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Sandler sets worst-movie record with Razzies sweep
Adam Sandler and friends have scored a new high — or low — among voters of the Razzies, an Academy Awards spoof that presents prizes for the year's worst movies. Sandler's "Jack and Jill" managed a Razzies first on Sunday, claiming 10 awards to (...)

02 - 04 - 2012
'Hugo,' 'Artist' inject cinema nostalgia to Oscars
American master Martin Scorsese journeyed to France, putting Hollywood's newest technology to work for his dazzling 3-D re-creation of 1930s Paris in "Hugo." French filmmaker Michel Hazanavicius came to America, reviving old-time Hollywood with his (...)

26 - 01 - 2012
Jackson: Film saved life of West Memphis 3 suspect
Peter Jackson believes Damien Echols would be dead now if not for a 1996 documentary that cast doubt on the man's guilt in three child murders. And Amy Berg, Jackson's colleague on the Sundance Film Festival premiere "West of Memphis," believes (...)

23 - 01 - 2012
Sundance time: Indie film world gathers in US
Independent films that may have been years in the making get their first audiences at this week's Sundance Film Festival. That could also mean careers in the making for unknown directors and actors whose movies connect with the right (...)

19 - 01 - 2012
Sun shines again for Woody Allen after 'Midnight'
The chimes may have tolled midnight in Paris, but in Hollywood, it's the dawn of another career revival for Woody Allen after his biggest hit in decades and a new round of awards accolades. How much will the success of "Midnight in Paris" change (...)

13 - 01 - 2012
'Extremely Loud' is incredibly phony
It is no surprise that the grief-drenched Sept. 11 drama "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" should turn out incredibly mawkish. A cloying exercise in sentimentality, the film also winds up extremely annoying, even infuriating. Director Stephen (...)

20 - 12 - 2011
Clooney's 'Descendants' leads LA Critics awards
George Clooney's family drama "The Descendants" was chosen Sunday as the year's best film by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, whose prizes are an early influence on the way to the Academy Awards. From "Sideways" director Alexander Payne, (...)

12 - 12 - 2011
Eddie Murphy follows Ratner and quits Oscar gig
Eddie Murphy has bowed out of his gig as host of the Academy Awards, following pal Brett Ratner's decision to leave the show as producer because of an uproar over a gay slur. The news of Murphy's departure came Wednesday, a day after Ratner quit (...)

10 - 11 - 2011
Oscar organizers aim for world-class film museum
LOS ANGELES — Academy Awards overseers have the expertise and memorabilia. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art has the know-how to run a world-class exhibition space. So the two outfits have hooked up to create what they hope will be the finest (...)

06 - 10 - 2011
Toronto film fest mixes stars, music, Oscar bait
There's a broader vibe than the usual Hollywood A-listers this year at the Toronto International Film Festival, one of the world's top cinema showcases and a prelude for contenders at the Academy Awards. Stars such as George Clooney, Brad Pitt, (...)

09 - 09 - 2011
U2 doc, Pitt, Clooney films head to Toronto fest
One of the world's top film showcases is starting on a musical note as a documentary portrait of the rock band U2 opens the Toronto International Film Festival. Organizers say the Canadian festival will launch Sept. 8 with "From the Sky Down," a (...)

27 - 07 - 2011
'Potter' class graduates with no child-actor woes
If the young cast of the "Harry Potter" films received report cards for their school days at Hogwarts, probably all of them would earn the notation, "plays well with others." Cast as impressionable children in Hollywood's biggest fantasy (...)

11 - 07 - 2011
'Spider-Man' producer Laura Ziskin dies at 61
Laura Ziskin was a "Spider-Man" novice when she first met with her future producing partner on the blockbuster film franchise. She quickly became an expert on the Marvel Comics superhero and his alter-ego Peter Parker, applying the same tenacity (...)

14 - 06 - 2011
Malick's 'Tree of Life' wins top Cannes fest honor
American director Terrence Malick's expansive drama "The Tree of Life" won the top honor at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday, while Kirsten Dunst took the best-actress prize for the apocalyptic saga "Melancholia." The Palme d'Or prize was (...)

23 - 05 - 2011
Depp has more 'Pirates' adventures on the horizon
LAS VEGAS: Johnny Depp's tour guide on his "Pirates of the Caribbean" voyages is plotting the course for a fifth installment even before the fourth movie sails into theaters. Producer Jerry Bruckheimer says he has a screenplay in the works for a (...)

31 - 03 - 2011
'Star Wars' creator Lucas says 3-D will rule films
"Star Wars" creator George Lucas predicts 3-D filmmaking eventually will take over at the movies the way color replaced black and white. But Lucas and fellow technology pioneers James Cameron, the maker of "Avatar," and DreamWorks Animation boss (...)

31 - 03 - 2011
‘King's Speech' reigns with best-picture Oscar
"The King's Speech" was crowned best picture Sunday at an Academy Awards ceremony as precise as a state coronation. The monarchy drama won an expected four Oscars, and predictable favorites claimed acting honors. Colin Firth as stammering British (...)

28 - 02 - 2011
'Black Swan' wins top honor at indie Spirit Awards
The ballet thriller "Black Swan" won four prizes Saturday at the Spirit Awards honoring independent film, including best picture, best actress for Natalie Portman and director for Darren Aronofsky. James Franco was picked as best actor for the (...)

27 - 02 - 2011
Oscars hash it out between tradition, freshness
Old against young, establishment against upstart, familiar faces against fresh ones. Hollywood has laid out a battle of the ages at Sunday's Academy Awards. Among the 10 best-picture nominees, the show comes down to just two: "The King's Speech," (...)

25 - 02 - 2011
`Twilight,' ‘Airbender' lead Razzies with 9 noms
Vampires, werewolves and airbenders lead the pack at the Razzies, an Academy Awards spoof that hands out prizes for the year's worst films. The blockbuster supernatural tale "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" and the action fantasy "The Last Airbender" (...)

25 - 01 - 2011
'The King's Speech' receives 12 Oscar nominations
The British monarchy saga "The King's Speech" leads the Academy Awards with 12 nominations, including best picture and acting honors for Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter and Geoffrey Rush. Also nominated for best picture Tuesday were the (...)

25 - 01 - 2011
Fincher, Hooper among Directors Guild nominees
The filmmakers behind Academy Awards favorites "The Social Network" and "The King's Speech" were nominated Monday for the Directors Guild of America's top prize. Along with David Fincher and Tom Hooper, nominees were Darren Aronofsky for the (...)

11 - 01 - 2011
Coens part ways with Wayne in their 'True Grit'
If there were a Hollywood Remakes 101 college class, "True Grit" directors Joel and Ethan Coen no doubt would be in violation of a basic lesson: Never remake a film people know and love. John Wayne's 1969 Western "True Grit" was one of his choice (...)

22 - 12 - 2010
Review: 'Love & Other Drugs' sells same old potion
The studio bills Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway's "Love & Other Drugs" as an unconventional love story. Maybe a bit, in its unusual setting, the world of prescription drug sales, and in its attempt to inject drama by arbitrarily giving an (...)

28 - 11 - 2010
'Harry Potter' leaps to $125.1 mln debut weekend
LOS ANGELES: Harry Potter has cast his biggest box-office spell yet with a franchise record $125.1 million domestically over opening weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1" also added $205 (...)

22 - 11 - 2010
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