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Visual Effects Society announces VES Awards nominees

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Visual Effects Society has revealed the nominees for this year's VES Awards. Iron Man leads the pack with five nominations, followed by The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Cloverfield and Hellboy II: The Golden Army with four nods each. Battlestar Galactica, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Jericho and Pushing Daisies were among the shows nominated in the television category. Here are all the VES Awards nominees: OUTSTANDING VISUAL [Read more...]

Mad Men’s Matthew Weiner closes deal with Lionsgate

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AMC's Golden Globe winning series Mad Men has got its showrunner back. After several months of negotiations, Matthew Weiner and Lionsgate TV inked a two-year, seven-figure deal that will keep Weiner on board as showrunner and executive producer of Mad Men. Under the deal he will also develop new projects for the network, including a feature film. Weiner said: "Since the beginning, the show has been a charmed experience, made possible by my partnership with AMC and Lionsgate. I am proud to [Read more...]

British Academy releases final BAFTA nominations

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The British Academy released the final list of nominees for this year's British Academy Film Awards on Thursday morning. Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire and David Fincher's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button lead the BAFTAs race with 11 nominations each. The BAFTAs nominations longlist was released last week. Here is the final list of BAFTA nominees: BEST FILM The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Frost/Nixon Milk The Reader Slumdog Millionaire OUTSTANDING BRITISH [Read more...]

Golden Globe winners announced

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The winners of the 2008 Golden Globe Awards were announced earlier today. Here they are: BEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Frost/Nixon Reader Revolutionary Road Slumdog Millionaire BEST MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL OR COMEDY Burn After Reading In Bruges Happy-Go-Lucky Mamma Mia Vicky Cristina Barcelona BEST DIRECTOR Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire Steven Daldry - The Reader David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Ron Howard - [Read more...]

Broadcast Film Critics honour Slumdog Millionaire, Heath Ledger, Sean Penn

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The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) announced the winners of the 14th Critics' Choice Awards at a ceremony held yesterday at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. Slumdog Millionaire was the big winner of the evening, taking five awards for Best Picture, Best Director for Danny Boyle, Best Writer for Simon Beaufoy, Best Young Actor/Actress for Dev Patel and Best Composer for A.R. Rahman. Sean Penn took home the award for Best Actor and Milk also won Best Ensemble. Here are all [Read more...]