Daniel Stern (“Home Alone”) and Matt Frewer (“Eureka”) will put the cool in Yule in the Hallmark Channel original movie world premiere of “Battle of the Bulbs.” Premiering Dec. 18 (8 p.m. ET/PT, 7 p.m. CT), the film is about dueling neighbors whose Christmas decorating rivalry turns so o[...]
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Berlinale 2011: First Competition Films Announced
The first eight titles for the competition program of the 61st Berlin International Film Festival have been confirmed. In addition to the opening film — “True Grit by Joel and Ethan Coen (which is screening out of competition, as announced previously) — another seven productions an[...]
Precious Director Prepping Anna in the Tropics
Producers John Torres Martinez and Joe Lamy; through Mankind Entertainment, have picked up the film rights to Nilo Cruz’s Broadway hit, “Anna in the Tropics.” “Anna in the Tropics” is Nilo Cruz’s signature piece. A first-of-its-kind drama, the play is set in Tampa, Fla., [...]
Nominees for 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Announced
Nominees for the 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® for outstanding performances in 2010 in five film and eight primetime television categories and for the SAG honors for film and television stunt ensembles were announced this morning in Los Angeles at the Pacific Design Center’s SilverScree[...]
Smithsonian’s National Zoo Names Lion ‘Aslan’
20th Century Fox and Walden Media presented a monetary gift to support the National Zoo’s great-cat conservation, research and public education. Actors Georgie Henley and Skandar Keynes from the new motion picture “Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” joined Zoo Direct[...]
68th Annual Golden Globe Nominations Announced
The nominees for the 2011 Golden Globes were announced this morning by Katie Holmes, Josh Duhamel and Blair Underwood. The 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards will be broadcast live on NBC Jan. 16, 2011, at 8 p.m. EST from the Beverly Hilton Hotel. The awards will be hosted out by Ricky Gervais.[...]
Jacqueline Bisset to Celebrate ‘An Old-Fashioned Christmas’
International film star and Emmy® and Golden Globe Award nominee Jacqueline Bisset reprises the role of “Isabella Crawford” in “An Old-Fashioned Christmas,” a Hallmark Channel original movie world premiere Dec. 11 (8 p.m. ET/PT, 7 p.m. CT). “An Old-Fashioned Christmas” is the next chron[...]
Hallmark’s ‘Smooch’ to Premiere Feb. 5
Two-time SAG Award-winning actor Kiernan Shipka (Sally Draper on “Mad Men”) stars with Emmy® nominee Kellie Martin (“Life Goes On”) and Simon Kassianides (“Quantum of Solace”) in “Smooch,” a Hallmark Channel original movie world premiere, Feb. 5 (9 p.m. ET/PT, 8 p.m. CT). The movie [...]
Sundance Film Festival Announces 2011 Competition Slate
Sundance Institute has announced the lineup of films selected to screen in the U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions for the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. The next Sundance Film Festival will run from Jan. 20 to 30, 2011, in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.[...]
‘Harry Potter’ Conjures Up Magical Weekend at Box Office
Warner Bros. Pictures’ “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1” soared to the top of the global box office in its opening weekend, earning a staggering $330.1 million dollars worldwide, encompassing $125.1 million domestically and $205 million internationally. The[...]
New ‘Harry Potter’ Movie Breaks Franchise Box Office Record
Warner Bros. Pictures’ “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1” broke the franchise record for a midnight opening, earning $24 million at the box office. The announcement was made today by Dan Fellman, Warner Bros. Pictures President of Domestic Distribution. Opening at appro[...]
Should the ‘Star Wars’ Saga Continue?
— by VICTOR RODRIGUEZ — I recently saw a rumor that Lucasfilms is planning sequels to the Star Wars movies. Someone claimed that an “ultra top-secret Lucasfilm insider” has revealed that an entire new trilogy is currently being developed. George Lucas, in a Wired magazine art[...]
How It Should Have Ended: ‘Saw’
The comedic geniuses at HISHE (How It Should Have Ended) have set their sights on the unkillable “Saw” franchise and come up with a hilarious take on how the movie should have ended.[...]