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Cannes kicks off with kung-fu pandas, vision of apocalypse

Kicking kung-fu pandas and a chilling Brazilian vision of the apocalypse: the Cannes film festival kicked off on Wednesday blending fun with philosophy, and Hollywood…

Coen brothers lead the Oscars pack

No Country for Old Men was living up to its front-runner status at Sunday’s Academy Awards, winning best adapted screenplay for the Coen brothers and best supporting actor for…

Coen brothers win top Oscars

No Country For Old Men won the Oscar for best film and its makers, brothers Joel and Ethan Coen, were named best directors on Sunday, giving the bleak crime drama four of the…

Oscars to revive Hollywood awards season

Hollywood stars will parade across the red carpet for Sunday’s Academy Awards after weeks of debate over whether a writers’ strike that had derailed other award shows would be…

Daniel Day-Lewis scoops best actor Bafta

Daniel Day-Lewis gave his Oscar chances a welcome boost on Sunday by landing a best actor Bafta at the British Academy Film Awards for his searing portrayal of a driven oil…

Day-Lewis, Christie win honours at Oscars indicator

Daniel Day-Lewis and British veteran Julie Christie underscored their status as Oscars frontrunners on Sunday after winning the top prizes at the 14th Screen Actors’ Guild…

Coen brothers named best 2007 directors by peers

The Directors Guild of America on Saturday chose Ethan and Joel Coen as best feature film directors for 2007 for their gritty crime drama No Country for Old Men. ”It’s nice to…

Oscars: Coen brothers and oilman drama in the lead

Joel and Ethan Coen’s No Country for Old Men, a gory meditation on moral decline, and There Will Be Blood, a gritty drama about a pioneering California oilman, led the…

Golden Globe winners are also losers

If a movie wins a Golden Globe, but there’s no ceremony, does the prize still count? That’s the issue faced by the Hollywood studios behind such films as Atonement and Sweeney…

Godfather stars have lost fire, says director

Film director Francis Ford Coppola has attacked three of the biggest stars in Hollywood, denouncing them for being lazy and uninterested in taking risks. Coppola told GQ magazine…