TFC Morning Report – Monday, Feb. 23, 2009 – Slumdog takes Best Picture
Top Story: Slumdog Millionaire won eight Oscars at the 81st annual Acadamy Awards last night, including Best Picture and Best Director. Sean Penn won his second Best Actor Oscar for Milk, while Kate Winslet finally took home the Best Actress trophy for her role in The Reader. Supporting Oscars went to Heath Ledger and Penelope Cruz. (HP)
In Other News: Mike Myers’ The Love Guru won (lost?) Worst Picture, Screenplay, and Actor at this year’s Golden Raspberry awards, a.k.a. the Razzies. Paris Hilton won another Razzie for her supporting role in Repo: The Genetic Opera, while Uwe Boll took home Worst Director. (Variety)
Word on the blog is that Ghostbuster 3 may finally go into production later this year. (AICN)
Tyler Perry continued his role as Lionsgate cash cow over the weekend with his Madea Goes to Jail taking in a whopping $41.1 million. It was Lionsgate’s biggest opening ever. Holdovers Taken and Coraline remained strong with each taking in around $11 million for second and third place finishes. (HR)
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