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Film Weekly podcast: Tilda Swinton on being Julia

EducationGuardian.co.uk | by Jason Solomons, Xan Brooks, The Observer | Thu, Dec 4

Thu, Dec 4 Then, actor Eddie Marsan, fresh from winning a British independent film award for his role as the driving instructor from hell in Mike Leigh's Happy-Go-Lucky, talks about going from Leigh's set to starring with Will Smith in Hancock.

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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 Mon, Nov 9

Jim Carrey Battles Will Smith For Holiday-Fiasco Heavyweight Belt external link

source: Defamer

THE BIG LOSER: Nothing opening this week will flop as mightily as, say, Delgo (what ever could?), but if Six Flags doesn't soon develop a Day the Earth Stood Still Hell Plunge — "the steepest drop of any film-themed thrill ride in America!" — to commemorate the film's 65% freefall in week tw...

Published Fri, Dec 19

Opinion: Oscar Watch: No Awards Happyness for Smith, Sony Or 'Seven Hundred Pounds of Schmaltz' external link

source: blogs.nypost.com

Among those regulars not gracing the red carpet at January's Golden Globe awards on Jan. 11 will be Nicole Kidman ("Australia''), Keira Knightley ("The Duchess'') and ... Will Smith, who also didn't make the HFPA cut with Sony's faltering stealth Oscar contender, "Seven Pounds.'' This diab...

Published Thu, Dec 11