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Critics Thrust 'Borat' Into Oscar Race
Zap2It.comSacha Baron Cohen's "Borat" film received surprise recognition from several awards organizations over the weekend, thrusting the comedy into the center of the Oscar race. On Sunday, the American Film Institute put "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America...Tags: Documentary (genre), Death, Michael Sheen, Movies, Entertainment
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'Children of Men'
Zap2It.comDsytopian nightmares are so yesterday. They're a dime a dozen in the movies; earlier this year, for example, "V for Vendetta" came up with exactly 10 cents' worth of cinematic interest in exchange for your $9.50. The latest hellish forecast for our...Tags: London (England), Clive Owen, Charlton Heston, Julianne Moore, Cartoons
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Michael Phillips' Top 10 of 2006
Tribune movie criticThe best American films of the year disturbed the peace and spoke to our anxious historical moment. "United 93" beat "World Trade Center" to the theaters and found precisely the right cinematic approach to an all-too-recent tragedy. "Little Children,"...Tags: Elizabeth II, Michael Phillips, Death, Turkey, Movies
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Michael Wilmington's Top 10 of 2006
Tribune movie critic2006 was a year of sober film remembrances -- for example, in the movies by Paul Greengrass ("United 93") and Oliver Stone ("World Trade Center") that looked back with sadness and anger at the 9/11 attack/disaster. It was a year also of technical...Tags: China, Judi Dench, Oliver Stone, Kevin Kline, Family
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DGA announces nominees
The EnvelopeFor the first time in nearly three decades, the Directors Guild of America nominated a directing team for its DGA Award for outstanding directorial achievement in feature film for 2006. The husband-and-wife team of Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris...Tags: Roman Polanski, Cinema Industry, Culture, Drama (genre), Entertainment
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DGA decision time
By Tom O'Neil, The EnvelopeHollywood holds its breath on the eve of Tuesday's announcement of who'll be nominated by the Directors' Guild of America. Not only is the prize highly valued among showbiz's most important kudos, but it points the direction toward what will happen in...Tags: Roman Polanski, Career and Workplace, Entertainment, Francis Ford Coppola, Academy Awards
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'Borat' surprises at WGA noms
The EnvelopeAs Borat might say, "Niiiiiiice!" The raucous mockumentary with a mouthful for a title - "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" - was one of the 10 screenplays nominated Thursday by the Writers Guild of...Tags: Literature, Ivan Reitman, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Elizabeth II, Career and Workplace
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Britain bows to 'The Queen'
"The Queen" garnered 10 nominations Friday, dominating the British version of the Academy Awards with nods for best film, best British film, best director, best screenplay, best actress and best supporting actor.
The latest James Bond thriller, "Casino...Tags: David Lean, Leslie Phillips, Judi Dench, England, Frances de la Tour
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NSFC Lauds 'Labyrinth'
Zap2It.com"Pan's Labyrinth" has found a fairy tale ending with the National Socity of Film Critics. At the group's annual meeting, Guillermo del Toro's dark fantasy set during 1940s fascist Spain was named the best picture of 2006. "Pan's" revolves around...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Documentary (genre), Death, Alfonso Cuaron, An Inconvenient Truth (movie)
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'Borat,' 'Prada' Crack WGA Nomination Field
Zap2It.comThe screenwriters nominated for the Writers Guild of America may have worked on 10 very different films, but they all have one thing in common: They're all first-time invitees to the WGA party. The WGA announced its feature screenwriting nominations on...Tags: Movies, Bill Condon, Todd Field, Entertainment, Career and Workplace
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Universal enlists critics for 'United' campaign
By Rachel Abramowitz, Times Staff WriterIn what appears to be a first in Oscar campaigning, Universal Studios has enlisted real-life film critics to appear in radio ads for its Oscar hopeful, "United 93" - Paul Greengrass' film about the 9/11 flight that crashed in Pennsylvania. Hence, instead...Tags: The Da Vinci Code (movie), Murder, Cinema Industry, Culture, Entertainment
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Fast-Paised Oscar preview
Good news: For once, Best Picture is the most wide-open race at the Oscars. Bad news: Predicting who will win the top prize is pretty much a big fat guess. Several categories at this year's Academy Awards appear to have already crowned their winners, but...Tags: Eddie Murphy, Naomi Watts, Judi Dench, Will Smith, Djimon Hounsou
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