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'Slumdog Millionaire' is Top Dog at Oscars

22 February 2009 9:47 PM, PST | From TheInsider.com | See recent The Insider news

The rags-to-riches Mumbai drama 'Slumdog Millionaire' took the top prize at the 81st annual Academy Awards, with Sean Penn and Kate Winslet earning the top acting awards during a creatively revamped show at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood Sunday night. Click Here for the complete list of winners! Beating out 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,' 'Frost/Nixon,' 'Milk' and 'The Reader' for Best Picture, 'Slumdog' was also awarded Best Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Original Song, Original Score, Sound Editing, Film Editing and Best Director. Upon receiving his Oscar, director Danny Boyle jumped up and down "in the spirit of Tigger" for his children, a promise he made to them years ago, and singled out the people of Mumbai, saying, "all of you who helped us make the film, and all of those who didn't, you dwarf this guy (Oscar)." Winning the top honor of the

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SAG Live Blogging (Part 2)

25 January 2009 8:31 PM, PST | From FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news

continued from part one

9:03 One thing I should mention about Sally Field. I love that she referred to her fellow nominees (i.e. the losers) as "the cable girls." Heh. Whoever chose the clips for the TV Drama Actress category (which also included the great Holly Hunter looking ravishing as always) defines great acting as screaming. Every clip was pitched to the rafters. Is the editor a member of SAG too.

It wouldn't surprise me. They're such suckers for the Big moments.

9:04 Forrest Whitaker loves James Earl Jones's "mesmerizing deep valley voice". That's great. Maybe Whitaker should do this live-blogging because my descriptive powers have failed me. Jones is accepting a lifetime achievement award (the name I forget). Apparently Jones moved to Michigan at age 5 and his life changed after winning a poetry contest. (I won a spelling bee contest in Michigan but it did not change

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NATHANIEL R

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'Slumdog,' Streep & Penn Top Dogs at SAG Awards

25 January 2009 8:07 PM, PST | From TheInsider.com | See recent The Insider news

From Meryl Streep and Sean Penn's surprise wins to another "30 Rock" sweep, the kudos were evenly distributed at the 15th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles Sunday night. The only awards show of the year in which actors in film and television honor their own, the Guild's unexpected winners provided some spice to this year's awards season odds. Click here for the Complete List of Winners! 'Slumdog Millionaire' continued to prove that it is the little movie that could this season, winning the award for Outstanding Ensemble Cast over 'Frost/Nixon,' 'Milk,' 'Doubt' and 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.' But both 'Milk' and 'Doubt' had their day, with unexpected Best Actor and Best Actress wins respectively for screen vets Penn and Streep. Penn bested Richard Jenkins, Frank Langella, Brad Pitt and Mickey Rourke for his first SAG win ever after

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Ricardo Montalban: From Latin Lovers to Khan (1920-2009)

16 January 2009 8:38 AM, PST | From FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news

Yesterday was a heavy business day so I'm late on the news.

The most important movie item yesterday was the passing of Ricardo Montalban (pictured left, source). He was 88 years old when he passed away on Wednesday. His greatest fame came in the 80s from television. You may remember him as either "Mr. Roarke" on Fantasy Island, "Zach Powers" on Dynasty spinoff The Colbys or as the title villain in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) --the only Star Trek outing I've ever loved and largely thanks to him. Khan was a character he was reprising from a guest stint on the 60s television show and yes, that was his real chest in the movie. He was eating his spinach as a sexagenarian.

Like many actors who get choice supporting roles in genre movies and/or television stardom in their senior years, Montalban was already famous. He'd been both

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NATHANIEL R

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Tony Martin, 96, Returning To Stage

8 January 2009 1:38 AM, PST | From Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news

At the age of 96, Tony Martin, who starred in numerous Hollywood musicals in the 1940s and '50s, is returning to live performances, opening tonight (Thursday) at the Rrazz Room at the Hotel Nikko in San Francisco, the San Francisco Chronicle reported today. The newspaper, which indicated that Martin's singing voice has remarkably been unaffected by age, said that Martin plans to perform many of the hit songs from his movies, including "To Each His Own," "I Get Ideas," "I Hear a Rhapsody," "La Vie en Rose" and "There's No Tomorrow." His desire to return to work, the newspaper indicated, came following the death of dancer Cyd Charisse, his wife of 65 years, last year. Often referred to as the last of Hollywood's actor-singers, Martin told the Chronicle that he doesn't accept the description and points out that Hugh Jackman is doing what he once did.

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Catherine Hardwicke To Be Inducted Into Texas Film Hall Of Fame

7 January 2009 5:08 PM, PST | From twilightersanonymous.com | See recent TwilightersAnonymous news

Hardwicke To Be Inducted Into Hall Of FameTwilight director and McAllen native Catherine Hardwicke will be inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame.The AustinAmerican Statesman reported on Tuesday that Harwicke and others will be honored at a ceremony at Austin Studios on March 12.The event marks the ninth annual event which raises money for the Austin Film Society.Past inductees include Horton Foote Cyd Charisse Ethan Hawke and Farrah Fawcett.Complete article here.Regardless of how things ended with Summit Catherine deserves this. She brought Twilight to life. Maybe not in the way we thought she should but I believe she did her best. And she managed to break box office records as a female director. Im glad that the Texas Film Hall of Fame will be honoring her.What do you think of Catherine being inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame?

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R.I.P. 2008: A Rough Year For Hollywood

5 January 2009 3:56 PM, PST | From ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news

For me, the only part of the Oscars worth watching every year is their tribute video, highlighting those in the movie industry that passed away in the previous year. It always puts a lump in my throat and often surprises me due to the passing of people I hadn’t heard about. And with the actors who were popular decades ago, it gives me a sense of melancholy nostalgia.

TCM (Turner Classic Movies) has put together their version of a tribute video which you can watch below, and it gave me the same feelings I just mentioned (I wasn’t aware they do one every year). It’s a beautiful video and very classy. They did miss a couple of people which I mention below.

 

I would suggest you watch the video before moving on to the list of names below it. It includes actors, directors, composers, screenwriters, animators, etc.

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Vic Holtreman

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