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Underdog Reitman Now an Oscar Favorite
(AP) Two years ago, director Jason Reitman's "Juno" was the consummate Oscar underdog. An independent film without A-list stars, it went on to earn four Oscar nominations, winning best original screenplay for Diablo Cody.
Reitman's new, widely
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Effects wow, story limps in 'Avatar'
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A battle scene takes place in the effects-laden 3-D film from James Cameron, "Avatar." It opens in theaters today.AP
2.5 stars (out of four).
Directed by James Cameron. Starring Giovanni Ribisi, Steven Lang, Sam
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Capsule reviews: `Avatar' and others
Capsule reviews of films opening this week:
"Avatar" - James Cameron's 3-D epic has all the smack of a Film Not To Miss - a movie whose effects are clearly revolutionary, a spectacle that millions will find adventure in. But it nevertheless feels
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James Cameron's 'Avatar' takes off with $27 million
LOS ANGELES James Cameron's space fantasy 'Avatar' has launched with a solid $27 million opening day at the box office.
Storms in the East likely will hurt the movie's prospects to approach the December opening weekend record of $77.2 million set by
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`Avatar' blasts off with $232.2 million worldwide
James Cameron's space fantasy "Avatar" has launched with a solid $27 million opening day at the box office.
Storms in the East likely will hurt the movie's prospects to approach the December opening weekend record of $77.2 million set by Will Smith's "
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Review: Love's simple-minded in `It's Complicated'
Streep follows her delightful turn as Julia Child in "Julie & Julia" and sparkling voice work in "Fantastic Mr. Fox" with a charming performance as a divorced woman in an affair with her remarried ex-husband (Alec Baldwin) and a flirtation with a new
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‘Avatar’ could get nine Oscar nominations
LOS ANGELES - Since June, when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences opened the best picture race to 10 nominees, Oscar has been waiting for a knight in shining box office armor — preferably a "Dark Knight": a commercial powerhouse with
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James Cameron: China should let more movies in
James Cameron: China should let more movies in By GILLIAN WONG Associated Press Writer Andy Wong Film Director James Cameron, center, speaks while film producer Jon Landau, right, and Jim Gianopulos, chief executive of Fox Filmed Entertainment, left,
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James Cameron urges China to open doors to foreign movies
Filmmaker James Cameron has urged Chinese government to ease its restrictions on the number of foreign films allowed to be screened a year, insisting that 'opening the doors' to the outside film industries would actually boost the country's standing in
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Movie review: Love is simple-minded in 'It's Complicated,' though Streep's always a pleasure
That said, a simple-minded story can benefit enormously with Meryl Streep on screen for almost an entire movie.
Streep follows her delightful turn as Julia Child in "Julie&Julia" and sparkling voice work in "Fantastic Mr. Fox" with a charming
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"Sherlock Holmes" beats out "Avatar" at box office
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - British director Guy Ritchie's "Sherlock Holmes" set a Christmas Day sales record at the box office in North America, taking a narrow lead over last weekend's champ, "Avatar," according to early estimates released on
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Merry Xmas in Hollywood: Box-office record falls
Merry Xmas in Hollywood: Box-office record falls By JAKE COYLE AP Entertainment Writer Andy Wong Film Director James Cameron, center, poses with his film producer Jon Landau, left, and Jim Gianopulos, chief executive of Fox Filmed Entertainment, right,
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Merry Xmas in Hollywood: Box-office record falls
NEW YORK -- It was a memorable and merry Christmas in Hollywood as moviegoers shattered box-office records, responding in droves to a diverse array of high-profile releases over the holiday weekend.
The estimated $278 million in weekend box-office
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Avatar, 3D and Twitter head AFI's 'Moments of Significance' for 2009
'AVATAR,' ANIMATION, TWITTER & THE RECESSION AMONG AFI'S MOMENTS OF SIGNIFICANCE (THR, VAR, SCR)
The American Film Institute has hailed James Cameron's Avatar as one of the eight "Moments of Significance" for 2009. The Moments list, which cites
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Movie Director Jackson Named a New Zealand Knight
WELLINGTON, New Zealand – The king of Middle Earth is being made a
knight — for real.
Film writer and director Peter Jackson, whose widely acclaimed
"Lord of the Rings" trilogy scooped 17 Oscars, has been made a
knight in New Zealand's New Year Honors'
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Obama family goes to the movies to see 'Avatar' (AP)
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President Barack Obama's family is watching the movie "Avatar."
The Obamas visited a movie theater near their rented vacation home in Hawaii on Thursday morning for a screening of the sci-fi
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KEISSER: Rose Bowl is here, but does anyone care?
sustenance depends on the resale of tickets, they've had no problem finding out-of-town buyers, but Southern Californians shrug it off like a Clippers game.
The Ducks are here, in flocks. Their fans have taken up residence in Pasadena, and word on the
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'Avatar' Crosses $300 Million Domestically In The Saturday Box Office Report
Moviegoers are proving that Pandora is a planet worthy of multiple visits, as James Cameron's "Avatar" managed a first place finish on Friday evening, well on track for its third weekend victory in a row.
Given the stateside performance, "Avatar" is
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'Avatar' rules with $68.3M, tops $1B worldwide
LOS ANGELES - James Cameron's science-fiction epic "Avatar" had another stellar weekend with $68.3 million domestically, shooting past $1 billion worldwide, only the fifth movie ever to hit that mark.
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'Avatar' rakes in $1 billion worldwide
Los Angeles James Cameron's science-fiction epic "Avatar" had another stellar weekend with $68.3 million domestically, shooting past $1 billion worldwide, only the fifth movie ever to hit that mark.
No. 1 for the third-straight weekend, 20th Century
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'Avatar' vs. 'District 9' vs. 'Trek'?
I am so excited to see District 9 and Star Trek getting some love! They both deserve it. I like Avatar as well, but I think both Star Trek and District 9 are better films.
Actors make up the largest voting block in the Academy. My guess is that
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Double Atomic Bomb Survivor Dies In Japan
TOKYO -- Tsutomu Yamaguchi, the only person officially recognized as a survivor of both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings at the end of World War II, has died at age 93.
Yamaguchi was in Hiroshima on a business trip for his shipbuilding
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Cameron, Reitman earn Director nods
In this Dec. 3, 2009 file photo, director James Cameron poses for a picture in Los Angeles. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Chris Carlson, file
LOS ANGELES - The science-fiction blockbuster "Avatar" has earned James Cameron his latest nomination for the top
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Chinese box office soars to nearly $1B in 2009
James Cameron is seen promoting Avatar in Beijing before Christmas. Hollywood studios are eager to gain more access into China's theatres, amid the rapid growth of the Chinese box office in the past few years. (Andy Wong/Associated Press)China's box
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Zoe Saldana's action joy
Zoe Saldana finds action scenes "sexy".
The 31-year-old actress - who plays a tough CIA agent called Aisha in 'The Losers' -has suffered a series of injuries after trying to do her own stunts but refuses to let anyone else stand in for her.
Sporting a
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'Avatar' Remains In Orbit With $48.5M Weekend
James Cameron's tale of humans and aliens in conflict on a distant world climbed to $429 million domestically, putting it at No. 6 on the all-time box-office chart. Worldwide, "Avatar" has streaked to $1.34 billion, second on the global revenue chart
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Some See Racist Theme In Alien Adventure 'Avatar'
Near the end of the hit film "Avatar," the villain snarls at the hero, "How does it feel to betray your own race?" Both men are white -- although the hero is inhabiting a blue-skinned, 9-foot-tall, long-tailed alien.
Strange as it may seem for a film
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Rugby fans to get 3D view of England vs Wales
Cinemas already saw a boom in 3D film sales last year - with James Cameron's blockbuster Avatar leading the way. Of the 10 major 3D movies released in 2009, four were in the top 10 highest grossing films at the global box office.
And now rugby fans are
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Vatican: Avatar promotes pantheism
The Vatican newspaper and radio station criticised James Cameron's 3-D blockbuster Avatar for flirting with the idea that worship of nature can replace religion - a notion the Pope warned against.
They call the film a simplistic and sappy tale, despite
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Chow Yun-fat says 'Confucius' will succeed along with blockbuster 'Avatar'
Chow said he expected "Confucius" to put up a good fight against James Cameron's science fiction fantasy "Avatar," a global hit that raced to $4.8 million on its first day in China and is expected to earn more than 500 million yuan ($73 million) at the
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"Nine," "Basterds" Lead Critics' Choices
(AP) A musical about moviemaking, a World War II tale about Nazi-killing Jews and an otherworldly space drama are top contenders at Friday's Critics' Choice Awards.
"Nine" and "Inglourious Basterds" come into the contest with 10 nominations each.
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Critics' choose Iraq war drama `The Hurt Locker' as best picture
FILE - In this file film publicity image released by 20th Century Fox, the character Neytiri, voiced by Zoe Saldana, right, and the character Jake, voiced by Sam Worthington are shown in a scene from, "Avatar."
With movie awards season now in full
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'Avatar' poised for fifth weekend win
James Cameron's
"Avatar" is steaming toward another weekend win.
The boxoffice behemoth dropped just 18% from its previous
Friday-Sunday tally for an estimated $41.3 million through Sunday,
with its $491.8 million domestic cume part of a $1.61
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King Cameron redux? `Avatar' aims for Oscar glory
Director James Cameron poses with the award for best motion picture drama for “Avatar” backstage at the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Producer Jon Landau, left, and
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James Cameron's 'Avatar' will be pulled from Chinese theaters
BEIJING — Chinese censors have ordered the 2D version of "Avatar" pulled from screens across the country, apparently to reduce competition for the homegrown film industry.
The 3D and IMAX versions of James Cameron's global hit will continue their run
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China says not forcing "Avatar" off the screens
Canadian director James Cameron and U.S. actress Sigourney Weaver pose for the media to promote the latest movie Avatar in Berlin, December 8, 2009. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz
BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Wednesday denied that it was forcing the box office
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BAFTA Unveils Award Nominations
LONDON -- James Cameron's " Avatar," Kathryn Bigelow's " The Hurt
Locker" and Lone Scherfig's " An Education" emerged with eight
nominations apiece for this year's Orange British Academy Film
Awards, including noms for best film and best director.
The
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'Up in the Air' author Kirn flying high with film
Director Jason Reitman and co-screenwriter Sheldon Turner won Golden Globes for best screenplay Sunday, but "Avatar" director James Cameron and his box-office behemoth took top honors at the Globes. That could foreshadow the Academy Awards race;
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"Guys and Dolls" actress Jean Simmons dies at 80
Jean Simmons, the lovely, ethereal film star who played Ophelia to Laurence Olivier's Hamlet, sang with Marlon Brando in "Guys and Dolls" and costarred with Gregory Peck, Paul Newman and Kirk Douglas, has died. She 80.
Simmons, who won an Emmy Award
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'Inglourious Basterds' wins SAG film award
LOS ANGELES While Jeff Bridges and Sandra Bullock's chances for Academy Award gold were advanced with their trophies at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, the blockbuster "Avatar" may have felt a touch blue.
The computer-assisted performances in
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‘Avatar’ threatens to resink ‘Titanic’
James Cameron’s “Avatar” continues to race up the box office charts, remaining No. 1 domestically for the fourth straight weekend with $48.5 million and placing second among all-time top-grossing films worldwide.
The science fiction saga from 20th
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'Avatar' passes 'Titanic' on worldwide chart
LOS ANGELES - James Cameron is king of the world again. 20th Century Fox said Tuesday that the director's sci-fi spectacle, "Avatar," has passed his shipwreck saga "Titanic" to become the highest-grossing film worldwide.
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Avatar passes Titanic on worldwide chart
James Cameron is king of the world again. 20th Century Fox said Tuesday that the director's sci-fi spectacle, Avatar, has passed his shipwreck saga Titanic to become the highest-grossing film worldwide.
As of Monday, Avatar had brought in $1.859
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Oscars: The "Super Bowl" for Movies
(AP) The Academy Awards' art department is plastered with geometric and architectural images. Sketches show the brand-new stage setup in various forms. A sample of the show's crystal curtain hangs in one corner. Copper-colored circles, squares
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Nintendo chief unimpressed with iPad, planning more than just 3D for next machine
TOKYO — Nintendo's president shrugged off the just unveiled iPad tablet computer from Apple as delivering "no surprises," and displayed as little enthusiasm for 3-D technology and high-definition upgrades for games.
"It was a bigger iPod Touch," Satoru
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Kathryn Bigelow, James Cameron, Quentin Tarantino vie for director honor
LOS ANGELES — A month into Hollywood’s awards season and the competition is still wide open. "The Hurt Locker" appears to be a front-runner, but "Avatar," ”Precious," ”Inglourious Basterds" and "Up in the Air" have won their share of awards, too.
The
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Kathryn Bigelow tops directors with 'Hurt Locker'
LOS ANGELES - Kathryn Bigelow and "The Hurt Locker" became official awards-season front-runners Saturday after Bigelow won the top prize from the Directors Guild of America.
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Avatar nears US box office record
James Cameron's 3-D epic earned 30 million dollars over the weekend, and its domestic total reached 594.5 million dollars, according to studio estimates.
James Cameron's Avatar is closing in on the US box office record
That puts the film only
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'Avatar,' 'The Hurt Locker' lead Oscar nominations with 9 each
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. The science-fiction sensation "Avatar" and the war-on-terror thriller "The Hurt Locker" lead the Academy Awards with nine nominations each, including best picture and director for former spouses James Cameron and Kathryn
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`Avatar' tops $600M, beats `Titanic' domestic haul
James Cameron's "Avatar" has sailed past his blockbuster "Titanic" to become No. 1 on the all-time domestic box-office chart.
"Avatar" climbed to $601.1 million domestically on Tuesday, putting it a fraction ahead of the $600.8 million haul for
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Avatar breaks US box office record
« Previous « Previous Next » Next » View Gallery ADVERTISEMENT Published Date: 04 February 2010 James Cameron's Avatar has sailed past his blockbuster Titanic to become No 1 on the all-time US box office chart. Avatar climbed to 601.1 million dollars,
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Harry Potter star Watson is top-paid female star
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Teenage Harry Potter actress Emma Watson was named Hollywood’s highest-paid female star today.
The 19-year-old is said to have raked in £20m (€23m) last year – more than well-established actresses like Cameron Diaz – the only
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Potter star Emma Watson is Hollywood's highest-paid actress
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'Dear John' bumps 'Avatar' with $32.4M debut
A sci-fi love story has given way to an earthbound romance at the weekend box office.
"Dear John" debuted as the No. 1 movie with $32.4 million, knocking off the blockbuster "Avatar" after seven weekends in first place.
Adapted from Nicholas Sparks'
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'Dear John' bumps 'Avatar' with $32.4M debut
LOS ANGELES — A sci-fi love story has given way to an earthbound romance at the box office, livening up a typically slow time at theaters over Super Bowl weekend.
Released by Sony Screen Gems, "Dear John" made its debut as the No. 1 movie with $32.4
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Mining giant slammed over sacred land
UK mining resources giant Vedanta was criticised today for planning to exploit an Indian forest held sacred by tribal people without their "informed consent," following an appeal to Avatar's director James Cameron for help.
Amnesty International
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Valentines Party Planned for the Blind and Disabled
VAN NUYS, Calif., Feb. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Valentines Party planned for the blind and the disabled on Tuesday, February 16, 2010. Event will be held at the Visually Handicapped Adults of the Valley (VHAV), 15520 Sherman Way, Van Nuys, CA 91406
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Live or Memorex? ‘Avatar’ characters raise Oscar question over digitized performances
LOS ANGELES — "Lord of the Rings" fans once lamented the twisted little fiend Gollum — created by a blend of human performance and digital effects — didn't get his due during Hollywood's awards season.
Years later, the combination of live-action
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Live or Memorex? `Avatar' raises Oscar question
LOS ANGELES – "Lord of the Rings" fans once lamented the twisted little fiend Gollum — created by a blend of human performance and digital effects — didn't get his due during Hollywood's awards season.
Years later, the combination of live-action
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Echoes of Avatar: Is a Tribe in India the Real-Life Na'vi?
Women of the Dongria Khond tribe in Orissa, India preform a traditional dance.
On Feb. 21, the Dongria Kondh tribe of the eastern Indian state of Orissa will mark the annual festival of Niyam Raja, the king of the Niyamgiri mountain. They will gather
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Technology raises Oscar question about 'Avatar'
LOS ANGELES "Lord of the Rings" fans once lamented the twisted little fiend Gollum created by a blend of human performance and digital effects didn't get his due during Hollywood's awards season.
Years later, the combination of live-action performance
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Aussie tipped to be new Bond
FRESH from his success as an intergalactic Avatar, betting agencies are tipping Sam Worthingtoon to slide into James Bond's Aston Martin as the next 007.
The Australian hunk has become favourite, ahead of Will Smith to replace Daniel Craig as the famed
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Oscar nominees share lunch, light and sober talk
Sandra Bullock spoke of maintaining a good work ethic for years to come. Woody Harrelson spoke of soldiers. Carey Mulligan spoke about bumping butts with Quentin Tarantino.
This season's Academy Awards elite gathered Monday for the annual nominees
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James Cameron to pen Avatar prequel
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Capsule reviews of feature films
ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: THE SQUEAKQUEL 2 stars. If you can read this, you're probably too old for this live-action sequel featuring the famously cute singing furballs. With Zachary Levi and David Cross. 1 hr. 28 PG (some crude humor) - David
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"Avatar", "The Hurt Locker", "An Education" Lead BAFTA Race
LONDON (Reuters) - Mirroring the Oscars, Britain's top film awards the BAFTAs pit 3-D blockbuster "Avatar" against low-budget Iraq war drama "The Hurt Locker", directed by former husband and wife James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow respectively. The
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"Hurt Locker," "Avatar" face off at UK film awards
LONDON Gritty Iraq thriller "The Hurt Locker" and blockbuster eco-extravaganza "Avatar" are squaring off at the British Academy Film Awards - a possible preview of their showdown at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles next month.
Each film has
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Baftas glory for Mulligan and Firth
« Previous « Previous Next » Next » View Gallery ADVERTISEMENT Published Date: 22 February 2010 British actors Carey Mulligan and Colin Firth have scooped glory at the Baftas as sci-fi hit Avatar failed to match its record-breaking box-office success
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Mulligan and Firth win Baftas, as Ronan loses out
22/02/2010 - 07:20:26
British actors Carey Mulligan and Colin Firth were the stars of the Baftas - but sci-fi hit 'Avatar' failed to match its record-breaking box-office success with awards.
Iraq war drama 'The Hurt Locker' clinched best film over
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3-D movies clash at theaters
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LOS ANGELES -- Movies in 3-D are becoming such big moneymakers that Hollywood studios are cramming them into the nation's theaters, even though there aren't enough screens available to give each film its fullest possible run.
That
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Leonardo DiCaprio Loves 'Avatar'
has no hard feelings about James Cameron's latest movie Avatar sinking Titanic's box office record - because he thinks the sci-fi epic is "astounding". The actor appeared in Cameron's 1997 disaster movie, which set a new high in worldwide takings with
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James Cameron’s Avatar shines at 3D awards show
London, Feb 25 – Canadian film director James Cameron’s sci-fi epic ‘Avatar’ has won a number of trophies at the inaugural Lumiere Awards.
The movie was awarded for best Live-Action 3D Feature, best 3D character (Neytiri, played by Zoe Saldana) and
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You, too, can be a special effects movie wizard
But the visual effects necessary to make his short film weren't available or affordable to him. Until now.
Using a couple of computer programs, including one that packages computerized explosions, the 20-year-old from Warrenville, Ill., produced his
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‘Lockergate’?: Producer apologizes for e-mails
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is considering action against a producer of “The Hurt Locker” who sent out multiple e-mails urging academy members to vote for his movie in the Oscar best-picture category and “not a $500 million film,”
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'Shutter Island' stays afloat at No. 1 with $22.2M
LOS ANGELES — Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese continue to lure movie-goers to "Shutter Island," while James Cameron's "Avatar" has surpassed $700 million domestically.
The Paramount Pictures psychological thriller remained the No. 1 film for a
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Book about atomic bombing of Japan optioned by "Avatar" director James Cameron has been pulled
NEW YORK
- Publication has been halted for a disputed book about the atomic bombing of Japan that "Avatar" director James Cameron had optioned for a possible film, The Associated Press has learned.
Publisher Henry Holt and Company, responding to
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Book optioned by James Cameron is halted
Publication has been halted for a disputed book about the atomic bombing of Japan that "Avatar" director James Cameron had optioned for a possible film, The Associated Press has learned.
Publisher Henry Holt and Company, responding to questions from
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Oscars ban producer for bagging Avatar
James Cameron and his ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow are both tipped to be nominated for the Best Director Oscar at this year's Academy Awards for Avatar and The Hurt Locker.
A CO-PRODUCER of Oscars best picture favourite The Hurt Locker has been banned
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With the Oscars days away, Hollywood gets busy
LOS ANGELES If the Academy Awards are like the Super Bowl of entertainment, then its game week in Tinseltown.
There are cocktail parties in every corner of the city. Gift lounges have sprouted up like spring flowers. Calendars are crammed with dress
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Gifts, parties and celebrities: Events and famous faces fill Los Angeles with Oscar excitement
The theatre itself buzzes with activity, as rehearsals continue from morning until night, with the occasional celebrity quietly stepping in to practice presenting the coveted golden guy.
It's Oscar week, and Tinseltown is all aflutter. Here's the
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Oscars arrive with predictability out of picture
LOS ANGELES — Too predictable. That's the persistent complaint about the Academy Awards, whose drama generally is sapped by a glut of earlier award shows that spell out what films will win at the Oscars before the show starts.
Not this time — at least
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`Hurt Locker' earns best-picture Academy Award
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Iraq War drama "The Hurt Locker" won best picture and five other prizes Sunday at the Academy Awards, its haul including best director for Kathryn Bigelow.
Bigelow is the first woman in the 82-year history of the Oscars to earn
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`Hurt Locker' earns best-picture Academy Award
LOS ANGELES The Iraq War drama "The Hurt Locker" won best picture and five other prizes Sunday at the Academy Awards, its haul including best director for Kathryn Bigelow.
Bigelow is the first woman in the 82-year history of the Oscars to earn
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How 'Avatar' Lost Best Picture
It was the Little Engine That Could against the Big Kahuna that
couldn't.
In what will go down as one of the more controversial Academy votes
for best picture, Kathryn Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker" ran roughshod
over James Cameron's "Avatar" on Sunday
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Mariah Carey Wants a Piece of Woody Allen
Before casting his next film, Woody Allen may want to check out Precious. (But not Glitter!)
Mariah Carey tells me that the legendary filmmaker is her dream director.
"I've never met him, but Bullets Over Broadway is one of my favorite movies ever,"
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Avatar director James Cameron hails 3D TV as 'the future' despite fears screens could cause health problems
At a glitzy launch in New York of Samsung 3D sets, he told the crowd: 'You will all remember that you were here, in Times Square, for the launch of the television of the future.'
The Black Eyed Peas were called in to perform and lend the event a touch
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James Cameron in India to Discuss 'Future of Cinema'
Filmmaker James Cameron (Avatar) will be in India on March 13 for the first time.
He will be discussing "The Future of Cinema" with Bollyood's megastar Aamir Khan (Lagaan) in a conclave in a five star hotel in capital New Delhi, watched by few hundred
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Rodriguez unleashes some 'Predators' at SXSW
(Director Nimrod Antal, creature designer Greg Nicotero and producer Robert Rodriguez chat in front of an artist’s rendering of one of many “Predators”)
After the big SXSW Film opener “Kick-Ass” on Friday night at the Paramount — which reportedly went
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'Alice in Wonderland' still No. 1
LOS ANGELES: Alice is still ruling the movie palace.
Johnny Depp and Tim Burton's easily remained the No. 1 weekend draw with $62 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. The Disney fantasy has climbed to a $208.6 million total domestically,
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'Alice' remains top draw in movie theaters
Helena Bonham Carter is the Red Queen in “Alice in Wonderland.”
LOS ANGELES — Alice is still ruling the movie palace.
Johnny Depp and Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland” easily remained the No. 1 weekend draw with $62 million, according to studio
