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Profile on Ewan McGregor

Published Date: 22 November 2009 WHEN Ewan McGregor crawled headfirst into "the worst toilet in Scotland" during a seminal scene in Trainspotting back in 1996, the last thing it felt like was a comment on the way his film...

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RAAM adds four to awards board

International News: Buckingham, Spurling, Ribbon, Clapp added -- The RAAM Cinema Awards, which fete high-flyers in the U.K. and Irish film distribution biz, has added four industry execs to its advisory board.

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One Year Later, 'Slumdog Millionaire' Stars Jetsetting Couple

Last year, audiences around the world watched as Jamal and Latika (spoiler alert!) reunited for a Bollywood-style dance on a Mumbai train platform. Now Dev Patel and Freida Pinto , the stars of Best Picture Winner " Slumdog...

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A New Indian Travel Fad: "Divorce Tourism"

Perhaps it's a case of life imitating bad art. At about the same time the movie was disappointing U.S. audiences, a handful of Indian travel agents began pushing "divorce tourism" — package deals designed to help clients...

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BAFTA - British Oscars (Mike J Jones)

A British charity society named as BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) organises award shows to recognise great works done in the field of film, television, video games, television craft, thus encompassing all...

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BAZ BAMIGBOYE: French star Marion Cotillard gives award-winning performance as jilted wife in...

Slinky: Marion Cotillard in her striptease in new film Nine Marion Cotillard scores a ten in Nine as Guido Contini's demure wife Luisa, who is humiliated time and again by her roving-eyed husband. Daniel Day-Lewis, dancing and...

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Master of extremes

As he gets into ‘Xtreme City,' Paul Schrader speaks about how cinema is becoming superficial. Photo Credit: Helena Lumme & Mika Manninen Master of extremes: Paul Schrader. Paul Schrader was in India as a member of the jury of...

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Bollywood’s latest offerings in living rooms via DTH

Mumbai: Danny Boyle’s Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire didn’t just garner rave reviews and worldwide acclaim, it also triggered a change in the way Indian movies are being distributed. The film was one of the first to be...

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LEE DANIELS MARCHES TOWARD 'SELMA': 'Precious' director to take on civil rights film about...

"Precious" director Lee Daniels is now in advanced negotiations to helm "Selma," which will trace the historic 1965 march in the Alabama town that marked the political and emotional peak of the civil rights movement.

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Since When Did We Start Making Such Great Movies Based on... Books?

With The Road and more driving Oscar season, we have entered a golden age of the good adaptation. By S.T. VanAirsdale Too many people have taken to lamenting the death of original ideas in Hollywood. Even if you can't turn the...

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