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2009 | 2008
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Orlando Bloom regrets pulling out of Brit movie
28 December 2009 3:15 AM, PST | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Brit actor Orlando Bloom has revealed he regrets pulling out of the movie An Education. The Pirates of The Caribbean star, 32, had been offered one of the lead roles in the Nick Hornby-scripted film. When he turned it down, the part went to Mamma Mia star Dominic Cooper. He stars alongside Carey Mulligan as Jenny Mellor, a 16-year-old growing up in London in the 1960s whose life changes when she meets a man more than twice her age, played by Peter Sarsgaard. But now a source has told the UK's Daily Mail: 'Orlando is a huge fan of Nick Hornby and he bitterly regrets the decision. 'He backed out because he thought it revolved too »
- Nicola Pittam
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, »
Amanda Seyfried to Leave 'Big Love' for Movie Career
17 December 2009 10:34 PM, PST | Celebrity Mania | See recent Celebrity Mania news »
The cast and crew members of "Big Love" will soon say goodbye to Amanda Seyfried. According to TV Guide Magazine, the depicter Sarah Henrickson is going leave the HBO's show because she wants to focus on her career on big screen.
"She's been exploring her movie career for a couple of years now, and we've been giving her a lot of room to do that," the show's creator Will Scheffer said of the reason of Amanda's departure. "I know having a commitment to a show for six months definitely cuts into her ability to pursue that career."
Fortunately, the 24-year-old beauty will still be in the drama series' upcoming fourth season, up until the eight episode. In the third episode, in particular, Amanda's character Sarah will get married against her parents' consent, and later "she's moving away" in the eighth, Will confirmed.
"Big Love" is television drama about a Mormon fundamentalist family in Sandy, »
- celebrity-mania.com
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
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
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 »
- Michelle
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
 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
 Meryl Streep, Julie & JuliaOutstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role: Matt Damon, Invictus
 Woody Harrelson, The Messenger Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
 Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones Christoph Waltz, Inglourious BasterdsOutstanding Performance by a »
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 »
- dennis
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 »
- Manny
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 »
Ray Stevenson Talks Fat Volstagg in Thor
11 December 2009 8:32 PM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
Ray Stevenson made his mark playing Titus Pullo in the incredible Rome series, but he also made a splash earlier this year playing the title character of Frank Castle in Punisher: War Zone. Unfortunately the film was a bit of a disaster critically and at the box office but he was perfectly cast and did his job right.
Stevenson has also played some cool characters in King Arthur and Outpost among many others, but the best is yet to come as we’ll be seeing a lot more of the growing star in the next few years with him being cast and working on a few big films including a role in the Denzel Washington starrer, The Book of Eli. For the Rome fans out there, a feature film based after the series is also in development so we can expect to see Titus Pullo back in action yet again. »
- Rob Keyes
Mamma Mia! star Pierce Brosnan never thought it would be such a success
11 December 2009 5:30 AM, PST | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Mamma Mia! star Pierce Brosnan has said he never thought the movie would be such a success. The 56-year-old actor played the role of Sam in the hit movie opposite Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried and Dominic Cooper. Talking of the movie, he said: 'I didn't expect it to be such a big success. Abba I knew, because I love music. 'I'd seen the great glory of their success and I'd also seen the ridicule they endured. But the overriding factor was the great success and happiness of love songs that they brought to people's lives. 'That, partnered with Meryl Streep, who was impeccable, and that a woman who was going to direct it, meant I felt »
- Sophie Eager
D.C. Film Critics Circle Awards Honor Carey Mulligan, Nine and More
7 December 2009 2:07 PM, PST | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »
The Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association (Wafca) today announced their 2009 winners, awarding Best Film to Up in the Air. Additionally, awards were given to Broadway star Carey Mulligan, most recently of The Seagull, for her work in the film "An Education," as well as the upcoming film of Maury Yeston's "Nine."
Relative newcomer Carey Mulligan took home the Best Actress award for An Education, while what many considered the only locks of the season - the Best Supporting Actor and Actress categories - went to Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) and Mo'Nique (Precious), respectively. Precious also walked away with the Best Breakthrough Performance for first-time actress Gabourey Sidibe.
"We are thrilled with these results," said Tim Gordon, president of Wafca. "As with every year, there were consensus favorites as well as surprises that both stunned and delighted us. In a year full of as many great films as this one, »
Matt Smith turned down for 'Inbetweeners'
27 November 2009 8:01 AM, PST | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Matt Smith unsuccessfully auditioned for The Inbetweeners prior to landing his iconic Doctor Who role, Digital Spy has learned exclusively. The show's writer Iain Morris revealed that Smith made it down to the final two in the audition process for lead character Will - later won by actor Simon Bird - but was turned down because of his good looks. "We auditioned literally 1000 people - including Matt Smith who is the new Doctor. And I'm sure Dominic Cooper at one point too! "He was brilliant - down to the last two for Will, I think. I think (more) »
- By Dan French
Matt Smith rejected for 'Inbetweeners'
27 November 2009 8:01 AM, PST | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Matt Smith unsuccessfully auditioned for The Inbetweeners prior to landing his iconic Doctor Who role, Digital Spy has learned exclusively. The show's writer Iain Morris revealed that Smith made it down to the final two in the audition process for lead character Will - later won by actor Simon Bird - but was turned down because of his good looks. "We auditioned literally 1000 people - including Matt Smith who is the new Doctor. And I'm sure Dominic Cooper at one point too! "He was brilliant - down to the last two for Will, I think. I think (more) »
- By Dan French
Cooper's Mamma Mia! Sequel Concerns
26 November 2009 4:01 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
British star Dominic Cooper is desperate to star in a Mamma Mia! sequel - but he fears movie bosses will leave him out if a new movie is made.
The actor has heard rumours a follow-up to the successful 2008 movie musical is in the works, but he has not yet been approached to reprise his role.
He says, "I'm quite worried because a lot of people are talking and hearing about this number two but I haven't heard anything yet. It is giving me the impression that perhaps I am not included in this one. I'm hearing whispers it may be a prequel so I'm thinking, if it is that is not good for me."
Cooper has very fond memories of making Mamma Mia! because he met girlfriend Amanda Seyfried on the set, playing her love interest.
The Abba-themed film, which stars Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan and Colin Firth, scored huge box office success with global takings of $573 million (£385 million). »
Blu-Ray Review: ‘Mamma Mia! The Movie’ Given Gift Set Treatment
24 November 2009 7:30 PM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – It’s the most wonderful time of the year for Blu-Ray and DVD collectors. Every holiday season, studios pull out their most beloved films, polish up the picture, maybe add a special feature or two, and usually throw in a few collectibles for a gift set. Recent gift set releases include limited edition boxes for “Gone With the Wind,” “The Wizard of Oz,” and “Christmas Vacation”. The gleefully campy “Mamma Mia! The Movie” seems like a perfect fit and “The Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! More Gift Set” should make fans of the movie happy but is clearly the lowest rung on the ladder when it comes to these season releases.
Blu-Ray Rating: 2.5/5.0
Before we even get to the movie, what qualifies as a gift set? With recent releases including such unusual items as a watch (“Wizard of Oz”) and fake snow (“Christmas Vacation”), don’t you think a film as weird as “Mamma Mia! »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Thor’s Army Keeps Growing as Kat Dennings Joins the Cast
23 November 2009 12:05 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
This weekend, Natalie Portman said that she was excited to be working with her friend Kat Dennings on Kenneth Branagh’s adaptation of Marvel’s Thor, and so the cast of the highly-anticipated superhero movie continues to grow. In the past week alone we’ve heard about the casting of Stuart Townsend, Ray Stevenson, and Tadanobu Asano as the Warriors Three and Idris Elba as Heimdall. Now we’ve learned that busty hottie Kat Dennings will be in the film. Hit the jump and wonder if we’ll be hearing more casting tomorrow. Thor was created in 1962 so I’m sure there are some more characters they could squeeze in there.
Speaking with Natalie Portman over the weekend, MTV learned that Portman’s friend and Nick and Nora’s Infinite Playlist star Kat Dennings would have a role in the film although that role remains unknown. Looking through the list »
- Matt Goldberg
Thor’s Hammer Strikes another Talented Actor as Idris Elba Comes on Board
19 November 2009 9:34 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
If you’ve seen The Wire, you know that Idris Elba is a ridiculously talented actor who has yet to become a massive success stateside. But now that’s just a matter of time as he already appeared last season on The Office (which didn’t really utilize his talent but a lot of folks watch it, myself included), will appear next year in the comic book action flick The Losers and now he’s landed a role in Kenneth Branagh’s upcoming adaptation of Marvel’s Thor.
Show some respect to Stringer Bell and hit the jump for details.
According to Heat Vision Blog, Elba will play “Heimdall; as the guardian of Asgard, he stands on the BiFrost Bridge ready to defend the city from intruders.” Now that’s pretty damn cool, not just because everyone else in Asgard is apparently too lazy to defend their own damn city, »
- Matt Goldberg
Peaceful Warriors
17 November 2009 9:20 AM, PST | Movieline | See recent Movieline news »
Thor has finally cast its last major roles, filling the slots of Thor's main comrades, the Warriors Three. Rome's Ray Stevenson will play Volstagg the Valiant, Tadanobu Asano is set for Hogun the Grim, and Fandral the Dashing will be played by Stuart Townsend (left). Incidentally, Movieline heard that the production locked everybody but the tough-to-cast Fandral weeks ago, but producers held off on an announcement until they had the full trio. Sorry, Dominic Cooper! [Variety] »
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