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Coogan wins screenplay prize at Venice
The comedian Steve Coogan has won the Best Screenplay award at the Venice Film Festival. He and co-writer Jeff Pope penned the well-received new Stephen Frears film, Philomena, in which Coogan stars…
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Jolie, Martin and Lansbury honoured by Academy
The Academy that hands out the Oscars has announced four film-makers to receive honorary statuettes at the fifth annual Governor’s Awards ceremony in Hollywood in November; three actors and a costume designer.
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LFF brings pick of the festivals to London
Coming late in the year, the London Film Festival is continuing its modest streak of bringing some of the best films of the year’s other festivals – including Sundance, Cannes, Venice and…
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Fifty Shades cast announced
After months of fevered speculation among fans, the producers of the film adaptation of EL James’s sadomasochism romance novel Fifty Shades of Grey have revealed the actors chosen to play the two…
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ITV is best channel at Edinburgh TV Festival
ITV has been named the Channel of the Year at the Edinburgh TV Festival. The success of shows such as the crime thriller Broadchurch, with a peak audience of nearly 9 million…
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Tom Hanks to bookend London Film Festival
The BFI has announced the 57th London Film Festival will close with Saving Mr Banks, the story of how Mary Poppins was brought to the big screen.
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Ellen to host 85th Oscars, as Academy diversifies
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which hands out the Oscars, says the comedian and chat-show host Ellen DeGeneres will host next year’s awards ceremony.
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British director Greengrass to open LFF 2013
The director best known for the Bourne Supremacy and the Bourne Ultimatum, Paul Greengrass, will be the first British director to open the London Film Festival since Andrew Macdonald had the honour…
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Academy picks first black president
The body that hands out the Oscars, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, has chosen its first black president.
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Comedian Mel Smith dead at 60
The comic actor Mel Smith, best known for writing and starring in the TV sketch shows Not the Nine O’Clock News and Alas Smith & Jones, has died of a heart attack…