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Jan 15, 2012 5:37:16 GMT -5
Post by serin on Jan 15, 2012 5:37:16 GMT -5
Celebrating Paramount’s 100th Anniversary Photo
By: Roger Friedman
HollywoodNews.com:Dozens and dozens of Paramount Pictures stars from the past gathered on the famous lot today for a once in a lifetime group photograph. The occasion was the 100th anniversary of the studio. Stars from The Godfather–like Robert DeNiro, James Caan, and Al Pacino, as well as director Francis Ford Coppola–were joined by famous types like Barbra Streisand, Shirley Maclaine, director Peter Bodganovich, Harrison Ford, Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, Nicole Kidman, plus Martin Scorsese, Gore Verbinski, Tom Cruise, and Charlize Theron. Martin Scorsese told me last night at Paramount’s swellegant bash on the studio lot that he had Jane Fonda on one side of him, Ernest Borgnine on the other. “He’s 95 and amazing! Marty exclaimed. More stars mentioned included Eddie Murphy, and former Paramount chief Robert Evans was the only executive included in the photo. “The kid stays in the picture,” quipped our own Leah Sydney, referring to the famous Evans documentary. There were no press people there, I’m told. A full list isn’t yet available. All in all, it’s a coup for studio chief Brad Grey, who’s reshaped Paramount for the 21st century.
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Feb 1, 2012 11:29:38 GMT -5
Post by serin on Feb 1, 2012 11:29:38 GMT -5
testing Goodness.. I was blocked out of the forum for a few days.. Finaly I have managed to log in now..
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Feb 1, 2012 11:39:45 GMT -5
Post by serin on Feb 1, 2012 11:39:45 GMT -5
Filmgoers demand refunds after discovering The Artist is silent film
Punters in Liverpool didn't know awards contender was dialogue-free, black and white and shown in reduced screen format
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 18 January 2012 12.19 GMT
The Artist's loving recreation of the golden age of silent film hasn't been to everyone's taste. Photograph: Sportsphoto Ltd/Allstar It is being heavily tipped for Oscars glory next month after taking the Golden Globes by storm and racking up 12 Bafta nominations, but it seems not everyone has found themselves wowed by the nostalgic charms of The Artist, French film-maker Michel Hazanavicius's much-hyped hymn to Hollywood's golden era. A cinema in Liverpool has been forced to offer refunds after filmgoers complained that they had not realised the movie was silent and in black and white.
A spokesperson for Odeon Liverpool One confirmed to the Daily Telegraph that the first award-winning silent film in more than 90 years had not been to everybody's taste. There were also suggestions that cinemagoers felt short-changed by the movie's reduced screen size, intended as a tribute to the look of silent films from the early part of the 20th century.
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Feb 1, 2012 12:04:52 GMT -5
Post by serin on Feb 1, 2012 12:04:52 GMT -5
Poor Man on Ledger ! As plot drops off, 'Man on Ledge' loses its edge Can Elizabeth Banks redeem herself and save Sam Worthington at the same time in "Man on a Ledge"? "Man on a Ledge" would have been much more impressive before Dec. 16. That was when "Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol" arrived in theaters with Tom Cruise treating the world's tallest tower like an indoor rock-climbing wall. He wasn't just teetering on a ledge 21 stories up in Manhattan. Full review: www.post-gazette.com/
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Post by serin on Feb 3, 2012 6:56:56 GMT -5
From Mail :
What a wonderful life, What a beautiful day
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Post by serin on Feb 5, 2012 6:56:58 GMT -5
JOAQUIN PHOENIX AND MARION COTILLARD STARRING IN LOW LIFEOn the set in NY , Jan 2012
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Feb 13, 2012 6:27:53 GMT -5
Post by serin on Feb 13, 2012 6:27:53 GMT -5
Winners of the 2012 British Academy Film Awards
Feb. 12, 2012, LONDON (AP) -- Winners of the 2012 British Academy Film Awards, presented Sunday:
Film — "The Artist"
British Film — "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"
Director — Michel Hazanavicius, "The Artist"
Actor — Jean Dujardin, "The Artist"
Actress — Meryl Streep, "The Iron Lady"
Supporting Actor — Christopher Plummer, "Beginners"
Supporting Actress — Octavia Spencer, "The Help"
Rising Star — Adam Deacon
British Debut — Paddy Considine and Diarmid Scrimshaw, "Tyrannosaur"
Original Screenplay — Michel Hazanavicius, "The Artist"
Adapted Screenplay — Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan, "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"
Film Not in the English Language — "The Skin I Live In"
Music — Ludovic Bource, "The Artist"
Cinematography — Guillaume Schiffman, "The Artist"
Editing — "Senna"
Production Design — "Hugo"
Costume Design — "The Artist"
Sound — "Hugo"
Visual Effects — "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2"
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Feb 13, 2012 6:47:32 GMT -5
Post by serin on Feb 13, 2012 6:47:32 GMT -5
I saw MY WEEK WITH MARILYN yesterday and I loved MICHELLE WILLIAMS.
The direction and the movie is OK but Michelle shines.. She never overdid the part, she sang the famous MM songs so well that it was like listening to Monroe.. The eyes, the hair, the skin, the body , and the mannerisms were so good that I had goose bumps in some scenes.
Michelle should win the BEST ACTRESS AWARD at the Oscars. But no chance since Meryl Streep is there once again with heavy make-up to look like Thatcher and speak like her.. .. That is a real pity.. I like Meryl Streep like everyone else does, but putting on make up to look like the character she plays, and speaking like her seems to be the only way for her to win an Oscar..Only a few days ago I saw her picture from MOMMIE DEAREST , and I thought it was uncanny to see her as Joan Crawford with the heavy make-up, looking exactly like her.. ..
Michelle , on the other hand, acts and looks the part without the help of make-up ..What I liked most about her was that she did not overact and overdo the character..
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Feb 26, 2012 6:31:29 GMT -5
Post by serin on Feb 26, 2012 6:31:29 GMT -5
'The Artist' wins France's top film prize
Feb. 24, 2012, 7:28 PM EST WENN
"The Artist" began what could turn out to be an amazing weekend for the silent B&W movie by picking up six trophies at the Cesar Awards in France on Friday.
The Oscar favorite claimed the Best French Film of the Year, while moviemaker Michel Hazanavicius was honored with the night's Best Director prize. His wife Berenice Bejo was named Best Actress for her role as Peppy Miller in the film, but co-star Jean Dujardin lost the Best Actor honor to "Untouchable"'s Omar Sy.
Going into Sunday's Oscars, "The Artist" has picked up more than 70 accolades around the world to become the most awarded French film in history, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Composer Ludovic Bource was also honored at the Cesars for his "The Artist" score and the film's cinematographer Guillame Schiffman was also a winner.
Others taking home trophies on Friday included Nadira Ayadi and Clotilde Hesme, who shared the prize for Most Promising Actress, Gregory Gadebois, who was named Most Promising Actor and Michel Blanc (Best Supporting Actor). "Tous au Larzac" took home the night's Best Documentary prize, while Asghar Farhadi' s Iranian film "A Separation" was named Best Foreign Film.
British actress Kate Winslet also came away a big winner after she was presented with an Honorary Cesar for her body of work by filmmaker Michel Gondry, who stepped in for her absent "Carnage" director Roman Polanski. Winslet addressed the crowd in French, gushing, "You could have given it (award) to somebody else but you gave it to me, so thank you."
Winslet returned to the stage a little later to accept Polanski's Best Adapted Screenplay award for "Carnage."
The 37th annual ceremony was held at the Chatelet Theater in Paris.
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Feb 26, 2012 6:35:22 GMT -5
Post by serin on Feb 26, 2012 6:35:22 GMT -5
The ARTIST HAS TO WIN THE OSCAR !
It is better and more interesting than the other films.. Dujardain and the director have to win too.. Hope I havent jinxed them..
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Feb 26, 2012 22:11:11 GMT -5
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Feb 28, 2012 4:36:18 GMT -5
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Post by serin on Mar 2, 2012 4:53:04 GMT -5
Dark ShadowsJohnny Depp, Eva Green, Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter -- star. Warner Bros. will open Tim Burton 's vampire film on 5.11. "In 1752, the Collins family sails from Liverpool, England to North America. The son, Barnabas (Depp), grows up to be a wealthy playboy in Collinsport, Maine and is the master of Collinwood Manor. He breaks the heart of a witch, Angelique Bouchard Green), who turns him into a vampire and buries him alive. In 1972, Barnabas is accidentally freed from his coffin and returns to find his once-magnificent manor in ruin. It is occupied by dysfunctional Collins descendants (Pfeiffer playing Elizabeth Collins0 and other residents, all of whom have secrets." Jonny Lee Miller costars as Roger Collins, Elizabeth's brother. Chloe Moretz as Carolyn Stoddard, Elizabeth's rebellious teenage daughter. And Helena Bonham Carter plays Dr. Julia Hoffman, Elizabeth's hired live-in psychiatrist. Hollywoood Elsewhere no trailer yet... Are you as tired of Depp and Tim Burton as I am ?
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Mar 21, 2012 5:34:54 GMT -5
Post by serin on Mar 21, 2012 5:34:54 GMT -5
Aronofsky’s ‘Noah’ Launching Finally With Russell Crowe Set For Biblical Star
Comments 54 EXCLUSIVE: We’ve learned the deals are done for this big-ticket New Regency/Paramount co-production Noah which Deadline has been scooping first for nearly a year now. A formal announcement should come this next week. The once hoped-for spring start is now July, sources say. Russell Crowe is set to float the boat as Noah in Darren Aronofsky’s edgy Biblical re-telling of Noah’s Ark. At one point Christian Bale coming off The Dark Knight Rises was Aronofsky’s choice for the title character. But the dates didn’t work because Bale was committed to doing the Terrence Malick-directed Lawless and Knight Of Cups being made back to back. It took several more months for Aronofsky to fix on Crowe which is great casting since he’s one of those larger than life actors able to take on such an iconic role. Crowe also teams up again with familiar names: Arnon Milchan’s New Regency which made L.A. Confidential, and Gladiator scribe John Logan who rewrote the Noah script by Aronofsky and Ari Handel. Aronofsky and Logan are repped by CAA which was steering the project, and Crowe is repped by WME.
This is Aronofsky’s follow-up to his Oscar-nominated smash Black Swan. Noah now joins a bevy of Biblical films including Steve Spielberg’s gritty Moses re-telling for Warner Bros. (Interestingly, Aronofsky briefly flirted with helming Exodus, a Fox/Chernin Entertainment-produced telling of the story of Moses.) ”Since I was a kid, I have been moved and inspired by the story of Noah and his family’s journey,” Aronofsky said during Noah’s development process. “The imaginations of countless generations have sparked to this epic story of faith. It’s my hope that I can present a window into Noah’s passion and perseverance for the silver screen.” Aronofsky even dropped out of helming The Wolverine for his ambitious dream project which he initially envisioned as a sprawling fantasy epic that could cost north of $130 million. Then again he generated one of the most profitable movies in recent memory, Black Swan, which grossed $315M worldwide on a $12M budget. Aronofsky and Scott Franklin are producing with Mary Parent who’s based at Paramount.
This is one of the first signature filmmaker-driven projects from Milchan’s ”new” New Regency now headed by CEO Brad Weston and president of production Carla Hacken. Since restructuring the company, Milchan has reinserted himself as an active chairman who’s rolling up his sleeves again. The aim is to return to the kind of edgy films Milchan used to make, when he produced and funded pictures that included L.A. Confidential, Heat, Fight Club, and JFK. Though New Regency is partly owned by News Corp, whose 20th Century Fox distributes and often co-finances Regency-generated films, Paramount won a bidding battle to partner with New Regency and formalized a deal to co-finance Noah after CAA began shopping the package. The film fits into Paramount’s mandate to make films with global appeal.
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Post by serin on Apr 6, 2012 5:31:17 GMT -5
I like this analysis of Leo di Caprio, actor and talent before and after, by Jeffrey WellsDi Caprio's Day You know what really carries Titanic 3D? What makes it an essential revisiting? Young Leonardo DiCaprio, who was 21 or 22 when Titanic was shot in mid the late '96. For me, his performance as Jack Dawson is a time-capsule high. For me he was the whole thing-- the one element I couldn't take my eyes off last night. [/URL] The movie still works, still shatters...although James Cameron's cornball dialogue hurts more now than it used to. Some of the CG shots (sailboats and those doll-like passengers and crew in the wide shots) look even more primitive -- naturally, inescapably -- than they did in '97. (I was asking myself why Cameron didn't do a George Lucas and refine them a bit.) Kate Winslet looks softer, of course, and slightly chubbier that I remember, and Billy Zane...well, he's pretty close to great in every scene. (Seriously -- he makes so many hammy lines feel right, or at least a lot less painful.) But DiCaprio is altogether heartbreaking, and that Dawson aura -- that occasional giggly kid vibe and courage and dopey naivete, and that intensity and passion and the survive-at-all-costs attitude -- feels like drugs. As sappy as this sounds, I felt myself choking up a couple of times. Maybe it's because I'm older now and I value youth all the more, but the prospect of this really young guy dying from hypothermia at the end of the film brought tears to my eyes. The moment when his corpse sinks into the blackest blue at the end hits that much harder. We've all gotten older and have moved on and packed on a few pounds, but I hadn't seen or felt this particular incarnation of DiCaprio on a big screen -- Leo at his prettiest, liveliest and most vibrant with that beanpole body and movie-tanned skin and those luminous strands of straw-blonde hair -- in 15 years, and I just couldn't get over the irrepressible beauty of the guy. The absolute magnificence of being young and robust and beautiful and super-thin and spiritually aflame like a thousand candles kept hitting me over and over. The Leo of The Quick and The Dead, Basketball Dairies, Total Eclipse, Marvin's Room, Romeo + Juliet and Titanic (i.e., 94 to '97) was a very special current at a special moment in time. Right after Titanic exploded DiCaprio retreated and became a kind of me-and-my-homies party hound, and except for The Man in the Iron Mask didn't return until The Beach, and by then he'd turned a bit cynical (unavoidable) and been doing a lot of boozing. His face was rounder and his hair was shorter. He'd become a different guy and that whole mid '90s thing was dead and gone. H.E. Let's not forget GILBERT GRAPE
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