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Broadcast Film Critics Announce Their 2008 Winners
8 January 2009 9:54 PM, PST | From Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news
The Broadcast Film Critics Association (Bfca) announced their winners tonight and have one surprise and one major blip if you ask me. The surprise would be Kate Winslet winning Best Supporting Actress for The Reader. I say this is a surprise only because so many have Penelope Cruz locked for this category for her performance in Vicky Cristina Barcelona. I, however, am elated to see this win as Winslet was the Best Supporting Actress in the RopeofSilicon 2008 Awards. So kudos on yah Kate, let's carry it to the Oscars. The major blip I refer to is an actual tie for Best Actress as the Bfca awarded both Meryl Streep (Doubt) and Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married). Sorry crix, but if you want to take over as a bigger award show than the Golden Globes, like I keep hearing, you are going to have to be able to do one simple
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Brad Brevet
Hathaway + Streep Tie At Critics' Choice Awards
8 January 2009 8:45 PM, PST | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news
Anne Hathaway has proved she's a force to be reckoned with in Hollywood - she tied with acting legend Meryl Streep to win the Best Actress honour at the 14th Annual Critics' Choice Awards on Thursday.
The Devil Wears Prada co-stars came neck-to-neck in the votes of 200 American and Canadian movie critics; Streep won for her role as a 1960s nun in Doubt, while Hathaway took home the gong for her moving performance in Rachel Getting Married.
And it proved another great awards night for Sean Penn - he was presented with the Best Actor trophy for his portrayal of American politician and gay rights activist Harvey Milk in the Gus Van Sant biopic. The movie also won the ceremony's Best Acting Ensemble award for its cast, which includes James Franco and Josh Brolin.
But the biggest winner of the night was British director Danny Boyle - he was celebrating after receiving the Best Director award for his latest big screen offering Slumdog Millionaire , which went on to scoop the Broadcast Film Critics Association's Best Picture gong and the award for Best Young Actor for Dev Patel's turn in the film.
Tragic actor Heath Ledger was posthumously honoured for his role as The Joker in The Dark Knight, winning the Best Supporting Actor, while British actress Kate Winslet took home the Best Supporting Actress award.
The full list of winners is as follows:
Best Picture:
Best Actor:
Best Actress:
Best Supporting Actor:
Best Supporting Actress:
Best Director:
Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire
Best Acting Ensemble:
Best Animated Feature:
Best Young Actor and Actress:
Dev Petal for Slumdog Millionaire
Action movie:
Comedy movie:
Foreign language film:
Joel Siegel award:
Bfca Winners
8 January 2009 8:30 PM, PST | From FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news
Bfca show though neither emerged as a winner. (They got the most camera time, too, with Marisa Tomei and Anne Hathaway trailing just behind)
I might say a few words about the show tomorrow but for now the wins:
Picture, Director, Score, Screenplay, Young Actor: Slumdog Millionaire
Animated: Wall•E
Documentary: Man on Wire
Foreign Film: Waltz With Bashir
Comedy: Tropic Thunder
TV Movie: John Adams
Action: The Dark Knight
Song: "The Wrestler" Bruce Springsteen
Actor & Acting Ensemble: Sean Penn and the cast of Milk
Actress: (tie) Anne Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married and Meryl Streep for Doubt... an attempt at a Devil Wears Prada reunion. Good instincts there, Bfca, except Meryl didn't show. Nevertheless, it was surely the highlight. Viola Davis accepted for Streep and was wonderful.
Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight
Supporting Actress: Kate Winslet for The Reader
The Bfca prides themselves on being strong Oscar predictors,
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Critics Vote Milk, Slumdog, Heath, Anne and Meryl
8 January 2009 8:21 PM, PST | From E! Online | See recent E! Online news
The prime-time portion of the posthumous honoring of Heath Ledger has begun. The late thesp was named Best Supporting Actor at the 14th Annual Critics' Choice Awards Thursday—not the first award bestowed upon Ledger for his extraordinarily nuanced performance in The Dark Knight, but his most public win to date and his peers' first chance to give him an evening gown-and-tux-clad standing ovation. "Anyone who's seen any of the extraordinary work that Heath did knows that I can't presume to speak for him in any way because his voice was as unique as it was original. But...I know that I speak for all of us when I say that working with him was one of the greatest experiences any of us ever had or...
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Another Guild Nomination for 'The Dark Knight', 61st DGA Awards
8 January 2009 7:36 PM, PST | From Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news
"The Dark Knight" has scored in another nod from the Guilds, this time from the 61st Annual DGA Awards. The announcement came in Thursday, January 8, when Directors Guild of America Third Vice President Taylor Hackford announced the five nominees for the awards.
The superhero film placed director Christopher Nolan on the run for the Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for 2008 title. He will be competing against Danny Boyle of "Slumdog Millionaire", David Fincher of "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", Ron Howard of "Frost/Nixon" and Gus Van Sant of "Milk".
This nomination added up to "Dark Knight" collection of awards' counts. Earlier, this action fantasy movie has landed nods from 20th PGA Awards, 2009 WGA Awards and 15th SAG Awards. It has also received a Golden Globe nod for Heath Ledger in the category of supporting actor. In addition to the nominations, it has swept the 35th Annual People's Choice Awards on Wednesday,
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Ohio Critics Name Wall-e Best of 2008
8 January 2009 7:32 PM, PST | From FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news
This evening my fine colleagues of the Central Ohio Film Critics Association held their annual private party to announce our year-end awards, complete with booze and chatter about who voted for what movie and who voted to snub The Dark Knight. I am told it was a joyous affair. I ...
Neil Miller
Critics Choice Awards
8 January 2009 6:08 PM, PST | From AwardsDaily.com | See recent AwardsDaily news
Best Comedy Movie: Tropic Thunder Best Acting Ensemble: Milk Best Young Actor/Actress: Dev Patel Best Writer: Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire Best Action Film: The Dark Knight Best Composer: A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire Best Song: Bruce Springsteen, The Wrestler Best Documentary: Man On Wire Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight Best Supporting Actress: Kate Winslet, The Reader Best Foreign Language Film: Waltz With Bashir Best [...]
Ryan Adams
DC heroes on hold?
8 January 2009 4:06 PM, PST | From JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news
Warner Bros. seems to be facing a conundrum regarding how to approach their inactive stable of DC Comics super-characters. After all, their grim-and-gritty The Dark Knight pushed some mad stacks this past summer. But then, so did Marvel's more breezy, family-friendly Iron Man. What to do? We already have an idea: the plan is apparently to follow Tdk (and Watchmen) and "go dark", as screenwriter John August just explained when he saw his kid-centric Shazam! project get shelved. Now...
Dave Davis
Surprise! The People Chose 'The Dark Knight'
8 January 2009 3:32 PM, PST | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news
It's not really a surprise, but our beloved The Dark Knight has grabbed the top honor at the 35th People's Choice Awards. If there was any award the film was sure to get, that's the one I'd pick. Aside from Favorite Movie, the film also scored a win in the Favorite Action Movie category, and an acting nod for Christian Bale and Heath Ledger. That's right -- one prize, Favorite On-Screen Match-Up. (Chemistry, baby!) Plus, a win for Favorite Cast and one more for Bale as Favorite Superhero -- sorry Tony Stark.
With all the love and press, however, the Dark Knight wasn't able to sweep the ground out from under Will Smith, who picked up both Favorite Male movie Star and Favorite Male Action Star. And outside the realm of irresistible geek fare, Wall-e nabbed Favorite Family Movie, The Secret Life of Bees scored Favorite Movie Drama and Independent Movie (over Zachary?
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Monika Bartyzel
Christopher Nolan and David Goyer are ‘talking and thinking’ about Batman 3
8 January 2009 3:06 PM, PST | From Filmonic.com | See recent Filmonic news
When previously asked about a follow up to The Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan has said that he would only do it if there was a story to tell. And the only real way of finding that out is to think about it, and then talk about that with other people. Luckily for Batman fans [...]
Liam
Oscar Eye: Predicting Best Picture Just Got A Lot Easier
8 January 2009 2:59 PM, PST | From cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news
Wow, it's been a while. So long, in fact, that the Oscar race has seemingly solidified in my absence, as if the movie industry went on vacation and all of a sudden came back having decided what the five Best Picture nominees would be? Don't believe me? The proof, or the closest thing to proof you'll get, is today's Director's Guild nominations coupled with those from the Writer's Guild and the Producer's Guild. Those three groups, more than all the critics in the world, tell us more about the Oscars, since they actually include, uh, the people who vote for Oscars. Bloviate as we may, critics don't have a vote. The producers and the directors matched five for five on their favorite films-- Slumdog Millionaire, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon, Milk and The Dark Knight. All five of those films made it into the WGA nominations as
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Will Oscars think Cas nominees sound familiar?
8 January 2009 2:55 PM, PST | From Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news
Perennial Oscar nominee Kevin O'Connell failed to make the cut when the Cinema Audio Society announced nominations for the best sound mixing this year, perhaps because his two 2008 films -- "The Ruins" and "Space Chimps" -- were less than successful at the box office. Last year, he picked up nod No. 12 from the Cas and his 20th Oscar nomination for "Transformers," but lost both bids and remains winless with both kudos. Count on several of this year's Cas nominees -- "The Dark Knight," "Iron Man," "Quantum of Solace," "Slumdog Millionaire," and "Wall-e" -- to make it into the final five when Oscar nominations are announced Jan. 22. Over the last 15 years, the...
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Gold Derby nuggets: Casting 'Doubt' on promo efforts | Rising stars at BAFTAs | 'The Dark Knight' boosts People's Choice Awards ratings
8 January 2009 1:50 PM, PST | From Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news
• Lou Lumenick of the New York Post makes merry with today's live blogging by the Sisters of Charity on the subject of "Doubt." As Lou explains, he has doubt as to whether to forgive the filmmakers for using a quote cobbled together from a fragment of his review and a sentence by gossip columnist Cindy Adams and attributed to the New York Post to promote the picture. While the ads now use just his words and name him, he says, "as a lapsed Catholic I'm not sure whether I should forgive them absent a formal apology and (Scott) Rudin's attitude. What do you think, sisters?" New York Post • Two current BAFTA nominees —...
tomoneil
Are the Directors Guild of America nominees the five best picture contenders at the Oscars?
8 January 2009 1:22 PM, PST | From Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news
Yesterday's WGA nominees narrowed the possible winners for the best picture Oscar down to 10. Today's Directors Guild of America nominations have given us a good indication of the final five contenders, which just happen to coincide with the PGA contenders. The DGA nominees are: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" — David Fincher; "The Dark Knight" — Christopher Nolan; "Frost/Nixon" — Ron Howard; "Milk" — Gus Van Sant; "Slumdog Millionaire" — Danny Boyle. The five films nominated by the Directors Guild of America tend to be the ones that make the Academy Awards best-picture list. Last year proved to be the rare exception to that rule as DGA contenders "The Diving Bell and the...
tomoneil
Directors Guild Remembers Christopher Nolan
8 January 2009 1:19 PM, PST | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news
This is one list of nominees that doesn't surprise me at all. The Director's Guild of America has unveiled the candidates for its top prize, and generally, the winner here wins the Oscar.
David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight
If it were me, I'd replace Van Sant with Andrew Stanton, who directed Wall-e. We chronicled the reasons why in our Top Ten Directors of 2008 article. There may be specific rules in place against animated films for the DGA, but I was more impressed with what Stanton did than what Van Sant did. Some people will argue for Darren Aronofsky, but if you keep Van Sant, there's no room.
Colin Boyd
Directors Guild Likes Boyle, Nolan, Van Sant, Fincher, and Howard
8 January 2009 1:02 PM, PST | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news
The Oscar race is starting to come into focus now, with the Directors Guild of America nominations giving us a pretty good idea of which filmmakers are going to get Academy Award nominations. The nominees for the 61st annual DGA Awards are:
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire. This is his first DGA nomination. Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight. Nolan was previously nominated for Memento. Gus Van Sant, Milk. Van Sant got a nod for Good Will Hunting, too. David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Fincher actually won a DGA Award in 2004 -- not for a film, but for his TV commercials. Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon. Howard won DGA Awards for A Beautiful Mind and Apollo 13, and was nominated for Cocoon. The DGA nominees are a good indicator of the Oscars. Since 1970, 140 of the 190 DGA nominees (73%) have also gotten Oscar nods. And once the DGA winner is announced, on Jan.
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Eric D. Snider
Another Nomination Day, Another Dark Knight
8 January 2009 12:50 PM, PST | From E! Online | See recent E! Online news
At this point, The Dark Knight can only surprise if it isn't a top Oscar nominee. The Batman blockbuster padded its resume today with a Directors Guild of America Awards nomination for Gotham revisionist Christopher Nolan. Nolan's competition should look familiar: Slumdog Millionaire's Danny Boyle, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button's David Fincher, Frost/Nixon's Ron Howard and Milk's Gus Van Sant. The five men's film were nominated this week for honors from the Producers Guild and Writers Guild. Only six times since 1948 has the DGA's big winner failed to take the Oscar. Howard, who won the DGA in 1996 for Apollo...
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DGA Picks Five; Is This Race Over?
8 January 2009 12:28 PM, PST | From cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news
And now the final piece of the guild awards puzzle is in place. The Directors Guild of America, by far the group best at predicting not only Best Director nominees but Best Picture as well, has selected their final five for the year. The nominees are Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire), David Fincher (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), Ron Howard (Frost/Nixon), Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight), and Gus Van Sant (Milk). Interestingly enough, the five men nominated represent the films nominated by the Producers Guild as well, a match-up that bodes well for the Oscar chances of all five films. The winner of the Director's Guild award is hugely likely to go on to win Best Director-- only six times since 1948 has there not been a direct match. And the DGA line-up often goes on to match the Academy roster five for five, though most years one director fails
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DGA Director Nominees Announced
8 January 2009 12:21 PM, PST | From Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news
The Directors Guild of America has announced its nominees for 2008. They are Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire; David Fincher for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; Ron Howard for Frost/Nixon; Christopher Nolan for The Dark Knight and Gus Van Sant for Milk.
Ron Howard is the only previous winner from the group, having taken home the award twice for A Beautiful Mind and Apollo 13.
Winners will be announced January 31st at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel.
Source: Variety
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Jeff Otto
Warner Brothers Has Put All DC Comics Movies on Hold
8 January 2009 12:16 PM, PST | From firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news
An interesting update today regarding Warner Brothers and the DC Comics side of things. While that does include Watchmen, that's not exactly what this is about. IESB recently talked with David S. Goyer, who is credited for coming up with the story in The Dark Knight. When asked about the status of other comic book projects he's involved in (e.g. The Flash), Goyer told them that "a lot of the DC movies right now at Warner Brothers are all on hold while they figure out -- they're going to come up with some new plan, methodology, things like that -- so everything has just been pressed pause on at the moment." Before we dissect his statements even further, we'll let Goyer briefly explain why Warner Brothers is in that holding pattern. "It was the double header of both Iron Man and The Dark Knight coming out, so more than
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Alex Billington
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