Women`s Day.Day Of Women

International Women’s Day will reach a milestone in 2010 as it marks its 100th anniversary. For 100 years International Women’s Day celebrates the political, economic, cultural and social achievement of women around the world. Not only is IWD a celebration it also serves as reminder of the continuing struggle for equality that so many women face across the world.

Independent Spirit Awards

Independent Spirit Awards, Independent films have been honored at the 25th Film Independent Spirit Awards which was held on Friday, March 5. “Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire” has once again proven itself as a great work as it took prizes in all five categories that it was nominated for.

“Precious” star Mo’Nique was among the early winners that night, picking up the Best Supporting Female kudo. She later shared the joy with co-star Gabourey Sidibe who was named Best Female Lead. Landing the coveted Best Feature award, the drama also led its director Lee Daniels and screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher to grab Best Director gong and Best First Screenplay kudo respectively.

Also collecting multiple awards that night were “Crazy Heart” and “A Serious Man”. The drama musical came out as the winner in Best First Feature category and aided its actor Jeff Bridges to win Best Male Lead award. The comedy, in the meantime, grabbed Best Cinematography kudo and Robert Altman Award.

Oscar Statuette Arrives In New York

Movie fans are being given the chance to see the actual Oscar statuette to be presented to the “Best Actress” winner at next week’s Academy Awards. The exhibition “Meet the Oscars” was officially opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony by 2000 Best Supporting Actress winner Marcia Gay Harden.
The display is one of two exhibitions, one in New York City, the other in Chicago. The New York collection includes the Oscar that will be given to the Best Actress winner at the 82nd Academy Awards, together with the miniature statuette that actress Judy Garland received in 1939 for “outstanding performance by a screen juvenile”. Fans can learn how an Oscar statuette is made, and get their photo taken with an award.
Five women are in the running for this year’s ‘Best Actress’. They include Sandra Bullock for ‘The Blind Side’, Helen Mirren in ‘The Last Station’, Carey Mulligan for her role in ‘An Education’, Gabourey Sidibe for ‘Precious’ and Meryl Streep in ‘Julie and Julia’.
The 82nd Academy Awards will be held at 8pm Eastern on March 7.

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Oscar Statuette Arrives In New York was first posted on February 26, 2010 at 5:55 pm.

Carrie Keagan Wiki

Carrie Keagan had an opportunity to chat to some of the hottest stars on our planet right now.

The Twilight Saga- New Moon Cast ,dropped by to talk about the film and what viewers could expect . The interview ( not for children’s eyes) includes a lot of swearing and some candid moments with the shows cast.

With interviews including Taylor Lautner, Robert Pattinson, Kellan Lutz, Peter Facinelli, Alex Merax, Bronsons Pelletier and many more.

Even Director Chris Weitz makes an appearance, mentioning the ” Abbage for your cabbage ” in the film. Kristen Stewart mentions her love for the Objectification of Boys in the film.

The interview really does show the stars in a relaxed and at ease way. It is nice to see them as real people, and being able to enjoy themselves.

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Carrie Keagan Wiki was first posted on January 21, 2010 at 6:21 pm.

Avatar Gets 8 Noms for British Film Awards

LONDON: Sci-fi extravaganza ‘Avatar,’ Iraq drama “The Hurt Locker” and coming-of-age story “An Education” earned eight nominations apiece Thursday in the race for the British Academy Film Awards, Britain’s equivalent of the Oscars.

The three films are up for best picture alongside “Up in the Air” and “Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire.”

The British awards, known as BAFTAs, are handed out two weeks before the Academy Awards in Hollywood and considered an important indicator of likely Oscar success.

South African alien thriller “District 9″ received seven BAFTA nominations, while Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds” and Jason Reitman’s “Up in the Air” got six each.

The nominations boost the Oscar hopes of James Cameron’s “Avatar,” an astronomically expensive eco-adventure that has already taken more than $1.6 billion (€1.13 billion) at the global box office. “Avatar” — Cameron’s first narrative feature since the Oscar-sweeping “Titanic” in 1997 — has already won Golden Globes for best drama and director.

It faces strong competition from two much smaller films: “The Hurt Locker,” a claustrophobic study of a bomb-disposal team in Iraq, and “An Education,” the piquant tale of a teenager’s sentimental education in 1960s London.

Cameron is competing for best director against his ex-wife, “The Hurt Locker” director Kathryn Bigelow. The other director nominees are Neill Blomkamp for “District 9,” Lone Scherfig for “An Education” and Quentin Tarantino for “Inglourious Basterds.”

The best actor race pits George Clooney, for “Up in the Air,” against “The Hurt Locker” star Jeremy Renner, Jeff Bridges for “Crazy Heart,” Colin Firth for “A Single Man” and Andy Serkis for his portrayal of musician Ian Dury in “Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll.”

Meryl Streep received her 13th BAFTA nomination for “Julie & Julia.” The other best-actress nominees are Carey Mulligan for “An Education,” Audrey Tautou for “Coco Before Chanel,” Irish actress Saoirse Ronan for “The Lovely Bones” and newcomer Gabourey Sidibe for “Precious.”

Nominees for outstanding British film are “An Education”; “Fish Tank”; “In the Loop”; “Moon” and “Nowhere Boy.”

Five films are competing for best foreign-language film — fashion biopic “Coco Before Chanel,” Pedro Almodovar’s lush “Broken Embraces,” Swedish vampire story “Let the Right One In,” Jacques Audiard’s prison drama “A Prophet” and Michael Haneke’s chilling “The White Ribbon.”

The British prizes — officially the Orange British Academy Film Awards — will be awarded during a ceremony at London’s Royal Opera House on Feb. 21.

Last year, Danny Boyle’s underdog picture “Slumdog Millionaire” won seven BAFTAs, including best film; it went on to win eight Oscars.

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Avatar Gets 8 Noms for British Film Awards was first posted on January 21, 2010 at 6:38 pm.

Sag Nominations 2010

Sag Nominations 2010, The SAG nominations for 2010 has been announced. The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) announced the list of nominations for its 16th annual awards. The list of 2010 SAG nominations in five film and eight television categories will be revealed at 6 a.m. PT / 9 a.m. ET on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009, in the SilverScreen Theater at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood.

Full list of SAG nominations 2010:

Film

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
“The Hurt Locker”
“Precious”
“Nine”
“An Education”
“Inglourious Basterds”

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Jeff Bridges, “Crazy Heart”
George Clooney, “Up in the Air”
Colin Firth, “A Single Man”
Morgan Freeman, “Invictus”
Jeremy Renner, “The Hurt Locker”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Sandra Bullock, “The Blind Side”
Helen Mirren, “The Last Station”
Carey Mulligan, “An Education”
Gabourey Sidibe, “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ By Sapphire”
Meryl Streep, “Julie & Julia”

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Matt Damon, “Invictus”
Woody Harrelson, “The Messenger”
Christopher Plummer, “The Last Station”
Stanley Tucci, “The Lovely Bones”
Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Penelope Cruz, “Nine”
Vera Farmiga, “Up in the Air”
Anna Kendrick, “Up in the Air”
Diane Kruger, “Inglourious Basterds”
Mo’Nique, “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ By Sapphire”

Outstanding Stunt Ensemble:
“Public Enemies”
“Star Trek”
“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”

TV

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
“The Closer”
“Dexter”
“The Good Wife”
“Mad Men”
“True Blood”

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
“30 Rock”
“Curb Your Enthusiasm”
“Glee”
“Modern Family”
“The Office”

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Simon Baker, “The Mentalist”
Bryan Cranston, “Breaking Bad”
Michael C. Hall, “Dexter”
Jon Hamm, “Mad Men”
Hugh Laurie, “House”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actress in a Drama Series
Patricia Arquette, “Medium”
Glenn Close, “Damages”
Mariska Hargitay, “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”
Holly Hunter, “Saving Grace”
Julianna Margulies, “The Good Wife”
Kyra Sedgwick, “The Closer”

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin, “30 Rock”
Steve Carell, “The Office”
Larry David, “Curb Your Enthusiasm”
Tony Shalhoub, “Monk”
Charlie Sheen, “Two and a Half Men”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actress in a Comedy Series
Christina Applegate, “Samantha Who?”
Toni Collette, “The United States of Tara”
Edie Falco, “Nurse Jackie”
Tina Fey, “30 Rock”
Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, “The New Adventures of Old Christine”

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Kevin Bacon, “Taking Chance”
Cuba Gooding, Jr., “Gifted Hands”
Jeremy Irons, “Georgia O”Keefe”
Kevin Kline, “Great Performances: Cyrano de Bergerac”
Tom Wilkinson, “A Number”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actress in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Joan Allen, “Georgia O’Keefe”
Drew Barrymore, “Grey Gardens”
Ruby Dee, “America”
Jessica Lange, “Grey Gardens”
Sigourney Weaver, “Prayers for Bobby”

Outstanding Stunt Ensemble:
“24″
“The Closer”
“Dexter”
“Heroes”
“The Unit”

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Sag Nominations 2010 was first posted on December 17, 2009 at 10:06 pm.