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BFI says box office up, production down
The latest figures from the British Film Institute show that UK cinemas took a record £988 million last year – with 24 of the takings coming from British films – up from…
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Academy announces Governors Awards
The organisation that hands out the Oscars, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, has voted to honour three industry veterans with Governors Awards..Honorary Awards will be handed to the actor…
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Just one more thing – Peter Falk has died
The actor Peter Falk -- best known as the 1970s TV detective Columbo -- has died at home in Beverly Hills at the age of 83.He had been suffering from Alzheimer's Disease…
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Spider Man producer dies at 61
The Hollywood producer Laura Ziskin has died at the aget of 61.She had been battling breast cancer for seven years.Ziskin scored early successes with her career, producing films including Kevin Costner's spy…
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Cannes Puts Credit Crunch Behind It
(Picture gallery) With his fifth film in a directing career that began thirty eight years ago, Terrence Malick has finally picked up one of the most prestigious awards in the world of…
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New panel explores British film industry
The former culture minister Lord Smith is to lead an eight member panel to examine the state of the British film industry.The panel - including the Oscar-winning Gosford Park writer and Downton…
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Malick takes top prize in Cannes.
He hasn't made too many films, but when he puts his mind to it, Terrence Malick knows how to earn critical praise, awards and nominations at the highest level, including Badlands, Days…
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Only Fools and Horses creator dies
One of Britain's best loved TV comedy writers, John Sullivan, has died at the age of 64.He had been suffering from viral pneumonia for six weeks.Sullivan started out working behind the scenes…
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Zeta-Jones treated for manic depression
The actress Catherine Zeta-Jones has revealed that she has been treated for bipolar disease. The condition, which is also known as manic depression, gives sufferers severe mood swings, that can last weeks…
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Network director Lumet dies at 86
The American director Sidney Lumet has died at home in Manhattan at the age of eighty six.Over a five decade career, he made dozens of films.