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13 May 2013 8:00 AM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »

Five years ago, Glen Basner and Steven Samuels took a leap of faith and started sales company FilmNation as the world’s economy went into a nosedive.

“It was a terrible time to start,” Samuels admits. “Everyone was in a preserve-and- protect mode and wanted to get out of their obligations. The silver lining is that we wound up revisiting all aspects of our (business) plans.”

Basner agrees, emphasizing that FilmNation needed to be flexible to get past the past — mainly by backing a few less-than-obvious projects rather than the panic approach of going for volume.

We started to operate in different ways that made better sense for the new world order,” he says. “We were focused on having a diversified slate of films — a mixture of commercial wide-release films like ‘Sanctum’ and specialty films such as ‘The King’s Speech.’”

In the five years since FilmNation debuted, the movie business has undergone deep changes, »

- Dave McNary

15 April 2013 4:30 AM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »

The Tribeca Film Festival have announced the juries for each category of competition. A host of actors, directors and journalists have been selected that include Evan Rachel Wood, Paul Haggis, Josh Radnor, Eva Longoria and Bryce Dallas Howard.

The members selected will be judging the films that fall within their respective categories, and you can check out the list below.  Make sure to check back with us for all the latest from Tribeca including reviews, interviews and more!  The festival runs from April 17th – April 28th in New York City.

World Competition Categories

The jurors for the 2013 World Narrative Competition are:

Kenny Lonergan:  Academy Award®-nominated playwright, filmmaker and screenwriter. Credits include You Can Count On Me,Gangs of New York, and Margaret. His stage credits include Lobby Hero, The Waverly Gallery and This is Our Youth. He is a member of the Naked Angels Theater Company in New York. »

- Damen Norton

10 April 2013 11:01 AM, PDT | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »

The Tribeca Film Festival announced today that it has selected 42 jurors for this year’s festival. The jurors include members of the filmmaking community — including Bryce Dallas Howard, Whoopi Goldberg, Paul Haggis, Taraji P. Henson, Kenneth Lonergan, Eva Longoria, Josh Radnor, and Evan Rachel Wood — as well as policy makers and entertainment business leaders.

According to a press release, the seven juries will award $180,000 in cash and prizes during the Festival (April 17-28). Tribeca All Access (Taa) Creative Promise Awards will award an additional $20,000 — $10,000 for narrative and $10,000 for documentary. All winners will also receive a work of original art by »

- Lanford Beard

7 March 2013 3:05 AM, PST | BuzzSugar | See recent BuzzSugar news »

James Franco steps away from his indie project and into major blockbuster territory with this week's Oz the Great and Powerful, but the actor has been making a splash since movies like Whatever It Takes. Find out how well you know Franco by matching the close-up to the movie it comes from. Question 1 of 5 ? Name that movie: Milk In the Valley of Elah Sonny Annapolis »

- Maggie Pehanick

27 February 2013 8:16 AM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

It's difficult to do military-related Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (Ptsd) films because they almost always seem to boil down to "Support the Troops".  It's a message that doesn't really work with War on Terror movies because this isn't Vietnam; everyone is supporting the troops.  While there's certainly not enough attention paid to soldiers returning with Ptsd, films like Stop-Loss and In the Valley of Elah become statements rather than stories where we don't care about the characters and their struggles.  Ptsd feels like it's being used as a dramatic crutch rather than being honestly explored.  More damning, it feels like a safe way to explore the Iraq War—commentary without controversy.  Hopefully, Greg Williams' upcoming film Samarkand will avoid the pitfalls of other Ptsd films.  According to Deadline, Tom Hardy has signed on to star in the film, so that's a good start. Hit the jump for more details. »

- Matt Goldberg

20 February 2013 8:14 PM, PST | Cinelinx | See recent Cinelinx news »

Our Oscar coverage continues. Here we overview the best acting and best directing award nominees. 

Best Actor Nominees                                 

Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook

 Age: 38

Previously Best Known For: “Phil” from The Hangover

Previous Oscar Nominations: None

Interesting Fact: Was a medalist on the Men's Heavyweight Crew team at Georgetown University.

Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln

Age: 55

Previously Best Known For:

“Bill Cutting” from Gangs of New York

“Daniel Plainview” from There Will Be Blood

Previous Oscar Nominations: 4

Won – Best Actor, Leading Role for There Will Be Blood (2007)

Nominated – Best Actor, Leading Role for Gangs of New York (2002)

Nominated – Best Actor, Leading Role for In The Name of The Father (1993)

Won – Best Actor, Leading Role for My Left Foot (1989)

Interesting Fact: He first became interested in acting when he learned to replicate the accent and mannerisms of people in his neighborhood to avoid standing out to bullies.

Hugh Jackman – Les Misérables

Age: 44

Previously »

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