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NewsPSIFF 2016 to honour Bryan Cranston
Riding high on SAG and Golden Globe nods for his lead role in Trumbo, the actor will receive the 27th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival’s (PSIFF) Spotlight Award, Actor.
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NewsAwards publicist Murray Weissman dies aged 90
The renowned publicist who represented the likes of Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Alfred Hitchcock and Steven Spielberg, has died of pancreatic cancer surrounded by family at his Studio City home. He was 90.
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NewsChristopher Nolan to direct 'Dunkirk'
According to reports the British filmmaker is preparing to helm the WWII war film with Kenneth Branagh, Mark Rylance and Tom Hardy in talks to star.
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NewsUS box office hits $11bn in 2015
DECEMBER 29 UPDATE: Combined grosses reached $11bn in North America on Tuesday according to Rentrak, powered by Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Jurassic World. This was the first time Hollywood achieved the feat – at least when unadjusted for inflation.
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Haskell Wexler, Oscar-winning cinematographer, dies aged 93
The double Oscar-winning cinematographer who worked on One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest died in hospital in Santa Monica on Sunday. He was 93.
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News'Force Awakens' adds $149.2m in record North America session
DECEMBER 28 UPDATE: A further confirmed $149.2m boosted Disney-Lucasfilms’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens past the half-billion mark in a huge Christmas weekend session and destroyed the second-weekend record of $106.6m set by Jurassic World back in the summer.
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NewsScreen's most-read news, reviews, features and blogs of 2015
Heelgate, the “tedious” Fantastic Four, Screen’s Stars of Tomorrow and our Cannes Competition blog proved some of the most-read articles of the year.
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NewsUS Briefs: Breaking Glass acquires 'My Big Night'
Plus: Sony offers free Concussion screening to NFL players; and more…
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News'The Force Awakens' targets $1bn by Sunday
DECEMBER 25 UPDATE: Star Wars: The Force Awakens used an estimated $47.6m global take on Thursday as the space opera reached $813.5m worldwide.
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NewsBFCA head defends 'Star Wars' Critics Choice nod
The president of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) has defended Tuesday’s announcement adding Star Wars: The Force Awakens as a late eleventh best picture nominee in the group’s upcoming Critics’ Choice Awards.
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NewsSundance Selects acquires '11 Minutes'
EXCLUSIVE: The distributor has struck a North American deal with HanWay Films on Poland’s best foreign language Oscar submission.
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NewsTWC, AMI, Jupiter sign TV partnership
Seeking to mount profitable ventures at a time when the board is reportedly clamouring for bigger returns, The Weinstein Company has struck a deal with American Media Inc (AMI) and Jupiter Entertainment.
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NewsTen films to contest Oscar FX category
The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences on Monday unveiled the streamlined list of titles that remain in contention for the 88th Academy Awards.
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NewsLeaked 'Hateful Eight' screener linked to top Hollywood exec
DECEMBER 22 UPDATE: A screener of The Hateful Eight sent to Alcon co-CEO Andrew Kosove was uploaded to file sharing sites, according to reports. The executive denied any knowledge of even receiving the DVD and said his office would cooperate fully with the FBI investigation.
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NewsWarner Bros dates 'King Arthur Movie'
US Briefs: Plus, Broad Green dates ‘Bad Santa 2’; FilmRise acquires ‘The Inhabitants’
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News'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' sets $248m US record
DECEMBER 21 UPDATE: Buena Vista unwrapped a holiday season treat for fans and studio executives alike as JJ Abrams’ sci-fi spectacular stormed to the top of the North American record books.
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NewsBeki Probst, Salma Hayek among honoured women
Probst, the president and founder of Berlin’s EFM, received the Women’s International Film & Television Showcase’s Lifetime Achievement Award and Hayek the Animation Award 2015 for producing The Prophet.
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NewsUS Briefs: Strand Releasing acquires 'Chevalier'
Plus: GoDigital picks up She’s The Best Thing In It; Lionsgate dates Army Dog
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News'The Fencer', 'Last Cab To Darwin' bookend PSIFF
The 27th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) will launch on January 1 with Klaus Härö’s Finnish Golden Globe nominee and shortlisted foreign-language Oscar hopeful The Fencer.