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PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIOS TO RECEIVE THE SHOWEST BIG TEN AWARD
ShoWest Attendees to get Sneak Peek of Disney–Pixar’s Toy Story 3 March 16
LOS ANGELES —The ShoWest Big Ten Award will be presented to Pixar Animation Studios for their extraordinary achievement of creating ten beloved blockbusters in a row, it was announced today by Robert Sunshine, managing director of ShoWest, which will be held March 15 – 18, 2010, in Las Vegas. Pixar Animation Studios will be presented with the ShoWest Big Ten Award at ShoWest on Tuesday, March 16, at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas. Disney•Pixar will also screen Toy Story 3 for ShoWest attendees on Tuesday, March 16.
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KATHERINE HEIGL NAMED SHOWEST FEMALE STAR OF THE YEAR
HEIGL TO STAR IN LIONSGATE’S KILLERS TO BE RELEASED ON JUNE 4, 2010
LOS ANGELES — ShoWest has named Katherine Heigl ShoWest Female Star of the Year, it was announced today by Robert Sunshine, co-managing director of the event, which will be held March 15-18, 2010, in Las Vegas. Heigl will be presented with the ShoWest Female Star of the Year Award at ShoWest’s Final Night Banquet and Award Ceremony on Thursday, March 18, at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas.
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VANESSA HUDGENS AND ALEX PETTYFER NAMED SHOWEST STARS OF TOMORROW
HUDGENS AND PETTYFER TO STAR IN CBS FILMS’ “BEASTLY” RELEASING JULY 2010
LOS ANGELES — Vanessa Hudgens and Alex Pettyfer, stars of the upcoming film “Beastly” will receive the ShoWest 2010 Female and Male Star of Tomorrow Awards, it was announced today by Robert Sunshine, managing director of the event, which will be held March 15-18, in Las Vegas. Hudgens and Pettyfer will be presented with the ShoWest Stars of Tomorrow Awards at ShoWest’s Final Night Banquet and Award Ceremony on Thursday, March 18, at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas.
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PARAMOUNT PICTURES TO MAKE MISSION IMPOSSIBLE IV:
TOM CRUISE & JJ ABRAMS TO PRODUCE; CRUISE TO STAR
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Film slated for release Memorial Day 2011
HOLLYWOOD, CA (February 9, 2010) – Paramount Pictures announced today that it is making “Mission Impossible IV.” The film, which will be produced by Tom Cruise, J.J. Abrams and Bad Robot Productions and will star Cruise, will be released Memorial Day weekend 2011.
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Hollywood Stock Exchange Traders Called 88.6% of Oscar Nominations for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hollywood Stock Exchange (HSX.com), the world’s largest virtual entertainment stock trading site, announces an 88.6% success rate for picking this year's nominations.
“With 9 out of 10 films correctly picked for Best Picture including Avatar, An Education and A Serious Man and across the board accuracy in predicting the Acting and Directing nominees, HSX traders once again displayed their keen industry knowledge”
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Walt Disney's ALICE IN WONDERLAND Fun Facts
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Walt Disney Pictures:
“pushing the bounds of what could be acceptable.”
FUN FACTS
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Clint Eastwood is America’s Favorite Movie Star
Johnny Depp is number 2 and, last year’s favorite, Denzel Washington drops to number 3
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--2009 may be the year that brought the movies back. Between Avatar, the latest Harry Potter movie, Julie and Julia, New Moon from the Twilight series, and so many others, box office revenues topped $10 billion – a new record. Clearly people love going to the movies – and within all the various types of movies out there, everyone has their favorite movie star.
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47 Films and 31 Filmmakers Slated for 2010 Boulder International Film Festival Feb. 11-14
Opening Night Red-Carpet Gala to Feature Screening of ‘The Lightkeepers’ and Live Question and Answer Session with Award-Winning Actress Blythe Danner
BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Named one of the “25 Coolest Film Festivals” this summer by MovieMaker Magazine, the Boulder International Film Festival (BIFF) brings films from around the world, conversations with directors, producers, screenwriters and actors, red carpet glamour and Hollywood stars all to the foot of the Rockies. The Festival takes place in beautiful Boulder, Colo., Feb. 11-14, and will bring films, filmmakers and international fans together for a four-day celebration of the fine art of filmmaking.
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Reach For Me Touches Las Vegas
By Patty Fantasia
Photos by Stephen Thorburn
Reach For Me Touches Las Vegas
The poignant, heartwarming film Reach For Me had its Las Vegas premiere on Friday night January 22nd at the Las Vegas Hilton complete with a Red Carpet photo shoot, celebrity meet and greet, Q&A session and after party. The film celebrates life against the backdrop of death in a hospice where the lead character Alvin (Seymour Cassel), a bitter and hostile old man who just wants to die in peace. Rather than grant this last request, the universe plays an ironic joke and sends him Kevin (Johnny Whitworth), a young roommate, who is madly in love with his girlfriend (Lacey Chabert) and fighting valiantly to hold on to every breath and memory that life has to offer.
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Eric Roth Wins USC Libraries Scripter Literary Achievement Award
USC Libraries to honor Oscar winner at the Feb. 6, 2010, ceremony
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The USC Libraries have announced that screenwriter Eric Roth has won the 2010 Scripter Literary Achievement Award for his sustained contributions to the art of film adaptation. Roth previously won an Oscar for his adaptation of Winston Groom’s novel Forrest Gump and earned Oscar nominations for his work on Munich, The Insider and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, also a 2009 Scripter finalist.
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010
SHOWEST 2010 TO HONOR GEORGIA THEATRE COMPANY’S BILL STEMBLER WITH “SHOWESTER OF THE YEAR” AWARD
LOS ANGELES — William J. Stembler, Chairman and CEO of Georgia Theatre Company, will be honored as the “ShoWester of the Year” at the 2010 ShoWest Convention, it was announced today by Robert Sunshine, Managing Director of the annual event. The award presentation will take place at ShoWest’s Final Night Banquet and Award Ceremony on Thursday, March 18, at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas.
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WALT DISNEY PICTURES' "JOHN CARTER OF MARS" BEGINS PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY IN LONDON
BURBANK, Calif. (January 15, 2010) - Principal photography is underway in London for Walt Disney Pictures' "JOHN CARTER OF MARS." Academy Award(r)-winning filmmaker Andrew Stanton brings this captivating hero to the big screen in a stunning adventure epic set on the wounded planet of Mars, a world inhabited by warrior tribes and exotic desert beings. Based on the first of Edgar Rice Burroughs' "Barsoom Series," the film chronicles the journey of Civil-War veteran John Carter, who finds mhimself battling a new and mysterious war amidst a host of strange Martian inhabitants.
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2010 Critics Choice Awards Nominees & * Winners
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Motion Picture Editors Guild Honors Film Editor Carol Littleton, A.C.E. with the Prestigious Fellowship & Service Award
HOLLYWOOD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Motion Picture Editors Guild (MPEG) honored film editor Carol Littleton, A.C.E., with its Fellowship and Service Award at its annual Board of Directors Installation Dinner on January 9, 2010. Long-time collaborator, director Lawrence Kasdan, presented the award to her. The duo has worked together on eight films including “Body Heat” and “The Big Chill,” among others.
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 The Golden Globe Winners
Cecil B. DeMille Award
Martin Scorsese
Best Motion Picture - Drama
Avatar
Lightstorm Entertainment; Twentieth Century Fox
The Hurt Locker
Voltage Pictures; Summit Entertainment
Inglourious Basterds
The Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures/A Band Apart/Zehnte Babelsberg GmbH Production; The Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures
Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire
A Lee Daniels Entertainment / Smokewood Entertainment Group Production; Lionsgate
Up In The Air
Paramount Pictures; Paramount Pictures
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