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The American Civil War epic Cold Mountain received 13 nominations Monday for this year's British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards.
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Box Office Analysis, Dec. 14. Top Ten Something's Gotta Give The Last Samurai Stuck on You Love Don't Cost a Thing The Haunted Mansion Bad Santa Elf Honey Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat Gothika
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LOS ANGELES, Mar. 12, 2001 -- It looks like Russell and Tom will be twiddling their thumbs a while longer.
The two frontrunners for the Best Actor Oscar were trounced at Sunday night's Screen Actors Guild Awards, a closely watched barometer whose lead performance winners have gone on to Oscar gold 10 out of 12 times. The culprit? Benicio Del Toro, who took the lead actor trophy for "Traffic" regardless of his supporting role Oscar nod.
The drug-war drama, which features a core cast of 19 and 135 speaking parts in all, won the evening's film ensemble award over "Almost Famous," "Billy Elliot," "Chocolat" and "Gladiator."
Meanwhile, Julia Roberts jumped another hurdle toward Oscar glory with a leading actress win for "Erin Brockovich," with Albert Finney winning for supporting actor.
"This is freaky," the shaken Roberts said at the podium. "If this was a pro
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Politicians and celebrities gathered at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in North Hollywood near Bob Hope's Toluca Lake home yesterday to thank the late comic for his humor and decades of service to U.S. military personnel abroad. Also: Jennifer Garner Jennifer Bobby Brown Garner Adam Carolla Loveline John Singleton Big Fish Malibu Film Festival Sydney Pollack Shockproof Sydney Skate
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A full list of the nominees for the 2003 SAG (Screen Actors Guild) Awards.
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Phil Bronstein, Sharon Stone, Richard Gere, Madonna, Albert Finney, Vanessa Redgrave, Ang Lee, Eric Bana, Microsoft, A Lonely Star, D12, The Incredible Hulk, WB, Fox, Pressplay, MusicNet, more.
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The bonds of friendship, especially deep-rooted relationships that span decades, are central to the human experience. While most simply think of the high school or college buddies we see so infrequently in our daily lives, it is the friendships that go sour over incidents from years ago that always seem to leave the deepest marks and are the more decidedly difficult to overcome.
Director Matthew Warchus taps into this deep, lingering hurt in his adaptation of Sam Shepard's play "Simpatico." Set against the backdrop of thoroughbred horse racing in Kentucky, "Simpatico" tells the intertwining stories of three close friends whose foray into the world of fixing horse races leads them down a dark and dangerous path.
In the midst of young love and blissful delusion, Carter (Jeff Bridges), Rosie (Sharon Stone) and Vinnie (Nick Nolte) worked together switching bad horses for good
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HOLLYWOOD -- Wild horses couldn't keep Sharon Stone, Nick Nolte and other A-list celebrities from attending the premiere of the indie thriller "Simpatico," which benefited the American Foundation for AIDS Research.
"I'm the campaign chairman for the American Foundation for AIDS Research," said Stone. "I'm doing that because 32 million people are living with AIDS and 16.2 million have died already.
"If we don't do something by 2002, there will be 100 million people living with AIDS. I can't live with that. I'm trying to get people to pay attention."
"Simpatico" is the story of deceit, love and revenge set in the high-stakes of world of thoroughbred racing. The film is based on the Sam Shepard play, and all bets were placed on director Matthew Warchus to adapt "Simpatico" to the big screen.
"When it turns out to be Matthew Warchus directing, you can thank your
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HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 26, 2001 -- The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) recognized some of the year’s best films on Sunday. "Gladiator" was chosen best film, and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" took away best foreign-language film honors. Each of these Oscar contenders received four BAFTA awards in total.
Producers Douglas Wick, David Franzoni and Branko Lustig accepted the best film award for "Gladiator," praising director Ridley Scott during their acceptance speech, who lost out on the best director prize to Ang Lee for "Tiger."
Besides best foreign film and best director, "Crouching Tiger" also won for music (Tan Dun) and costume design (Tim Yip). Of BAFTA and the United Kingdom, Lee said: "You've always been great to me. This is like a second home to me now."
“Gladiator” also won the Orange Audience Award for most popular film of 2000. Scott thank
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Hollywood opens its presents early this weekend with the arrival of a few deluxe-wrapped packages full of good holiday cheer.
"Anna and the King," a richly decorated version of the classic musical "The King and I" sans the music, should pique the interests of romantic moviegoers young and old. It stars Academy Award winner Jodie Foster and Hong Kong action icon Chow Yun-Fat.
Gifts for the kids come in the form of the studio movies "Stuart Little" and "Bicentennial Man." Based on a beloved children's novel, "Stuart Little" tells the live-action adventures of a pet mouse, with a voice provided by Michael J. Fox. In "Bicentennial Man," Robin Williams undergoes a different kind of transformation, playing an android who learns what it means to be human. "Mrs. Doubtfire" director Chris Columbus helms the film.
Other high-profile holiday films opening in limited release
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HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 30, 2001 -- Nominations for the 7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were announced today in Los Angeles at L.A.'s Pacific Design Center.
The unique show, honoring performers from 13 movie and TV categories, will air on TNT, Sunday, March 11 from the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center.
The nominations in the movie categories aren’t surprising, with frontrunners Russell Crowe’s from “Gladiator” and Golden Globe winner Julia Roberts from “Erin Brockovich” easily making the list. Golden Globe winners Tom Hanks for “Cast Away” and Kate Hudson for “Almost Famous” snag nominations as well.
Several nominees in the television categories are returning to try their luck again, namely James Gandolfini and Edie Falco from “The Sopranos,” who both won in their respective categories last year. Also, die-hard dramas, such as “ER” and “Law & Order,” are back fo
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Jan. 21, 2001 -- One thing remains clear after tonight's 58th Annual Golden Globe Awards: There was a definite lack of a dominant film on the block. Though certain sure bets did come out victorious, no single film was able to sweep the Globes, leaving the upcoming Oscar race as wide open as it was before.
Heavy contenders "Traffic," "Almost Famous," "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Gladiator" all took home two Globes apiece at the annual star-studded event.
As expected, Julia Roberts won the award for best actress in a movie (drama) for her work in "Erin Brockovich". However, she was visibly surprised when "Brockovich" director Steven Soderbergh went home empty-handed.
"I was shocked, actually," Roberts said backstage. "I suppose when I presented the best director and Steven [Soderbergh] didn't win for either film ["Traffic" and "Erin
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HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 9, 2001 -- Keanu Reeves just says yes!
In the latest issue of Vanity Fair, The Matrix star admits that he’s "had wonderful experiences" with drugs, adding that "I mean REALLY wonderful."
Reeves says that the drugs he took years ago taught him about different perspectives on life and helped him reach personal epiphanies.
The 36-year-old actor denies that he has any vices these days, although that seems to be a matter of perception.
"I just don't relate to them as vices. ... I don't consider smoking a vice," he says.
'TRAFFIC' IS TOPS IN DALLAS: Steven Soderbergh’s crime drama Traffic was voted the best film of 2000 by the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association, Daily Variety reports.
The group also voted Soderbergh as the year’s best director for the film. Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger,
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Universal's "U-571" should rule the Easter Weekend box office waters.
The PG-13 World War II submarine drama, opening at 2,584 theaters, was a 17% first choice in studio tracking studies late in the week. With adult men making it a 29% first choice, it's on track to blast the adult male-driven drama "Rules of Engagement" out of first place.
"They could certainly do $18-20 million," predicts one insider. But that sounds high to another source, who cautions: "No females under 25 want to go see this movie. It's Nazis and subs and World War II."
"I don't know what the market will bear this weekend," says a distribution executive. Good Friday is typically a very strong box office day, but Saturday should only be fair, and Easter Sunday is never a great day for moviegoing.
A key factor affecting Easter weekend ticket sales, adds another studio source, "is the weath
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 26, 2000 -- Julia Roberts showed great box-office legs as Universal's "Erin Brockovich" held on to the top spot on the chart.
"Erin Brockovich" The R-rated dramatic comedy, co-financed by Universal and Columbia, finished first in its second week with a sexy estimated $19.03 million (-32%) at 2,851 theaters (+3 theaters, $6,675 per theater). Its total to date is approximately $56.3 million.
"This is a picture that is obviously a crowd pleaser," Universal Distribution President Nikki Rocco said Sunday morning. "The exit polls were very indicative that the picture would have legs, and now we're just playing out.
"It's a difficult marketplace because the Academy Awards (Best Picture nominees) did take a huge visibility on a weekend like this. It's quite obvious when you look at what 'Cider House Rules' and 'American Beauty' did. There
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 6, 2000 -- The only loud noise at this weekend's box office was Dimension Films' "Scream 3," opening to a blockbuster estimated $35.20 million.
"Scream 3" accounted for about 42% of the ticket sales for key films over the weekend, living up to industry expectations reported by Hollywood.com on Friday. With its first-choice tracking score of 31% going into the weekend, the Wes Craven film was seen as likely to open to at least $30 million.
Dimension, Miramax's genre label, launched "Scream 3" to an estimated $35.20 million at 3,467 theaters ($10,152 per theater). The film's theater count set a new record for wide release, topping last summer's 3,342 theaters for Warner Bros.' "Wild Wild West." Dimension said there were 5,522 prints of the film in the marketplace.
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