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Why Roger Corman Doesn't Deserve an Oscar
cinematical.com –
2009-11-18
In a post yesterday about the honorary Academy Awards given out over the weekend, I said this about one of the recipients, Roger Corman: "Corman, who has directed more than 50 films and produced nearly 400 (!), has never been... ... Full Article
It was the first big experiment of a quite experimental Oscar season, and by all accounts, it was a resounding success. Last night, for the first time in Academy Award history, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences handed... ... Full Article
Hanks, Bening Join Governors Awards Lineup
thewrap.com –
2009-11-09
Tom Hanks, Annette Bening and cinematographer Caleb Deschanel have joined the lineup of celebrities slated to participate in Saturday's Governors Awards, the new event at which the Academy will salute this year's four honorary Oscar winners. ... Full Article
Venice film fest set for launch
ansa.it –
2009-09-01
(ANSA) - Venice, September 1 - The Venice Film Festival kicks off Wednesday night with a gala showing of Oscar winner Giuseppe Tornatore's Sicilian epic Baaria, one of four Italian films competing for the top prize. ... Full Article
The Independent Spirit award is supposed to salute what past ceremony host Samuel L. Jackson once called "the strange, the weird, the eclectic, the visionary, the new blood." ... Full Article
Prepare yourself for the most exciting, mesmerizing and terrifying two hours of your life!To enter the mind of a killer she must challenge the mind of a madman. ... Full Article
The official competition at the Venice Film Festival may be called "Venezia 65," but with 21 films competing for the top prize -- the Golden Lion -- it is just coming of age as a launching pad for Academy Award... ... Full Article
The buzz on the streets has been that Heath Ledger would deserve a posthumous Oscar for his work as The Joker in Christopher Nolan's latest Batman flick, The Dark Knight , but it's only been recently that critics and assorted... ... Full Article
Venue: Signature Theatre Company, New York (Through July 6) The last time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Edward Albee and Oscar-winning actress Mercedes Ruehl worked together on stage, the result -- "The Goat, Or Who Is Sylvia?" ... Full Article
Tommy Lee Jones was up for the best-actor Oscar for In the Valley of Elah , one of this week's new DVDs. Also available is another film with a political thing, The Last Emperor , a multiple Oscar from the ... Full Article