The International Jury, presided over by Isabella Rossellini, will decide who will take home the Golden Bear and the Silver Bears as well as the Alfred Bauer Prize in the Competition of the 61st Berlinale. The other members of the Jury are producer Jan Chapman, actress Nina Hoss, actor, producer and[...]
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2011 Razzie Contenders Unveiled
2010 was a year when those obnoxious “surcharges” for 3-D glasses boosted movie studios’ bottom lines, while actual attendance dropped once again. It was a year when most of what Hollywood released was either a remake, a “reboot” a “re-imagining” … or an outright rip-off[...]
Paramount Earns Record 20 Academy Award Nominations
Paramount Pictures received a total of 20 Academy Award nominations this morning, following the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announcement of the best films of 2010. “On behalf of everyone at Paramount, we are incredibly proud of the recognition our films received today from the Aca[...]
Kevin Smith Sells His Movie to Himself
— by ALEXA MILAN — And the highest bidder at Kevin Smith’s “Red State” auction was … Kevin Smith? That’s right. After Smith’s buzzed-about claims he would auction the distribution rights to his indie horror film “Red State” immediately[...]
83rd Annual Academy Awards Nominees Announced
The nominees for the 2011 Academy Awards were announced this morning. The 2011 Oscars will be broadcast on ABC live from the Kodak theater in Hollywood February 27. The hosts this year are James Franco and Anne Hathaway. Here are the nominees[...]
Will the Next Superman Movie be Named ‘Kal-El’?
— by SEAN GERSKI — I’m usually not big on writing about Internet rumors. It’s not necessarily because I don’t think there is any value in it (although there usually isn’t), but it’s because it is rarely worth the effort. With as fast as news travels these da[...]
Cleveland Movie to Get First Local Showing in 40 Years
“Double-Stop,” an independently-produced 1968 feature film that was shot in Cleveland in 1967, will receive its first local showing in over four decades on Feb. 20 at 2:30 pm at the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque. The screening will be attended by the two ex-Shaker Heights broth[...]
‘The King’s Speech’ Leads PGA Award Winners
— by SEAN GERSKI — The winners of the Producers Guild Awards were announced this past weekend and there were no big surprises save one: “The King’s Speech” won the prize as best picture over Golden Globe-winner “The Social Network.” What this means come Osca[...]
Auction, Protest Make ‘Red State’ Hot Ticket at Sundance
— by ALEXA MILAN — Oh what I would give to be in Park City, Utah, on Sunday for the debut of Kevin Smith’s latest flick at the Sundance Film Festival. Smith is no stranger to controversy, but the screening of his independent horror film “Red State” promises to attract q[...]
‘Wonder Woman’ TV Series Picked Up
— by ANDY BEHBAKHT — It looks like Wonder Woman will return to the small screen after all. Deadline reported NBC has picked up David E. Kelley’s pilot script.[...]
Sacha Baron Cohen’s ‘The Dictator’ to Open May 11, 2012
Paramount Pictures has announced that Sacha Baron Cohen’s new comedy, “The Dictator,” will be released worldwide on May 11, 2012. The studio also announced that Larry Charles (“Borat” and “Bruno”) has come aboard to direct. The film tells the heroic story of a dictator who risk[...]
Costume Designers Guild Announces Nominees
— by KATHLEEN COLLINS — The Costume Designers Guild has released its list of nominees for its annual awards. The 13th annual Costume Designers Guild event will take place Feb. 22 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills.[...]
‘Black Panther’ Project has Screenwriter
— by SHERICE ANTOINETTE — Marvel Studios has hired Mark Bailey to pen the script for “The Black Panther.” Kevin Feige will produce. As one of the first main-stream Black superheroes, The Black Panther has a huge following. The animated series, which ran on the BET Network, widened th[...]
See More New Images from ‘X-Men: First Class’
— by SHERICE ANTOINETTE — This is much better. Michael Fassbender (Magneto) and James McAvoy (Charles Xavier) look pretty darn cool. Kevin Bacon — suave. January Jones, appearing very trim in her white leather outfit, still doesn’t do it for me. I really like the suit, however[...]