Academy Award

Will Smith Buying Flowers for Algernon?

source: Film School Rejects

The story has been adapted many times in the past for television, radio and film — including the Academy Award winning 1969 release Charly, starring Cliff Robertson. If anything, this would appear to be Smith looking for that ever-elusive Oscar. He’s been nominated twice, but has never co...

Published 11 hours ago

Diane Tucker: Women-Made Films Mostly Ignored By The National Film Registry. Why?

source: Huffington Post

Hollywood is still an old boys' club. But does the National Film Registry have to be? Maybe not, because you can nominate films for inclusion. The Washington D.C. chapter of Women In Film & Video (disclosure: I am a member) has nominated the following women-made films to the Registry in 20...

Published 13 hours ago

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 14 hours ago

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 15 hours ago

Kate Winslet 'worth £60m' to UK economy

source: EducationGuardian.co.uk

Reading-born Winslet first came to public notice thanks to roles in Sense and Sensibility and Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures, before starring opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in the record-breaking Titanic. Other notable films include Iris, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and...

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

New Stills from the film, The Road.

source: OH NO!!

The Man and Boy walking.(Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee) The Man. The Man and Boy. The director.(John Hillcoat) The director. The Man and Boy. Movie Poster. The thief. Man and Boy. Those evil men. The Man and Boy. Man and boy. Source If Viggo doesn't get nominated for an Oscar,

Published Sat, Nov 7

Trish Kinney: Politically Correct or Perfectly Crazy

source: Huffington Post

Moving on to the theatre, it was announced last week that the revival of The Miracle Worker on Broadway would star Abigail Breslin, the young film star nominated for an Academy Award for her role in Little Miss Sunshine. Immediately the Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts, an advocacy group...

Published Sat, Nov 7