German actor and artist Armin Mueller-Stahl will be awarded an Honorary Golden Bear at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival. “[We] are delighted we’ll be awarding this extraordinary artist the Honorary Golden Bear for Lifetime Achievement in February,” said Festival Director Dieter Koss[...]
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Daniel Stern, Matt Frewer Star in ‘Battle of the Bulbs’
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[...]
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[...]
Behind the Scenes: ‘Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance’
— by JOSUE SANCHEZ — With every new year, I always wonder what will Nicolas Cage do next. I mean, the man is resilient. He is always working on one project after another and never stops. Some movies are better than others and some are just not good at all. But for the fans of […][...]
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.[...]
WikiLeaks Doc says ‘Friends’ More Powerful than Propaganda
— by ALEXA MILAN — The whole WikiLeaks situation has dominated the news during the past several weeks, but as a movie fanatic, one WikiLeaks story in particular caught my eye. News outlets from ABC News to Entertainment Weekly reported this week that one State Department document release[...]
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[...]
‘The Dark Knight Rises’: Two-Face Isn’t Returning
— by ANDY BEHBAKHT — During the past few months, there has been talk all around the internet on the possibility of seeing Harvey Dent (a.k.a Two-Face) again in the next installment of Christopher Nolan’s Batman franchise. Well, folks, it looks like we can stop hoping to see the coi[...]
PGA announces 2011 documentary nominees
— by SEAN GERSKI — The Producers Guild of America (PGA) has announced the Documentary Theatrical Motion Picture nominees that will advance in the voting process for the 22nd Annual Producers Guild Awards. The nominated films are:[...]
Spider-Man News: Casting and Emma Stone as a Blonde
— by ANDY BEHBAKHT — It looks like the parents of Peter Parker are joining the big screen in the upcoming reboot of the “Spider-Man” series. THR is reporting Campbell Scott and Julianne Nicholson will play the parts of Richard and Mary Parker. Scott is apparently part of the [...]
38th Annual Annie Award Nominations Announced
— by KATHLEEN COLLINS — The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, has announced the nominations and award recipients for the 38th Annual Annie Awards. Award recipients will claim their trophies at the 38th Annual Annie Awards scheduled for Feb. 5, 2011 at UCLA’s Roy[...]