The American TV network CBS has green lit a second season of the hit summer drama, Under the Dome. Based on Stephen King’s best selling novel of the same name, the series has had massive shoes to fill and hefty expectations to meet. It managed to score big in ratings, proving its worth against some […]
A three-hour-long film about the love between two young women has won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival. The Palme d’Or was awarded to French-language Blue is the Warmest Colour, directed by the Tunisian film-maker, Abdellatif Kechiche. The runner-up Grand Prix went to one of the most popular films with the critics, the […]
The British director Lynne Ramsay, who’s We Need To Talk About Kevin, was nominated for the Palme d’Or at Cannes two years ago, has been named as part of this year’s jury, presided over by Steven Spielberg. Others on the jury, that will pick this year’s winner at Cannes, include Oscar-winning director Ang Lee, who’s […]
Finally Steven Spielberg has found time in his busy schedule to preside over the Jury of the Cannes Film Festival this year, having been sought for years by the event’s organisers. He will be taking over from last year’s head of the jury, Italian Nanni Moretti. “My admiration for the steadfast mission of the Festival […]
Wednesday 9th January 2013: Arrived in LA in time to have dinner at a quaint Santa Monica Italian restaurant, Bruno’s, with UKscreen’s owner and LA correspondent, Sam Asi, one of the eighty five members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the organisation that votes for and hands out the Golden Globes, the second most significant […]
Directors Guild of America (DGA) has announced today its nominations for Best Director: Steven Spielberg for Lincoln, Ben Affleck for Argo, Tom Hooper for Les Miserables, Ang Lee for Life of Pi and Kathryn Bigelow for Zero Dark Thirty. All the above directors have been already recognized by other guilds and organizations. Notably missing in […]
Taking a step closer to his retirement, the Star Wars creator George Lucas has named Steven Spielberg’s long-time producing partner Kathleen Kennedy as his co-chair and successor at the studio he created four decades ago, Lucasfilm.
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