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Allen to Salute Keaton at Lincoln Center
Woody Allen is among the film notables who will salute Diane Keaton on April 9, 2007 at the Film Society of Lincoln Center's 34th Annual Gala Tribute to the acclaimed actress. The two have worked together on eight films, including such Allen classics as "Play It Again Sam," "Manhattan," and "Annie Hall," for which Keaton won the Oscar for best actress. Others saluting Keaton wil include Steve Martin and Martin Short, who worked with Keaton on "Father of the Bride" Parts I and II. "Diane is so beloved and admired that an extraordinary collection of friends and colleagues have agreed, to our delight, to gather on April 9th to personally pay tri...
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AFP: Oscars show ratings rise in preliminary figures
Television ratings for this year's Oscars increased slightly according to preliminary figures on Monday, with female viewership increasing for the show hosted by comedian Ellen DeGeneres. Figures released by Nielsen Media Research showed a three percent increase on last year's audience, jumping from...
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IHT: 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' wins 5 of France's top film awards
"Lady Chatterley's Lover," a French film version of D.H. Lawrence's novel, won five of France's top movie awards over the weekend. "Lady Chatterley's Lover," which had a modest performance at the box office, won the Cesar for best film Saturday. Marina Hands, in the lead role, was named best actress. The film, directed by Pascale Ferran, also won for photography, costumes and adapted screenplay. The thriller "Ne le dis a personne" (Tell no one) was the other main winner, with a best director award for Guillaume Canet and a best actor award for Francois Cluzet as a doctor searching for the truth about his missing wife. The ceremony, held at th...
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AFP: Director who inspired "Departed" hails Scorsese
The Hong Kong director of the gritty gangster flick that Martin Scorsese adapted as his Oscar-winning hit "The Departed" heaped praise on the man he said inspired him to make films. "It is an honour to have been able to help Martin win his first and long overdue Oscar," said Andrew Lau, whose 2002 f...
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AFP: Mirren tipped for Palace tea invite after Oscar crown
Dame Helen Mirren could be invited to tea at Buckingham Palace after she was crowned as best actress at the Oscars for her stoic portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II. A meeting with Her Majesty would follow a glittering clean sweep for the British actress this awards season, after the role garnered her a...
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LA Times: Stars also rise in the East
Here, the stars arrived with snowflakes on their shoulders. Some of them walked in a little slower or spoke a little softer, but from the moment they checked their coats, everyone seemed equally ready to eat, to drink and to talk. Although the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood drew the world's attention Sunday night, the St. Regis Hotel in Midtown Manhattan drew the interest and appetites of some storied names from Hollywood's past. Open to all East Coast-based members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the party drew six Oscar winners and plenty of past nominees, providing an excuse to dust off the tuxes and reminisce. Josh Gajewsk...
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"The Departed" Wins Best Picture, Scorsese Best Director at 79th Academy Awards
When all was said and done in Los Angeles tonight, "The Departed" was the big winner at the 79th Academy Awards. The film won the Oscar for best picture and its director, Martin Scorsese, won his first Academy Award. The film was also honored with the prize for best adapted screenplay for (William M...
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LAT: Weinstein On Producers
In an LA Times editorial this weekend, Harvey Weinstein weighs in on the role of the producer today, in particular with respect to the Academy Awards and a recent rule that only honors up to three producers per film with a Best Picture Oscar and amidst concern that a "Little Miss Sunshine" best picture win would leave out two producers): What really bothers me is that in trying to fix a problem that needs fixing, we haven't paid enough attention to how much the role of producer has changed over the years. In the independent film world, making movies has become so complicated that it sometimes takes a village to get it done. Oscar show produce...
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Errol Morris Talks To Oscar Nominees
In The Hollywood Reporter Anne Thompson chats with Errol Morris about his short film that will screen during this year's Oscar TV telecast. In under 5 minutes, Morris will feature interviews with some 130 Academy Award nominees.
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A (Final) Look at the Red Carpet
In The New York Times today, reporter & blogger David Carr looks back at his past few months covering awards season from alongside the red carpet:The carpet is as much a conceptual as a physical space, a thin ribbon separating those who have fame and the masses who bestow it. The "reporters" on the margins of this zone are not really reporting in any conventional sense of the word. They don't investigate, explain or even filter very much, which is part of why the movie stars are willing to play ball. Instead they inspect frocks, repeat sound bites and shout into the cameras about what the stars are "really like." In truth carpet reporters lik...
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