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'Remote Control' gameshow host Ken Ober dies at 52...tricks and irony. Amelia (PG) -- Two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank tries for a third with this glossy, award-baiting biopic of Amelia Earhart, who disappeared in 1937 while trying to fly solo around the world. Co-starring Richard Gere... In this article: Ken Ober, Remote Control, Barack Obama, Amelia Earhart, Mogadishu, and Somalia |
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scotsman.com - Entertainment | November 09, 2009
Film Review: Amelia
...Atlantic again, this time solo. Amelia has a lot going for it a in the past Nair has made some fine films about human bonds and strong women, while Swank has won two Oscars by playing doomed rangy tomboys. She wears the flying jackets well...
In this article: Amelia, Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, Charles Lindbergh, Atlantic, Hilary Swank, Cherry Jones, and Film Review
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BBC News | November 13, 2009
Writer excited over aviator film
...it was published in 1989, but were only recently made into Hollywood film Amelia. It stars double Oscar-winner Hilary Swank, Ewan McGregor and Richard Gere. Ms Lovell, of Brockenhurst, Hampshire, said: "I'm beside myself waiting to see the...
In this article: Amelia Earhart, Mary S Lovell, Hilary Swank, Ewan McGregor, Richard Gere, Oscar, Atlantic, Hollywood, Brockenhurst, and US Navy
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Telegraph.co.uk - Arts | November 12, 2009
Amelia review
The lead role is played by Hilary Swank who has not only won two best Actress Oscars in challenging parts, but has remarkably similar looks to the film's subject: Amelia Earhart, the first aviatrix to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. And...
In this article: Amelia Earhart, Meera Nair, The English Patient, Atlantic Ocean, Oscars, DVD, Hilary Swank, and Richard Gere
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Metro | November 12, 2009
Hilary Swank talks monogamy
...talks monogamy By ELAINE LIPWORTH - Thursday, November 12, 2009 Hilary Swank, 35, has won two Oscars, for Boys Don't Cry and Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby. In her new film Amelia she stars as legendary aviation pioneer Amelia...
In this article: Amelia Earhart, Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor, Million Dollar Baby, Oscars, Clint Eastwood, and Boys Don't Cry
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Fox News | October 16, 2009
Hilary Swank Becomes Amelia Earhart
...most talked-about journeys in history. AMELIA is directed by Mira Nair (THE NAMESAKE, VANITY FAIR, MONSOON WEDDING) from a screenplay by Academy Award winner Ron Bass (RAIN MAN) and Anna Hamilton Phelan. The film is produced by Ted Waitt,...
In this article: Amelia Earhart, Hilary Swank, Amelia, Academy Award, George P. Putnam, Ron Bass, Mira Nair, Rain Man, and All rights reserved
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TIME | November 15, 2009
Box-Office Bloodbath: 'Paranormal' Slays 'Saw VI'
...Mira Nair behind the camera. It happens that, in every recent year divisible by five, Swank has won the Academy Award for Best Actress: in 2000 for Boys Don,t Cry and 2005 for Million Dollar Baby. Numerology suggested another Swank...
In this article: Amelia Earhart, Oscar, The Vampire's Assistant, Paramount Pictures, Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby, Halloween, Box Office Mojo, and Rotten Tomatoes
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Daily Mail | November 11, 2009
Another triumph for Hollywood superstar Hilary Swank
...AM on 11th November 2009 She has garnered two Oscars and is tipped to win another for her lead role in the new Amelia Earhart biopic, so why would Hilary Swank be interested in judging an underwear contest? As she tells Jane Gordon, it's...
In this article: Hilary Swank, Oscars, Amelia Earhart, Vivien Leigh, Hollywood, Milan, Chad Lowe, and Million Dollar Baby
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The Academy Award (Oscar) is the main national film award in the USA. The Academy Award (Oscar) are awards presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers. The formal ceremony at which the awards are presented is one of the most prominent film award ceremonies in the world. The Oscars, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences itself, were conceived by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio boss, Louis B. Mayer.
The 1st Academy Awards ceremony was held on Thursday, May 16, 1929, at the Hotel Roosevelt in Hollywood to honor outstanding film achievements of 1927 and 1928. It was hosted by actor Douglas Fairbanks and director William C. DeMille.
The 81st Academy Awards honoring the best in film for 2008 will be held on Sunday, February 22, 2009 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood with actor Hugh Jackman hosting the ceremony for the first time.
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