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SAG Awards nominations could herald Oscars glory

17 December 2009 1:02 PM, PST | Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news »

Last year four of the five SAG-nominated ensembles appeared in films that went on to earn best picture Oscar nominations -- SAG contender "Doubt" was replaced by "The Reader" -- and "Slumdog Millionaire" won both prizes. Two years ago, only one SAG ensemble nominee -- "No Country for Old Men" -- made it into the best-picture race, although that film won both awards. Three years ago it was three of five, with "Little Miss Sunshine" taking the SAG prize but losing the top Oscar to "The Departed." Last year, 18 of the 19 SAG acting nominees repeated at the Oscars. As double SAG nominee Kate Winslet was bumped up by the Oscars from supporting to …

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Poll: Who will win the SAG Award for best actress?

17 December 2009 11:54 AM, PST | Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news »

Let's take a stab at predicting a winner among the Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations. Usually, SAG Awards nominees and winners line up, uncannily, with the Oscars, but sometimes they don't. Last year the five contenders for best actress almost matched up, with one glitch. Instead of being nommed for "The Reader," eventual Oscar champ Kate Winslet ended up making SAG's best actress list for "Revolutionary Road." She lost to Meryl Streep ("Doubt"). This year, the SAG five for best actress look like a good bet to repeat at the Academy Awards (unless "Young Victoria" star Emily Blunt can bump a front-runner), so maybe we'll be predicting the Oscar race too. But this poll focuses …

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Times Online Lists The Worst Films Of 2009

15 December 2009 10:27 PM, PST | icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news »

It's the time of the year again when lists of the worst and best of everything are made. 2009 is no exception. Times Online has collected 100 titles that its critics say you should avoid renting at your local DVD store.

While some of the titles are never-heard, there's doubt as to the inclusion of some of the films.

Kate Winslet's Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning film "The Reader" failed to impress one critic, who said the film "simply fails to come alive dramatically."

Her other critically-acclaimed work, "Revolutionary Road," where she co-starred with "Titanic" pal Leonardo DiCaprio, also felt bland to one reviewer, classifying it as a "disappointing downer of a film."

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Up in the Air dominates Golden Globe nominations

15 December 2009 7:54 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

The third film from Juno director Jason Reitman leads the race with six nods, with Rob Marshall's Nine, James Cameron's Avatar and Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds snapping at its heels

Golden Globe nominations: the 2010 list in full

Up in the Air, the third film from Juno director Jason Reitman, leads the nominations for the 67th Golden Globe awards, which were announced today.

The movie about a corporate downsizing expert received six nods: best film, best director, best actor for the film's star, George Clooney, best screenplay and two supporting actress nominations, for Anna Kendrick and Vera Farmiga.

The film has generally been considered a comedy, but its inclusion in the drama category could give it more weight as a potential favourite for the Oscars, which traditionally favours more serious fare.

Another film that has yet to open in the UK, Rob Marshall's Nine, inspired by Fellini's 8 ½, came in second place, …

- Catherine Shoard

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Kate is Europe's best

15 December 2009 4:21 AM, PST | Hindustan Times - Celebrity | See recent Hindustan Times - Celebrity news »

British actress Kate Winslet has won the Best European Actress award while Das Weisse Band (The White Ribbon) picked up the prize for best European film at the European Film Academy’s annual awards. Winslet, 34, won the award for her role as former concentration camp guard Hanna Schmitz in The Reader, for which she also picked up an Oscar in February. …

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Golden Globe picks help sort out Oscar prospects

14 December 2009 1:20 PM, PST | Filmicafe | See recent Filmicafe news »

Having 10 best-picture nominees will be something different for the next Academy Awards, but it's nothing new at the Golden Globes.The Globes, whose nominations come out Tuesday morning, have long featured 10 or more best-picture nominees, divided into two categories: best drama and best musical or comedy.Plenty of Globe nominees for musical or comedy have made the best-picture cut at the Academy Awards, some even going on to win the top prize at the Oscars, such as 2002's "Chicago."But the Globe dramatic picks typically are the films that have scored well at the Oscars, where the best-picture category has been doubled from five nominees to 10 for the first time in 66 years.That could make the Globes even more of a bellwether for how Academy Awards nominations will play out Feb. 2, potentially opening the best-picture race to populist lighter films that often get overlooked amid the gloomy fare favored by Oscar voters. …

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Another Award For Winslet

14 December 2009 4:16 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Kate Winslet has been handed another trophy for her performance in The Reader - she picked up her twelfth major award for the role on Saturday.

The British actress won a prestigious Academy Award for her turn as a former concentration camp guard in the 2008 drama, as well as picking up prizes at the Golden Globes, the BAFTA Awards and the Screen Actors Guild.

Winslet can now add a European Film Award to her impressive collection - she picked up the coveted Best Actress prize at the ceremony in Bochum, Germany.

German drama The White Ribbon was the big winner at the show, scooping three major prizes including Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenwriter. The film previously won the prestigious Palme d'Or at this year's Cannes International Film Festival in France.

French actor Tahar Rahim picked up the Best Actor honour for his star turn in A Prophet, while Oscar-winning picture Slumdog Millionaire triumphed in the People's Choice category.

British director Ken Loach was honoured with a lifetime achievement award. …

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Haneke's 'White Ribbon' Wins European Film Awards

13 December 2009 3:47 PM, PST | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »

Michael Haneke picked up his second Best Film honor in five years at the European Film Awards, with his White Ribbon winning in three major categories to perhaps emerge as the international film to beat during the rest of awards season.

Having already takend the Palme D'Or at Cannes, Haneke won Best Director and Best Screenwriter, leaving another front-runner, France's A Prophet, a chance only to win Best Actor for Tahar Rahim and a technical award. Because of the release schedule of films on the continent, Kate Winslet was eligible for Best Actress for The Reader, so there's another major award for her. Slumdog Millionaire was also still eligible, helping Anthony Dod Mantle pick up the award for Best Cinematographer (also winning for Lars von Trier's Antichrist).

Thanks to Awards Daily for the list of winners, and here they are: …

- Colin Boyd

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Ken Loach wins lifetime achievement honour at European film awards

13 December 2009 3:13 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

Leading light of social-realist British cinema receives accolade from Eric Cantona who hails 'genius' director

Grit, not glamour, proved the order of the day at the 22nd annual European film awards, which took place inside a former power station in Germany's industrial heartland, and handed a lifetime achievement award to the director Ken Loach.

The leading light of social-realist British cinema seemed to relish his trip to the Ruhr region, a landscape dominated by smokestacks and coal-mines. "It reminds me that we used to have an industrial heartland in my country too," he enthused. "Until Margaret Thatcher stuck a dagger through it."

Loach, 73, was honoured for a body of work that includes Kes, Riff-Raff, Land and Freedom and The Wind That Shakes the Barley. He received the award from Eric Cantona, the star of his latest film, Looking For Eric. The former footballer hailed Loach as "a genius" and added: …

- Xan Brooks

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‘The White Ribbon’ tops European Film Awards, when will it arrive in the U.S.?

13 December 2009 1:11 PM, PST | ReelLoop.com | See recent Reel Loop news »

The 22nd Annual European Film Awards wrapped up Saturday night in the German town of Bochum with Michael Haneke’s creepy film The White Ribbon, coming away as the night’s biggest winner.

The White Ribbon was also the winner of this year’s Palme d’Or, the biggest prize given at the Cannes Film Festival.

The haunting tale of a small German town on the eve of World War I also gave Haneke a best director win. Along with its win as best picture, The White Ribbon also won for best screenwriter and will be the German entry at this year’s Academy Awards.

According to Variety, Sony Pictures Classics will release The White Ribbon on Christmas Day in the United States.

Tahar Rahim from A Prophet, the French entry, won European Actor 2009. The film also won for best sound.

Kate Winslet won best actress for The Reader, a …

- Reel Loop News Staff

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European Film Awards 2009: Tahar Rahim, Kate Winslet, Ken Loach, Isabelle Huppert

13 December 2009 1:17 AM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »

Best actor European Film Award winner Tahar Rahim was present at the Dec. 12 ceremony in Bochum, Germany, to receive his trophy for his performance as a prison inmate at odds with the local Corsican mafia in Jacques Audiard’s A Prophet. However, much like last year’s best actress winner Helen Mirren (for The Queen), Kate Winslet was nowhere to be found in the auditorium. Winslet won for Stephen Daldry’s The Reader, in which she plays a former Nazi guard who has an affair with a teenager (best actor nominee David Kross) half her age. That was in 2008. She won an Oscar and a Golden Globe back in early 2009. She was present at both ceremonies. But we’re now [...] …

- Andre Soares

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The White Ribbon Wins Three European Film Awards

13 December 2009 12:55 AM, PST | Thompson on Hollywood | See recent Thompson on Hollywood news »

The European Film Awards gave The White Ribbon best picture, and best director and script to Michael Haneke. Une Prophete won awards for best actor, Tahar Rahim, and sound design. Best Actress went to Kate Winslet for The Reader. Anthony Dod Mantle won cinematography for both Antichrist and Slumdog Millionaire. The full list of winners is on the jump and at indieWIRE. European Film 2009 Das Weisse Band (The White Ribbon), Germany/Austria/France/Italy written and directed by Michael Haneke produced by Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka, Michael Katz, Margaret Menegoz & Andrea Occhipinti European Director 2009 Michael Haneke for Das Weisse Band (The White Ribbon) European Actor 2009 … …

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2009 Efa Noms: This Year's Favorite (A Prophet) vs. Last Year's Fave (Slumdog)

12 December 2009 6:25 PM, PST | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »

With the film eligibility dates covering portions of two years, the 2009 European Film Awards finds itself in an awkward mode of having a clear favorites from circa 2008 (Slumdog Millionaire, Let the Right One In) go up against cream of the crop from Cannes 2009 (A Prophet, The White Ribbon and Fish Tank). - With the film eligibility dates covering portions of two years, the 2009 European Film Awards finds itself in an awkward mode of having a clear favorites from circa 2008 (Slumdog Millionaire, Let the Right One In) go up against cream of the crop from Cannes 2009 (A Prophet, The White Ribbon and Fish Tank). Jacques Audiard's A Prophet leads all nominations with a total of six with Best European Film, Director, Screenwriter, Actor (Tahar Rahim), Cinematography and Sound Design. Slumdog comes in 2nd place with five nominations while the Palme d'or winning The White Ribbon and Broken Embraces are tied with 4 each. …

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The White Ribbon wins 3 top European Film Awards

12 December 2009 2:36 PM, PST | AwardsDaily.com | See recent AwardsDaily news »

The White Ribbon & A Prophet have divided the top European Film Awards, and Kate Winslet is still collecting honors for The Reader. European Film 2009 Das Weisse Band (The White Ribbon …

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Michael Haneke Dominates The European Film Awards.

12 December 2009 1:29 PM, PST | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »

The hardware for the 2009 European Film Awards has been handed out and Michael Haneke is the clear winner, with his latest - The White Ribbon - taking film, director and screenwriter nods.  Here's the complete list of winners:

The 22nd European Film Awards

The Winners

European Film 2009

Das Weisse Band (The White Ribbon), Germany/Austria/France/Italy

written and directed by Michael Haneke

produced by Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka, Michael Katz, Margaret Menegoz

& Andrea Occhipinti

European Director 2009

Michael Haneke for Das Weisse Band (The White Ribbon)

European Actor 2009

Tahar Rahim in Un ProphEte (A Prophet)

European Actress 2009

Kate Winslet in The Reader (Der Vorleser)

European Screenwriter 2009

Michael Haneke for Das Weisse Band (The White Ribbon)

Carlo Di Palma European Cinematographer Award 2009

Anthony Dod Mantle for Antichrist & Slumdog Millionaire

European Film Academy Prix D'Excellence 2009

Brigitte Taillandier, Francis Wargnier, Jean-Paul Hurier & Marc Doisne for

the Sound Design, Un ProphEte (A Prophet …

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“White Ribbon” Reigns at European Film Awards

12 December 2009 1:14 PM, PST | IndieWIRE | See recent indieWIRE news »

Michael Haneke’s “Das Weisse Band” (The White Ribbon) won best European Film and the Austrian filmmaker also took the prize for “European Director” and “European Screenwriter” this evening at the 22nd European Film Awards in Bochum, Germany. Kate Winslet took the award for “European Actress” for her role in “Der Vorleser” (The Reader), while Tahar Rahim won European Actor for “A Prophet.” Peter Liechti’s “The Sound of Insects” took the pirze … …

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European Film Awards 2009 Predictions: Best Actress, Actor

12 December 2009 2:33 AM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »

Penélope Cruz has already won a best actress European Film Award (for Volver in 2006) and since her role in Broken Embraces is borderline supporting, my guess is that Cannes winner Charlotte Gainsbourg (above, with Willem Dafoe) will be the one taking home the prize for her bereaved sexed-out mother in Lars von Trier’s Antichrist. But who knows? Oscar winner Kate Winslet (for The Reader) could be the dark horse who splits the vote with the brown one (Katie Jarvis for Fish Tank) so the rainbow-colored equine (French Academy’s Cesar winner Yolande Moreau in Séraphine) can win. For the best actor award, I’d say the race is between two Cannes favorites: Tahar Rahim (above) for his [...] …

- Andre Soares

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A Look at the Potential 2010 Oscar Category Straddlers

7 December 2009 3:14 PM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

Nathaniel over at The Film Experience just published a post discussing the potential confusion over a few Oscar contenders whose performances may be confused for lead performances when they are actually supporting and vice versa. His list, however, doesn't include one I just watched yesterday, but first for his... Melanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz and Brad Pitt in Inglourious Basterds Anthony Mackie in The Hurt Locker Woody Harrelson in The Messenger Christian McKay in Me and Orson Welles Jake Gyllenhaal in Brothers I don't think he needs to worry much about Melanie Laurent or Brad Pitt, both of which are obviously supporting if you ask me. Or Jake Gyllenhaal, although I wouldn't mind seeing Gyllenhaal get a nod for Brothers considering I thought his was the best performance in it... but for what category? Lionsgate has placed him in the Best Supporting Actor category, but in reality all three (Tobey Maguire …

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Category Straddlers

7 December 2009 12:25 PM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

I'm feeling very mellow about the dread topic of 'category fraud' this year. I guess the Academy's refusal to ignore that "supporting" call on Kate Winslet in The Reader last time around gave me hope that other people are over it now that it's egregious misuse has become such a regular occurence. At any rate, there's always been a fine line for some roles between what we'd define as "supporting" and "lead". I'd love to know your opinion of the following roles and where you'd place them if you'd never heard a thing about "campaigns"

Melanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz and Brad Pitt in Inglourious BasterdsAnthony Mackie in The Hurt LockeWoody Harrelson in The MessengerChristian McKay in Me and Orson WellesJake Gyllenhaal in Brothers

If you've seen the movies, I hope you'll help me with these tiebreaker cases.

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Asc honors Chris Menges

3 December 2009 10:33 AM, PST | AwardsDaily.com | See recent AwardsDaily news »

Variety: The American Society of Cinematographers has selected Chris Menges as the recipient of its International Achievement Award. The kudo will be presented at the 24th Annual Asc Outstanding Achievement …

- Ryan Adams

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