BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Penelope Cruz, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight" BEST DIRECTOR Danny Boyle, "Slumdog Millionaire" BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Dustin Lance Black, "Milk" BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Simon Beaufoy, "Slumdog Millionaire" BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM "Departures" (Japan) BEST ANIMATED [Read more...]
American Cinema Editors (ACE) announced the winners of the 2009 ACE Eddie Awards for best achievement in editing at the Beverly Hilton Hotel last night. Mel Gibson presented Richard Donner with ACE's filmmaker of the year award, while Robert Zemeckis handed the career achievement trophy to Arthur Schmidt, whose credits include Back to the Future and Forrest Gump. Sidney M. Katz was also presented with career achievement honours. Here are the winners: EDITED FEATURE FILM [Read more...]
The Directors Guild of America (DGA) has released the list of nominees for the 2008 DGA Awards in film and television categories. Here they are: FEATURE FILM Danny Boyle, "Slumdog Millionaire" David Fincher, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" Ron Howard, "Frost/Nixon" Christopher Nolan, "The Dark Knight" Gus Van Sant, "Milk" MOVIE FOR TELEVISION/MINISERIES Bob Balaban, "Bernard and Doris" Tom Hooper, "John Adams" Kenny Leon, "A Raisin in the Sun" Jay Roach, "Recount" Mikael [Read more...]
The winners of the 2008 Satellite Awards, voted by the International Press Academy, were announced at a ceremony at the InterContinetal Hotel in Century City last night. Here they are: MOTION PICTURE ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA ANGELINA JOLIE Changeling ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA RICHARD JENKINS The Visitor ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE, COMEDY OR MUSICAL SALLY HAWKINS Happy-Go-Lucky ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE, COMEDY OR MUSICAL RICKY GERVAIS Ghost Town ACTRESS [Read more...]
The New York Film Critics Circle announced their top picks for 2008 yesterday. Here they are: BEST FILM Milk BEST DIRECTOR Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky BEST ACTOR Sean Penn, Milk BEST ACTRESS Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Josh Brolin, Milk BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona BEST SCREENPLAY Jenny Lumet, Rachel Getting Married BEST FIRST FILM Courtney Hunt, Frozen River BEST FOREIGN FILM 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 [Read more...]