Actresses hit the books to study for their roles (Reuters)
Reuters - It's any parent's worst nightmare: A trusted authority figure might or might not have initiated an inappropriate physical relationship with a child in his care. In such a scenario, that child's mother would be beside herself with rage. And that's precisely how Viola Davis, who plays Mrs. Miller, a mother facing just that situation in "Doubt," initially approached her role.
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UK scribe Peter Morgan joins Hollywood royalty (Reuters)
Reuters - Public figures must shiver when Peter Morgan shows up at a cocktail party.
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Globes Predictions: Big Nightâor Bustâfor Button? (E! Online)
E! Online - It's happening already—the Golden Globes kick off the awards-season marathon on Sunday. And this year it's truer than ever: The Globes are always a tough nut to crack.
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Daniel Craig takes break from Bond (Reuters)
Reuters - British actor Daniel Craig has taken a break from playing James Bond with World War Two drama "Defiance," based on the true story of Jewish brothers who fled the Nazis and formed a partisan group.
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Tom & Katie: NYC's Next Real Estate Moguls? (E! Online)
E! Online - Are Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes trying to give Donald Trump a run for his New York City real estate money?
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Italy, Israel, Iran films among BAFTA nominations (Reuters)
Reuters - Israeli war animation movie "Waltz With Bashir," about the 1982 massacre of Palestinians in Beirut, is one of five movies to be nominated for a foreign language BAFTA award, Britain's equivalent of the Oscars.
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Hollywood writers nominate best film scripts (Reuters)
Reuters - Hollywood screenwriters on Wednesday named nominees for 2008's best film scripts with a few surprises among the movies vying for honors ahead of the industry's highest awards -- the Oscars in February.
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Netflix and Vizio to stream films to high-def TVs (Reuters)
Reuters - Online DVD rental company Netflix Inc said on Wednesday it reached a deal for viewers to watch movies from Netflix on Vizio high definition televisions through Vizio's "Connected HDTV" Platform.
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Brad Pitt says he was faithful to Jennifer Aniston (AP)
AP - Brad Pitt insists he didn't cheat on Jennifer Aniston with Angelina Jolie.
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Josh Brolin, Jeffrey Wright Cleared in Bar Brawl (E! Online)
E! Online - Looks like there'll be no need for a presidential pardon for this W. crew.
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Batman, Iron Man, Kidman Clash Over F/X Oscar (E! Online)
E! Online - Indy, we hardly knew ya.
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Political figures jostle for Oscar spotlight (Reuters)
Reuters - It seems appropriate that Benicio Del Toro takes a diplomatic stance when discussing the differences between playing a recognizable political figure and portraying a purely fictional character.
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Capsule reviews of `Bride Wars' and other films (AP)
AP - Capsule reviews of films opening this week:
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Holy Oscar Momentum, Dark Knight! (E! Online)
E! Online - The Dark Knight might not be an Oscar dark horse after all.
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Anne Hathaway's Hot Desert Night With New Man (E! Online)
E! Online - Anne Hathaway is a getting a little more serious with her new man, actor Adam Shulman.
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Jennifer Hudson Gets Some Image Love (E! Online)
E! Online - Professionally, at least, things in Jennifer Hudson's world are looking up.
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`Dark Knight' bags WGA screenplay nomination (AP)
AP - Add writing to Batman's bag of tricks. "The Dark Knight" earned a nomination Wednesday for best adapted screenplay from the Writers Guild of America.
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Review: Just say `I don't' to `Bride Wars' (AP)
AP - The cliched comedy "Bride Wars" tosses out stereotypes about female materialism and cattiness with all the giddy gusto of a newly married woman flinging the bouquet at her single girlfriends.
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`Dark Knight' grabs cinematography nomination (AP)
AP - Batman is angling for top honors from the American Society of Cinematographers.
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Review: `Unborn' offers up more laughs than scares (AP)
AP - The Kabbalah. Hot college students. An abandoned mental institution. Gary Oldman. Jogging. Twins. Nazi scientists. A suicidal mother. A lost blue mitten.
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Monthly ezine devoted to the American silent screen and the early days of movie exhibition.
http://www.bijou-dream.com
Buckey's Film History and Resources Page
Provides articles, news and commentary on film history, include sections on film preservation and conservation.
http://members.tripod.com/~cinefan/home.html
Free Classified Ads Portal
www.graand.com
Chronicles the history of motion pictures and films from the silent era to the end of the 20th century.
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~yahnk001/film/cinema.htm
Information about collecting vintage movie equipment, an alternative timeline for cinema history, list of equipment manufacturers, manuals, images, and links.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~wichm/cinemat.html
Photographs of technical equipment associated with cinema projection, over a 45-year period.
http://www.cinephoto.co.uk/
Personal site providing information about classic films from 1930's through 1950's.
http://classicfilmsafari.tripod.com/
Features articles, images, audio clips, links and comprehensive bibliography on Hollywood's Golden Era.
http://www.moderntimes.com/palace/index.html
Classic Movies History Articles
A collection of articles from Classic Movies.org focused on historical events, such as the Hollywood Blacklist and the opening of the movies to African-American actors.
http://www.classicmovies.org/articles/history.htm
An introduction to the first decade of film, with biographies, filmographies, technology, films, essays and additional resources.
http://www.earlycinema.com/
Interdisciplinary journal of film and television studies. Subscriptions, events, announcements, links, and contact information.
http://www.uwosh.edu/filmandhistory/
Series of web articles to provide a comprehensive survey of the history of cinema.
http://www.filmsite.org/filmh.html
Focuses on foreign film and early cinematic history. Reviews and information pages on films and directors along with links to related sites. Also includes a discussion forum.
http://www.filmnotes.com/
The German-Hollywood Connection
A guide to the impact on Hollywood by film people from Austria, Germany, and Switzerland.
http://www.germanhollywood.com/
This site provides rare images, original ads, and behind-the-scenes glimpses of classic Hollywood films, along with insightful commentary.
http://greenbriarpictureshows.blogspot.com/
Hollywood history, film facts, movie props and sound effects trivia.
http://www.hollywoodlostandfound.net/
A personal homepage devoted to the history and trends of the movies of the 1930s, as well as information on leading actors/actresses of the era.
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Lot/4344/
Dedicated to the actors and actresses from Hollywood's "Golden Era" of film during the early part of the 20th century.
http://golden_age_films.tripod.com/
IMDb - This Day in Movie History
Births, deaths and marriages of movie stars and celebrities.
http://imdb.com/OnThisDay
Incomplete History of the Blind as Portrayed in Movies and TV
Reviews for television shows and films which feature blind persons.
http://www.firsttvdrama.com/show2/history/index.php3
The Library of Congress' online exhibit of the early motion pictures and sound recordings of the Edison Companies. Includes biography and information about Thomas Edison and his experiments in motion pictures.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/edhtml/edhome.html
Library of Congress - Motion Picture and Television Reading Room
Information about the library's motion picture collections and archival materials.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/mopic/
The Monster That Ate Hollywood
PBS program explores the changing face of Hollywood and how the movie business, and movies themselves, have changed over the past 25 years.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/hollywood/
One of the few museums where you can journey through the 500 years of the history of images, seeing what were the predecessors and the origins of the cinema. Site available in Spanish, English and Catalan.
http://www.museudelcinema.org/
Development of early American animation represented by collection of 21 animated films and 2 fragments, spanning the years 1900-1921. Part of the American Memory Project, Library of Congress.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/oahtml/oahome.html
Collection of articles focusing on the history of adult material in motion pictures and videography. Also includes lists of film performers who have died from or are living with AIDS.
http://paparotsy.tripod.com/
Dedicated to exploring the history of motion pictures from 1890 to 1960, in all of its aspects, and to encouraging others to share in that exploration.
http://www.pictureshowman.com
A book by Mark Harris that tracks five movies on their five-year journey to Oscar night in the spring of 1968. Synopsis, chapter excerpt, author biography, and links.
http://www.picturesatarevolution.com/
The Production Code of the Motion Picture Industry (1930-1968)
For four decades, American theatrical movies were governed by a self-policing agency which restricted the content that audiences would see. This web site catalogs instance of content that was shaped by "The Code" or which circumvented or violated the restrictions.
http://prodcode.dhwritings.com/
Features brief profiles and photographs of women in film throughout the 1960s.
http://www.sixtiescinema.com/
Devoted to early sound and color movies and late silents from the period 1925-1935. Includes feature films, animations, shorts, and soundtracks.
http://www.freewebs.com/vitaphone1/
Information about 20th century film in Wyoming, USA.
http://www.theastrocowboy.com/
A biographical guide to those who, behind and in front of the camera, collectively invented cinema in the 1890s.
http://www.victorian-cinema.net/
Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research
The motion picture history collections includes film, other visual records and manuscript collections documenting a full century of cinema.
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/wcftr/film.htm
A reference guide to women in motion pictures and feminist films, and covers such topics as feminism, the women's movement, and women's issues as portrayed in movies.
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~pm9k/libsci/womFilm.html
Short article about the portrayal of women throughout film history.
http://www.geocities.com/albanystudent/wif.html
Actresses hit the books to study for their roles (Reuters)
Reuters - It's any parent's worst nightmare: A trusted authority figure might or might not have initiated an inappropriate physical relationship with a child in his care. In such a scenario, that child's mother would be beside herself with rage. And that's precisely how Viola Davis, who plays Mrs. Miller, a mother facing just that situation in "Doubt," initially approached her role.
news.yahoo.com
Netflix and Vizio to stream films to high-def TVs (Reuters)
Reuters - Online DVD rental company Netflix Inc said on Wednesday it reached a deal for viewers to watch movies from Netflix on Vizio high definition televisions through Vizio's "Connected HDTV" Platform.
news.yahoo.com
Daniel Craig takes break from Bond (Reuters)
Reuters - British actor Daniel Craig has taken a break from playing James Bond with World War Two drama "Defiance," based on the true story of Jewish brothers who fled the Nazis and formed a partisan group.
news.yahoo.com
Review: Just say `I don't' to `Bride Wars' (AP)
AP - The cliched comedy "Bride Wars" tosses out stereotypes about female materialism and cattiness with all the giddy gusto of a newly married woman flinging the bouquet at her single girlfriends.
news.yahoo.com
Holy Oscar Momentum, Dark Knight! (E! Online)
E! Online - The Dark Knight might not be an Oscar dark horse after all.
news.yahoo.com
Batman, Iron Man, Kidman Clash Over F/X Oscar (E! Online)
E! Online - Indy, we hardly knew ya.
news.yahoo.com
Globes Predictions: Big Nightâor Bustâfor Button? (E! Online)
E! Online - It's happening already—the Golden Globes kick off the awards-season marathon on Sunday. And this year it's truer than ever: The Globes are always a tough nut to crack.
news.yahoo.com
Anne Hathaway's Hot Desert Night With New Man (E! Online)
E! Online - Anne Hathaway is a getting a little more serious with her new man, actor Adam Shulman.
news.yahoo.com
Brad Pitt says he was faithful to Jennifer Aniston (AP)
AP - Brad Pitt insists he didn't cheat on Jennifer Aniston with Angelina Jolie.
news.yahoo.com
UK scribe Peter Morgan joins Hollywood royalty (Reuters)
Reuters - Public figures must shiver when Peter Morgan shows up at a cocktail party.
news.yahoo.com
Jennifer Hudson Gets Some Image Love (E! Online)
E! Online - Professionally, at least, things in Jennifer Hudson's world are looking up.
news.yahoo.com
Josh Brolin, Jeffrey Wright Cleared in Bar Brawl (E! Online)
E! Online - Looks like there'll be no need for a presidential pardon for this W. crew.
news.yahoo.com
`Dark Knight' grabs cinematography nomination (AP)
AP - Batman is angling for top honors from the American Society of Cinematographers.
news.yahoo.com
Political figures jostle for Oscar spotlight (Reuters)
Reuters - It seems appropriate that Benicio Del Toro takes a diplomatic stance when discussing the differences between playing a recognizable political figure and portraying a purely fictional character.
news.yahoo.com
Hollywood writers nominate best film scripts (Reuters)
Reuters - Hollywood screenwriters on Wednesday named nominees for 2008's best film scripts with a few surprises among the movies vying for honors ahead of the industry's highest awards -- the Oscars in February.
news.yahoo.com
Capsule reviews of `Bride Wars' and other films (AP)
AP - Capsule reviews of films opening this week:
news.yahoo.com
`Dark Knight' bags WGA screenplay nomination (AP)
AP - Add writing to Batman's bag of tricks. "The Dark Knight" earned a nomination Wednesday for best adapted screenplay from the Writers Guild of America.
news.yahoo.com
Italy, Israel, Iran films among BAFTA nominations (Reuters)
Reuters - Israeli war animation movie "Waltz With Bashir," about the 1982 massacre of Palestinians in Beirut, is one of five movies to be nominated for a foreign language BAFTA award, Britain's equivalent of the Oscars.
news.yahoo.com
Tom & Katie: NYC's Next Real Estate Moguls? (E! Online)
E! Online - Are Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes trying to give Donald Trump a run for his New York City real estate money?
news.yahoo.com
Review: `Unborn' offers up more laughs than scares (AP)
AP - The Kabbalah. Hot college students. An abandoned mental institution. Gary Oldman. Jogging. Twins. Nazi scientists. A suicidal mother. A lost blue mitten.
news.yahoo.com