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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...]

Visual Effects Society announces VES Awards nominees

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Visual Effects Society has revealed the nominees for this year's VES Awards. Iron Man leads the pack with five nominations, followed by The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Cloverfield and Hellboy II: The Golden Army with four nods each. Battlestar Galactica, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Jericho and Pushing Daisies were among the shows nominated in the television category. Here are all the VES Awards nominees: OUTSTANDING VISUAL [Read more...]

British Academy releases final BAFTA nominations

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The British Academy released the final list of nominees for this year's British Academy Film Awards on Thursday morning. Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire and David Fincher's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button lead the BAFTAs race with 11 nominations each. The BAFTAs nominations longlist was released last week. Here is the final list of BAFTA nominees: BEST FILM The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Frost/Nixon Milk The Reader Slumdog Millionaire OUTSTANDING BRITISH [Read more...]

Art Directors Guild announces nominees for Excellence in Production Design

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The Art Directors Guild announced the nominees for the annual Excellence in Production Design Awards on Friday. Here are the nominees in the film and television categories: PERIOD FILMS CHANGELING Production Designer: James J. Murakami THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON Production Designer: Donald Graham Burt DOUBT Production Designer: David Gropman FROST/NIXON Production Designer: Michael Corenblith MILK Production Designer: Bill Groom FANTASY FILMS THE DARK [Read more...]

Director’s Guild reveals DGA 2008 nominees

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Directors Guild of America Third Vice President Taylor Hackford today announced the five nominees for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for 2008. "A film is a collaboration, but it is the director's energy and vision that brings the elements of script, performance and production into a satisfying totality. Today's nominees demonstrate how vision, combined with skill and talent, creates magic on the screen," said Hackford. "What makes this award truly [Read more...]