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Dexter's Michael C Hall treated for cancer
The star of the Ameican TV drama Dexter, Michael C Hall, has revealed that he's coming to the end of a series of treatment for Hodgkin's Lymphoma and the condition is now…
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American Directors pick their 2009 favourites
The Directors Guild of America is the latest body to pick its nominees for the 2009-2010 awards season.The DGA Awards are particularly keenly observed by Oscar watchers, because since it was set…
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Avatar passes billion dollar mark in record time
One of the most talked about films of the past year, James Cameron's technologically groundbreaking Avatar, has taken more than a billion dollars at the global box office in just seventeen days.Sales…
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American Actors pick their Awards nominees
A pattern is beginning to emerge at the start of this Awards season, with An Education, Up in the Air, The Hurt Locker, Precious and Inglourious Basterds picking up a slew of…
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Actress Brittany Murphy dead at 32
The actress Brittany Murphy has died at her home in the Hollywood Hills. She was 32.Early reports suggested that she'd suffered cardiac arrest.Police have launched an investigation into her death, although the…
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Golden Globes Up In The Air
Having turned his ironic touch to the tobacco industry in Thank You For Smoking and teenaged pregnancy in Juno, Jason Reitman has scored another critical hit with his latest film.Up In The…
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White Ribbon ties up European Film Awards
The European Film Academy has spread its top awards across films from both this year and last year.The biggest prizes of the night - Best Film and Best Director - went to…
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British Film Industry over the Moon
The low budget science-fiction mystery, Moon, has won the top prize at the British Independent Film Awards - Best British Independent Film.Its director, Duncan Jones, won the award for the best first-time…
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You dont have to be Jewish… but it helps!
Jason Korsner reports 22 November 2009 The UK Jewish Film Festival marked its barmitzvah year this month – for those unfamiliar with Jewish culture – that's its thirteenth birthday.
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Martin and Baldwin to host Oscars
The organisers of the Oscars have hired Steve Martin and Alex Baldwin to co-host the 82nd Academy Awards, in March next year.The comic actor and writer Steve Martin has previously hosted the…