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Highbrow films (such as 'Frost/Nixon') wait and see
“I’ve Loved You So Long” is the kind of acclaimed foreign-language movie that should do solid business in unprovincial locations such as New Orleans, Pittsburgh, Nashville and St. Louis. Ten weeks after Sony Pictures Classics first...Tags: Batman, Slumdog Millionaire (movie), Frozen River (movie), Heath Ledger, Celebrity
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'Dark Knight' bags Writers Guild adapted-screenplay nomination; Coens vie for original script
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Add writing to Batman's bag of tricks. "The Dark Knight" earned a nomination Wednesday for best adapted screenplay from the Writers Guild of America. Director Christopher Nolan and brother Jonathan Nolan co-wrote the screenplay...Tags: Batman, Slumdog Millionaire (movie), No Country for Old Men (movie), Vicky Cristina Barcelona (movie), F Scott Fitzgerald
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DiCaprio, Eastwood are Palm Springs film winners
Associated Press WriterThe world economy is in dire straits, but you sure wouldn't know it from the red carpet at the 20th-annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala. The actresses were dripping with jewels, actors donned high fashion, and logos of jeweler...Tags: Palm Springs (Riverside, California), Celebrity, Automotive Equipment, Frank Langella, Ron Howard
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DiCaprio, Eastwood are Palm Springs winners; For some, gala's red carpet will lead to Oscars
Associated Press WriterPALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — The world economy is in dire straits, but you sure wouldn't know it from the red carpet at the 20th-annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala. The actresses were dripping with jewels, actors donned...Tags: Palm Springs (Riverside, California), Celebrity, Automotive Equipment, Frank Langella, Ron Howard
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'Waltz With Bashir,' 'Persepolis' net foreign-language nominations for British Academy Awards
LONDON (AP) — Animated films set in Israel and Iran are among five competitors for best foreign-language film at the British Academy Film Awards. "Waltz With Bashir" and "Persepolis" were announced Wednesday as nominees. The British awards, known...Tags: Film Festivals, Cinema Industry, Awards and Prizes, Culture, Movies
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Documentary shows 'dark side' of Bush
Regarding a Dec. 24 letter about Bush's approach to pardons concerning the war crimes committed by some of our top government officials: If you want some insight into what took place and who was responsible for the atrocities involving prisoners of war,...Tags: Executive Branch, George Bush, National Government, Vice (movie), Government
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Grand designs in store for Penélope Cruz
Penélope Cruz has two contender films this season. Does that mean more red carpet gowns? Her adept portrayal of Javier Bardem's psychotically sexy ex in Woody Allen's "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" has already earned her a supporting actress Golden Globe...Tags: Vicky Cristina Barcelona (movie), Celebrity, Oscar de la Renta, Ben Kingsley, Unions
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'Knight,' 'Iron' battling for effects Oscar
LOS ANGELES—Superheroes Batman, Iron Man and Hellboy are mixing it up with Brad Pitt, Nicole Kidman and an ancient mummy for the visual-effects Academy Award. The Batman blockbuster "The Dark Knight" is one of seven films competing for the Oscar,...Tags: Batman, Cinema Industry, Journey to the Center of the Earth (movie, 2008), Brendan Fraser, Iron Man (movie)
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During award season it pays to be Kate -- or Cate
If you're an actress, keep in mind that when it comes to getting nominated for an Oscar it doesn't hurt if your name is Kate.
Kate Hepburn managed to do it 12 times, winning a record four as leading actress, more than any other actor.
By age 32, Kate...Tags: Michelle Williams, Frozen River (movie), Celebrity, Frances McDormand, Burn After Reading (movie)
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Oscars 2.0: The film academy revamps its Web site
THE ASSOCIATED PRESSLOS ANGELES -- Want to hear Cameron Crowe's thoughts on winning an Oscar or see how king-sized movie posters are assembled? How about a sneak peek at some of the exclusive exhibitions held at the film academy's Beverly Hills headquarters? It's all at...Tags: Film Festivals, Cinema Industry, Cameron Crowe, Awards and Prizes, Culture
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Who will win a Golden Globe? We have our picks
rafer.guzman@newsday.comWith Seth Rogen, Jennifer Lopez, Drew Barrymore, Sacha Baron Cohen and others on board as presenters, Sunday's Golden Globe awards ceremony is clearly hoping not to be a repeat of last year's disastrous telecast. That show amounted to little more than...Tags: Tom Cruise, Slumdog Millionaire (movie), Philip Seymour Hoffman, Vicky Cristina Barcelona (movie), Wrestling
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