Nominations for the 83rd Academy Awards® will be announced on Tuesday, January 25, by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak and Oscar-winning actress and Academy member Mo’Nique.
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Mo’Nique To Join Academy President Tom Sherak For Oscar(R) Nominations
Mo’Nique in Precious
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Swedish actor Per Oscarsson and His Wife Feared Dead in House Fire
Swedish actor Per Oscarsson Swedish actor Per Oscarsson and his wife were feared dead after human remains were discovered among the ashes of their burned home. Oscarsson, 83, and his wife, 67, were both believed to have been home when their house near the small town of Skara, Sweden, burned to the ground overnight Thursday.
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2011 German Film Critics Awards; Feo Aladag’s “When We Leave” with 7 Nominations
Sibel Kekilli in Feo Aladag’s film When We Leave Feo Aladag’s “When We Leave”received seven nominations from the Germany’s film critics association, basically, winning an award in every category for which the film was eligible. The film follows a woman and her son as they try to escape her husband’s abuse and finds shelter with a family in Berlin.
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RIP: Israeli actor Josef Shiloach
Israeli actor Josef Shiloach died Monday at the age of 69. Shiloach, who starred is such Israeli cult classics as Alex Hole Ahava, Sapiches and Hagiga B’Snuker passed away following a long battle with cancer.
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RIP: Actor Pete Postlethwaite
Pete Postlethwaite in Age of Stupid Oscar nominated actor Pete Postlethwaite, known recently for his role in the film “The Age of Stupid” has died at the age of 64. He reportedly passed away in a British hospital on Sunday after a long battle with cancer.
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Independent Films and Shorts and Other Films Selected for Preservation in the 2010 National Film Registry
Cry of Jazz (1959) The Librarian of Congress named 25 motion pictures—Hollywood classics, documentaries and innovative shorts reflecting genres from every era of American filmmaking—to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress.
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2010 Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards; The King’s Speech Named Best Film of 2010
The Overlooked Film of the Year Award: Never Let Me Go The Phoenix Film Critics Society named “The King’s Speech” the Best Picture of 2010 and its star, Colin Firth, Best Actor. Natalie Portman’s performance in “Black Swan” won the Best Actress award. “The Fighter” won both Best Supporting Actor for Christian Bale and Best Supporting Actress for Melissa Leo.
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2010 Online Film Critics Society Award Nominees
Best Documentary nominee: Catfish The Online Film Critics Society announced its nominees for the 2010 OFCS Awards. The Online Film Critics Society describes itself as “the largest, most respected organization for critics whose work appears primarily on the Internet.” OFCS members will submit their final votes over the next few days, and winners will be announced Monday, January 3, 2010.
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Epic Feature Film About Anguilla’s 1967 Revolution in Development
Massachusetts-based independent film production and marketing firm Pyrate Motion Picture Company, LLC (aka Pyrate Films) has announced plans to develop an epic feature film about the British West Indies island of Anguilla and its sensational, but little known 1967 to 1969 battle for economic, social, and political justice.
Pyrate Films was launched in 2010 following a series of meetings in Anguilla with government ministers, including the Hon. Chief Minister Hubert Hughes, and several living patriots, including Anguilla’s rebel leader and founding father, the Hon. James Ronald Webster, now 85.
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RIP: Bud Greenspan, Olympic Filmmaker
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).