Author: Paula Schwartz
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‘Call Me By Your Name’ Named Best Feature at the Gotham Awards
Luca Guadagnino’s “Call Me By Your Name” received the top prize as best feature film Monday Night at the 27th Annual IFP Gotham Awards at Cipriani Wall Street. This was a stunning upset since Jordan Peele’s “Get Out” received trophies for Breakthrough Director and Screenplay, along with the Audience Award, and was considered the evening’s big…
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Daniel Day-Lewis and Director Paul Thomas Anderson Attend First NY Screening of ‘Phantom Thread’
Daniel Day-Lewis plays another intense, obsessed character in his new film, “Phantom Thread,” which re-teams the actor with director Paul Thomas Anderson. The first New York screening of the film took place Sunday evening for SAG members and selected press at the DGA Theater in midtown. The movie is hotly anticipated, especially since the actor’s…
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‘The Florida Project’ Director Sean Baker on Florida’s Hidden Homeless
At the Gotham Awards Monday evening, Sean Baker’s new film, “The Florida Project,” will be in the running for four awards, including for best feature, best actor for Willem Dafoe and for star Brooklynn Prince, who is in the same category Brie Larson won a few years back before her Oscar. ( “The Florida Project”…
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Gary Oldman as Iconic Prime Minister in ‘Darkest Hour’
Gary Oldman stars as Winston Churchill in Joe Wright’s World War II drama “Darkest Hour,” and his transformation into the iconic British prime minister is so astounding that so far this season he’s the actor to beat for the Oscar. (But you can never count Daniel Day-Lewis out, whose new movie “Phantom Thread,” directed by…
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Warner Bros. ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’ by J.K. Rowling Has 2018 Release Date
Warner Bros. released today the poster and release date for “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.” (Left to right) JUDE LAW plays a young ALBUS DUMBLEDORE, taking on the mantle of one of J.K. Rowling’s most beloved characters; EZRA MILLER makes a return as the enigmatic CREDENCE, whose fate was unknown at the end of…
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Simone Garcia Johnson Named Golden Globe Ambassador (Formerly Miss Golden Globe)
Simone Garcia Johnson, daughter of Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia, has just been named by the Hollywood Foreign Press as the newly re-named Golden Globe Ambassador for the 75 Golden Globe Awards. The unveiling occurred this evening at a star-studded party at Catch LA in West Hollywood, hosted by the HFPA and InStyle, and presented…
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Gilbert Gottfried at Friars Club for Screening of His Documentary ‘Gilbert’
Stand up comic Gilbert Gottfried, famous for telling tasteless and smutty jokes in a high-pitched, sandpaper voice, is the subject of director Neil Berkeley’s hilarious and moving documentary opening tonight at the IFC Center in the West Village. In the Milton Berle room at the Friars Club (where else?) on East 55th Street earlier in…
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Kathryn Hahn, Mila Kunis and Kristen Bell Celebrate Premiere of ‘A Bad Moms Christmas’
Good mothers go rogue again! Last night “A Bad Moms Christmas” celebrated its world premiere at the Village Theater in Westwood L.A. From the press release: “A BAD MOMS CHRISTMAS follows our three under-appreciated and over-burdened women as they rebel against the challenges and expectations of the Super Bowl for moms: Christmas. And if creating…
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Josh Brolin, Miles Teller and Taylor Kitsch Play Hero Firefighters in ‘Only the Brave’
“Only the Brave,” is based on the true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a heroic unit of local firefighters that put their lives on the line to protect families and their communities. This elite firefighting team forges a unique brotherhood that comes into focus with one fateful fire. “Only the Brave” stars Josh Brolin,…
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‘Get Out’ Leads Gotham Awards Nominations/’Mudbound’ Gets Ensemble Award
Jordan Peele’s “Get Out,” led with four nominations from the Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP), including for best feature and actor. Greta Gerwig, a New York favorite, received three nominations for “Lady Bird,” including for breakthrough director and best screenplay. The news came this morning from the IFP, which announced their nominees for the 27th Annual…
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Helen Mirren Will Be Honored at the 45th Chaplin Award Gala
The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced that Academy Award–winning actor Helen Mirren will be honored at the 45th Chaplin Award Gala on Monday, April 30, 2018. Helen Mirren is a beloved figure of stage, screen, and television and has had an illustrious career spanning more than fifty years. The annual event will be attended…
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NYFF: Kate Winslet Turns in Oscar-Worthy Performance in Woody Allen’s ‘Wonder Wheel’
Kate Winslet is in the Oscar race with her spectacular performance in Woody Allen’s “Wonder Wheel,” the closing night presentation of the New York Film Festival where it will have its world premiere. (There are no less than seven screenings and tickets are still available at some of them.) An Amazon Studio release, which doesn’t…