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International Trailer: Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang

23 December 2009 9:40 AM, PST | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »

Universal Pictures seem to be bringing out trailers for their entire 2010 slate and here’s the latest in the form of the new International trailer for Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang, the 2nd movie to bear the McPhee name played by the wonderful Emma Thompson.

The sequel also stars Ralph Fiennes, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Maggie Smith and Rhys Ifans. Not a bad cast eh! It’s scheduled for release 26th March so not too long to wait! Have a watch of the trailer below and let us know what you think.

Synopsis:  In Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang, Oscar®-winning actress and screenwriter Emma Thompson returns to the role of the magical nanny who appears when she’s needed the most and wanted the least in the next chapter of the hilarious and heartwarming fable that has enchanted children around the world.

In the latest installment, Nanny McPhee appears »

- David Sztypuljak

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Emma Thompson and Gaia Are Ballet Bound!

22 December 2009 8:00 AM, PST | People - CelebrityBabies | See recent People - CelebrityBabies news »

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Two-time Academy Award-winner Emma Thompson and daughter Gaia Romilly, 10, are in the Christmas spirit while attending  a VIP reception at the St. Martins Lane Hotel in London on December 16th.

The event celebrated opening night of the English National Ballet’s performance of The Nutcracker, with twice-daily showings at the London Coliseum now through January 3rd.

Emma, 50, is also mom to Tindyebwa Agaba with husband Greg Wise.

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- Missy

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Top Ten Tuesday: Best Movies of 2009

22 December 2009 7:36 AM, PST | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, or… the craziest for some, but it’s a time of year when many are giving and receiving gifts of some kind. So, the Movie Geeks want to give you something as well… the best movies of the year, surprise! 2009 was an interesting year for movies, producing incredible movies from various genres. We saw many great films ranging from drama to comedy, sci-fi to animation, old school to new technology. There was something for everyone. We’ve tossed and turned and toiled, even lost some sleep to give you the perfect list of movies we feel are the Top Ten Best Movies of 2009.

10. The Hurt Locker

As much as you will hear about Jeremy Renner’s performance, which is a great performance, to me this is a film that really shines the spotlight on the film’s director, Kathryn Bigelow.  A »

- Movie Geeks

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Kristin Scott Thomas: 'I've been a very sad person, but I'm not any more'

20 December 2009 4:05 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

Kristin Scott Thomas on self-belief, not being on the right list in Hollywood and playing John Lennon's Aunt Mimi in her latest film

The moment that Kristin Scott Thomas knew she didn't want to be a typical movie star, the moment it seems she switched from playing romantic leads to infinitely more interesting roles, was when a director told her she should make her character more appealing. The idea didn't grab her. "I just thought, I don't want to do that," she says. "I don't want to have to be pretty. I don't want to have to be adorable. Because if I'm watching that on screen I get irritated." She sits back with a sigh. "I can't bear it."

It was an astute response. After all, Scott Thomas's best work is not about looking doe-eyed and flicking her hair; instead it's defined by froideur, then thaw. There is a toughness in her performances, »

- Kira Cochrane

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Warner Brothers Pays Big for Steve Carell Driven Family Drama

18 December 2009 1:04 PM, PST | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »

With relatively sparse purchases being made from the spec script market in 2009, it's interesting to see that what could actually be the biggest spec script sale of the year occurred so very late in the game as Variety reports that a still untitled script by Dan Fogelman (Cars, Fred Claus, Bolt) that was written as a dramatic vehicle for Steve Carell has been picked up by Warner Bros. in a deal worth nearly $2 million. Similar to that of the Alan Rickman/Emma Thompson portions of Love Actually, the story has Carell as a father whose life unravels while he deals with a marital crisis and tries to manage his relationship with his children. Fogelman's recent work has brought lackluster family entertainment in the forms of Bolt and Fred Claus, but if Warner Bros. was willing to shell out that much money for a spec script, then I hope it's leaps »

- Ethan Anderton

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Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominees Announced

18 December 2009 9:08 AM, PST | Makingof.com | See recent Makingof.com news »

On Thursday December 17th, nominations were announced for the 16th annual Screen Actors Guild (SAG) awards. Jason Reitman’s “Up in the Air” walked away with three nominations including best actor for George Clooney, and best supporting actress for Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick, both of whom sat down with MakingOf for an exclusive interview earlier this month.

“Precious: Based on the novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” and “Inglorious Basterds” also walked away with 3 nominations each.

Carey Mulligan received a best actress nomination for her performance in “An Education,” a role that she discusses in a recent interview with MakingOf. Adittionally, “An Education” was nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, which could mean potential awards for seven cast members including Dominic Cooper and Alfred Molina, who talked with MakingOf at September’s Toronto International Film Festival

Also receiving double nominations were “Invictus,” “Nine,” Katheryn Bigelow’s “The Hurt Locker, »

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'Chances are you'll know somebody who pays for sex'

18 December 2009 7:43 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

Actor and screenwriter Emma Thompson explains how rage fuelled her role as the voice of conscience in The Journey, Richard Jobson's violent and powerful short film about the experiences of one sex worker

To buy Richard Ashcroft's theme music to The Journey click here. All proceeds from the sale of the single go to the Helen Bamber foundation

Warning: The video in this article contains strong sexual and violent images that viewers may find disturbing

How did you become involved in The Journey?

I've known Helen Bamber for about 25 years. When I was still a comedian, and doing stand-up, I would do a lot of benefits for the various foundations she was involved in. And when she started this new foundation, campaigning for the victims of human-rights abuse, she asked me to get involved - so I became chair.

The reason I've become particularly involved in this campaign »

- Catherine Shoard

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Christmas and new year TV films

18 December 2009 5:30 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

Not sure what to watch? We can help with our comprehensive guide to the best films on TV this Christmas and new year

Choose a date

Saturday 19 December | Sunday 20 December | Monday 21 December | Tuesday 22 December | Wednesday 23 December |Christmas Eve | Christmas Day | Boxing Day | Sunday 27 December | Monday 28 December | Tuesday 29 December | Wednesday 30 December | New Year's Eve | New Year's Day

Saturday 19 December

Yes Man (Peyton Reed, 2008)

10am, 8pm, Sky Movies Premiere

Remember Jim Carrey in Liar, Liar, where he forces himself to tell the truth for 24 hours? Well, here Jim Carrey forces himself to answer yes to any request, for a year. Which is upping the ante somewhat, but doesn't make it a better film. This is a return to the manic, gurning, not-very-funny Carrey, as if The Truman Show, Eternal Sunshine etc hadn't happened. Just say no.

The Golden Compass (Chris Weitz, 2007)

11.40am, 8pm, Sky Movies Family

What with Harry Potter, Narnia, Lemony Snicket and all, »

- Paul Howlett

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Christmas and new year TV films

18 December 2009 5:30 AM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »

Not sure what to watch? We can help with our comprehensive guide to the best films on TV this Christmas and new year

Choose a date

Saturday 19 December | Sunday 20 December | Monday 21 December | Tuesday 22 December | Wednesday 23 December |Christmas Eve | Christmas Day | Boxing Day | Sunday 27 December | Monday 28 December | Tuesday 29 December | Wednesday 30 December | New Year's Eve | New Year's Day

Saturday 19 December

Yes Man (Peyton Reed, 2008)

10am, 8pm, Sky Movies Premiere

Remember Jim Carrey in Liar, Liar, where he forces himself to tell the truth for 24 hours? Well, here Jim Carrey forces himself to answer yes to any request, for a year. Which is upping the ante somewhat, but doesn't make it a better film. This is a return to the manic, gurning, not-very-funny Carrey, as if The Truman Show, Eternal Sunshine etc hadn't happened. Just say no.

The Golden Compass (Chris Weitz, 2007)

11.40am, 8pm, Sky Movies Family

What with Harry Potter, Narnia, Lemony Snicket and all, »

- Paul Howlett

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Anna Kendrick Lands a Nod at 2010 SAG Awards

17 December 2009 5:46 PM, PST | Celebrity Mania | See recent Celebrity Mania news »

Anna Kendrick has really struck the gold with her Natalie Keener role in "Up in the Air". Having won the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress and been nominated at the 67th Annual Golden Globes, the actress who plays Jessica Stanley in the "Twilight Saga" series is nominated for another prestigious awards, the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards.

On Thursday morning, December 17, the 24-year-old has been named among the nominees for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role. For the title, she will be competing against fellow "Up in the Air" star Vera Farmiga as well as other

nominees, Penelope Cruz of "Nine", Mo'Nique of "Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire" and Diane Kruger of "Inglourious Basterds".

Beside Anna Kendrick, the Screen Actors Guild also put her co-star and leading

man of the drama movie George Clooney for the Best Actor category. »

- celebrity-mania.com

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List of 16th Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominees

17 December 2009 5:27 PM, PST | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »

Next year's list of Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations puts three films and three television shows under three categories. In terms of number, critics' choice "Up in the Air" is battling it out with "Inglourious Basterds" and "Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire" while "30 Rock" gets heavy competition from "Dexter" and "The Closer".

The nominees that were read out on Thursday, December 17, also revealed that several actors receive multiple nominations. In motion picture category, Penelope Cruz earns two for starring in "Nine". In television, Tina Fey scores also two for being the lead of "30 Rock". Her co-star Alec Baldwin is also having two chances to walk away with an award.

Nomination by studio for theatrical motion pictures is led by Paramount Pictures which distributes "Up in the Air", "The Lovely Bones" and "Star Trek". Meanwhile, nomination by television network is dominated by NBC which is the home for »

- AceShowbiz.com

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SAG Nominations

17 December 2009 1:39 PM, PST | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »

The Screen Actors Guild nominations were announced this morning in Los Angeles at the Pacific Design Center’s Silver Screen Theater in West Hollywood. Some of the noms, or lack of, that make you go, hmmmm. The surprise, but crazy Best Supporting Actress nomination for Diane Kruger in Inglourious Basterds, no Up In The Air nom for Best Ensemble, even though it saw three acting nominations, and nothing for Julianne Moore of A Single Man or Alfred Molina of An Education.

16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® Nominations

Theatrical Motion Pictures

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Jeff Bridges / Bad Blake – “Crazy Heart” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

George Clooney / Ryan Bingham – “Up In The Air” (Paramount Pictures)

Colin Firth / George Falconer – “A Single Man” (The Weinstein Company)

Morgan Freeman / Nelson Mandela – “Invictus” (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Jeremy Renner / Staff Sgt. William James – “The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment)

Outstanding »

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Precious, Inglorious Basterds, and the Hurt Locker Dominate SAG Nominations

17 December 2009 11:31 AM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

The Screen Actors Guild, better known as SAG, announced their list of nominations for 2009, with Inglourious Basterds, Precious, and The Hurt Locker earning the most nods. The sixteenth annual SAG Awards ceremony will be broadcast on TNT and TBS Saturday, January 23, 2010. Here is the full list of nominations:Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role: Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart George Clooney, Up In The Air Colin Firth, A Single Man Morgan Freeman, Invictus&#8232 Jeremy Renner, The Hurt LockerOutstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role: Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side Helen Mirren, The Last Station Carey Mulligan, An Education Gabourey Sidibe, Precious: Based On The Novel 'Push' By Sapphire&#8232 Meryl Streep, Julie & JuliaOutstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role: Matt Damon, Invictus&#8232 Woody Harrelson, The Messenger Christopher Plummer, The Last Station&#8232 Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones Christoph Waltz, Inglourious BasterdsOutstanding Performance by a »

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All 'Love Actually' scene-stealer Olivia Olson wants for graduation is a record deal

17 December 2009 11:30 AM, PST | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »

It's been six years since Olivia Olson performed the second most-famous rendition of Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" as Joanna, "the one" for Sam (Thomas Sangster), in 2003's Love Actually. Since we find ourselves wondering where she is every time we watch the movie — which is frequently this time of year — we decided to find out. Now 17, and a senior in high school, Olson voices Vanessa Doofenshmirtz, the evil scientist's daughter, on the Disney show Phineas and Ferb. In a nice twist of fate, Ferb is voiced by Sangster and has a crush on Vanessa. »

- Mandi Bierly

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Screen Actors Guild Nominations Announced

17 December 2009 9:57 AM, PST | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »

The morning the Screen Actors Guild announced the nominees for the 16th annual SAG awards. The actual ceremony will be held Saturday, January 23rd. There are a lot of gay-faves on the list of nominees.

For starters, Colin Firth picked up a nomination for A Single Man,and Sigourney Weaver is in the running for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries thanks to Prayers for Bobby.

Freshmen series Glee and Modern Family are competing against each other for Beest TV Comedy Ensemble.

And surprisingly (at least for me) the cast of True Blood is up for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.

You can check out the full list of nominess after the break!

Theatrical Motion Pictures

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Jeff Bridges / Bad Blake - "Crazy Heart" (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

George Clooney / Ryan Bingham »

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Up In The Air Gets Three Nods, No Ensemble, at SAG Awards 2010

17 December 2009 7:32 AM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »

The 2010 SAG Award nominations have been announced. The biggest surprise among the feature nominees was that I got 13 out of the 15 names right. The two that got away were Diane Kruger as best supporting actress for Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds and Lone Scherfig’s An Education for best ensemble. I had the former in the "less likely" list; the latter in the "strong possibility" list. The inclusion of Kruger and An Education are the two biggest surprises among the SAG nominations as well. For supporting actress I expected Julianne Moore to be shortlisted for A Single Man — or that perhaps Emma Thompson for An Education or Samantha Morton for The Messenger would sneak in and join [...] »

- Andre Soares

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16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominations

17 December 2009 7:11 AM, PST | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »

Nominees for the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG Awards) for both film and television categories were announced this morning. Michelle Monaghan and Chris O'Donnell announced the nominees at the Pacific Design Center's Silver Screen Theater in West Hollywood.

The 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be simulcast live nationally on TNT and TBS on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010 at 8 p.m. Et/Pt, 7 p.m. Ct, and 6 p.m. Mt from the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center. Recipients of the stunt ensemble honors will be announced from the SAG Awards red carpet during the TNT.TV and TBS.Com live pre-show webcasts.

If you want to predict the acting categories for the Oscars, look no further than the results of the Screen Actors Guild Awards. Voted by actors' peers, the SAG award has closely resembled the winners of the Oscars in the past few years.

For example, the SAG »

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Executive Producer James Stern talks with MakingOf About his decision to develop "An Education"

16 December 2009 6:02 AM, PST | Makingof.com | See recent Makingof.com news »

link: http://makingof.com/vault/media/producer-jim-stern-discusses-an-education/885

James Stern, Chairman and CEO of Endgame Entertainment, is a prolific producer who has made more than 20 feature films, 15 Broadway and off Broadway hits including "The Producers," "Stomp" and "Hairspray," and produced and directed documentary films. MakingOf CEO Christine Aylward talks with Stern about the factors that motivated him to get involved with the independent film "An Education." In the conversation Stern praises Nick Hornby's writing and calls him "one of my real heroes." He further details that as a father, the script stood out to him for it's ability to capture the main character's journey from innocence to knowledge.

Later in the conversation, Stern reflects on an early meeting he had with director Lone Scherfig and recalls an important point she made. He explains Scherfig was adamant that she didn't want this to be a period piece. She wanted it to »

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An Education

14 December 2009 10:28 PM, PST | The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news »

An Education

Directed by: Lone Scherfig

Cast: Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina, Olivia Williams, Emma Thompson

Running Time: 1 hr 40 mins

Rating: PG-13

Release Date: November 26, 2009

Plot: Set in the 1960s in suburban London, this is a coming-of-age story about Jenny (Mulligan). This teenager’s life is changed when a playboy (Sarsgaard) nearly twice her age shows some interest. Screenplay written by author Nick Hornby (”About a Boy,” “High Fidelity”).

Who’S It For? It’s a period piece with a tough topic … there’s a big age difference in this relationship. Those looking for a strong (young) female lead, that may have a chance at an Oscar should make sure they see this film.

Expectations: Peter Sarsgaard has been in a ton of films, but the last one I really liked was Jarhead. I knew nothing about director Lone Scherfig, whose other films are Hjemve and Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself. »

- Jeff Bayer

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Interview: Lone Scherfig (An Education)

12 December 2009 6:25 PM, PST | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »

"Carey Mulligan was found by our casting director. We looked at a lot of girls but I had a good idea of who Jenny should be." - Following in the footsteps of fellow Danish filmmakers (the Biers, the Bornedals and the von Triers) who move between English-language film fair and projects in their native tongue, Lone Scherfig has parlayed her experiences in smaller fair meant for a more “localized” audience into a a smashing coming-of-age film set in 1960's London where a teen girl embraces adulthood via the charm of a man twice her age. Since debuting An Education to plenty of praise at Sundance, the best known for Italian for Beginners filmmaker receives a report card that is graded by critics with A and high B's. Lead by Carey Mulligan in one of those star making performances that is being cross referenced with big names from silver screen's vault, »

- Ioncinema.com Staff

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