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Read MoreNational Board of Review winners
It’s wheels up for Up in the Air after the National Board of Review named it Best Film of the Year. Not only did it win, but with the exception of the director award, it was virtual sweep. Best Actor (tie), Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actress, they all went to Up in the Air, too. That’s a rarity in the NBR world. Winners from IndieWire via AwardsDaily: Best Film: Up In The Air Best Director: Clint Eastwood, Invictus Best Actor: Morgan Freeman, Invictus and George Clooney, Up In The Air (tie) Best Actress: Carey Mulligan, An Education Best Supporting Actor: Woody Harrelson, The Messenger Best Supporting Actress: Anna Kendrick, Up In The Air Full list after the jump. Best Foreign Film: A Prophet Best Documentary: The Cove Best Animated Feature: Up Best Ensemble Cast: It’s Complicated Breakthrough...
Read MoreHoffman on board for Anderson’s next picture
There Will Be Blood‘s Paul Thomas Anderson is planning his next motion picture, and he wants Philip Seymour Hoffman to play his Master. Anderson is setting up the drama about the leader of a faith-based organization at Universal, Variety reports. Hoffman will play a character known as “The Master,” a charismatic intellectual who creates a religious group in the 1950s. (Modeled after Jim Jones?) The Master will take a yet-to-be-cast young man named Freddie under his wing, but Freddie will question his faith in both the Master and God when things go wrong. This untitled project will be Hoffman’s fifth picture with Anderson after Punch-Drunk Love, Magnolia, Boogie Nights and Hard Eight. Short video of 1970s cult leader Jim Jones preaching after the jump. You think he’s crazy? He’s got your...
Read MoreNational Board of Review announces tomorrow
The National Board of Review announces its annual winners tomorrow. Unless they pick something out of left field (Quills? Seriously?), we’ll know at least one of the Best Picture Oscar nominees tomorrow. So what film will take the NBR’s top prize? Up in the Air is where I’m putting my money. But as our friends over at AwardsDaily say, “Nobody knows anything.” Just the way I like it. Other predictions: Colin Firth for Best Actor. Carey Mulligan for Best Actress. Christopher Plummer and Mo’Nique for supporting awards. What do you think...
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