DEATHLY HALLOWS 2 crosses $1 billion, Burns walks the BOARDWALK, Von Trier’s latest controversy – News Links
Warner Bros. had a magic moment over the weekend. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 became the first in the Potter series to cross the $1 billion mark worldwide. The Potter finale, in its 19th day of release, also tied Avatar for the fastest movie to $1 billion. (Box Office Mojo) Ken Burns latest Americana doc, Prohibition, hits PBS in October. While promoting the show, Burns professed his admiration for Terence Winter’s prohibition-era HBO series Boardwalk Empire saying, “Americans always love to watch people who get to kill the people who piss them off.” (The Wrap) Oh, Lars von Trier. When you said “I understand Hitler” in front of the world’s film community at Cannes, I’m sure you expected that to be the most controversial moment of the year. Now you find yourself defending Dogville from being associated with the Norway...
Read More2010 Oscar winners – THE HURT LOCKER takes 6 including Best Picture
Best Picture The Hurt Locker Best Director Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker Best Actress Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side Best Actor Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart Best Supporting Actress Mo’Nique, Precious Best Supporting Actor Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds Best Screenplay, Original The Hurt Locker Best Screenplay, Adapted Precious!!!!!!!!!! Best Animated Feature Up Best Art Direction Avatar Best Cinematography Avatar Best Costume Design The Young Victoria Best Documentary Feature The Cove Best Documentary Short Music by Prudence Best Film Editing The Hurt Locker Best Foreign Language Film The Secret in Their Eyes Best Makeup Star Trek Best Music, Original Score Up Best Music, Original Song “The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)”, Crazy Heart Best Short, Animated Logorama Best Short, Live Action The New Tenants Best Sound Editing The Hurt Locker! Best Sound Mixing The Hurt Locker Best Visual Effects...
Read More12 Hours of Oscar: Highest or Lowest?
12 Hours of Oscar: 2010 Academy Awards trivia every hour until the show starts. Avatar is the highest-grossing film of all time, which mean if it wins it will also be the highest-grossing Best Picture winner. What about the lowest? Right now, the Oscar winner with the lowest box office total is Annie Hall with $38 million. If The Hurt Locker takes the trophy, it will be the lowest-grossing Best Picture in Oscar history. (via WSJ) Full list of Oscar...
Read More12 Hours of Oscar: James Cameron’s 23
12 Hours of Oscar: 2010 Academy Awards trivia every hour until the show starts. James Cameron truly is king of the world. Not only did his film Avatar become the highest-grossing picture of all time, but it earned Cameron’s place in Oscar history, too. Cameron is the only director to have back-to-back narrative features earn a total of 23 nominations. (That’s 14 for Titanic and 9 for Avatar.) (via FilmSite.org) Full list of Oscar...
Read MoreAVATAR done in by DEAR JOHN
It was a sci-fi picture that ended Titanic‘s epic box office winning streak, so it’s fitting that a love story put a stop to Avatar‘s 7-week run at the top of the weekend box office. Dear John, based on the Nicholas Sparks novel, took in $32.4 million for the top spot this weekend, a Super Bowl weekend record. Avatar was No. 2 with $23.6 million, which is nothing to sneeze at as. That total gives Avatar the biggest eighth weekend of all-time and brings Avatar‘s total domestic total to $630 million. The film has grossed $2.2 billion worldwide. Read more at erc BoxOffice...
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