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Monday, February 23, 2009

Oscar winners

Academy Awards, USA: 2009

Best Motion Picture of the Year
Winner: Slumdog Millionaire (2008) - Christian Colson

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Winner: Sean Penn for Milk (2008/I)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Winner: Kate Winslet for The Reader (2008)

Best Achievement in Directing
Winner: Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Winner: Okuribito (2008)(Japan)

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Winner: Slumdog Millionaire (2008) - A.R. Rahman, Sampooran Singh Gulzar("Jai Ho")

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
Winner: Slumdog Millionaire (2008) - A.R. Rahman

Best Achievement in Editing
Winner: Slumdog Millionaire (2008) - Chris Dickens

Best Achievement in Sound
Winner: Slumdog Millionaire (2008) - Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty

Best Achievement in Sound Editing
Winner: The Dark Knight (2008) - Richard King

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Winner: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) - Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, Craig Barron

Best Documentary, Short Subjects
Winner: Smile Pinki (2008) - Megan Mylan

Best Documentary, Features
Winner: Man on Wire (2008) - James Marsh, Simon Chinn

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner: Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight (2008)

Best Short Film, Live Action
Winner: Spielzeugland (2007) - Jochen Alexander Freydank

Best Achievement in Cinematography
Winner: Slumdog Millionaire (2008) - Anthony Dod Mantle

Best Achievement in Makeup
Winner: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) - Greg Cannom

Best Achievement in Costume Design
Winner: The Duchess (2008) - Michael O'Connor

Best Achievement in Art Direction
Winner: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) - Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo

Best Short Film, Animated
Winner: Maison en petits cubes, La (2008) - Kunio Katô

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Winner: WALL·E (2008) - Andrew Stanton

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Winner: Slumdog Millionaire (2008) - Simon Beaufoy

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Winner: Milk (2008/I) - Dustin Lance Black

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner: Penélope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

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Wednesday, May 28, 2008

David Cook Dating Kimberly Caldwell?

Is an Idol Alum Romance Blooming?

Previous American Idol contestant Kimberly Caldwell from season 2 did not manage to win the show, but she has done the next best thing, by dating the winner of the 2008 show David Cook. The couple has been seen out going to dinner; ...

So, barely a week into his stint as the reigning American Idol, David Cook is apparently off the market. Yes, ladies, it's true. TMZ broke the story over the weekend with video of David Cook exiting an LA restaurant with Kimberly Caldwell. He went further by talking about it on the Regis and Kelly show, adding that they may even "hang out again".

You may remember Kimberly from season 2 of American Idol when she finished in 7th place (Ruben Studdard went on to win that season). Since then, the 26-year-old blond has been a presenter on TV Guide and an American Idol correspondent for Fox News. Last week on the American Idol finale red carpet, she and Justin Guarini were interviewing the two Davids, Cook and Archuleta, when David C gave her a flower and asked her out to dinner on live TV, saying that he'd heard she said a lot of nice things about him all season. Ms Caldwell immediately accepted the invitation (like any red-blooded sane woman would).

Earlier this season, David was rumored to be dating So You Think You Can Dance alum, Lacey Schwimmer, who is the cousin of Friends star David Schwimmer. The two had reportedly met during rehearsals for the Idol Gives Back special, in which the SYTYCD troupe danced to an Idol group performance. However, during a home viewer call-in session on the results show that week, David went on record to admit that he was very much single.

This latest romance is definitely more than just a rumor though. This week on Regis and Kelly, David seemed to have no problems talking about his date and how it went when asked about it, even telling the audience where they went for dinner. Is that the collective sound of a million hearts breaking in the background?

http://www.inentertainment.co.uk

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Director Sydney Pollack dies of cancer

Academy Award-winning director Sydney Pollack, who achieved commercial and critical success with the gender-bending comedy "Tootsie" and the period drama "Out of Africa, has died. He was 73.

Pollack died of cancer Monday afternoon at his home in Pacific Palisades in Los Angeles, surrounded by family, said agent Leslee Dart. He had been diagnosed with cancer about nine months ago, said Dart.

Pollack, who often appeared on the screen himself, worked with and gained the respect of Hollywood's best actors in a long career that reached prominence in the 1970s and 1980s.

"Sydney made the world a little better, movies a little better and even dinner a little better. A tip of the hat to a class act," actor George Clooney said in a statement issued by his publicist. Video Watch how Pollack's career spanned decades »

"He'll be missed terribly," Clooney said.

Last fall, Pollack played Marty Bach opposite Clooney in "Michael Clayton," a drama that examines the life of a fixer for lawyers. The film, which Pollack co-produced, received seven Oscar nominations, including best picture and a best actor nod for Clooney.

Pollack was no stranger to the Academy Awards. In 1986, "Out of Africa" a romantic epic of a woman's passion set against the landscape of colonial Kenya, captured seven Oscars, including best director.

Over the years, several of his other films, including "Tootsie" and "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" got several nominations, including best director nods.

Pollack's last screen appearance was in "Made of Honor," a romantic comedy currently in theaters, where he played the oft-married father of star Patrick Dempsey's character.

In recent years, Pollack produced many independent films with filmmaker Anthony Minghella and the production company Mirage Enterprises.

The Lafayette, Indiana, native was born to first-generation Russian-Americans.

In high school, he fell in love with theater, a passion that prompted him to forgo college and move to New York and enroll in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater.

"We started together in New York and he always excelled at everything he set out to do, his friendships and his humanity as much as his talents," Martin Landau, a longtime close friend of Pollack's and an associate from the Actor's Studio, said through spokesman Dick Guttman.

Studying under Sanford Meisner, Pollack spent several years cutting his teeth in various areas of theater, eventually becoming Meisner's assistant.

After appearing in a handful of Broadway productions in the 1950s, Pollack turned his eye to directing.

Pollack is survived by his wife, Claire; two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel; his brother Bernie; and six grandchildren.

source: http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/05/26/pollack.obit.ap/index.html

Monday, May 26, 2008

vacation swap, sydney pollack, chelle hawn, ...

A tribute to Robert Knox

Harry Potter actor Robert Knox stabbed to death

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince actor Robert Knox was stabbed to death after an attempt to save his brother from a knife attack in Kent, southeast England.

It is said that 18-year-old Knox, who will be seen on the big screen as wizard Marcus Belby, sustained multiple stab wounds on Friday night (May 23) after becoming involved in an argument with two armed men who had threatened his 17-year-old brother Jamie.

The whole incident had started because of a stolen cell phone and took place at the Metro Bar in Sidcup, Kent, where besides the young actor, four other men were stabbed.

Knox was immediately rushed to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, southeast London , but was pronounced dead on arrival.

The police have started their inquiries into the murder.

'At this early stage, we retain an open mind as to any motive, and inquiries continue to establish the full circumstances of the incident. We do not believe the incident is gang-related,' Contactmusic quoted a spokesperson for the authorities as saying.

Meanwhile the executives at Warner Bros. Studio, which produces the Harry Potter movies, released a statement expressing their condolences to Knox's relatives.

'We are all shocked and saddened by this news and at this time out sympathies are with his family,' the statement read.

In the picture: Colin, Jamie and Sally Knox, respectively father, brother and mother of the 18-year-old actor walk after a press conference on Sunday in Sidcup, Kent.

Text: ANI | Photograph: Getty Images

Source: http://inhome.rediff.com/movies/2008/may/26potter.htm