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Craig Gillespie Set To Direct ‘Pride And Prejudice And Zombies’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday April 18, 2011 @ 11:26am PDTTags: Colin Farrell, Craig Gillespie, David O. Russell, Jane Austen, Mike White, Natalie Portman, Pride Prejudice and Zombies, Seth Grahame-Smith
Mike Fleming

Lionsgate has made it official. Craig Gillespie has been set to direct Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, the movie adaptation of the Seth Grahame-Smith novel that mixes the 1813 Jane Austen classic with a legion of bloodthirsty zombies. Gillespie, who directed the critically acclaimed art house film Lars and the Real Girl, most recently directed the Fright Night remake that stars Colin Farrell. Deadline told you that Gillespie was the front-runner in early February and that he would be getting the gig earlier this month. This has been one of the hotter genre titles around, and the hope here is that this takes care of the film’s commitment issues and that Lionsgate has found the filmmaker who’ll make the movie. David O. Russell had been attached to the project, and turned in a script that everybody likes before dropping out. He was replaced by Mike White, who dropped out in January, citing commitments to an HBO pilot. Natalie Portman is producing through her handsomecharlie shingle with Annette Savitch, who arranged for Darko Entertainment to acquire screen rights from Quirk Books. Darko’s Richard Kelly, Sean McKittrick and Ted Hamm will also produce. UTA reps Gillespie.

“We are so excited to have Craig Gillespie on board this film,” said Alli Shearmur, Lionsgate president of Motion Picture Production. “His sensibility spans from genre-bending horror to elegant character-driven comedy, which is perfect for this movie.”

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Hot Trailer: ‘Hesher’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday April 13, 2011 @ 4:03pm PDTTags: Hesher, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Natalie Portman

The official trailer has been issued for Hesher, which stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Natalie Portman and Devon Brochu and opens May 13. The film was first seen at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and is one of the first releases from Wrekin Hill, the distributor formed last year by Newmarket’s Chris … Read More »

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Fashion’s Red Carpet Oscars Scorecard

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Monday February 28, 2011 @ 5:18am PSTTags: 83rd Academy Awards, Academy Awards, Natalie Portman, Oscar Fashion, Oscars



(Fashion writer Elizabeth Snead has been part of Deadline’s awards coverage)

The biggest loser at the 83rd Academy Awards was the international House of Dior and their head designer John Galliano. He was … Read More »

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OSCARS: Nervous Anticipation To The End

By PETE HAMMOND | Sunday February 27, 2011 @ 4:11pm PSTTags: 83rd Academy Awards, Academy Awards, Black Swan, Brad Grey Paramount, Colin Firth, Darren Aronofsky, David Seidler, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hans Zimmer, Helen Mirren, Joel and Ethan Coen, Movies, Natalie Portman, Oscars, Pete Hammond Oscar Coverage, The King's Speech, The Weinstein Co
Pete Hammond

There’s no question this was Hollywood’s biggest week of the year. But now it’s all coming to a close tonight — and not a moment too soon for a lot of nominees at the end of a looooong campaign trail. “Thank God,”  said … Read More »

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Hot Trailer: ‘Thor’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Sunday February 20, 2011 @ 7:11am PSTTags: Chris Hemsworth, Kenneth Branagh, Marvel Studios, Natalie Portman, Paramount Pictures, Thor
Mike Fleming

Paramount Pictures and Marvel Studios have issued a new trailer for Thor. It plays up the presence of Oscar front runner Natalie Portman, creates a more cohesive context Thor than an earlier teaser. It even gives Chris Hemsworth the opportunity to show off the six-pack. The Kenneth Branagh-directed film opens … Read More »

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OSCAR: Closest Races Down To The Wire

By PETE HAMMOND | Saturday February 19, 2011 @ 5:16pm PSTTags: 83rd Academy Awards, Academy Awards, Christian Bale, Colin Firth, Melissa Leo, Movies, Natalie Portman, Oscar Contenders, Oscars, Pete Hammond Oscar Coverage, The Fighter, The King's Speech, The Social Network, True Grit
Pete Hammond

Get those ballots in, stragglers. Forget that many professional pundits and even casual observers of this year’s Oscar race have already called it. (…The King’s Speech wins Best Picture… Best Actor for Colin Firth… Natalie Portman gets Best Actress… The Fighter‘s Christian Bale and … Read More »

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BAFTA Awards Tip Hat To Harvey Weinstein

By TIM ADLER in London | Sunday February 13, 2011 @ 2:34pm PSTTags: BAFTA, BAFTA Awards, Colin Firth, David Fincher, David Seidler, Geoffrey Rush, Harvey Weinstein, Helena Bonham Carter, Inception, Natalie Portman, The King's Speech, The Weinstein Co

Overall, tonight’s BAFTA awards show — known as “the British Oscars” – was marred by human errors and technical flubs. But the winners didn’t care. I counted 7 name-checks for Harvey Weinstein during the evening. In fact, pretty much every time one … Read More »

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2011 BAFTA Winners: ‘The King’s Speech’ Sweeps 7 Awards Including Best Film; David Fincher, Colin Firth, Natalie Portman, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter

By TIM ADLER in London | Sunday February 13, 2011 @ 11:14am PSTTags: BAFTA, BAFTA Awards, Chancellor George Osborne, Colin Firth, David Fincher, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Movies, Natalie Portman, Orange British Academy Film Awards, The King's Speech, The Social Network, Toy Story 3, UK Films

Tonight Oscar favorite Colin Firth won a second consecutive Lead Actor BAFTA (the British Oscars) at this year’s awards ceremony held at the Royal Opera House in London. He won the British Academy of Film and Television Arts prize for his role in … Read More »

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OSCAR: Hammond Polls Academy Voters

By PETE HAMMOND | Wednesday February 9, 2011 @ 8:36pm PSTTags: 83rd Academy Awards, Academy Awards, Academy Awards Voters, Annette Bening, Black Swan, David Fincher, Inception, Javier Bardem, Movies, Natalie Portman, Oscars, Pete Hammond Oscar Coverage, The Fighter, The King's Speech, The Social Network
Pete Hammond

With ballots out and not due back until 5 PM on February 22nd, I decided to talk to a sampling of Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences voters directly to see how they’re picking their winners. By doing this very unscientific survey … Read More »

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‘No Strings Attached’ Reverses Recent Row Of Rom-Com Flop Openers: Possible $20.3M

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Sunday January 23, 2011 @ 8:05am PSTTags: Ashton Kutcher, Black Swan, Box Office, Ivan Reitman, Little Fockers, Movies, Natalie Portman, No Strings Attached, Paramount, The Dilemma, The Fighter, The Green Hornet 3D, The King's Speech, True Grit

SATURDAY PM/SUNDAY AM: Rentrak is having system issues so box office will be a bit late today. But Paramount was so worried about its No Strings Attached being a stinker that the studio didn’t even bother to give me a pre-release briefing. I don’t necessarily blame them: any movie starring Ashton Kutcher is probably a bomb since his last one — PG-13 Killers with Katherine Heigl — opened to only $15.8M for Lionsgate. And rom-coms, especially sexy R-rated ones (Ed Zwick’s Love And Other Drugs which opened to only $9.7M for Fox with Anne Hathaway and Jake Gyllenhaal) have been stillborn at the North American box office with this caliber of star. But No Strings Attached surprised at the box office, not only coming in No. 1 but with a decent $20.3M. Exit polls showed 70% of the audience was female, meaning it should be the least affected by football on Sunday. As for CinemaScore,  40% of those aged under 25 gave the film an “A-” while 60% over 25 scored it a “B”. 

This $25 million-cost movie started out as a Black List script titled Fuckbuddies and written by Elizabeth Merriwether. Natalie Portman came on board as a producer and star for Ivan Reitman and Tom Pollock’s The Montecito Picture Company, which co-financed in partnership with Coldspring and Paramount’s usual partner Spyglass Entertainment.

Natalie is hot after her Oscar-worthy transformative performance in Black Swan and now finds herself with 2 movies in this weekend’s Top 6. And perhaps risking overexposure because of her new pics opening in January, February, April, and May. Anyway, the pic took advantage of being the only wide opening this weekend and may hang on for $20M. (Remember, it took Ron Howard’s Dilemma starring Vince Vaughn and Kevin James 4 days to even make that over the MLK long holiday.) The film had been tracking strong with 20-year-old females whom Paramount pursued aggresively not with traditional newspaper ads but instead with a big Facebook push of a sexy Red Band trailer. Meanwhile, Sony’s The Green Hornet 3D and Universal’s aforementioned Dilemma look to drop more than -35% each this weekend. Here’s the Top 10:

1. No Strings Attached (Paramount) NEW [3,018 Theaters]
Friday $7.3M, Saturday $8.2M, Weekend $20.3M

2. The Green Hornet 3D (Sony) Week 2 [3,584 Theaters]
Friday $5.1M, Saturday $8.7M, Weekend $18.1M (-31%), Cume $63.4M

3. The Dilemma (Universal) Week 2 [2,943 Theaters]
Friday $3M, Saturday $4.5M, Weekend $9.9M (-33%), Cume $33.5M

4. The King’s Speech (Weinstein Co) Week 9 [1,680 Theaters]
Friday $2.1M, Saturday $3.9M, Weekend $9.1M, Cume $58.6M
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Golden Globes Winners List: ‘The Social Network,’ Colin Firth, Natalie Portman, Annette Bening, David Fincher…

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Sunday January 16, 2011 @ 7:33pm PSTTags: Aaron Sorkin, Al Pacino, Annette Bening, Boardwalk Empire, Christian Bale, Claire Danes, Colin Firth, David Fincher, Glee, Golden Globes, Jane Lynch, Jim Parsons, Laura Linney, Melissa Leo, Natalie Portman, Steve Buscemi, The Big Bang Theory, The Big C, The Fighter, The Kids Are All Right, The Social Network, Toy Story 3, Trent Reznor

Ricky Gervais Assesses His Golden Globes Performance
Check out Nikki’s live-snarking from the event…
And here are the night’s big winners:

BEST PICTURE, DRAMA
The Social Network

BEST PICTURE, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
The Kids Are All Right

ACTOR, DRAMA
Colin Firth – … Read More »

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Fashion Industry Targets Golden Globes

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Sunday January 16, 2011 @ 10:44am PSTTags: 2011 Golden Globe Awards, Angelina Jolie, Anne Hathaway, Cher, Golden Globe Awards, Jennifer Lawrence, Movies, Natalie Portman, Nicole Kidman, Scarlett Johansson

(Freelance journalist Elizabeth Snead is part of Deadline’s awards season coverage)

MONDAY: Here’s who wore whom at the Golden Globes last night:

Natalie Portman
Viktor and Rolf gown Tiffany & Co. jewelry, Dior clutch, Stella McCartney shoes

Scarlett Johansson
Elie Saab gown, Van Cleef & Arpels jewelry, Jimmy Choo heels

Tina Fey
L’Wren Scott gown, Swarovski clutch, Jimmy Choo shoes

Jennifer Lopez
Zuhair Murad gown, Swarovski clutch, Harry Winston jewelry

Carrie Underwood
Badgley Mischka gown, Swarovski clutch

Catherine Zeta-Jones
Monique Lhuillier, Van Cleef & Arpels jewelry

Justin Bieber
Dolce & Gabanna tux

Sofia Vergara
Vera Wang gown, David Webb jewelry

Leighton Meester
Burberry Prosum gown Jimmy Choo shoes, Louis Vuitton clutch, Cathy Waterman jewels

Jane Fonda
George Hobeika

Nicole Kidman
Prada gown, Pierre Hardy shoes, Fred Leighton jewels, Roger Vivier clutch

Mandy Moore
Monique Lhuillier gown, Chopard jewelry, Jimmy Choo bag and Brian Atwood shoes

Lea Michele
Oscar de la Renta gown

Jennifer Lawrence
Louis Vuitton gown, Chopard jewelry, Roger Vivier heels, Judith Leiber clutch

Olivia Wilde
Marchesa gown, Tiffany & Co. jewelry.

Eva Longoria
Zac Posen gown

Elisabeth Moss
Donna Karan gown, Lorraine Schwartz jewels, Judith Leiber bag, Jimmy Choo shoes

Diana Agron
J. Mendel gown, Cathy Waterman jewels

Julie Bowen
Tadashi Shoji gown

Jane Lynch
Ali Rahimi gown, Swarovski clutch

Claire Danes
Calvin Klein gown, Van Cleef & Arpel jewelry

Emma Stone
Calvin Klein gown, Van Cleef & Arpels jewelry

Amy Adams
Marchesa gown, Cartier jewelry

Halle Berry
Nina Ricci gown

Kyra Sedgwick
Emilio Pucci gown, VBH clutch, Casadei shoes

Anne Hathaway
Armani Prive gown, Van Cleef & Arpels jewelry

Hailee Steinfeld
Prabal Gurung gown

Michelle Williams
Valentino gown, vintage Fred Leighton jewelry, Christian Louboutin heels

Christina Hendricks
Romona Keveza gown, jewels by Chopard

Angelina Jolie
Versace gown, Robert Procop jewelry

Megan Fox
Armani Prive gown

January Jones
Versace gown

Sandra Bullock
Jenny Packham gown

Christina Aguilera
Zuhair Murad gown, Christian Louboutin shoes, Valentino bag

SUNDAY AM: When it comes to putting on a fashion show, the Golden Globes red carpet is well-timed for spring designs since the Fall 2011 designer runways shows don’t take place until early February, just in time for the more important Oscars. According to my sources, many top stylists have been pulling light pink, coral, and peach gowns, right in step with the spring color trends. Other Spring 2011 trends you’ll see today include bold colors, pajama dressing, lingerie looks, floral prints, unstructured peasant dresses, sheer diaphanous gauze and chiffon, multi-slit skirts, mid-calf hemlines, and flowing evening jumpsuits (circa 1970s Halston). Top designers who may be showcased at the Globes include Alexander McQueen, Derek Lam, Francisco Costa for Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, Elie Saab, Badgley Mischka, Carolina Herrera, Marchesa, Alberta Ferretti, and Roberto Cavalli. Natalie Portman in the past has worn designs by Rodarte, Proenza Schouler, Jason Wu, J. Mendel, Chanel, and Givenchy. But this season the nominated Black Swan star has become a Dior brand ambassador. But the Rodarte sisters, Laura and Kate Mulleavy, designed Natalie’s pink Oscar gown last year and made those stunning Black Swan tutus. The fashion industry faces challenges dressing other pregnant actresses including Penelope Cruz, Marion Cotillard, Jennifer Connelly, and Kate Hudson.

Rabbit Hole star Nicole Kidman will probably wear old world couture — Chanel, Prada, Balenciaga — usually supplied (sometimes even designed) by her longtime stylist L’Wren Scott. She did a peach satin ‘30s inspired Nina Ricci gown in 2010. Winter’s Bone ingénue Jennifer Lawrence is being styled by Estee Stanley. Angelina Jolie (The Tourist) is working with her longtime stylist Jennifer Rade and will probably do something neutral, long, and slit, from Atelier Versace. Stylist Rachel Zoe is advising Love And Other Drugs nominee Anne Hathaway who usually favors classic gowns from Valentino, Nina Ricci, Armani, Valentino, Marchesa, Prada, and vintage Halston. Scarlett Johansson will present at the Globes and, since her Moet & Chandon ads have just hit the web, will probably don another LVMH-associated luxury brand such as Givenchy, Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs, or Donna Karan.

No coincidence that Marchesa designer Georgina Chapman (Harvey Weinstein’s wife) has been in town all week getting her clients ready. Paris-based designer Elie Saab is working closely with Frankie And Alice actress Halle Berry and The Big C star Laura Linney. Designer Carolina Herrera has dressed The Fighter nominee Amy Adams three times for Oscar’s Red Carpet and she wore Herrera’s forest green maternity dress to the 2010 Globes. And Julianne Moore (The Kids Are All Right) actually modelled in her pal Tom Ford’s recent comeback womenswear NYC fashion show so no secret whom she’ll be wearing. Always avant-garbed Helena Bonham Carter (The King’s Speech) could wear favorite Vivienne Westwood again (the British designer did Helena’s disheveled outfit for the Royal premiere of Alice in Wonderland.)

The fashion industry always targets young Size 2 newcomers to the Red Carpet scene. Emma Stone has worn Read More »

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Behind The Scenes Of AFI & CCMA Awards

By PETE HAMMOND | Saturday January 15, 2011 @ 10:18am PSTTags: 16th Annual Critics Choice Movie Awards, Aaron Sorkin, AFI Awards, Colin Firth, Critics Choice Movie Awards, David Fincher, Inception, Natalie Portman, The King's Speech, The Social Network
Pete Hammond

Awards season came to the masses as Friday night’s 16th Annual Critics Choice Movie Awards was broadcast live on VH1, becoming the first movie kudos show of the year to hit the airwaves. It was a loose, sometimes hip, sometimes … Read More »

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Critics’ Choice Awards Spread The Gold: ‘Social Network’, Fincher, Firth, Portman

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday January 14, 2011 @ 10:55pm PSTTags: 16th Annual Critics Choice Movie Awards, Broadcast Film Critics Association, Christian Bale, Colin Firth, Critics Choice Movie Awards, David Fincher, Movies, Natalie Portman, The Social Network

The Critics’ Choice Movie Awards are bestowed annually by the Broadcast Film Critics Association to honor the finest in cinematic achievement. Nominees for 2010 film releases were selected by written ballots in a week-long voting period and announced on December 13th, … Read More »

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OSCAR: Is Natalie Portman Overexposed?

By PETE HAMMOND | Friday January 7, 2011 @ 7:00am PSTTags: 83rd Academy Awards, Academy Awards, Natalie Portman, Natalie Portman Black Swan, Oscar Best Actress Category, Oscars
Pete Hammond

For that matter, is Geoffrey Rush’s Oscar chances in The King’s Speech hurt by a dud movie earlier in 2010? Or Justin Timberlake’s in The Social Network by a kid’s movie that came out at Christmas? Or Nicole Kidman’s in Rabbit … Read More »

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Hot Red Band Trailer: ‘No Strings Attached’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday January 6, 2011 @ 8:20pm PSTTags: Ashton Kutcher, Movies, Natalie Portman, No Strings Attached, No Strings Attached Trailer, Paramount Pictures, Trailers, Video
Mike Fleming

Here’s a red band trailer for No Strings Attached, the Ashton Kutcher-Natalie Portman comedy which Paramount Pictures releases January 21.

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Hot Trailer: ‘The Other Woman’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday December 28, 2010 @ 5:09am PSTTags: Don Roos, Movies, Natalie Portman, Video
Mike Fleming

Black Swan Oscar contender Natalie Portman seems to be everywhere. She plays the heroine in the upcoming Universal comedy Your Highness opposite James Franco and Danny McBride, and stars opposite Chris Hemsworth in the Kenneth Branagh-directed Marvel film Thor, released May 6th. Here’s a new trailer for one that’s been … Read More »

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OSCAR: Who’s Wearing Whom To Awards?

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday December 27, 2010 @ 4:06am PSTTags: 2011 Golden Globe Awards, 83rd Academy Awards, Academy Awards, Anne Hathaway, Annette Bening, Natalie Portman, Nicole Kidman, Oscar Fashion, Oscars, SAG Awards



From Issue #4 of Deadline’s recent awards print editions, noted fashion editor/writer Elizabeth Snead filed this report:

No, it’s not too early to ask that question about the Oscars or the Golden Globes or the BAFTAs or the SAG Awards or to speculate about the actress considered this Hollywood awards season’s biggest “get” among the global fashion industry that has taken root. Clothes and accessories designers, personal stylists, and image-makers who hook up celebrities with prestige brands already are predicting which actresses will wear whose haute couture (especially if they fit into a runway sample size 2).

The fact is, what stars showcase on the red carpets is based on their existing relationships. Several actresses touted for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress nominations this year, like Anne Hathaway, Nicole Kidman, and Annette Bening, already have long fashion histories. Style-icon Hathaway (Love & Other Drugs) favors Oscar classics from Armani, Valentino and Marchesa. Oscar winner Kidman (Rabbit Hole) has worked with many top designers during her career including, Chanel, Balenciaga, and her designer/stylist L’Wren Scott. Annette Bening (The Kids Are Alright) has long been on Team Armani.

Carey Mulligan (Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps and Never Let Me Go) often wears Balenciaga; Lanvin; and Prada, the house that did her most recent Oscar gown adorned with tiny forks and spoons. Michelle Williams wowed critics with her trend-setting, mustard-yellow Vera Wang for her Oscar nod in 2006, but recently wore Chanel couture at the Blue Valentine Cannes premiere. Amy Adams (The Fighter) has picked Carolina Herrera for three highly-praised Oscar carpet strolls. Julianne Moore (The Kids Are All Right) loves edgier Lanvin and Balenciaga — plus, Tom Ford has directed her, so he might give her something special from his new collection that recently debuted during NYC Fashion Week. The always-eclectic Tilda Swinton (I Am Love) has designers she describes as “friends who send me boxes” including, Alber Elbaz (whom she’s nicknamed ‘Albert Elbows’), Haider Ackermann, Dior’s John Galliano, Balenciaga’s Nicolas Ghesquiere, Viktor & Rolf, and Vivienne Westwood.

This season’s biggest Oscar ‘get’ might be Natalie Portman (Black Swan), if only she hadn’t recently signed her first fragrance contract — for Parfums Christian Dior. The natural assumption is that she’ll do Dior on Oscar Day just like she did at Mike Nichols’ recent AFI tribute. But there’s already chatter she might don Rodarte for some red carpets because of her long history with its Pasadena-based designing sisters, Kate and Laura Mulleavy. And don’t forget that she insisted on Rodarte designing the exquisite ballerina costumes for Black Swan. Natalie already wore a stunning red Rodarte gown to the Venice Film Festival, but also carried a Dior bag. Read More »

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Indie Spirit Nominations Could Predict Oscar

By PETE HAMMOND | Tuesday November 30, 2010 @ 7:27pm PSTTags: 2011 Film Independent Spirit Awards, 2011 Independent Spirit Awards Nominations, 83rd Academy Awards, Academy Awards, Annette Bening, Deadline Hollywood Pete Hammond, Indie Spirit Awards, Indie Spirit Awards Nominations, Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Natalie Portman, Oscars, Pete Hammond Oscar Coverage, Winter's Bone
Pete Hammond

Analyzing today’s 26th Annual Independent Spirit Award nominations, I would say Winter’s Bone, the film that led with the most nods, is also the one to beat, particularly after its triumphs at Monday night’s Gotham Awards where it took the Best Ensemble and Best Feature awards. … Read More »

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