Tag: kathryn bigelow
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Washington D.C. Film Critics Name Zero Dark Thirty Best Picture
The Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association has named Zero Dark Thirty best picture, with Kathryn Bigelow best director and Jessica Chastain best actress.
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Zero Dark Thirty Named Best Film by National Board of Review
The National Board of Review has selected Kathryn Bigelow’s thriller Zero Dark Thirty, about the hunt for Osama bin Laden, as the best film of the year. Best Director goes to Bigelow and Best Actress to Jessica Chastain, who plays a CIA operative.
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Zero Dark Thirty Wins Best Picture from New York Film Critics Circle
Waiting for the prestigious New York Film Critics Circle to announce their awards is an all-day affair. The group announced their picks today via tweets and postings on their Web site. One by one. Very slowly.
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Three Osama Bin Laden Movies Already in the Works
Well, you just had to know that a movie (or two or three) about Osama bin Laden is already in the works. I posted a note about the idea on Facebook the morning after his death, and sure enough, the Interwebs were already abuzz. My FB buddies and I picked out a few cast members,…
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Oscars 2010: Complete List of Winners
The 82nd Annual Academy Awards were held tonight at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood. Neil Patrick Harris opened the show with a fun song-and-dance number, and hosts Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin did a great job of keeping things moving along. What I loved most is that they didn’t belittle anyone in their jokes, and…
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‘Hurt Locker’ Producer Barred from Oscars
How sad is this? Your movie finally scores big with a best picture Oscar nomination, and the Academy bars you from the show! Here’s the scoop: Producer Nicolas Chartier wrote an email to friends asking them to vote for his war movie ‘The Hurt Locker’ over the “$500 million film” (meaning ‘Avatar’). Thus, the Academy…