Blogs Posts in Winners category; 79 blog posts

Original Oscar winner "Wings" soars again in Hollywood

"Wings," a World War I aerial dogfight epic made in 1927, won the first ever Oscar for best picture. Paramount Pictures, which is celebrating its centenary, has restored the classic silent action film and will present it with li [...]

Posted On : Jan, 19 2012 | Comments : 0

Oscar winner Danny Boyle to give Cameron sneak Olympic previ...

Oscar-winner Danny Boyle is giving Prime Minister David Cameron a sneak preview of the London 2012 Olympic opening ceremony this week. Boyle, the opening ceremony artistic director, will be using a model of the Olympics Stadium, musi [...]

Posted On : Jul, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Oscar Winner Helen Mirren Takes Bette Midler's Place In HBO ...

Helen Mirren, Oscar winner for her role in The Queen, will step into Bette Midler’s role opposite Al Pacino in the HBO film Phil Spector. The Hollywood Reporter reports that Bette Midler had to step down from the role after a hernia [...]

Posted On : Jul, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

'Dabangg' wins six awards at 'Bollywood Oscars'

Screen tough guy Salman Khan's corrupt cop romp "Dabangg" (Fearless) won a clutch of awards including best picture at the "Bollywood Oscars," held for the first time in North America. The film directed by Abhinav K [...]

Posted On : Jun, 27 2011 | Comments : 0

Review: Oscar-winner 'In a Better World' displays brutal bea...

Simply put, this would be a better world if there were more films like "In a Better World."Not that this year's Oscar winner for best foreign language film is all butterflies and jellybeans. It's decidedly not. It [...]

Posted On : May, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

Oscar winning workout: Nicole Kidman shows the hard work it ...

Good genetics undeniable play a major part in Nicole Kidman's enviable physique. But nobody looks movie star perfect without a serious amount of hard work. The 43-year-old actress put herself through her paces yesterday as she pounded [...]

Posted On : May, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

Oscar winner Bier switches gears with Brosnan

The next project for Danish director Susanne Bier, who won the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar for In a Better World, is a romantic comedy, All You Need Is Love, starring Pierce Brosnan. Bier's Oscar-winning drama focused on youth v [...]

Posted On : Mar, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

That’s our Oscar! Brooklyn filmmaker wins the naked gold guy

Brooklyn has a new Oscar winner! Bedford-Stuyvesant filmmaker Luke Matheny, 35, can now add Academy Award winner to his credits after his clever short film, “God of Love,” picked up the naked gold statuette on Sunday night. O [...]

Posted On : Mar, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Oscar winner Colin Firth

There are some calls that a woman of a certain age simply cannot refuse. And right up there, with “could you test this exceedingly expensive moisturiser?” and “perhaps you should see this Maldives hotel” comes: &l [...]

Posted On : Mar, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

Hooper: Oscar win would be great

Tom Hooper, director of The King's Speech, admits that taking home an Oscar for the film would be "fantastic."The director presented the picture on Wednesday at this year's Berlin Film Festival, along with fellow Oscar [...]

Posted On : Feb, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Colin Firth raises UK Oscar hopes with Globes win

He walked away with the best actor gong at the Golden Globes for his portrayal of King George VI, who overcame a stutter to assume his role. Speaking from the podium, he thanked his "exquisitely no-nonsense queen", Helena Bonha [...]

Posted On : Jan, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Oscar-winning filmmaker Julian Fellowes takes seat in Britai...

He created the grand houses of Gosford Park and Downton Abbey, and now Julian Fellowes has a place in an even grander one — Britain's House of Lords. The Academy Award-winning screenwriter was inducted into Parliament's une [...]

Posted On : Jan, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Mo'Nique to help announce Oscar nods

Oscar-winning actress Mo'Nique will help read aloud the names of this year's nominees in Los Angeles, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said. Mo'Nique won her Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for [...]

Posted On : Jan, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

Oscar-winning producer says fear is behind neglect of Britis...

One of Britain's leading film producers has lashed out at successive governments for neglecting homegrown talent while encouraging American film-makers to dominate the country's state-of-the-art Pinewood production studios. " [...]