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PGA announces annual awards nominees
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) has announced the film nominees and eligible producers for the 18th Annual PGA Awards to take place on Jan 20 in Los Angeles.The nominees for the Darryl F Zanuck Producer of the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Picturesare:BabelAlejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Steve Golin, Jon KilikThe ...
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Autism documentary gets late Sundance slot
Lauren Thierry's documentary Autism Every Day has joined the Sundance Film festival line-up as a special screening.The world premiere will screen out of competition on Jan 21 and will be followed by an autism awareness panel featuring the filmmakers and parents who appear with their children in the documentary.Autism Every ...
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Autism documentary lands late Sundance slot
Lauren Thierry’s documentary Autism Every Day has joined the Sundance Film festival line-up as a special screening.The world premiere will screen out of competition on Jan 21 and will be followed by an autism awareness panel featuring the filmmakers and parents who appear with their children in the documentary.Autism Every ...
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Canadian performers set strike deadline
Canadian performers guild ACTRA has set a strike deadline of 12:01am on Jan 8 if ongoing 'last-ditch' talks break down.In a statement, ACTRA national executive director and chief negotiator Stephen Waddell said: 'ACTRA wants to avoid a strike. We're going to try hard this week to negotiate a new agreement. ...
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Sara Keene changes roles at Premier PR
Sara Keene has stepped down as one of the chief executives of Premier Public Relations to take on a role as non-executive director. She will act as a consultant to the board and will continue to run Premier's Personal Department, which handles publicity for individual celebrities including Daniel Craig, Kate ...
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THINKFilm picks up worldwide rights to War/Dance
THINKFilm has acquired worldwide rights to War/Dance, which will receive its world premiere in the Independent Film Competition: Documentary section at Sundance later this month.Directed by the husband and wife team of Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine, the film centres on three child refugees from the Ugandan civil war ...
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Museum stays top in North America to cross $100m
Ben Stiller's cast iron holiday season credentials held firm as Fox's family film Night At The Museum stayed top and crossed $100m in its second weekend.The film added an estimated $46.7m for $125.8m and dominates the world stage following this weekend's superb $47.3m overseas haul.Sony's The Pursuit Of Happyness stayed ...
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Night At The Museum and Eragon face off
Night At The Museum will push Fox International stablemate Eragon all the way for the overseas crown this weekend whenit launches in a raft of major territories.The comedy is set to open in the UK on Dec 29 on 745 screens, Australia on Dec26 on 365, Germany on Dec 28 ...
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Latin American box office shows strong recovery
The Latin American box office enjoyed a 2006 bounceback after the previous year's downturn, according to Dodona Research.Brazil, Peru and Colombia are forecast to be the fastest-growing markets. The analyst says the recovery could prove paticularly significant as the region hopes to enter a period of sustained growth.Brazil, for ...
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International rollouts slow for Xmas weekend
With much of the world busy preparing for Christmasfestivities there are only scattered international openings for US studio filmsthis weekend. South Korea, Italy and Germany get most of the action. Fox International's Night At The Museum is the solestudio film getting its first major-territory launch. A day before its releasein ...
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