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The Dark Knight Cleans Up At People's Choice Awards

7 January 2009 11:15 PM, PST | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Batman sequel The Dark Knight clutched a handful of prizes to steal the show at the 35th annual People's Choice Awards in Los Angeles on Wednesday night.

The action film claimed Favorite Superhero, Favorite Movie, Favorite Onscreen Match-Up, Favorite Action Movie and Favorite Cast at the climax of the event.

Batman Christian Bale and co-star Aaron Eckhart and director Christopher Nolan were given a lengthy standing ovation as they took to the stage at the Shrine Auditorium, and then Bale remembered his Joker, Heath Ledger, in his brief acceptance speech.

He said, "Here's to Heath," as he raised one of the awards the cast and crew were presented with to the heavens.

The Dark Knight was the last film Ledger completed before his tragic death a year ago.

Meanwhile, Carrie Underwood was a triple threat at the prizegiving, claiming a trio of big prizes as America's awards season got serious.

The country star claimed the Favorite Country Singer, Favorite Country Song and Favorite Star Under 35 accolades, and also performed at the glitzy Shrine Auditorium prizegiving.

R+B star Chris Brown, Will Smith, Hugh Laurie and The Secret Life of Bees were all double winners, while Meryl Streep won a rare musical honour when her rendition of Abba's Mamma Mia, from the movie musical of the same name, earned her the Favorite Song From A Soundtrack award.

Queen Latifah, who hosted the event, was stunned when her film The Secret Life of Bees won the Favorite Film (Drama) award, while Wall-e was named Favorite Family Movie and 27 Dresses claimed the night's Favorite Film (Comedy) prize.

In the TV categories, Two + A Half Men was named Favorite TV Comedy, while medical show House picked up the Favorite TV Drama honour.

The award winners were:

Favorite Funny Male Star - Adam Sandler

Favorite Star Under 35 - Carrie Underwood

Favorite Competition/Reality Show - Dancing With The Stars

Favorite Talk Show Host - Ellen DeGeneres

Favorite Combined Forces - No Air by Jordin Sparks featuring Chris Brown

Favorite Male Singer - Chris Brown

Favorite Movie Comedy - 27 Dresses

Favorite Female Movie Star - Reese Witherspoon

Favorite Family Movie - Wall-e

Favorite Male Movie Star - Will Smith

Favorite R+B Song - No One by Alicia Keys

Favorite Leading Man - Brad Pitt

Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy Show - Heroes

Favorite Male Action Star - Will Smith

Favorite Female Action Star - Angelina Jolie

Favorite Pop Song - I Kissed A Girl by Katy Perry

Favorite Game Show - Deal Or No Deal

Favorite TV Drama Diva - Kyra Sedgwick (as Deputy Chief Brenda Johnson in The Closer)

Favorite Hip-Hop Song - Low by Flo Rida featuring T-Pain

Favorite Funny Female Star - Tina Fey

Favorite Song From A Soundtrack - Mamma Mia by Meryl Streep

Favorite Animated Comedy - The Simpsons

Favorite Rock Song - All Summer Long by Kid Rock

Favorite Male TV Star - Hugh Laurie

Favorite Female Singer - Carrie Underwood

Favorite Country Song - Carrie Underwood

Favorite Scene-Stealing Guest Star - Robin Williams (for Law + Order: SVU)

Favorite Leading Lady - Kate Hudson

Favorite Movie (Drama) - The Secret Life of Bees

Favorite Independent Movie - The Secret Life of Bees

Favorite Female TV Star - Christina Applegate

Favorite TV Drama - House

Favorite New TV Comedy - Gary Unmarried

Favorite New TV Drama - The Mentalist

Favorite TV Comedy - Two + A Half Men

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Producers Guild of America Announces 2009 Awards' Movie Nominees

5 January 2009 8:32 PM, PST | From Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news

On Monday, January 5, Producers Guild of America has unveiled the film nominees for its 20th annual awards. Through the announcement, it is revealed that summer blockbuster "The Dark Knight" and traveler tale "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" are among the contenders for the 20th Annual Producers Guild Awards (PGA).

With the nomination, the producers of the two different genre movies are on the run for the Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures prize. They will be up against strong competitors as they are listed along with "Frost/Nixon", and critics' favorites, "Milk" and "Slumdog Millionaire".

Beside those five films, "Bolt", "Kung Fu Panda" and "Wall-e" have also received nod for the 2009 PGA. The three animation films put their producers to compete for Producer of the Year Award in Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures. In addition, "Man on Wire", "Standard Operating Procedure" and "Trouble in

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Button, Batman, Frost/Nixon + Milk Get PGA Nods

5 January 2009 6:10 AM, PST | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, The Dark Knight and Frost/Nixon will be among the films competing for the top prize at the Producers Guild of America Awards.

Biopic Milk and Slumdog Millionaire were also nominated on Monday.

Meanwhile, Man on Wire, Standard Operating Procedure and Trouble in the Water will compete for the PGA's Best Documentary honour and Bolt, Kung Fu Panda and Wall-e earned nominations for Producer of the Year in Animated Motion Pictures.

Curb Your Enthusiasm, Entourage, The Office, 30 Rock and Weeds will compete for the Danny Thomas Producer of the Year in Episodic Television-Comedy and Boston Legal, Damages, Dexter, Lost and Mad Men were the Best Drama nominees.

24: Redemption, Bernard and Doris, John Adams, A Raisin in the Sun and Recount were nominated for the David L. Wolper Producer of the Year in Long-Form Television Award.

The gongs will be handed out at the Hollywood Palladium on 24 January.

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'New York Times' Crix Name Noms... Do You Agree?

3 January 2009 1:45 AM, PST | From Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news

The trio of New York Times critics (Manohla Dargis, A.O. Scott and Stephen Holden) have weighed in with their own nominations for the year's best in movies with their selections for Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress and Original and Adapted Screenplays. Quickly glancing through the list I see Manohla Dargis loved Charlie Kaufman's Synecdoche, New York (at least the acting) and is the only one that gave The Dark Knight any love. Thankfully Slumdog Millionaire wasn't "nominated" for anything other than a lone Adapted Screenplay notice from A.O. Scott. Happy-Go-Lucky saw plenty of attention and believe it or not, there isn't one film all three could agree on for Best Picture with Wall-e and Happy-Go-Lucky being the front-runners as they were mentioned twice - Dargis was the main reason for this as her selections didn't show up on either Stephen Holden or A.

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Alternative Press Critics Pick Wall-E

2 January 2009 1:18 AM, PST | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

It hardly seems that it would be a likely choice for the film critics who write for the alternative press, but Disney/Pixar's Wall-E has been named best film of 2008 in the ninth annual Village Voice-LA Weekly poll of 116 mostly alt-press critics. Hou Hsiao-hsien's The Flight of the Red Balloon came in second, just ahead of Mike Leigh's Happy-Go-Lucky, whose star, Sally Hawkins, received the best actress award. Sean Penn was voted best actor for Milk, which placed seventh in the voting. Somewhat surprisingly, Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire, which already boasts several best-picture awards, finished in 20th place, three positions below The Dark Knight, while Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino was left sputtering in 29th place. "Batman didn't prevail, and Clint failed to save the day, but then John McCain didn't win the election," wrote the Village Voice's J. Hoberman in announcing the winners. "It was Wall-e that touched a chord and fit the national mood. ... The real miracle of Wall-E was that the standard Disney tropes -- adorable critters, rampant sentimentality, asexual eroticism -- were burnt to a crisp and then redeployed as beacons of hope in an almost unbearably bleak vision of a dead world."

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New Photo for Pixar's Up

1 January 2009 8:00 PM, PST | From MoviesOnline.ca | See recent MoviesOnline news

Pixar is flying high after the success of Wall-e last year, and is continuing in the same footsteps with Up.  A new photo for the movie has hit E-w today, thanks to the release of a new book titled "The Art of Up".  Up will hit theaters on May 29, 2009 and is pixars 10th feature film already!  Edward Asner voices the lead, with other voice credits going to Chrstopher Plummer and John Ratzenberger. By tying thousands of balloon to his home, 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen sets out to fulfill his lifelong dream to see the wilds of South America. Right after lifting off, however, he ...

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