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2009 | 2008
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Images from Inception Filming in Paris, Explosive Updates
17 August 2009 8:00 AM, PDT | Nolan Fans | See recent Nolan Fans news »
As we had previously announced, Inception is filming in Paris today around the Pont de Bir-Hakeim. We have obtained six photos of the shoot. Leo DiCaprio, Ellen Page, and Marion Cotillard are pictured here, as well as, Christopher Nolan, Wally Pfister, and a few other crew members. Whatever they were filming earlier today, it looked as if there were a several extras involved too.
If you’d like to dig into some spoilers, check out People Magazine’s story.
Update: Excitement was turned up a notch in Paris today as Chris Nolan and his crew filmed an scene involving explosions and flying debris. Ellen Page and Leo DiCaprio were on set for the scene.
Check out our full gallery below. We’ve compiled 223 images for your enjoyment. Note – some of these images could be considered spoilers. Nothing real crazy, though.
Images from Peanut80 (twice), ComingSoon.net, (twice), Just Jared, @HyacintheR, »
- AlexHaas
Production Update #1: Global Production Commences
23 July 2009 11:39 PM, PDT | Nolan Fans | See recent Nolan Fans news »
Principal photography began on July 13th on Warner Bros. Pictures’ “Inception” being directed by Christopher Nolan. Filming got underway in England, with future locations spanning three continents. Principal photography will also be accomplished on locations in Paris, Tangiers, Calgary, and Los Angeles.
A contemporary sci-fi actioner set within the architecture of the mind, “Inception” stars multiple Oscar® nominee Leonardo DiCaprio (“Blood Diamond,” “The Aviator”). The international cast also includes Oscar® nominee Ellen Page (“Juno”), Oscar® nominee Ken Watanabe (“The Last Samurai”), Academy Award® winner Marion Cotillard (“La vie en rose”), Joseph Gordon Levitt (“Brick”), Tom Hardy (“RocknRolla”), Cillian Murphy (“Batman Begins”), Oscar® nominee Tom Berenger (“Platoon”) and Academy Award® winner Michael Caine (“The Cider House Rules”).
Nolan also wrote the script and is producing the film with his producing partner Emma Thomas, with whom he most recently teamed on the blockbuster “The Dark Knight.”
The behind-the-scenes creative team includes three-time »
- AlexHaas
Production Update #1: Global Production Commences
23 July 2009 2:38 PM, PDT | Nolan Fans | See recent Nolan Fans news »
Principal photography began on July 13th on Warner Bros. Pictures’ “Inception,” being directed by Christopher Nolan.
Filming got underway in England, with future locations spanning three continents. Principal photography will also be accomplished on locations in Paris, Tangiers, Calgary, and Los Angeles.A contemporary sci-fi actioner set within the architecture of the mind, “Inception” stars multiple Oscar® nominee Leonardo DiCaprio (“Blood Diamond,” “The Aviator”). The international cast also includes Oscar® nominee Ellen Page (“Juno”), Oscar® nominee Ken Watanabe (“The Last Samurai”), Academy Award® winner Marion Cotillard (“La vie en rose”), Joseph Gordon Levitt (“Brick”), Tom Hardy (“RocknRolla”), Cillian Murphy (“Batman Begins”), Oscar® nominee Tom Berenger (“Platoon”) and Academy Award® winner Michael Caine (“The Cider House Rules”). Nolan also wrote the script and is producing the film with his producing partner Emma Thomas, with whom he most recently teamed on the blockbuster “The Dark Knight.” The behind-the-scenes creative team includes three-time »
Before the Oscars, They Belonged to Us, Part 1
24 February 2009 3:04 AM, PST | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
Disclaimer: This article may contain sarcasm, irony and “LOLs”; proceed with caution.
It’s time once again for horror at the Oscars. Sunday’s festivities were filled with folks who have worked in the genre and per usual, I feel if it’s a win for Danny Boyle, it is a win for rage-zombie fans everywhere. Seems like a lot of folks this year are veterans of Exorcist: The Beginning, Amityville: A New Generation and Gremlins 2: The New Batch. Of course, the most important genre win would be Greg Cannom, a staple of 80’s horror effects; he worked on such films as Fright Night Part 2, The Lost Boys and The Howling.
Now some movies on this list might be “kinda horror.” These thrillers or genre-friendly frameworks are on the ghoulish cusp and are marked with an asterisk. Some flicks on the list are there because, what the fuck, »
- Heather Buckley
"Slumdog Millionaire" sweeps the Oscars. Penn, Ledger, Winslet and Cruz shine.
23 February 2009 | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
Fox Searchlight Pictures' "Slumdog Millionaire" has almost completely swept the Oscars® with awards including Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Picture and both original song and score music categories. Other notable wins included: - Sean Penn who took home the Best Actor award, his second after 2004's "Mystic River."- Heath Ledger for his astounding performance in Warner Bros. Pictures' "The Dark Knight"- Kate Winslet - Once again for her work in "The Reader" after a two Golden Globe's earned for "Revolutionary Road" and "The Reader"- Penelope Cruz - In Woody Allen's "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" comedy As announced, here are the winners (noted in bold) of the 2009 Academy Awards which were announced on Sunday, February 22nd. Performance by an actor in a leading role Richard Jenkins in “The Visitor” (Overture Films) Frank Langella in “Frost/Nixon” (Universal) Sean Penn in “Milk” (Focus Features) Brad Pitt in »
Live coverage: 81st Annual Academy Awards
22 February 2009 7:36 PM, PST | screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news »
Here are the results from the 81st Annual Academy Awards. Winners are marked in red.
Best Picture
'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
'Milk'
Best Director
Danny Boyle for 'Slumdog Millionaire'
Stephen Daldry for 'The Reader'
David Fincher for 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
Ron Howard for 'Frost/Nixon'
Gus Van Sant for 'Milk'
Best Actor
Richard Jenkins for 'The Visitor'
Frank Langella for 'Frost/Nixon'
Brad Pitt for 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
Mickey Rourke for 'The Wrestler'
Best Actress
Anne Hathaway for 'Rachel Getting Married'
Angelina Jolie for 'Changeling'
Melissa Leo for 'Frozen River'
Meryl Streep for 'Doubt'
Kate Winslet for »
- Franck Tabouring
And the 81st Annual Academy Award Winners Are ...
22 February 2009 6:46 PM, PST | TheInsider.com | See recent The Insider news »
Did your favorite movies and stars win? Read on to find out! Performance by an actor in a leading role: Frank Langella in “Frost/Nixon” (Universal) Sean Penn in “Milk” (Focus Features) Brad Pitt in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.) Mickey Rourke in “The Wrestler” (Fox Searchlight) Performance by an actor in a supporting role: Josh Brolin in “Milk” (Focus Features) Robert Downey Jr. in “Tropic Thunder” (DreamWorks, Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount) Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Doubt” (Miramax) Heath Ledger in “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.) Michael Shannon in “Revolutionary Road” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage) Performance by an actress in a leading role: Anne Hathaway in “Rachel Getting Married” (Sony Pictures Classics) Angelina Jolie in “Changeling” (Universal) Melissa Leo in “Frozen River” (Sony Pictures Classics) Meryl Streep in “Doubt” (Miramax) Kate Winslet in “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company) Performance by an actress in a »
- TheInsider
2009 Academy Award Winners
22 February 2009 5:50 PM, PST | newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news »
Looks like I predicted all the winners yesterday, except for “Best Foreign Language.” Maybe I should have seen one of those before guessing in that category. What did you think? Did they get it right? Who should have won? Post below!
Here are the winners from one of the best Academy Awards ceremonies I can remember:
Best Motion Picture
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Richard Jenkins in The Visitor
Frank Langella in Frost/Nixon
Brad Pitt in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Anne Hathaway in Rachel Getting Married
Achievement in directing
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, David Fincher
Frost/Nixon, »
- Jeff Leins
'Wall-e' scores best-picture upset at the Gold Derby Awards!
22 February 2009 9:38 AM, PST | Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news »
Posters in The Envelope's message boards unveiled the winners of their own Gold Derby Awards last night. Special thanks to our forum moderators Chris "Boomer" Beachum, Robert "Rob L" Licuria and Andrew "Andrew" Pickett for tabulating ballots again this year. Having first started in 2002, previous winners for best picture were "No Country for Old Men," "The Departed," "Brokeback Mountain," "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King" and "Chicago." Read more in our forums thread. See the list of nominees.
2008 Gold Derby Film Awards Winners
Motion Picture:
"Wall-e" (Jim Morris)
Director:
"The Dark Knight" (Christopher Nolan)
Adapted Screenplay:
"Slumdog Millionaire" (Simon Beaufoy)
Original Screenplay:
"Wall-e" (Pete Docter, Jim Reardon, Andrew Stanton)
Lead Actor:
Sean Penn as Harvey Milk in" Milk"
Lead Actress:
Meryl Streep as Sister Aloysius Beauvier in "Doubt"
Supporting Actor:
Heath Ledger as the Joker in "The Dark Knight"
Supporting Actress:
- tomoneil
Discussion: 2009 Oscar Predictions
21 February 2009 2:32 PM, PST | newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news »
Click here for the 2009 Academy Award winners! This year I opted not to break down every category and discuss the merits of each individual nominee. Mostly because it takes a ridiculous amount of time, but also because there doesn’t seem to be as much excitement as in previous years. Maybe it’s the fact that the populist picks of the year (Dark Knight, for example) were snubbed in the major categories and replaced with little seen films like The Reader. Or maybe because many of the categories are foregone conclusions.
Either way, I wanted to post my favorites/predictions and hopefully get some discussion going on what you think will win and why. I’m posting my picks here, but included the full list of nominations below.
Best Picture
Slumdog Millionaire - It’s clearly the favorite going into the ballot counting having swept every major awards ceremony leading up to the Oscars. »
- Jeff Leins
Oscar Predictions: Best Cinematography and Art Direction
17 February 2009 1:14 AM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Photo: AMPAS As I write this it is 11:33 Pm Pst on Tuesday, February 16. In just over 17 hours from now, at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, February 17 voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences must return their completed final Oscar ballots to PricewaterhouseCoopers. Yup, the deadline is nigh and we continue to take a peek at the below-the-line categories leading up to the Thursday free-for-all. Today we take a look at Cinematography and Art Direction with Animated, Foreign Language and Documentary films following tomorrow and then the complete field on Thursday along with polls for you to vote for your projected winners. You can take a look at past predictions made long the way by clicking on any of the links below. Picture, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor and Actress and Director Adapted and Original Screenplay Original Score and Original Song Sound Editing and Sound Mixing Visual Effects »
- Brad Brevet
'Slumdog Millionaire' lands Asc award.
16 February 2009 | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
Anthony Dod Mantle's took home top prize for "Slumdog Millionaire" at the 23rd Annual American Society of Cinematographers Outstanding Achievement Awards. The event took place on Sunday night at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel.Mantle had just won a BAFTA Award for for his work and was up against Roger Deakins for "Revolutionary Road" and "The Reader" as well as Chris Menges, also for "The Reader," Claudio Miranda for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and Wally Pfister for his work on "The Dark Knight." Danny Boyle's "Slumdog," one of the most praised films of 2008, has been nominated for a whopping 10 Academy Awards®, won 7 BAFTAs and is a recipient of 4 Golden Globes including Best Motion Picture Drama and Best Director. Slumdog Millionaire(2008) Released date: 11/12/2008 (Ltd) - Rate & Review this! Starring:Dev Patel, Mia Drake, Anil Kapoor, Freida Pinto »
'Slumdog Millionaire' lands Asc award.
15 February 2009 11:32 PM, PST | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
Anthony Dod Mantle's took home top prize for "Slumdog Millionaire" at the 23rd Annual American Society of Cinematographers Outstanding Achievement Awards. The event took place on Sunday night at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel. Mantle had just won a BAFTA Award for for his work and was up against Roger Deakins for "Revolutionary Road" and "The Reader" as well as Chris Menges, also for "The Reader," Claudio Miranda for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and Wally Pfister for his work on "The Dark Knight." "Slumdog," one of the most praised films of 2008, has been nominated for a whopping 10 Academy Awards®, »
'Slumdog Millionaire' lands Asc award.
15 February 2009 11:32 PM, PST | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
Anthony Dod Mantle's took home top prize for "Slumdog Millionaire" at the 23rd Annual American Society of Cinematographers Outstanding Achievement Awards. The event took place on Sunday night at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel. Mantle had just won a BAFTA Award for for his work and was up against Roger Deakins for "Revolutionary Road" and "The Reader" as well as Chris Menges, also for "The Reader," Claudio Miranda for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and Wally Pfister for his work on "The Dark Knight." "Slumdog," one of the most praised films of 2008, has been nominated for a whopping 10 Academy Awards®, »
Why Best Picture Escaped “The Dark Knight”
23 January 2009 11:09 PM, PST | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »
Oscar nominations were announced Wednesday, leaving many fanboys grumbling in its wake. After months of media hyping, after rave reviews from critics and fellow filmmakers alike, after a passionate grassroots campaign and an enthusiastic push from Warner Bros… The academy gave no serious consideration to The Dark Knight after all, despite its 8 (mostly technical) nominations. No Best Director, no Best Adapted Screenplay, and no Best Picture.
The Dark Knight has a Tomatometer rating of 94%, placing it above nominees Milk (93%), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (72%), Frost/Nixon (91%) and The Reader (60%). The favorite to win, Slumdog Millionaire, leads only by a small margin with 95%. With such critical acceptance, surely it deserves to at least be recognized by the academy? The Dark Knight also graced many Top Ten lists and even scored noms at DGA, WGA and PGA's respective awards. So where’s the Oscar love, y’all?
Even The Dark Knight »
- Arya Ponto
Complete Nominees List of the 81st Academy Awards
22 January 2009 6:13 PM, PST | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »
On Thursday morning, January 22, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have unveiled to the world their selection of nominees for the 81st Annual Academy Awards. Announced by Academy president Sid Ganis and Academy Award-winner Forest Whitaker at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, the nominations were dominated by "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button".
Having been shunned away from any kudos at the 66th Golden Globe Awards, the David Fincher's drama has picked up 13 nods, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress for Taraji P. Henson and Best Leading Actor for Brad Pitt. The movie about a man born in his eighties has landed a Best Original Score nomination for composer Alexandre Desplat, and received seven gongs for technical categories as well.
The success of "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" in collecting multiple nominations was followed by "Slumdog Millionaire", "The Dark Knight »
- AceShowbiz.com
2009 Oscar Nominations & The Dark Knight
22 January 2009 12:47 PM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
It’s Oscar Nominations 2009 Day!
The Oscar nominations were released this morning for the 81st Annual Academy Awards. Already, we’re seeing feedback and debates over this year’s picks, much of relating to the most popular movie of 2008: The Dark Knight.
The Dark Knight - the most talked about and hyped movie of the year… possibly even of the last decade - is noticeably absent from two important categories many felt it deserved being a part of. These are of course: Best Picture and Best Original Score. Also of note is that Christopher Nolan was not nominated for Best Director, but I never expected him to for this so we won’t discuss that.
Approaching the nominations seasons, Warner Brothers made a strong effort to market The Dark Knight for a big push at the Oscars – for 28 people in 15 different categories to be precise. While they were very successful in earning eight nominations, »
- Rob Keyes
Benjamin Button Leads Oscar Nominations
22 January 2009 8:06 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Brad Pitt's The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button is the film to beat at the 2009 Academy Awards after scooping an astounding 13 Oscar nominations.
The Hollywood superstar is nominated in the Best Actor category for his portrayal of a man who ages backwards.
The film also received nods for Best Picture, Best Director for David Fincher, and Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Taraji P. Henson.
It is an impressive haul of nominations for the movie - only 1997 blockbuster Titanic and Bette Davis' 1950 classic All About Eve have achieved more, with 14 nods each.
Other actors competing with Pitt for the Best Actor prize include Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon), Sean Penn (Milk), Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler) and Richard Jenkins (The Visitor).
Kate Winslet picked up her sixth Oscar nomination, recognised in the Best Actress category for The Reader, and will battle against Pitt's partner Angelina Jolie (Changeling), Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married), Meryl Streep (Doubt), and Melissa Leo (Frozen River) for the award.
Late star Heath Ledger won a nomination for his role as The Joker in The Dark Knight exactly a year after his tragic death.
He will compete in the Best Supporting Actor category against Josh Brolin (Milk), Robert Downey Jr. (Tropic Thunder), Philip Seymour Hoffman (Doubt), and Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road).
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Slumdog Millionaire, The Reader, Frost/Nixon and Milk will all vie for the coveted Best Motion Picture gong at the forthcoming ceremony on 22 February.
And each of the film's directors - David Fincher, Danny Boyle, Stephen Daldry, Ron Howard and Gus Van Sant respectively - are up for the Achievement in Directing prize.
The award nominations were announced at a press conference in Los Angeles on Thursday morning by Academy Award-winner Forest Whitaker, who took home the Best Actor Oscar in 2007 for his role in The Last King Of Scotland.
The full list of nominations is as follows: »
81st Academy Award Nominations
22 January 2009 7:34 AM, PST | TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news »
The 81st Academy Awards nominations are in! David Fincher’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button leads the way with 13 nominations and the Best Picture noms pretty much stayed the same from the Golden Globes, the only difference being Milk instead of Revolutionary Road. And although many people thought it would happen, The Dark Knight didn’t earn a Best Pic nom and Christopher Nolan wasn’t nominated for directing, but the popular flick did earn 8 nominations in total, including Heath Ledger for Best Supporting Actor. Wall-e also didn’t pickup a best picture nom as many were hoping it would. Instead it was nominated for the animation category and following in the footsteps of The Incredibles and Ratatouille earned a best original screenplay nom, as well as several technical award nominations. Check out the full list below. The Oscars will be handed out February 22. Best Picture The Curious Case of Benjamin Button »
- James Cook
2008-2009 Academy Award Nominations
22 January 2009 6:56 AM, PST | newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news »
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has selected the nominations for the 81st Annual Academy Awards ceremony, airing live on ABC February 22, 2009. The awards will be handed out at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California.
Hugh Jackman has been hired to host the Oscars, the first time for the Australian actor, but more importantly the first time since 1989 a comedian hasn’t hosted. The producers (Laurence Mark and Bill Condon) have also made formal statements saying they do not plan to announce the presenters for the awards, hoping the surprise will drive viewership.
The telecast last year was the least watched in the 30-year history of the rating system. The industry had hoped a “Best Picture” nomination for The Dark Knight or Wall-e would help bridge the gap between popular, massive movies and lesser seen art house films. A poll by USA Today and Fandango showed 71% of respondents »
- Jeff Leins
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