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2/15/2008 11:10:01 PM

Who needs an Oscar? Amy Ryan already is a winner (Reuters)
2/15/2008 7:54:17 PM
Reuters - She may be one of this year's most unlikely Oscar nominees, and because of that, Amy Ryan believes she already is a winner even if she fails to take home the coveted award as best supporting actress in "Gone Baby Gone."

NY judge tosses out agents' lawsuit (AP)
2/15/2008 5:41:24 PM
This undated photo originally provided by Universal Studios shows actors Denzel Washington, left, as gangster Frank Lucas and Russell Crowe as outcast cop Richie Roberts in a scene from 'American Gangster.'  (AP Photo/Universal Studios, David Lee, file)AP - A judge has tossed out a lawsuit alleging that about 400 retired federal drug agents were defamed by a false statement on screen at the end of the film "American Gangster."

'Great Debaters' tops Image Awards (AP)
2/15/2008 5:15:09 PM
Denzel Washington accepts the award for outstanding actor in a motion picture for 'The Great Debaters' at the 39th NAACP Image Awards on Thurs-day, Feb. 14, 2008, in Los Angeles.  (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)AP - Denzel Washington's "The Great Debaters" and Tyler Perry's TBS series "House of Payne" took top honors at Thursday night's NAACP Image Awards.

Delayed Streep film gets release date (AP)
2/15/2008 5:10:33 PM
Meryl Streep arrives at the premiere of 'Lions for Lambs' in Los Angeles in this November 1, 2007, photo. A Meryl Streep movie about a Chinese graduate student studying in the U.S. who turns violent has secured an American release date after being postponed following the deadly Virginia Tech shootings, its distributor said Friday February 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)AP - A Meryl Streep movie about a student who turns violent on a U.S. campus that was delayed following the Virginia Tech shootings will be released this spring, its distrubutor said Friday, just hours after another campus rampage that left five dead.

Walken to receive Pudding Award (AP)
2/15/2008 4:33:46 PM
AP - Harvard is getting ready to honor Christopher Walken as its Hasty Pudding Man of the Year.

Another Garcia Marquez book being filmed (AP)
2/15/2008 3:36:52 PM
Colombian actress Eliza Triana, 13, smiles during an interview with The Associated Press in Bogota, in this Feb. 7, 2008 file photo. Triana will be the protagonist in a film based on the book 'Del Amor y Otros Demonios' by Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, which will be filmed in Colombia's Caribbean port city of Cartagena. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)AP - The director of the latest Spanish adaptation of a Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel, "Love and other Demons," is hoping for a better reception than the English-language "Love in the Time of Cholera."

Portman, Johansson in 16th-century drama (AP)
2/15/2008 1:21:33 PM
Actors Scarlett Johansson, Eric Bana and Natalie Portman, from left, pose during a photo call for the  movie 'The Other Boleyn Girl' at the International Film Festival Berlinale in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Feb. 15, 2008. The Berlinale takes place from Feb. 7 to Feb. 17, 2008 in the German capital. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)AP - Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson transformed themselves into Henry VIII's second wife, Anne Boleyn, and her sister in "The Other Boleyn Girl" — helped by costumes that, Johansson said, were "characters in themselves."

Wajda presents 'Katyn' in Berlin (AP)
2/15/2008 1:20:23 PM
Polish director Andrzej Wajda poses during a photo call for the competition movie 'Katyn' at the International Film Festival Berlinale in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Feb. 15, 2008. The 58th International Film Festival, Berlinale, takes place from Feb. 7 to Feb. 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Hermann J. Knippertz)AP - Andrzej Wajda hopes his depiction of the 1940 massacre of 22,000 Polish officers by Soviet secret police won't get tangled up in politics — but suggests it could help with reconciliation.

Bana: No ego clash in film with Johansson, Portman (Reuters)
2/15/2008 12:31:40 PM
Reuters - Eric Bana insisted his co-stars Scarlett Johansson and Natalie Portman got on famously and that all three actors were able to raise their game in "The Other Boleyn Girl" with a friendly competition to out-do each other.

Polish director Wajda bids farewell to war films (Reuters)
2/15/2008 8:03:00 AM
Polish Director Andrzej Wajda poses during the photocall to present his film 'Katyn' at the 58th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, February 15, 2008. The 58th Berlinale, one of the world's most prestigious film festivals, runs from February 7 to 17 in the German capital. REUTERS/Tobias SchwarzReuters - Veteran director Andrzej Wajda said on Friday he had made enough films about war and his native Poland's past and would turn to modern themes instead.

Hollywood epic and UK comedy vie for Berlin honors (Reuters)
2/15/2008 2:31:17 AM
Daniel Day-Lewis poses during a photocall to present his film 'There Will Be Blood' running in competition at the 58th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin February 8, 2008. REUTERS/Fabrizio BenschReuters - Dark Hollywood epic "There Will Be Blood," already awash with prizes and nominated for eight Oscars, takes on a light-hearted low-budget British comedy for top honors at the Berlin Film Festival this year.

Director and editor chemistry key to a film's success (Reuters)
2/15/2008 3:06:36 AM
Oscar nominated director Tony Gilroy smiles as he arrives at the 80th annual Academy Awards Nominee Luncheon in Beverly Hills, California February 4, 2008. REUTERS/Mario AnzuoniReuters - When Tony Gilroy's mother heard that he was going to have his younger brother John edit his directorial debut, "Michael Clayton," she was worried her boys would clash.



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