Tag: Lady Bird
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Shia Labeouf Biopic ‘Honey Boy’ Casts Lucas Hedges, Causes Brows to Furrow Nationwide
File this one under your ever-expanding “Wtf” tab. Following a series of genuinely redemptive performances in American Honey, Nymphomaniac, and the upcoming Borg vs. McEnroe, Shia Labeouf is now looking to bring his life story to the big screen. THR is reporting that Labeouf is currently gearing up to play his own father in Honey…
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A24 Developing ‘Native Son’ Film With ‘Moonlight’ Actor
A24 is on a roll, recently. The film company had an impressive Awards Season last year with “Lady Bird,” “The Florida Project,” and “The Disaster Artist” all factoring heavily in awards discussions. “Lady Bird” actually landed multiple Oscar noms, including Best Picture. It looks like A24 isn’t slowing down anytime soon.The company just announced that…
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‘Black Panther’ stays top as ‘The Greatest Showman’ rises 26% at UK box office
Woody Allen’s Wonder Wheel struggles on debut.Rank Film / Distributor Weekend Gross (Fri-Sun) Running Total Week 1 Black Panther (Disney) £2.94m £39.83m 4 2 The Greatest Showman (Fox) £1.56m £37.33m 11 3 Red Sparrow (Fox) £1.17m £4.02m 2 4 Game Night (Warner) £886,000 £2.64m 2 5 Lady Bird (Universal) £697,130 £3.97m 3Today’s Gbp to Usd…
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Frances McDormand Accepts Best Actress Oscar, Honors Other Female Nominees
Frances McDormand won her second Oscar for best actress on Sunday night, cementing her dominance this awards season for her fiery turn as a mother out for justice for her murdered daughter in “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.”McDormand, a five-time Oscar nominee, last won the prize in 1997 for her iconic role as police chief…
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Spirit Awards: ‘Get Out’ Wins Best Feature Film Award
Jordan Peele’s horror-comedy “Get Out” dominated the Film Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday afternoon, winning best picture and best director.“It’s clear that we are in the beginning of a renaissance where stories from outsiders are being honored,” Peele said in his acceptance speech.The award for best film, presented by “Black Panther” star Chadwick Boseman, was…
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Allison Janney Wins Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female
Allison Janney has won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female, the first televised award of the day. Other nominees included Holly Hunter (“The Big Sick”), Laurie Metcalf (“Lady Bird”), Lois Smith (“Marjorie Prime”), and Taliah Lennice Webster (“Good Time”). It’s Janney’s first win and third nomination at the Spirit Awards; she has dominated…
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2018 Independent Spirit Awards: Winners List (Updating Live)
The 33rd Independent Spirit Awards are taking place on Saturday, March 3 in Los Angeles. While Oscar favorites such as “Get Out” and “Lady Bird” are in the running for top honors, smaller indie picks like “The Florida Project” and “The Rider” are also in the mix.The full list of nominees is below, updating live.Best…
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Greta Gerwig Is Planning Three More Sacramento Movies to Follow ‘Lady Bird’
Lady Bird may have been the first in a series of films set in sunny Sacramento. In an interview with Moonlight director Barry Jenkins on the new A24 Podcast, director Greta Gerwig confessed she was hoping to make a quartet of films in the Lady Bird setting. Super indie movie studio A24 just launched a…
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Spirit Awards Keep Independent Streak
As the ceremony eases into its 33rd year, the Film Independent Spirit Awards confront an enviable dilemma. Whereas the indie kudofest, held in a tent on the beach in Santa Monica, once honored films so far outside the Oscars’ orbit that they may as well have been in different star systems, in recent times the…
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Lina Wertmüller on What Being the First Female Director Nominated for an Oscar Means to Her
Plenty of ink has been spilled on the fact that, with her Oscar nomination for “Lady Bird,” Greta Gerwig has joined an all-too-exclusive group: the sorority of just five women who have been deemed worthy of a directing nod from the Academy. Few people recall, though, that the barrier was first broken in 1977, and…