AVATAR’S surge

All Time Domestic Figures (07.01.01)

12. Spider-Man $373,585, 825
13. The Passion of the Christ $370,782,930
14. Avatar $367,536,685.
15. Jurassic Park $357,067,947
16. LOTR: Two Towers
$341,786,758

Oscar Picks

BEST PICTURE

Public Enemies
Up in the Air
Inglourious Basterds
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Up
A Serious Man
Broken Embraces
Funny People
In The Loop

BEST DIRECTOR

Mann (Public Enemies)
Reitman (Up in the Air)
Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds)
Bigelow (Hurt Locker)
Coens (A Serious Man)

BEST ACTOR

Clooney (Up in the Air)
Freeman (Invictus)
Depp
(Public Enemies)
Rockwell (
Moon)
Stuhlberg (A Serious Man)

BEST ACTRESS

Mulligan (An Education)
Cruz (Broken Embraces)
Ronan (Lovely Bones)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Waltz (Inglourious Basterds)
Capaldi (In the Loop)
Molina (An Education)
Gandolfini (In the Loop)
Tucci (Lovely Bones)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Farmiga (Up in the Air)
Weisz (Lovely Bones)
Laurent (Inglourious Basterds)

Obits

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Farrah Fawcett, a fallen “Angel” who once upped my grades; dies

During my secondary school years, I had a pervert Religious Studies teacher who I'm certain once upped my grades at my biggest failing subject because…

 
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David Carradine gone

Only his voice was used in the first Kill Bill movie, but his slow, precise and softly sinister tone matched with Tarantino's unique signature dialogue and…

 
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Patrick McGoohan is no longer a number, he is now a free man

Patrick McGoohan died yesterday, aged 80. The star, writer, director , figurehead and co-creator of the absolute classic British 60's t.v. show THE PRISONER was…

 
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Khan’t Be So … Ricardo Montalban Is Gone!

Cover your Corinthian leather tonight. Ricardo Montalban is dead. To kids of the seventies, he was the mysterious Mr. Roarke on Fantasy Island. To kids…

 

We lost too many greats in 2008…

"Let's pray that is enough for now". Well it wasn't. Post this video we lost two memorable figures from various depictions of the Batman universe,…

 

Commissioner Gordon, Pat Hingle dies.

Pat Hingle appeared in all four of the Tim Burton/Joel Schumacher Batman movies and despite the respective writing teams not really knowing what to do…

 
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Robert Mulligan, director of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, dies aged 83

New York born director Robert Mulligan literally had the weight of the literary world on his shoulders when in 1962 he adapted Harper Lee's much…

 

Oscar nominated scribe of REAR WINDOW dies aged 89

John Michael Hayes, the Academy Award nominated scribe of REAR WINDOW died of natural causes at his home in Hannover last Wednesday, aged 89. He…

 

Paul Newman is gone

Hollywood has lost another giant of cinema in 2008, the great Paul Newman died on Friday, loosing his battle with lung cancer aged 83. It…

 
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Don LaFontaine dies aged 68

Legendary voiceover artist who worked on over 5,000 trailers.