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High Profile screenplays missing in the WGA nominations
It was the turn of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) to announce its nominees this morning. The results were based on voting by the guild’s 12000 members. Five candidates filed the original screenplay category: David…
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Producers Guild of America announced nominations
In a year blessed with a wide selection of good movies, the Producers Guild of America (PGA) offered no surprises in their 25th annual nominations for the Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award, which…
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12 Years a Slave and American Hustle dominate Golden Globes nominations
With such an eclectic and crowded year, the members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association were spoiled for choice when they picked their honorees. No one had been able to predict this year’s nominations, yet no…
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12 Years A Slave leads at the SAGs nominations
After failing to secure a win in recent critics awards, 12 Years a Slave gained a boost from The Screen Actors Guild (SAG), which honoured it with 4 nominations, for best ensemble cast, male actor in…
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Tina Fey and Amy Poehler to return as Golden Globes host
Two-time Globes-winning comedy actress, Tina Fey, and a Globes nominee, Amy Poehler, will return to host the annual Golden Globes for the second time in a row. The announcement was made by Globes organizers: the Hollywood…
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12 Years a Slave Wins Toronto Film Festival
British director Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave has won the 38th Toronto Film Festival’s audience prize. Produced by Brad Pitt and Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Michael Fassbender, the film tells the real-life story of an…
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Toronto International Film Festival opens with The Fifth Estate
The 38th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) opened with political thriller, The Fifth Estate, which chronicles the rise of Wikileaks and its founder Julian Assange from anonymity to the forefront of the world stage. The film premiere…
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The Butler beats One Direction at the US box office
As the dust of the battle over the Labor day weekend’s box office settled, The Butler emerged as the clear winner for the third time in a row, collecting $20 million in four days, to reach…
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Matt Damon to make a directorial debut
After years of searching for the right project to direct, Matt Damon has finally found one. The Oscar-winner is in negotiations to direct A Foreigner, an international conspiracy thriller based on The New Yorker article, A Murder…
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The Butler rules again at the US box office
Without major openings to compete with this weekend, Lee Daniel’s The Butler continued to rule at the top of the US box office, drawing $17 million. Since its release last week, the star-studded drama, which cost…
