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National Board of Review picks 'Slumdog Millionaire' as best film of the year
AP Entertainment WriterNEW YORK (AP) — The National Board of Review has picked "Slumdog Millionaire" as the year's best film. The board's picks, announced Thursday, are considered the first major harbinger of the Academy Awards. The win boosts the awards hopes for...Tags: Clint Eastwood, Meryl Streep, Academy Awards, Awards and Prizes, Movies
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moviebuzz: A Yale tale/Mumbai millionaire
rafer.guzman@newsday.comTHE MOVIE "Slumdog Millionaire" THE DEAL Danny Boyle's "Slumdog Millionaire," set in the Indian city of Mumbai, opens tomorrow at Huntington's Cinema Arts Centre. This critical hit blends action, comedy and romance (the plot concerns a young orphan who...Tags: John Grisham, Shia LaBeouf, Bay Street Theater, Eagle Eye (movie), Movies
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'Slumdog Millionaire' wins National Board of Review nod as best film
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer" Slumdog Millionaire," Danny Boyle's stirring fable about a young man who reflects upon his poverty-stricken life while competing to win 20 million rupees on India's version of "Who Wants Be A Millionaire," on Thursday was named best film of 2008 by...Tags: Clint Eastwood, Academy Awards, Los Angeles, David Fincher, Vicky Cristina Barcelona (movie)
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Life-affirming message of 'Slumdog Millionaire' called comfort for Mumbai
Tribune criticA week ago, as images of the terrorist assaults on Mumbai, India, began racing around the world, the man who wrote the Mumbai-set "Slumdog Millionaire" began questioning his work. Screenwriter Simon Beaufoy wondered if the film was delivering "a rather...Tags: Fires, Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Movies, Slumdog Millionaire (movie)
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The contenders for best song
Finding music worthy of an original song nomination wasn't much of a challenge the last two years. As evidence, three selections from "Enchanted" were nominated in 2008 and three from "Dreamgirls" in 2007. But in early summer, the Academy of Motion...Tags: Bolt (movie), Wars and Interventions, Movies, Slumdog Millionaire (movie), Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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MOVIE BUZZ: Baring all - '60s-style
rafer.guzman@newsday.comWHO Sienna Miller THE MOVIE "Hippie Hippie Shake" THE DEAL In this upcoming British film, the actress bares all as the girlfriend of Richard Neville (Cillian Murphy), publisher of the countercultural Oz Magazine in the 1960s, according to the Web site...Tags: Jeff Goldblum, Sienna Miller, Paul Schrader, Movies, Slumdog Millionaire (movie)
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Is it ever too early to debate best picture Oscar? No!
The New York TimesIt's helpful to think of the Oscars as a horse race of human thoroughbreds, with backers wagering millions on the marketing of hopefuls, all fighting for the prestige and box-office boost that comes from appending "nominated" laurels to their ads....Tags: Clint Eastwood, Academy Awards, Awards and Prizes, Walt Disney Co., Mickey Rourke
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Back to the land for 'Australia's' Luhrmann
Tribune NewspapersSYDNEY—The most recognizable stars of Baz Luhrmann's cattle-drive drama "Australia" are Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman. But on a December day nearly two years ago, even as Kidman flitted about Luhrmann's creative compound in the hills above Sydney,...Tags: Leonardo DiCaprio, Sam Mendes, William Shakespeare, Oliver Stone, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California)
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Back to the land for 'Australia's' Baz Luhrmann
Reporting from SydneyThe most recognizable stars of Baz Luhrmann's cattle-drive drama “Australia” are Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman. But on a December day nearly two years ago, even as Kidman flitted about Luhrmann's creative compound in the hills above Sydney,...Tags: Leonardo DiCaprio, Sam Mendes, William Shakespeare, Oliver Stone, Kate Winslet
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Quantum of cash: James Bond finds box office 'Solace' with $70.4 million weekend debut
AP Movie WriterLOS ANGELES (AP) _ James Bond's quantum of the weekend box office: $70.4 million. " Quantum of Solace," with Daniel Craig returning as Bond for the first direct sequel in the spy franchise, pulled in nearly $30 million more over opening weekend than its...Tags: Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (movie), Zack and Miri Make a Porno (movie), Tourism and Leisure, Changeling (movie), Texas
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'Slumdog Millionaire' has the inside track to box-office riches
It's the movie Warner Bros. didn't want to distribute. And now everybody else wishes they had a piece of " Slumdog Millionaire."
The Internet is filled with Oscar-obsessed pundits preoccupied by the tiniest bits of awards trivia and Academy Award...Tags: Peter Jackson, Sam Mendes, Clint Eastwood, David Fincher, The Dark Knight (movie)
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