Academy Awards

...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...

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...won the audience choice award at the Toronto International Film Festival on Saturday, stoking... TORONTO - Lee Daniels has an Oscar-winning movie to his credit, but he still needed some big-time help to draw attention to his latest film...

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...in Toronto. An Academy Award winner for "Leaving Las Vegas," Cage says those commercial movies provide the freedom to do smaller, smarter films such as his offbeat cop tale "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans." And he notes that...

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...projects that sit outside the box; the first film he produced, Monster's Ball, dealt with an interracial relationship (and won an Oscar for lead Halle Berry) and the second, The Woodsman offered a sympathetic portrayal of a pedophile (played...

In this article: Mo'Nique, Lee Daniels, Sapphire, Oscar, Mariah Carey, Oprah Winfrey, Tyler Perry, and Lehman College

Is Mo'Nique ruining her Oscar chances with diva antics? First, Mo'Nique didn't show up at the Toronto International Film Festival to promote "Precious." Rumors ran amok that she snubbed the debut because Lionsgate wouldn't pay a $100,000...

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...Film Festival. Last year, when Slumdog Millionaire-another film about impoverished non-white people-won the People's Choice Award at TIFF, it went on to win a slew of Oscars, including "Best Motion Picture of the Year. " Audiences, that...

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...common: Not one has had a regular run in a Seattle theater. Of course, it's often the buzz surrounding an Oscar nomination that gets a foreign film into theaters in the first place. Two that definitely have distribution and will be playing in...

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Can Oprah Lead 'Precious' All the Way to Oscar? Can Oprah Lead Precious All the Way to Oscar? Author Sapphire, left, and executive producer Oprah Winfrey, center, listen to director Lee Daniels at a news conference for the film Precious...

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...Mariah Carey, has won the main prize at the Toronto Film Festival. It won the award voted for by film fans, taken last year by eventual Oscar winner Slumdog Millionaire. Director Lee Daniels said he made the film "for every person who...

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