First Look: Anne Hathaway, Aaron Paul and Christina Hendricks lead Sundance 2014 films

Posted by · 3:07 pm · December 4th, 2013

The lineup for the 2014 Sundance Film Festival has been revealed, and it’s among the starriest in recent memory. Major Hollywood names such as Anne Hathaway, Aaron Paul, Christina Hendricks, Zoe Saldana, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Dane DeHaan and John C. Reilly will all appear in films unspooling at the Park City event in January.

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Report Card: Grading the last 10 Academy Awards hosts

Posted by · 3:47 pm · August 2nd, 2013

With Ellen confirmed for next year, we size up every Oscar host of the new century.

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John Lithgow joins the cast of Christopher Nolan's 'Interstellar'

Posted by · 11:46 am · July 16th, 2013

The cast of Christopher Nolan’s upcoming “Insterstellar” is, well, stellar. There are a handful of amazing ensembles out there these days, from “12 Years a Slave” to “Out of the Furnace,” but this one is just jam-packed with prestige, movie stardom and just about anything you’d want out of a cast. And now we can add John Lithgow to the ever-expanding list.

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'The Avengers,' 'Cabin in the Woods,' 'Life of Pi' and 'Skyfall' win at the 2013 Saturn Awards

Posted by · 9:30 pm · June 26th, 2013

The 39th annual Saturn Awards were presented by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films tonight in Burbank, Calif. Top prizes for film went to “The Avengers,” “Life of Pi,” “The Cabin in the Woods” and “Skyfall,” while “Revolution,” “Breaking Bad” and “The Walking Dead” triumphed in the television categories.

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Hans Zimmer (who else?) to score Christopher Nolan's 'Interstellar'

Posted by · 11:35 am · June 3rd, 2013

The sci-fi epic will mark Zimmer’s fifth collaboration with the director.

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'Skyfall,' 'The Avengers,' 'The Hobbit' lead nominations for Jameson Empire Awards

Posted by · 3:00 am · March 1st, 2013

But what films were Jennifer Lawrence and Anne Hathaway nominated for?

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The 2012-2013 Film Awards Circuit

Posted by · 8:25 am · February 27th, 2013

Charting the winners and losers of this year’s Oscar season.

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'Les Misérables' star Anne Hathaway dreamed a dream that came true at the Oscars

Posted by · 6:24 pm · February 24th, 2013

For her performance in Universal’s musical hit “Les Misérables,” actress Anne Hathaway has won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress at the 85th annual Academy Awards.

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Oscar Talk: Ep. 107 — Final stabs in the dark

Posted by · 8:00 am · February 22nd, 2013

In this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne offer up their final predictions for the 85th annual Academy Awards.

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Oscar Guide 2013: Best Supporting Actress

Posted by · 6:27 am · February 13th, 2013

Amy Adams, Sally Field, Anne Hathaway, Helen Hunt and Jacki Weaver square off.

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Ben Affleck's 'Argo' wins three BAFTA Awards, including Best Film and Best Director

Posted by · 12:25 pm · February 10th, 2013

The BAFTA Awards went down tonight in London and it’s a big moment in the race. As Guy reminded yesterday in his predictions column, the organization has tailored its process closer to the Academy’s, eliminating branch-voted winners in favor of allowing all members to vote throughout the categories. The result could be some powerful Oscar foreshadowing.

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Roundup: How 'The Hobbit' made the VFX shortlist sight unseen

Posted by · 5:55 am · February 1st, 2013

Also: ‘Argo’ an illegal hit in Iran, and Hackford to relinquish DGA presidency

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'Argo' stuns for second-straight day this weekend at the SAG Awards

Posted by · 9:21 pm · January 27th, 2013

“Argo” is the story of the weekend, clearly. After coming out victorious at the PGA Awards it picked up the ensemble prize that everyone had either chalked up to “Lincoln” or “Silver Linings Playbook,” with some outliers thinking “Les Misérables” had a shot at it. Surprise!

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Big moments for Bill Clinton, Jodie Foster and Ben Affleck at the 70th annual Golden Globes

Posted by · 1:43 am · January 14th, 2013

It was all smiles at the Warner Bros./In Style party Sunday night as team “Argo” had grabbed yet another one-two Best Picture/Best Director punch after the film’s director Ben Affleck was unceremoniously snubbed from the Oscars’ Best Director line-up late last week.

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'Argo' takes top honors at BFCA Critics' Choice Movie Awards

Posted by · 6:15 pm · January 10th, 2013

Acting wins for Day-Lewis, Chastain, Hoffman and Hathaway.

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'Lincoln' wins with Iowa critics

Posted by · 9:03 am · January 9th, 2013

“Lincoln” has picked up a third Best Picture critics prize, landing the Iowa Film Critics Association award for the year’s best film. Steven Spielberg, Daniel Day-Lewis and Tommy Lee Jones were also singled out for the biopic, while Jessica Chastain (“Zero Dark Thirty”) and Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables”) rounded out the acting honors.

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'Argo' wins with Denver film critics

Posted by · 11:04 am · January 8th, 2013

Back and forth between “Argo” and “Zero Dark Thirty” as the former has claimed another Best Picture prize, this time from the Denver Film Critics Society. Ben Affleck also took Best Director, while the acting categories followed the template: Daniel Day-Lewis, Jennifer Lawrence, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Anne Hathaway.

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'Lincoln' dominates North Texas film critics awards

Posted by · 6:38 pm · January 7th, 2013

The North Texas Film Critics Association has thrown another log on the fire for Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln,” the film’s second critics Best Picture prize of the season. The film also won Best Director, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor. Anne Hathaway (Best Supporting Actress) and Claudio Miranda (Best Cinematography) kept it from being a clean sweep. Check out the full list of winners below.

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