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NewsClare Stewart, Nadine Labaki among Sundance 2013 jurors
Sundance Institute announced today 19 members of five juries heading into the Park City event, scheduled to run from Jan 17-27.
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NewsZac Efron, Marcia Gay Harden join Parkland
The pair boost a cast that includes previously announced Paul Giamatti, Billy Bob Thornton and Jacki Weaver on Exclusive Media and Playtone’s upcoming drama. Financier Exclusive Media holds worldwide rights.
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NewsWell Go USA kindles Oscar entry Touch of the Light
Fortissimo sells Taiwanese box office hit drama to US outfit for spring 2013 release.
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NewsAwards round-up: Daniel Day-Lewis, Tom Hooper, Mychael Danna
Day-Lewis will receive the 28th Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Montecito Award on Jan 26.
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NewsBully to receive PGA 2013 Stanley Kramer Award
The documentary’s director Lee Hirsch and producer Cynthia Lowen will collect the honour on Jan 26 in Beverly Hills.
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BAFTA/LA elects Gary Dartnall chair, announces board
Screen International’s North American advertising chief Nigel Daly has been voted in as deputy-chairman.
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NewsLakeshore, SKE add cast to Walk Of Shame
Bill Burr, Liz Carey, Ken Davitian and Willie Garson are among those who join Elizabeth Banks on the comedy. Sierra/Affinity and Lakeshore introduced the project to international buyers at the recent AFM.
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Industry moves: veterans Steven DeMille and Garrett Lee join IMG
DeMille is named evp of marketing and sales at Inception Media Group while Lee becomes evp of product development.
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NewsConnecticut massacre prompts Hollywood schedule changes
The Weinstein Company (TWC) has cancelled Tuesday nights’ [18] Los Angeles premiere of Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained while Paramount has altered its campaign for Jack Reacher.
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Richard Gere to receive Palm Springs Chairman’s Award
The star of Arbitrage, riding high on a Golden Globe dramatic lead actor nomination, will collect the honour at the24th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) on Jan 5.“Throughout his career Richard Gere has established himself as an accomplished actor and producer and yet still finds time to support ...
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Freestyle acquires Julia Dyer’s The Playroom
Freestyle Releasing and Freestyle Digital Media have taken theatrical and all DVD and VOD rights to the drama and have set a Feb 8 day-and-date release.
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David Harewood in talks to play Paul Robeson
The British star of the US TV smash Homeland is in discussions to play the lead in Four Stars International’s civil rights activist biopic.
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NewsGolden Globe nominees react with dignity and delight
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) on Thursday (13) rewarded an eclectic group of contenders with Lincoln on top with seven nominations, followed by Django Unchained and Argo on five each and Zero Dark Thirty, Les Miserables and Silver Linings Playbook on four apiece.
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NewsLincoln leads the way with seven Golden Globe nods
The Master garners actor noms but misses out on Best Film nod; Tom Hooper, Paul Thomas Anderson miss out on Best Director nods.
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NewsPSIFF unveils Awards Buzz, Modern Masters, Scandi sidebar
Forty-two of the 71 foreign language Oscar submissions will compete for FIPRESCI awards and Palm Springs International Film Festival director Darryl Macdonald and artistic director Helen du Toit announced the inaugural Nordic Light strand.
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Gravitas Ventures, Variance Films find End Of Love
The companies will partner on the widely admired Sundance 2012 drama by Mark Webber.
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NewsHelen Mirren to receive PSIFF International Star Award
The Oscar earned a SAG lead actress nomination earlier on Wednesday (12) for her performance as Alma Reville in Hitchcock. She will collect her honour on Jan 5 in Palm Springs.
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NewsDaniel Battsek named president of Cohen Media Group
The experienced British executive has resurfaced after most recently serving as president of National Geographic Films.
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NewsScreen Actors Guild unveils 19th Annual Awards nods
Denzel Washington and John Hawkes are among the male lead performers while Helen Mirren, Marion Cotillard and Naomi Watts feature in the female lead category.
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Marshall Lewy options rights to The Impostor’s Daughter
The director of California Solo will adapt Laurie Sandell’s Eisner Award-nominated graphic novel through his company Zambry Films and plans to direct.