Academy Awards

...for film noir. While "The Third Man" won an Oscar and grand prize of the Cannes Film Festival, it was less of a hit in Vienna, with locals unappreciative of the portrayal of the city's residents as grasping and cowardly. But with "The...

In this article: The Third Man, Vienna, Cult film, and Graham Greene

...Truth," "Hotel Rwanda" and "Good Night, and Good Luck." The Kramer Award is the latest tribute paid to Daniels' film, which has considerable Oscar buzz surrounding it. Among its recent awards are the 2009 Toronto International Film...

In this article: Oscar, Lee Daniels, 2009 Sundance Film Festival, 2009 Cannes Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, An Inconvenient Truth, Good Night, and Good Luck, and Hotel Rwanda

...men in future films. LOS ANGELES -- Without the burden of a live worldwide broadcast, members of the film academy threw themselves a lively yet relaxed dinner party to honor the first Oscar winners of the season. The Academy of Motion...

In this article: Academy Awards, Roger Corman, Lauren Bacall, Gordon Willis, Pedro Almodovar, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, and Kirk Douglas

Films include the critically-acclaimed American war drama "The Hurt Locker," Oscar-nominated Israeli animated drama "Waltz with Bashir" and French drama "The Class," which won the 2008 Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or (the highest honor). 5...

In this article: West Virginia, Oscar, International Film Festival, The Hurt Locker, Iraq War, Yale, Harvard, Waltz with Bashir, and Cannes Film Festival

...world-wide fame with the 1969 movie Easy Rider. He co-wrote, directed and starred opposite Peter Fonda and Jack Nicholson and earned a Cannes Film Festival gong and an Oscar nomination. Tipped as a talent to watch, the actor struggled to...

In this article: Dennis Hopper, Cancer, Easy Rider, Oscar, Jack Nicholson, Hollywood, New Hollywood, Dehydration, University of Southern California, and Cannes Film Festival

...part of a social worker. The role earned her a 15-minute standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival this spring, and there's even speculation she could grab the Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She's come a long way since...

In this article: Mariah Carey, Simon Cowell, Oscar, Helen Mirren, Nick Cannon, X Factor, Cannes Film Festival, Woody Allen, Barack Obama, and Divas Live

Lasseter's directorial career includes such groundbreaking animated features and short films as "Toy Story" and "Toy Story 2," as well as "A Bug's Life," "Cars," and "Tin Toy," the first computer animated film to receive an Oscar. As...

In this article: John Lasseter, Walt Disney Imagineering, Academy Award, Pixar Animation Studios, Scream Awards, 2009 Cannes Film Festival, Brian Grazer, Kathleen Kennedy, and Jerry Bruckheimer

...the selection of Mondays in the Sun (Fernando Leon de Aranoa, 2002) over Talk to Her as the movie to compete in the name of Spain for the Oscar for Best Film in a Foreign Language, when the latter was hailed as a landmark in the director's...

In this article: Pedro Almodovar, Spain, Francisco Franco, Oscar, Cannes Film Festival, Gonzalo Suarez, Fernando Leon de Aranoa, Mondays in the Sun, Radicalism, and Conservatism

...award for Best Independent/Experimental Film. Van Sant has twice been nominated by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the Oscar® for Best Director: for his work on Good Will Hunting, which received nine total nominations...

In this article: Gus Van Sant, Imagine Entertainment, Academy Awards, Bryce Dallas Howard, Milk, Portland, Oregon, Ron Howard, Emmy, and Brian Grazer