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Gold Derby nuggets: 'Precious' shatters box office record; Taylor Swift soars on 'SNL'; still mad for 'Mad Men'

source: The Envelope

Oscars rewind: 'Slumdog Millionaire' tied for most European Film Awards nominations Oscars predix for best pix from 16 experts Oscars predix: Who's ahead in the best actor derby? Oscars voter: Michael Jackson's 'This Is It' will be nominated for best picture

Published Mon, Nov 9

Oscars rewind: 'Slumdog Millionaire' tied for most European Film Awards nominations

source: The Envelope

For the full list of nominations, visit the European Film Academy website. Oscars predix for best pix from 16 experts Oscars predix: Who's ahead in the best actor derby? Oscars voter: Michael Jackson's 'This Is It' will be nominated for best picture

Published Mon, Nov 9

Rourke determined to win Oscar

source: Hollywood.com

Mickey Rourke is not letting his Oscars disappointment get him down - he's determined to land a Best Actor award before he retires from Hollywood.

Published Mon, Nov 9

Precious little joy for Disney's A Christmas Carol at US box office

source: EducationGuardian.co.uk

It's going to be hard to find nine worthy best picture Academy Award nominees who can go head-to-head with Precious. The Hurt Locker deserves to be up there, as does Jason Reitman's Up in the Air. But other than that what is there? This hasn't been a vintage year for US cinema. Nobody's seen Clin...

Published Mon, Nov 9

Un Prophète leads European film awards nominations

source: EducationGuardian.co.uk

Conceived as a corrective to the Oscars, the 22nd annual European film awards take place in Bochum, Germany on 12 December. Last year's ceremony was dominated by Matteo Garrone's mafia epic Gomorrah, which took home five statuettes.

Published Mon, Nov 9

Disney’s A Christmas Carol Scares Up $31 Million

source: Film School Rejects

Here are my thoughts on what happened this weekend at the box office, with Disney's A Christmas Carol leading the way at $31 million. Here are my thoughts on what happened this weekend at the box office, with Disney’s A Christmas Carol leading the way at $31 million.

Published Sun, Nov 8

Scott Mendelson: Huff Post Weekend Box Office in Review (11/08/09)

source: Huffington Post

We'll end on that note of good news for now. Join us next weekend when Roland Emmerich rolls out the ultimate disaster movie, the 2.5 hour 2012 (review to be hopefully written by my wife, who worships the disaster genre). The only other wide-release is the 900-screen debut of Pirate Radio. Limi...

Published Sun, Nov 8

Week in review: Oscars get co-hosts | Pundits predict top races | Mining news nuggets

source: The Envelope

OSCARS HOSTS OSCARS PREDICTIONS OSCARS RACES Oscars voter: Michael Jackson's 'This Is It' will be nominated for best picture Hugh Jackman hails new Oscars hosts | 'A Town Called Panic' calms Oscars toon race | Yea or nay to last-minute Oscars entries

Published Sun, Nov 8