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21 December 2001 | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Hugh Jackman was shocked to hear he's been nominated for one of next year's Golden Globe Awards. The Australian star was at Los Angeles' Beverly Hilton Hotel Thursday morning to present the nominations for next year's ceremony alongside Lucy Liu and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos. But Hugh had the tables turned on him when he was told he was one of five stars nominated for Best Actor in a musical or comedy - for his role in upcoming flick Kate & Leopold. And Hugh - one of a host of Australians honored with nominations - was stunned to be named. He says, "It's a thrilling morning and I'm delighted that lots of other Aussies are up there with me. We used to watch the Golden Globes and the Oscars at home in Australia when I was a kid and have parties - but we never did them as well as the Americans." Jackman - who won't be seen in Kate & Leopold until its release in America on Christmas Day - will have to beat Ewan McGregor, Billy Bob Thornton, Gene Hackman and John Cameron Mitchell to pick up the gong at the ceremony on January 20th.

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29 January 2001 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

The Sundance Film Festival concluded over the weekend without a single bidding war erupting over any entry -- but high praise being doled out generously to most of the winners (and, indeed, numerous contenders, as well) nevertheless. The big winner in the dramatic competition was Henry Bean's The Believer, about a neo-Nazi who is discovered to be a Jew. Hedwig and the Angry Inch took the top audience award as well as the best director's award. In the documentary competition, the top prize went to Southern Comfort, about a transsexual suffering from ovarian cancer.

THE TOP SUNDANCE PRIZES: Grand Jury: Drama: The Believer, Documentary: Southern Comfort; Audience Awards: Drama: Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Documentary: (tie) Scout's Honor, Dogtown and Z-Boys; Directing Awards Drama: John Cameron Mitchell, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Documentary: Stacy Peralta, Dogtown and Z-boys; Cinematography Award: Drama: Giles Nuttgens, The Deep End, Documentary: Albert Maysles, Lalee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton; Freedom of Expression Award (for informing or educating audiences on a social issue): Tom Shepard, Scout's Honor; Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: Christopher Nolan, Memento; Special Jury Prize: Actors Tom Wilkinson and Sissy Spacek, In the Bedroom; World Cinema: The Road Home, China; Latin American Jury Prizes: Possible Loves, Brazil, Without a Trace, Mexico; Latin American Special Jury Mention: Coffin Joe: The Strange World of Jose Mojica Marins, Brazil; Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking: Gina, an Actress, age 29; Honorable Mentions, Short Filmmaking: Delusions in Modern Primitivism, Jigsaw Venus, Metropopular, Peter Rabbit and the Crucifix, Pie Fight '69, Sweet, Zen and the Art of Landscaping.

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