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...Century Fox Mr Blavatnik's Access Industries bought the UK arm of Icon Group, which owns the rights to about 500 feature films including the Oscar-winning Western Dances with Wolves, for an undisclosed sum yesterday. Mr Gibson and...

In this article: Len Blavatnik, Mel Gibson, Oscar, Access Industries, Business partner, Tnk-bp, BP, and Bruce Davey

...Basterds," and along the way, Morricone has racked up heaps of awards, including five BAFTAs (Britain's equivalent of the Oscar), France's Legion of Honor Knighthood in 2009, and five Academy Award nominations. For each...

In this article: Ennio Morricone, Academy Awards, Clint Eastwood, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Sergio Leone, Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds, World War II, A Fistful of Dollars, and Mario Bava

...earth is at stake, and time is running out. Will Tom - will we - make the right decision? BURN UP is produced by acclaimed UK producers Kudos Film and Television (Life on Mars, Hustle, Spooks) with Executive Producers Stephen Garrett and...

In this article: Global warming, Rupert Penry-Jones, Bradley Whitford, U.S., Oscar, Simon Beaufoy, and Climate change

...P6] Kate Winslet is our new hero. She sued the U.K.'s Daily Mail when they said she was lying about not working out before the Academy Awards, and she just won a $40,000 payout from the newspaper. She actually wants people to think she...

In this article: Lindsay Lohan, Mischa Barton, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Gerard Butler, Halloween, Jeremy Piven, Soy milk, and Kate Gosselin

..."One reason for anger among staffers is that American variety-show workers find it very difficult to obtain visas to work in the U.K. 'We'll give all of his people visas, but it's not reciprocal,' says a disgruntled awards-show vet.

In this article: An Education, A Serious Man, Oscar, Nine, Inglourious Basterds, TCM, Fox Searchlight, and Adam Shankman

...fell down." BAFTA, which hands out Britain's equivalent of the Oscars each year, last honored the Monty Python team in 1987 when it received the Michael Balcon Award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema. © Thomson Reuters...

In this article: Monty Python, John Cleese, NEW YORK, All rights reserved, Oscars, Thomson Reuters, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, EBay, and NYSE

...and became the year's bestselling song. Britain's Leona Lewis therefore has plenty to live up to after it was announced she will be employing her vocal talents on I See You (Theme from Avatar). The song will be released on 15 December,...

In this article: Leona Lewis, Titanic, Avatar, James Cameron, Avatar, My Heart Will Go On, Celine Dion, Titanic, Oscar, and Alien

...huge British film star and a likely contender for next year's Best Actress Oscar. Mulligan was attending the UK premiere at The Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival of the movie that has transformed her life: An Education, adapted by the...

In this article: Carey Mulligan, Oscar, An Education, Audrey Hepburn, New York, Nick Hornby, Emma Thompson, Dominic Cooper, Googled, and Woldingham School

...generation to go to the movies. Boyle was speaking at the launch of National Schools Film Week, which will see almost 2,500 free film screenings for schoolchildren in more than 560 locations across the UK. Boyle joined actor Bill Nighy at...

In this article: Danny Boyle, Oscar, Slumdog Millionaire, Bill Nighy, Charlotte's Web, Night at the Museum, Northern Ireland, London, and England