If you agree with their choices you say they got it right, but if you disagree of course they’re wrong because the whole point about choosing winners and losers is about individual choice. The Academy makes their decision based on the overall views on a small number of industry people. Apart from a select few, nobody [...]
Continue reading...22. February 2010
The British Academy film awards website http://www.bafta.org/ is a great collection of information and videos. It features a database providing information on all the previous nominees and winners as well as a number of videos available from yesterdays awards ceremony. It has been announced that HRH Prince William is to succeed Lord Attenborough as the British [...]
Continue reading...5. February 2010
To be fair, this isn’t about the actors that work in restaurants part time while trying to secure a bit part in a ‘B’ movie. This concerns the millions of dollars that some actors earn and trying not to compare that to several small country’s GDP. Vanity Fair have just published their figures for last year’s [...]
Continue reading...3. February 2010
The nominees (from movies in 2009) are… Best Picture Avatar The Blind Side District 9 An Education The Hurt Locker Inglourous Basterds Precious A Serious Man Up Up In The Air Best Actor In A Leading Role Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart George Clooney - Up In The Air Colin Firth - Single Man Morgan Freeman - Invictus Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker Best Actress In A Leading Role Sandra Bullock - The [...]
Continue reading...21. January 2010
We all know what’s going on in Haiti at the moment. Tens of thosuands have died. People are trapped, people are dying. People are lacking food and water, let alone being homeless. You can help. Barbadian Rihanna’s cover of the 1980 Bob Marley song is available to download from iTunes now, with all 100% of proceeds going [...]
Continue reading...21. January 2010
Here’s the list of nominations for the 2010 Bafta Film Awards, to be presented in London on 21 February. Best Film Avatar An Education The Hurt Locker Precious Up in the Air Outstanding British Film An Education Fish Tank In the Loop Moon Nowhere Boy Director Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker Neill Blomkamp, District 9 James Cameron, Avatar Lone Scherfig, An Education Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds Actor Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart George Clooney, Up in the [...]
Continue reading...18. January 2010
Ricky Gervais brought a freshness and good humor as the host of this year’s first major awards ceremony. His jokes were excellent throughout although many commentators appear to have failed to see the funny side of his jokes; perhaps that explains why The Office (the American version) failed miserably in the US. The most important award [...]
Continue reading...15. January 2010
Two Days. Four Gurus. One Incomparable Experience. On February 6-7, 2010, famed screenwriting experts Syd Field, Linda Seger, Michael Hauge, and John Truby come together for a seminar of epic proportions! At The Screenwriters Summit, taking place at The Westin Hotel LAX in Los Angeles, these four masters of the craft will provide an unmatched depth and [...]
Continue reading...12. January 2010
Rock superstar Joan Jett (and boy she looks good for her age – an unbelievable 51) will be back at the movies again soon, this time to see herself played by Twilight actress Kristen Stewart in a production called The Runaways. This tells the story of Joan’s early career while in the all girl band [...]
Continue reading...11. January 2010
LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK — The Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) have announced nominations for outstanding achievement in writing for the screen during the past year. Winners will be honored at the 2010 Writers Guild Awards held on Saturday, February 20, 2010, at simultaneous ceremonies in [...]
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8. March 2010
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