Costume Designers' Guild to celebrate Judd Apatow

Posted by · 4:40 am · December 18th, 2013

Filmmaker Judd Apatow will receive the Distinguished Collaborator Award at the Costume Designers’ Guild Awards on February 22. Meanwhile, Oscar-nominated costume designer April Ferry, whose credits range from “Rome” to “Donnie Darko,” will receive the Career Achievement Award.

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The critics choose embarrassment

Posted by · 8:43 pm · January 10th, 2013

I apologized to BFCA president Joey Berlin after this evening’s Critics’ Choice Movie Awards for being frank about it, but I couldn’t tell a lie: this year’s show was an embarrassment. Appalling, I’d go so far to say.

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Previewing the WGA Award nominees

Posted by · 6:15 pm · January 2nd, 2013

Don’t expect the Academy to mirror them too closely.

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Tell us what you thought of 'This is 40'

Posted by · 8:50 am · December 22nd, 2012

Judd Apatow’s latest hits theaters this weekend.

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Exclusive: Judd Apatow asks Mike Nichols for advice

Posted by · 12:58 pm · December 13th, 2012

Last month, “This is 40” director Judd Apatow and legendary filmmaker Mike Nichols (“The Graduate,” “Primary Colors”) sat down for a discussion at the Museum of Modern Art here in New York cheekily titled “Judd Apatow asks Mike Nichols for Advice.”

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Roundup: The trouble with the artist biopic

Posted by · 4:00 am · November 27th, 2012

Also: The foreign-language Oscar boost, and holding off the ‘Les Mis’ train

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Round-up: Paying tribute to Damien Bona

Posted by · 8:30 am · February 2nd, 2012

Also: Farewell to paper Oscar ballots, and rechristening the Kodak

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