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Bob Daly Elected Head of AFI Board of Directors

9 October 2009 2:04 PM, PDT | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »

By Wrap Staff

Former Warner Bros. chairman-ceo Bob Daly has been elected chairman of the board of directors of the American Film Institute.

The board of directors sets the AFI's priorities and oversees its programs.

Sony Corp. chairman-ceo Howard Stringer remains chairman of the AFI board of trustees.

Daly succeeds Jon Avnet and John Cooke, who served as co-chairs for eight years. They both remain on as directors and Avnet continues as vice chair of the trustees.

Also re-elected as trustees are Robert Bennett, Allen Bernstein, Richard Frank, Kathleen Kennedy, John Hendric... »

- Lisa Horowitz

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Blu-Ray Review: ‘Righteous Kill’ Represents New Low For Talented Actors

9 January 2009 10:05 AM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – “Is it killing time or is he just killing time?” If you don’t groan at a line of dialogue that shockingly horrendous then we’ve got a Blu-Ray release for you. Marking a new low in a baffling series of career decisions for two of the best actors of all time, “Righteous Kill” is as much an unqualified disaster on Blu-Ray as it was when critics ridiculed it and audiences ignored it in theaters.

Rarely has a film seemed less a part of the New York scene, but Detectives “Turk” (Robert De Niro) and “Rooster” (Al Pacino) have allegedly been partners for 30 years in the NYPD. They’re nearly ready for retirement when one last serial killer arrives on the scene. The bad guy in question is killing people who got off due to glitches in the system that let them go without jail time. In other words, »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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Updated: Worst Excuse for an Award Show Announces Their Nominees

7 January 2009 12:24 PM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

Update: Apparently this is a list or "suggestions" and the nominees will be announced later this year. Do not take these to be official nominations. The Golden Raspberry Award Foundation has announced their nominees for th 2009 Razzie Awards and yet again you can spot the not-so-subtle attempts at humor and the obvious nature of the entire list. The best part of the whole thing is that the way these awards are decided are based on member votes, which means people actually spend - at a minimum - $20 to submit votes and say films such as Disaster Movie and Meet the Spartans weren't any good. I wonder, did these people actually go spend money on these movies or are they voting purely on the idea that these movies must be bad? Because if they actually paid to see all of these movies that may be as sad as the award show itself. »

- Brad Brevet

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2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 1999 | 1998

3 articles from 2009

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