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American Cinema Editors award Wall-E, Slumdog, Man on Wire

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American Cinema Editors (ACE) announced the winners of the 2009 ACE Eddie Awards for best achievement in editing at the Beverly Hilton Hotel last night. Mel Gibson presented Richard Donner with ACE's filmmaker of the year award, while Robert Zemeckis handed the career achievement trophy to Arthur Schmidt, whose credits include Back to the Future and Forrest Gump. Sidney M. Katz was also presented with career achievement honours. Here are the winners: EDITED FEATURE FILM [Read more...]

Writers Guild announces WGA Award winners

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The Writers Guild announced the winners of this year's WGA Awards at simultaneous ceremonies at the Century Plaza in Los Angeles and the Hudson Theater in New York on Saturday. Here is the complete list of winners: FILM ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Milk, written by Dustin Lance Black ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Slumdog Millionaire, screenplay by Simon Beaufoy, based on the Novel Q and A by Vikas Swarup DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY Waltz with Bashir, written by Ari Folman TELEVISION DRAMATIC [Read more...]

Winners of the 2008 Directors Guild Awards

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Directors Guild of America announced the winners of the 2008 DGA Awards last night during the 61st Annual DGA Awards Dinner at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles. The DGA's Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film has traditionally served as a near-perfect barometer for the Academy Award for Best Director. Only six times since the DGA Award's inception in 1948 has the winner not gone on to receive the Academy Award for Best Director. Here are the best [Read more...]

American Film Institute unveils top 10 movies & TV programs of 2008

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American Film Institute has revealed the winners of the 2008 AFI Awards, including the annual lists of the best films and television programs of the year. Here they are: TOP 10 FILMS The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight Frost/Nixon Frozen River Gran Torino Iron Man Milk Wall-E Wendy and Lucy The Wrestler TOP 10 TELEVISION PROGRAMS Breaking Bad In Treatment John Adams Life Lost Mad Men The Office Recount The Shield The Wire

2008 Golden Globe nominations announced

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The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has revealed the nominees for the 2008 Golden Globes. Among films, Frost/Nixon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Doubt are leading the pack with five nominations each. In Treatment and Recount also nabbed five each in the television categories. The Golden Globe Awards ceremony will be telecast live on NBC at 8 p.m. on January 11, 2009. Here is the full list of the 2008 nominees: BEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA The Curious Case of [Read more...]