Bud Greenspan, the pioneering Olympic documentary filmmaker, died Saturday night. He was 84.
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London Critics Circle Film Award; The King’s Speech Leads With 7 Nominations
The King’s Speech The King’s Speech, directed by Tom Hooper lead the the 2011 London Critics’ Circle Film Awards with seven nominations including lead actor Colin Firth up for both Best Actor and Best British Actor, Best Actress for Bonham Carter, Best Film and Best British Film.
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2010 Florida Film Critics Circle’s Winners
I Am Love won for Best Foreign Film Christopher Nolan’s “Inception” was the top winner with four awards in the Florida Film Critics Circle’s annual honors, but “The Social Network” received Best Picture award in 2010. The film about the founding of Facebook, won three awards, including Best Director (David Fincher) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Aaron Sorkin).
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Eric Escobar is Winner of 2010 San Francisco Film Society / Hearst Screenwriting Grant
Eric Escobar has been selected to receive this year’s San Francisco Film Society/Hearst Screenwriting Grant for the continuing development of his script East County. The Hearst Screenwriting Grant of $15,000 is given to a mid-career American screenwriter whose project expresses both a unique personal perspective and an artistic approach to the subject. The grant is open to those who have been practicing writers for at least five years and who have previously written a minimum of one feature screenplay. Priority is given to writers whose previous short or feature screenplays have been produced as an independent film.
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2010 Satellite Awards; The Social Network and Inception Lead With 3 Wins
Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Jacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom The 2010 Satellite Awards took place last night, Sunday, December 19, 2010, at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles and “The Social Network” continued its awards domination by taking the prizes for Best Film (Motion Picture, Drama), Best Director and Best Screenplay, Adapted. “Inception” did tie with “The Social Network” also taking home 3 awards including Best Cinematography, Best Original Score and Best Art Direction & Production Design.
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Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association 2010 Picks
Best Foreign-Language Film – BIUTIFUL The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association voted the THE SOCIAL NETWORK as the best film of 2010; rounding out the composite list of the top 10 films of the year were THE KING’S SPEECH (2), BLACK SWAN (3), 127 HOURS (4), WINTER’S BONE (5), INCEPTION (6), THE FIGHTER (7), TRUE GRIT (8), THE TOWN (9) and THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT (10).
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Houston Film Critics Society 2010 Picks
Winner, Best actress – Natalie Portman, Black Swan The Houston Film Critics Society on Saturday named The Social Network the best film of 2010; and also named the film’s David Fincher best director, the film’s Aaron Sorkin best screenwriter and Jesse Eisenberg best actor.
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2010 Chicago Film Critics Nominations
Documentary nominee: Restrepo David Fincher’s “The Social Network” lead the Chicago Film Critics on Friday with eight nominations, including Best Picture, Director and Actor. “The King’s Speech,” “Black Swan,” “Winter’s Bone” and “True Grit” followed up each with six nominations.
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2010 Indiana Film Critics Top Films; “Social Network” Voted Top Film
Best documentary Winner: Exit Through the Gift Shop The Indiana Film Journalists Association announced its annual film awards and “The Social Network” took top honors, winning best film as well as Aaron Sorkin for best screenplay. Natalie Portman was named best actress for “Black Swan.” James Franco won best actor for “127 Hours.”
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Raoul Ruiz’ Mysteries of Lisbon Awarded France’s Le Prix Louis-Delluc Prize
Raoul Ruiz’ Mysteries of Lisbon Raoul Ruiz’ Mysteries of Lisbon was awarded the Louis Delluc prize for Best French film of the year beating out a competitive field of films that included “Carlos,” Olivier Assayas, “The Ghost Writer,” Roman Polanski, “Of Gods and Men,” Xavier Beauvois, “On Tour,” Mathieu Amalric, “The Princess of Montpensier,” Bernard Tavernier, “White Material,” Claire Denis and “Young Girls in Black,” Jean-Paul Civeyrac.
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R.I.P.: Writer, Director Blake Edwards
Blake Edwards, a writer and director behind such hits like “Victor/Victoria” (1982) “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” (1961) “The Pink Panther” (1963) and “Pink Panther” movies, died Wednesday night in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 88.
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2010 Las Vegas Film Critic Society Sierra Awards
Best Foreign Film – Girl with the Dragon Tattoo(Sweden) The Las Vegas Film Critic Society presents its “Sierra” awards each year for the best in film, including The William Holden Lifetime Achievement Award, which is named for the Academy Award winning actor.