The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), the nation’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy and anti-defamation organization, announced today the nominees for its 23rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards. By recognizing and honoring[...]
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2012 Screen Actors Guild Awards Presenters Added
Actor recipients Ed Helms, Julianna Margulies and Natalie Portman will join SAG Awards social network ambassador Regina King, SAG President Ken Howard and actor nominees Armie Hammer, Kyle Chandler, Judy Greer, Maya Rudolph and Octavia Spencer as presenters[...]
‘The Hunger Games’ Sequel Secures Writer
— by CHERRY BELL DAMASCO-FARRINGTON — Lionsgate is gearing up for the sequel to “The Hunger Games” — called “Catching Fire” — by securing Simon Beaufoy (“Slumdog Millionaire” and “127 Hours”) as the screenwriter. Gary Ross will [...]
69th Annual Golden Globes Awards Go As Planned
— by ADAM POYNTER — With the 69th Annual Golden Globes Awards occurring last night, awards season is now officially in full swing. With winners being chosen by the Hollywood Foreign Press from the best performances in television and movies for the past year, we are drawing even closer to[...]
Berlinale Generation: Juries, Programme Complete
With another 11 world premieres and four international premieres, Generation’s feature-length film programme is now complete. A total of 58 short and full-length films from 32 countries have been selected for the Generation Kplus and Generation 14plus competitions. Two of these films[...]
Paramount Acquires Rights to ‘Cirque du Soleil’ Film
Paramount Pictures and Cirque du Soleil jointly announced that the studio has acquired worldwide distribution rights to the Cirque du Soleil 3D feature film “Cirque du Soleil Worlds Away.” Written and directed by Andrew Adamson (“Shrek,” “The Chronicles[...]
Warner Bros. Enjoyed Record-Breaking 2010
The Warner Bros. Pictures Group enjoyed another hugely successful year, with a combined worldwide box office gross of more than $4.7 billion, led by 2011’s top-grossing film, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2.” Warner Bros. has now exceeded $4 billion globally[...]
Visual Effects Society Announces Nominees
The Visual Effects Society has announced the nominees for its 10th Annual VES Awards ceremony recognizing outstanding visual effects artistry in 23 categories of film, animation, television, commercials, special venues and video games. Nominees were chosen by distinguished panels of VES members who [...]
Richard Schiff Cast in ‘Man of Steel’
— by ANDY BEHBAKHT — There hasn’t been a lot of buzz about Zack Snyder’s “Man of Steel” in 2012 other than the rumor that Bradley Cooper was going to join the Superman reboot as the last son of Krypton’s arch-nemesis Lex Luthor — which I, quite frankly, found as the most [...]
Benoît Jacquot’s ‘Farewell, My Queen’ to Open Berlinale
The 62nd Berlin International Film Festival will open at the Berlinale Palast Feb. 9 with the world premiere of the period drama “Farewell, My Queen” (“Les Adieux à la reine”), which features such international stars as Diane Kruger (“Inglourious Basterds”), Léa[...]
Martin Scorsese To Be Honored With BAFTA Fellowship
Awarded annually by BAFTA (the British Academy of Film and Television Arts), the Fellowship is the highest accolade bestowed upon an individual in recognition of an outstanding and exceptional contribution to film. Previously honored Fellows include Charlie Chaplin, Alfred Hitchcock, Steven Spielber[...]
2012 Writers Guild Awards Screen Nominees Announced
— by KATHLEEN COLLINS — The Writers Guild of America West and the Writers Guild of America East have announced nominations for outstanding achievement in writing for 2011. The award winners will be honored Feb. 12 at the 2012 Writers Guild Awards ceremonies in Hollywood and New York. The[...]
Paramount Pictures Unveils 100th Anniversary Logo
Paramount Pictures has unveiled a new company logo that commemorates the studio’s 100th Anniversary in show business. The new logo can be seen in the Tom Cruise’s “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol,” which is in theatres everywhere now.[...]
Shortlist for the Visual Effects Oscar Released
— by SEAN GERSKI — The 10 films on the short list to compete for the five visual effects Oscar nominations have been released by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Members of the visual-effects branch will pare the list down to the five official Oscar nominees[...]