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TCM Classic Film Festival Continues To Expand In Final Weeks Before April 12 Opening

28 March 2012 1:28 PM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »

Latest Additions Include Star-Studded Appearances, Noted Film Historians,

An Opening-Night Poolside Screening of High Society (1956)

And a Vanity Fair Showcase of Architecture in Film

Complete Schedule for 2012 TCM Classic Film Festival

Now Available at http://www.tcm.com/festival

With just over two weeks left before opening day, the 2012 TCM Classic Film Festival continues to expand its already-packed slate with new events and live appearances:

On opening night of the festival, the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel will be the site of a poolside screening of the lavish Cole Porter musical High Society (1956), starring Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby. Actresses Maud Adams and Eunice Gayson will attend a 50th Anniversary screening of the James Bond classic Dr. No (1962) and participate in a conversation about being “Bond Girls.” Filmmaker Mel Brooks will be on hand to introduce his brilliant parody Young Frankenstein (1974). Filmmaker John Carpenter will introduce his favorite film, the »

- Michelle McCue

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Michelle Williams, Former Academy President Walter Mirisch

20 February 2012 11:06 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »

Walter Mirisch, Michelle Williams Former Academy president Walter Mirisch, Best Actress Oscar nominee Michelle Williams, and possibly Harvey Weinstein's beard at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Oscar Nominees Luncheon, which took place in Beverly Hills on Monday, February 6, 2012. Williams is in the running for her portrayal of Marilyn Monroe during the making of Laurence Olivier's The Prince and the Showgirl in Simon Curtis' My Week with Marilyn, co-starring Kenneth Branagh and Eddie Redmayne. (Photo: Greg Harbaugh / © A.M.P.A.S.) Williams' Best Actress competitors are six-time nominee Glenn Close in Rodrigo García's Albert Nobbs, seventeen-time nominee Meryl Streep in Phyllida Lloyd's The Iron Lady, two-time nominee Viola Davis in Tate Taylor's The Help, and first-timer Rooney Mara in David Fincher's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Michelle Williams has been nominated for two previous Academy Awards. Her first was »

- D. Zhea

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Bette Davis, Fay Kanin: AMPAS Only Two Women Presidents

17 February 2012 4:03 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »

Don Ameche, Honorary Oscar-less Claudette Colbert in Mitchell Leisen's Midnight Honorary Oscars and Women Pt.3: Deceased Honorary Oscar-less – Joan Crawford, Ava Gardner, Claudette Colbert, Greer Garson Most — though definitely not all — male winners of Honorary Oscars for career achievement merited their statuettes because, whether or not you or I admire their acting or directorial or producing or screenwriting skills, they hold an indelible place in motion picture history. But if gender-related prejudices haven't played a role in the selection of honorees, why hasn't the Academy been able to find more women deserving of that same recognition? * I didn't include the numerous special Oscars given to individuals for specific achievements (e.g., to William Cameron Menzies for his work with color in Gone with the Wind), or in recognition for "contributions" to the Academy. The latter Honorary Awards were "Thank You" — not career — Oscars. In any case, with one exception — Onna White, »

- Andre Soares

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