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6,304 Scripts in Competition for 2010 Nicholl Fellowships
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competition has received 6,304 entries for 2010, including first-time entries from Azerbaijan, Barbados, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Cameroon, Uganda and Uruguay. The Academy will award up to five fellowships of $30,000 each in November. This year marks the competition’s 25th anniversary.
Continue reading...Shock horror: Movie business grinds to a halt
10. June 2010
Football’s World Cup finals are now ready to start; tomorrow to be exact. 32 teams battling out across 64 matches. Eventual winners will probably slide from Spain, Brazil, Germany or Argentina with Serbia the outside favourites. England, Italy, France and Portugal will believe they have a chance to win the world’s most coveted trophy from the world’s major game.
Continue reading...Oscars™ 2010 winners
8. March 2010
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...BAFTA winners for 2009
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...How much do top actors really earn?
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...Academy Awards® 2010 nominations
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...Rihanna and you to help Haiti
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...Bafta Film Awards: 2010 nominations
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...Golden Globes awards 2010
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...Screenwriter’s Summit
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 [...]
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7. July 2010
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