Posted on January 15th, 2008 by Craig Kennedy
Here are the film nominations for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts:
FILM
AMERICAN GANGSTER – Brian Grazer/Ridley Scott
ATONEMENT – Tim Bevan/Eric Fellner/Paul Webster
THE LIVES OF OTHERS – Quirin Berg/Max Wiedemann
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN – Scott Rudin/Joel Coen/Ethan Coen
THERE WILL BE BLOOD – JoAnne Sellar/Paul Thomas Anderson/Daniel Lupi
Full results after the jump…
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Posted on January 15th, 2008 by Craig Kennedy
Brad Renfro has died of unknown causes. The actor who became famous as a child starring in the John Grisham thriller The Client was found unresponsive in his home on the morning of Tuesday the 15th. Paramedics were summoned, but the 25-year-old was later pronounced dead by the coroner.
The Knoxville, TN, native also starred in Bryan Singer’s Apt Pupil and the cult favorite [...]
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Posted on January 15th, 2008 by Craig Kennedy
Joel and others have given me a heads up on the odd selections the Academy has short listed for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. I’d feel a stronger sense of righteous indignation if A) I’d actually seen all of the eligible films and B) if AMPAS didn’t routinely make bad choices in this category.
Austria, The [...]
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Posted on January 15th, 2008 by Craig Kennedy
Deep in a bunker below Toshiba headquarters…
Once again, I’m getting my YouTube amusement from Hollywood-Elsewhere.
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Posted on January 15th, 2008 by Craig Kennedy
Maila Nurmi achieved a brief moment of fame and a certain cult status in the 1950s for making goth sexy as Vampira, the hostess of a short-lived late-night horror show on Los Angeles’ KABC. She is probably best remembered to modern audiences for her role in Ed Wood’s Plan 9 From Outer Space, regarded lovingly by many as The Worst [...]
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