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What It Would Look Like If This Year's Best Picture Nominees Had A Hostile Conversation On Facebook

What it would look like if this year's Best Picture nominees had a hostile conversation on Facebook.

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movies: Moneyball, Midnight in Paris, War Horse + 6 more »

Sacha Baron Cohen Banned From Oscars

The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has pulled actor Sacha Baron Cohen‘s tickets from the 84th Academy Awards. This means he is banned from attending the Oscars even though he is one of the stars from Hugo, Paramount’s 11 nominated Best Picture contenders. “Unless they’re assured that nothing entertaining is going to happen on the Red Carpet, the Academy is not admitting Sacha Baron Cohen to the show,” an insider just told me.

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Author: NIKKI FINKE
movies: Hugo, The Dictator
actor: Sacha Baron Cohen

DGA noms five for helmer's race

Opting for veteran directors with a mix of comedy and drama, the Directors Guild of America has tapped Woody Allen for "Midnight in Paris," David Fincher for "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Michel Hazanavicius for "The Artist," Alexander Payne for "The Descendants" and Martin Scorsese for "Hugo" for its top feature film award.
The DGA, which made the nominations announcement Monday, will unveil the winner Jan. 28 at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland at its 64th annual awards gala.

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Author: Dave McNary
movies: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Midnight in Paris, The Artist + 2 more »

WGA noms: 'Bridesmaids,' 'Win Win' in

Leaning heavily toward comedies, Hollywood writers have tapped scripts for "50/50," "Bridesmaids," "Midnight in Paris," "Win Win" and "Young Adult" for the Writers Guild of America's original screenplay award, while "The Descendants," "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," "The Help," "Hugo" and "Moneyball" have been selected for adapted screenplay.

The WGA, which announced the noms Thursday, will disclose the winners Feb. 19 in simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York.

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Author: Dave McNary
movies: Bridesmaids, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Moneyball + 6 more »

OSCARS: VFX Shortlist Pared To 10

Beverly Hills, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 films remain in the running in the Visual Effects category for the 84th Academy Awards®.

The films are listed below in alphabetical order:

“Captain America: The First Avenger”
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2″
“Hugo”
“Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol”
“Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides”
“Real Steel”
“Rise of the Planet of the Apes”
“Transformers: Dark of the Moon”
“The Tree of Life”
“X-Men: First Class”

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movies: The Tree of Life, Real Steel, X-Men: First Class + 7 more »

From "Drive" To "Melancholia," Here's Why 2011 Marked a Shift In the History of Cinematography

The first movie I saw in theaters in 2011, aside from a couple of press screenings, was "Hugo." Yes, that's correct: I went nearly 11 months without bothering to see a new release. The reason? Honestly, there was nothing I felt couldn't wait until the DVD release.

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Author: JAMIE STUART
movies: Shame, Drive, Melancholia + 4 more »

National Board of Review Names 2011 Winners

New York, NY – December 1, 2011 – The National Board of Review has named HUGO the 2011 Best Film of the Year. Directed by Martin Scorsese, the film was released on November 23rd by Paramount Pictures.

Below is a full list of the awards given by the National Board of Review:

Best Film: Hugo

Best Director: Martin Scorsese, Hugo

Best Actor: George Clooney, The Descendants

Best Actress: Tilda Swinton, We Need to Talk About Kevin

Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer, Beginners

Best Supporting Actress: Shailene Woodley, The Descendants

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Author: The National Board of Review
movies: Shame, Jane Eyre, Pariah + 15 more »
actors: Christopher Plummer, Martin Scorsese, Michael Fassbender + 5 more »

'Hugo' star Asa Butterfield tweets he's the lead in 'Ender's Game'

From a picturesque 1930s Paris to a futuristic Earth beset by invading insectoid aliens — yeah, that seems about right. Asa Butterfield, the young, wide-eyed star of Martin Scorsese’s Hugo, tweeted that he’s booked the role of Ender Wiggin, the lead in Summit Entertainment’s adaptation of Orson Scott Card’s sci-fi novel Ender’s Game. (Summit has not yet responded to a request for confirmation from EW.)

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Author: Adam B. Vary
movie: Hugo
actor: Asa Butterfield

'Breaking Dawn': How Long Can It Top The Box Office?

The box-office battle of Thanksgiving weekend has come and gone, and "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1" once again emerged as the victor.

The penultimate entry in the vampire romance series pulled off an impressive haul of an estimated $62.3 million, according to BoxOfficeMojo.com. The weekend brought the film's domestic total to roughly $221 million, as it survived formidable competition from "The Muppets," which earned a respectable $42 million.

But what do the upcoming weeks hold for "Breaking Dawn - Part 1"? We consulted some box-office experts to find out.

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Author: Kevin P. Sullivan
movies: Shame, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Muppets + 3 more »

Working Hollywood: Dick George, prop maker

Prop maker Dick George made sure the automaton from "Hugo" runs just like clockwork — or at least appears to work that way.

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Author: Cristy Lytal, Special to the Los Angeles Times
movies: The Da Vinci Code, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Hugo