PennyQ writes: Here are some early pics from the set of Orlando Bloom’s next film “The Calcium Kid”. [More]
Month: February 2004
Irascian sends along his report and photos from Wednesday nights Empire Movie awards. [More]
He also sends the Q&A transcript and more photos from the same event here. [More]
Marigold writes: Viggo Mortensen is scheduled to be on John Fisher and Mike West’s morning show Wednesday Feb. 11, radio station KMTT 103.7 FM, according to their web site. I don’t know whether he will be there or will be on the phone. Heard the announcement while driving the 100 miles back to my house from seeing Return of the King again at the Seattle Cinerama.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – New Zealand-born film-maker Peter Jackson won a key pre-Oscar award on Saturday as the Directors Guild of America named him best director for 2003 for “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,” the final part of the fantasy trilogy that set cash registers ringing around the world. [More]
LOS ANGELES — With so much riding on an Oscar win, studios spend millions trying to convince Academy Awards voters that their films are the best. But the big-money business of Oscar campaigning has Academy officials concerned, so this year they’ve cut the time between nominations and the awards ceremony in half — a move some filmmakers greeted with relief. [More]
LOS ANGELES — Academy Awards voters could be kicked out under new rules intended to tone down aggressive Oscar campaigning. The new penalty — expulsion or suspension from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences — is aimed mainly at studio executives and staff who oversee efforts to position their films for Oscar contention. But it also could apply to nominees themselves, including actors, directors and writers. [More]