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"Son of the Mask," Tom Cruise Earn Razzie Nominations

Sequels and remakes dominated the nominations for this year's Razzie awards, which recognize the worst of Hollywood. "Son of the Mask" led with eight nominations, including worst picture, worst actor (Jamie Kennedy) and worst supporting actor (Alan Cumming and Bob Hoskins). "Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo," "Dirty Love," "The Dukes of Hazzard" and "The House of Wax" were also nominated in the worst picture category. Tom Cruise was twice nominated in a new Razzie category, most tiresome tabloid targets. Cruise also received a worst actor nomination for his work in "War of the Worlds." Razzie recipients will be announced on March 4, a day befor...

The Oscar Nominees: Reacting To The Big News

Films from Indiewood, the specialty divisions of the Hollywood studios, dominated the nominations for the 78th Academy Awards Tuesday, giving many film festival favorites exciting moments in their career. Many of the Oscar nominees themselves heard the news the same way that most people did Tuesday ...

Independent Lens Online Shorts Festival

ITVS and PBS have announced the inaugural edition of the Independent Lens Online Shorts Festival, set to launch this fall. The festival seeks submissions in all genres of 10 minutes or less in length. The grand prize winning short will be broadcast on the PBS weekly anthology series Independent Lens...

Artist Nam June Paik Dies

Korean-born artist Nam June Paik has died at age 74. He is credited with "inventing video art in the 1960s by combining multiple TV screens with sculpture, music and live performers. ... 'He really led the development of a new art form, bringing the moving image into the modern art world,' said John Hanhardt, senior curator of film and media arts at the Guggenheim." Paik also referred to an "electronic super highway" in a 1974 report, decades before the Internet entered widespread use. Although Paik moved to New York in 1964, his artwork was shown in his native country including at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. The Nam June Paik Museum is ...

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