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Goodbye to Leslie Nielsen and Irvin Kershner
The film world is saying goodbye to two key figures, who've died over the weekend.The actor Leslie Nielsen - best known for Airplane and the Naked Gun series - has died at…
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Franco and Hathaway to host Oscars 2011
The American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has named the actors James Franco and Anne Hathaway as the co-hosts of the 83rd Academy Awards next February.Franco - soon to be…
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New BFI Fellow Danny Boyle ends another two week festival of film in London
Jason Korsner reports 2 November 2010 The organisers of the London Film Festival say this year's event had an outstanding British presence - including the opening and closing night galas.
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King's Speech leads BIFA nominations
Tom Hooper's film about King George VI trying to overcome his stammer, The King's Speech, has picked up eight nominations at the British Independent Film Awards.The film is up for honours in…
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Russian film is surprise winner at London Film Festival
The Star of London award for the Best Film of the London Film Festival has gone to the Russian arctic drama, How I Ended This Summer.Despite impressive competition on the twelve-strong shortlist…
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BBFC lets 12 year olds see King George VI swearing
The British Board of Film Classification has reconsidered the 15 certificate it gave Colin Firth's LFF-premiered film The King's Speech after an appeal from the film-maker and decided that it should be…
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Raindance 2010 Award Winners
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATUREDonoma - FRANCESon of Babylon - IRAQ [winner]Symbol - JAPANWoman With A Broken Nose - SERBIABEST UK FEATUREFive Daughters [winner]HugeJackboots on WhitehallLegacyRebels Without A ClueBEST DEBUT FEATUREArmless - USACannibal- BELGIUMDonoma…
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Hollywood legend Tony Curtis dead at 85
The actor Tony Curtis has died at the age of eighty five.Tony Curtis made more than a hundred films during his career, rising to prominence in the late 1950s with lead roles…
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Scottish film takes top prize at San Sebastian
The Scottish actor and director Peter Mullan has won the top prize at the San Sebastian Film Festival with his film Neds, a coming-of-age tale , set in 1970s Glasgow.The jury, headed…
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Claude Chabrol dead at 80
One of the founders of the New Wave movement in French film of the late 1950s and early 1960s, Claude Chabrol, has died.