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Ang Lee's In-n-out Oscars: Best Director Celebrates With Burger And Soda!
Ang Lee's In-N-Out visit capped an altogether fantastic night for the filmmaker, whose movie Life of Pi scooped four awards in total, including Best Director. A delighted looking Ang was snapped by TMZ.com chowing down...
By Michael West in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 26 February 2013
Jaws Cut-off Music Angers 'Life Of Pi' Oscar Winners And Visual Effects Protestors
The Oscar-winning visual effects team behind Life of Pi had their awards acceptance speech cut short on Sunday night (February 24, 2013), it sparked further outrage amongst beleaguered visual effects workers in the film industry....
By Hayley Avron in Movies / TV / Theatre on 26 February 2013
Zero Dark Thirty Wins Only One Oscar Through Rare Tied Award
If there’s anything worse that winning just one Oscar after your film was nominated for five, it's winning Best Sound Editing, and if there’s anything more embarrassing that that, it’s winning Best Sound Editing in...
By Jack de Aguilar in Movies / TV / Theatre on 26 February 2013
Ang Lee: The Right Winner For Best Director Oscar At The Academy Awards 2013
Ang Lee is no stranger to awards. His movies have received 38 Academy Award nominations and won 12, but to win Best Director for Life of Pi was nothing short of a shock for most....
By Lorna Greville in Movies / TV / Theatre on 25 February 2013
Oscar Winners 2013: Few Surprises As The Favourites Argo, Daniel Day-lewis And Jennifer Lawrence Take Away Glory
There were few curve balls thrown at last night's Academy Awards ceremony, with the early favourites for the top prizes walking away from the show clutching a gold statuette.Jennifer Lawrence and Christoph Waltz celebrating their...
By Joe Wilde in Movies / TV / Theatre on 25 February 2013
Ben Affleck: I Wasn't 'Entitled' To Oscars Nomination
Ben Affleck was ''disappointed'' not to be nominated for the Best Director Oscar - until he saw who else had failed to make the shortlist.The actor-turned-director - whose movie 'Argo' picked up the Best Picture...
By Bang Showbiz on 25 February 2013
Life Of Pi Dominates Oscars With Four Awards
Ang Lee's Life Of Pi was the surprise toast of the Oscars on Sunday (24Feb13) after taking home four prizes at the 85th annual ceremony in Los Angeles.The adventure drama earned Lee the highly-coveted Best...
By WENN on 25 February 2013
Life Of Pi Dominates Oscars With Four Awards
Ang Lee's Life Of Pi was the surprise toast of the Oscars on Sunday (24Feb13) after taking home four prizes at the 85th annual ceremony in Los Angeles.The adventure drama earned Lee the highly-coveted Best...
By WENN on 25 February 2013
Oscars 2013: Ang Lee Beats Steven Spielberg To Best Director
Is this a shock? It kind of is. Ang Lee has taken the Best Director Oscar for Life of Pi, ahead of Steven Spielberg for Lincoln, who was the hot favorite to win the award.Not...
By Jack de Aguilar in Movies / TV / Theatre on 25 February 2013
Are The 2013 Baftas Unpredictable? Strong Contenders Make It Tough To Judge
Film awards outcomes are difficult to predict. Year on year the judging panel changes and the tastes of both the public and the film critique elite evolve. Sometimes winners will be a curve ball, and...
By Lorna Greville in Movies / TV / Theatre on 10 February 2013
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon Sequel To Film In May
A 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' sequel will go into production in May. The follow-up to the four-time Oscar-winning original will be derived from the same source material as the 2000 action movie, but director Ang...
By Bang Showbiz on 25 January 2013
'Amour' Sweeps London Critics' Circle Awards
French-language drama 'Amour' was the big winner at the London Critics' Circle Awards on Sunday night (20.01.13), where it was awarded Film of the Year.The critically acclaimed movie's star Emmanuelle Riva was named Actress of...
By Bang Showbiz on 20 January 2013
Zero Dark Thirty Producer: Kathryn Bigelow Was 'Robbed' By Oscars
'Zero Dark Thirty' producer Megan Ellison thinks Kathryn Bigelow was ''robbed'' by the Oscars.The director failed to receive a nomination for the 2013 Academy Awards' prestigious Achievement in Directing category, despite being predicted to make...
By Bang Showbiz on 11 January 2013
Oscar Nominations: Lincoln Leads The Field
One hundred fifty-two years after being nominated for president, Lincoln has been nominated again, 12 times in fact. Steven Spielberg's biopic received the most nominations for this year's Academy Awards at announcement ceremonies in Hollywood...
By Lew Irwin on 10 January 2013
British Awards Season Begins With The Unsurprising Nominations At The Baftas
As awards season kicks off, today with the BAFTA nominations and tomorrow with the Golden Globe award ceremony, actors, actresses, directors and producers everywhere will be biting their nails and praying for a win from...
By Lorna Greville in Movies / TV / Theatre on 09 January 2013
The Ten Best Films Of 2012
A range of intelligent blockbusters, inventive foreign films and beautifully crafted storytelling made 2012 a good year at the cinema...1. Life Of PiAng Lee's clever, thoughtful adaptation of Yann Martel's acclaimed novel is an unexpected...
By Staff Writer on 24 December 2012
The Hobbit Continues Its Expected Journey At The Top Of The Us Box Office
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey enjoyed another week atop the Box Office charts this weekend, earning more than double that of its nearest rival. It's Contact Music's Christmas Box Office Roundup!With $36,705,000 this weekend (Dec...
By Jack de Aguilar in Movies / TV / Theatre on 24 December 2012
A Week In Movies Feat: Cruise Promoting Jack Reacher, Jj Abrams' Exciting Sequel Star Trek: Into Darkness And Will Smith's End Of The World Thriller After Earth
As the year winds down, critics are making lists and checking them twice to decide which filmmakers have been naughty or nice. Top 10s are appearing everywhere, along with awards and nominations and even some...
By Staff Writer in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 21 December 2012
Life Of Pi Hits Cinemas In The UK: Why You Should/shouldn't See It
Chatter about the new Ang Lee film, Life of Pi, has been deafening of late, with the build-up to the long awaited novel adaptation hitting cinemas across the UK today (Dec 21). With three Golden...
By Joe Wilde in Movies / TV / Theatre on 21 December 2012
The Golden Globes Nominations, No Surprises For A Great Year Of Film
The Golden Globes are one of the biggest film and television awards in the world. Winning an award from them will almost always top the C.V.s of anyone involved in film. 2012 has been one...
By Lorna Greville in Movies / TV / Theatre on 13 December 2012
Batman The Dark Knight Rises Lands Spot On Afi Best Film List
In the run up to The Oscars, as awards season is in full swing, a mention by The American Film Institute in their top 10 films of the year represents a confidence boost for the...
By Jack de Aguilar on 10 December 2012
Ang Lee Was Robbed On First Los Angeles Trip
Moviemaker Ang Lee's first trip to Los Angeles was a real let down - he was robbed by a gang of apparent do-gooders.The Life of Pi director travelled across America by bus and arrived in...
By WENN on 05 December 2012
Silver Linings Playbook? Argo? Lincoln? Your Oscars Cheat Sheet For Best Picture!
David O. Russell's Silver Linings Playbook - a stunning dark comedy starring Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper - appears to have hijacked the Oscars race. Russell was tipped for a golden statuette with The Fighter,...
By Michael West in Movies / TV / Theatre on 27 November 2012
Twilight Breaking Dawn Part 2 Takes The Thanksgiving Weekend: Box Office Roundup
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 wasn't only the longest film title vying for hard earned dollars this weekend, it was also the biggest, as it claimed the top spot on Thanksgiving weekend....
By Jack de Aguilar in Movies / TV / Theatre on 27 November 2012
Ang Lee's Empathy With The Life Of Pi
Life of Pi, the newest film from award winning director Ang Lee, has already been tipped as a sure fire Oscar winner. Every new review has been frantically searching for a new adverb to describe...
By Lorna Greville on 24 November 2012
So Which Idiot Deemed 'Life Of Pi' Unfilmable?
Ang Lee's Life of Pi is expected to make a strong debut at the box office this weekend, with cinemagoers anxious to see what the Taiwanese filmmaker has done with a story once deemed "unfilmable"....
By Michael West in Movies / TV / Theatre on 23 November 2012
Let's Talk Life Of Pi With Ang Lee
Life of Pi is one of the hottest films out at the moment, and such are the glowing reviews from the critics, it's even being talked up as a possible Oscar contender, taking on the...
By Jack de Aguilar in Movies / TV / Theatre on 23 November 2012
Life Of Pi Star Narrowly Avoids Expulsion From School!
Ang Lee's Life of Pi is enjoying a tremendous time with the critics, as they build a strong case for the film as an Oscar contender, but the film's star, Suraj Sharma has things other...
By Jack de Aguilar in Movies / TV / Theatre on 22 November 2012
Life Of Pi Actor Narrowly Avoids Expulsion From 'India's Cambridge University'
Suraj Sharma, the 19-year-old actor who stars in Ang Lee's Oscar tipped movie Life Of Pi, has narrowly avoided expulsion from Delhi University's St Stephen's College for missing more than half his first term lectures...
By Michael West in Movies / TV / Theatre on 22 November 2012
Is Ang Lee's 'Life Of Pi' The New 'Slumdog Millionaire'?
Ang Lee makes his latest assault on awards' season this week, when Life Of Pi hits theaters in the U.S. The magical 3-D tale is tipped for nominations at both the Golden Globes and the...
By Michael West in Movies / TV / Theatre on 22 November 2012
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