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Trailer Debut: The King’s Speech
The trailer for Academy Award favourite The King’s Speech has debuted online. The Tom Hooper-directed picture stars Colin Firth as stammering King George VI and Geoffrey Rush as his Australian speech...
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>2011 Golden Globe nominations dominated by Aussies, Zuckerberg, The King and...
> The nominations for the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards were announced early Tuesday morning in Los Angeles. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association – known for favouring A-list stars often in...
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Crowning moment – The King’s Speech review
The King’s Speech – Starring Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter. Directed by Tom Hooper. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. You too can make an Academy Award contender! All you need are these...
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>WGA, PGA reveal 2011 nominees
>The Writers Guild of America and the Producers Guild of America have revealed the 2011 nominations for their annual awards. First up, the PGA, which recognises a film’s producer or producers. The...
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Aussies lose; Gervais kills; Social Network wins at Golden Globes
The Aussies went home empty handed, and host Ricky Gervais pretty much destroyed his future in Hollywood, but at least the team behind The Social Network enjoyed this year’s Golden Globes! Gervais...
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>2011 BAFTA nominees announced!
>The nominations for the 2011 Orange British Academy Film Awards were announced by pretty young thesps Dominic Cooper and Talulah Riley at the Royal Opera House in London today. The usual suspects...
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>Australian Box Office – Yogi money
>There’ll be no Boo-Boo jokes here about Yogi Bear taking the prime position in this week’s Box Office … we’ll just say we can’t bear to see it at number one. Here are the results of the Australian...
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>The King’s Speech to be censored for Oscar push?
>Will Harvey Scissorhands ever be happy with a film? That is indeed the question as he considers releasing a censored cut of The King’s Speech after it has received a pack-leading 12 Oscar...
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>The King’s Speech awarded by DGA
>Holster those scissors, Harvey! You may not need to censor The King’s Speech to ensure its Oscar victory. The Directors Guild of America have awarded TKS director Tom Hooper their top prize. In the...
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>The King’s Speech dominates SAG awards
>The King’s Speech is on track to take home the big awards at this month’s Oscar ceremony following its coronation at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. The film picked up Outstanding Performance by a...
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>The Social Network, Inception victorious at WGA awards
>Although The King’s Speech ran away with three of the four big guild awards (SAG, DGA, PGA) last month, a couple of other films were afforded the opportunity to shine at the Writers Guild of...
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The King’s Speech sweeps the BAFTAs
The King’s Speech has continued its award-season sweep by taking home seven awards including Best Film and Outstanding British Film at the Orange British Academy Film Awards. Stars Colin Firth,...
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The King’s Speech director turned down Iron Man 3
Everyone is wondering what The King’s Speech director Tom Hooper will do next. Poised to take home the Best Director prize at next Monday’s Oscars, and responsible for one of the most loved films of...
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Predict yourself before you wreck yourself: Our 83rd Academy Award tips.
Well, it’s been one hell of a ride, but the twelve-month-long self-congratulatory ceremony that is the Oscar campaign is almost over. The winners of the 83rd Academy Awards will be revealed Sunday...
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The King’s Speech reigns supreme at 83rd Academy Awards
Feel-good period piece The King’s Speech was crowned Best Picture at the 83rd Academy Awards in Los Angeles today. The James Franco/Anne Hathaway hosted ceremony proved to be one of the least...
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The King’s Speech helmer Tom Hooper to direct Les Mis
The Oscar-winning director of The King’s Speech, Tom Hooper, is in negotiations to helm an adaptation of the musical Les Miserables. According to Variety, Hooper would direct the project for Universal....
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The King’s Speech to conquer Broadway
The Oscar-winning, Colin-Firth-starring, trophy-film-for-speech-impediments The King’s Speech is heading to Broadway. Showbiz 411 has confirmed the film’s screenwriter David Seidler (who picked up an...
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The Inbetweeners Movie outgrosses Pirates 4 and The Hangover 2 in UK
The Inbetweeners Movie has become a surprise smash hit in the United Kingdom, earning more than $56 million in three weeks and becoming the third highest grossing film of the year. According to THR,...
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Hathaway to star alongside Jackman and Crowe in Les Misérables
Anne Hathaway will join Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe in Tom Hooper’s upcoming musical adaptation of Les Misérables, Deadline reports. Hathaway – who showed off her singing skills (as well as her...
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King’s Speech-inspired Grace Kelly flick in the works
A film based on screen starlet Grace Kelly‘s early days as a princess is in the works, with producers suggesting it will be similar to The King’s Speech. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Arash...
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Johansson, Swift, Michele and Wood rumoured for Les Mis
A quartet of young ladies are rumoured to be competing for the role of Eponine in Tom Hooper’s upcoming musical adaptation of Les Misérables, the New York Post reports. Though the Post is hardly the...
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Maggie, actually – The Iron Lady review
The Iron Lady – Starring Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent and Olivia Colman. Directed by Phyllida Lloyd. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. You can always trust a good old fashioned biopic to sand down the edges of...
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Idris Elba cast as Nelson Mandela in Long Walk To Freedom
From Stringer Bell to South African rebel and president Nelson Mandela. Idris Elba (The Wire, Luther, Prometheus) revealed to Hip Hollywood he will soon star as the iconic figure in an upcoming biopic....
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Teaser Debut: Les Misérables
Canted camera angles abound in the teaser trailer for Tom Hooper‘s Les Misérables. The short clip focuses primarily on Anne Hathaway as Fantine and her sterling rendition of the musical’s signature...
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Interview: Emile Sherman (Shame, The King’s Speech)
Interview: Emile Sherman (Shame, The King’s Speech). By Simon Miraudo. Aussie Emile Sherman has seen some spectacular success since founding See-Saw Films in 2008 with British producer Iain Canning....
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The king and I – Hyde Park on Hudson review
By Jess Lomas March 26, 2013 When a hot dog becomes a repeated point of conversation in a film, it might be an indication that all is not well. Such is the case in Hyde Park on Hudson, the somewhat...
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