Mon Feb 01, 2010, 11:18 pm EST
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Source: Reuters
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) -
In June, when Sid Ganis, then president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, made the surprise announcement that Oscar's best picture race would expand to 10 nominees this year, he was flanked by a couple of poster boards listing the 10 best picture nominees of 1939.
And what a blue-ribbon bunch they were: Time-tested classics like "Gone With the Wind" and "The Wizard of Oz." Classic Americana like "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" and "Stagecoach." Literary adaptations like "Wuthering Heights," "Of Mice and Men" and "Goodbye, Mr. Chips." Romance: "Love Affair." Melodrama: "Dark Victory." And even sophisticated comedy: "Ninotchka."
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Watch live video of the Oscar nominations announcement starting at 5 a.m. PT.
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Mon Feb 01, 2010, 11:50 am EST
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Source: AP
LOS ANGELES - James Cameron can deliver an audience, whether at movie theaters or at the Academy Awards, whether in the frosty North Atlantic or on a lush world light-years away.
Cameron's science-fiction sensation "Avatar" is among a strong crop of popular films in the running for Oscar nominations Tuesday, the sort of hits organizers hope can elevate the modest TV ratings the ceremony has drawn in recent years.
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Thu Jan 28, 2010, 7:47 pm EST
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Source: AP
PARK CITY, Utah - Joseph Gordon-Levitt charmed Sundance Film Festival fans a year ago with the romance "(500) Days of Summer."
Now the "3rd Rock From the Sun" co-star is assailing Sundance crowds with a wild man role in "Hesher," the tale of a heavy-metal anarchist who bursts into the lives of a grieving boy and his family.
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Tue Jan 26, 2010, 6:49 pm EST
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Source: AP
LOS ANGELES - James Cameron is king of the world again.
20th Century Fox said Tuesday that the director's sci-fi spectacle, "Avatar," has passed his shipwreck saga "Titanic" to become the highest-grossing film worldwide.
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Mon Jan 25, 2010, 6:55 pm EST
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Source: AP
LOS ANGELES - "Avatar" is closer to smashing box offices record set by "Titanic."
James Cameron's sci-fi saga was No. 1 at the box office for the sixth-straight weekend with $34.9 million, flying past "The Dark Knight" to become the second highest-grossing film domestically with $551.7 million and creeping toward the $600.8 million first-place mark set by "Titantic." It's also on the verge of passing "Titanic" on the worldwide chart.
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Mon Jan 25, 2010, 10:51 am EST
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Source: Reuters
BEIJING (Reuters) -
A craggy peak in a scenic part of southern China has been renamed after floating mountains featured in Hollywood blockbuster "Avatar," with the province hoping to cash in on the movie's massive success.
The "Southern Sky Column" in Zhangjiajie in southern Hunan province formally had its named changed to "Avatar Hallelujah Mountain" in a ceremony on Monday, according to the Zhangjiajie government's official website ( www.zjj.gov.cn ).
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Sun Jan 24, 2010, 10:29 pm EST
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Source: Reuters
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -
"Titanic" just hit an iceberg named "Avatar."
James Cameron's sci-fi spectacular replaced his maritime melodrama as the biggest international release of all time during the weekend and is on the verge of claiming its worldwide crown, which also includes North American receipts, distributor 20th Century Fox said Sunday.
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Sun Jan 24, 2010, 8:55 pm EST
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Source: AP
LOS ANGELES - James Cameron's "Avatar" is on a course to sink "Titanic" at the box office.
No. 1 for the sixth-straight weekend with $36 million, the 20th Century Fox sci-fi spectacle lifted its domestic total to $552.8 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. "Avatar" raised its worldwide total to $1.841 billion. That's $2 million shy of first place behind Cameron's last movie, the 1997 shipwreck epic "Titanic," at $1.843 billion.
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Sun Jan 24, 2010, 12:27 pm EST
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Source: Reuters
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -
"Avatar" passed "The Dark Knight" to become the second-biggest movie of all time at the North American box office on Sunday, as it logged a sixth consecutive weekend in the top spot.
James Cameron's sci-fi spectacular earned $36 million during the three days beginning on Friday, taking its total to $552.8 million, distributor 20th Century Fox said.
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