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Eddie Redmayne has praised women in the film industry and the number of female - centric films leading the awards race this year.The «Early Man» star -...

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Now you can add the film American Hustle — which won a Golden Globe for Best Picture and picked up 10 Academy Award nominations this week — to the list, especially if you want to explain how really great salespeople find leads, draw customers, and make deals.

Heading into the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards this weekend, the popular streaming service has a big lead on its digital rivals, with a dozen Golden Globe nominations overall across the event's television and film categories.

Congratulations to Mr. Adam Sandler, whose film Grown Ups 2 leads all nominations for this year's Razzie Awards — an honor that recognizes excellence in awfulness — garnering a total of eight noms including worst picture.

Founded in 1998 by the creators of the Academy Award - winning short film TREVOR, The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to LGBTQ young people (ages 13 - 24).

«I'm Alive: The Floresta da Tijuca Sessions» was conceived of and led by GRAMMY ® Award - winning producer Andres Levin of Content - OS, who directed and produced the film alongside Paula Lavigne and Fernando Young.

German fine chocolate producer iChoc, has been awarded the «Sweetie 2016» award that recognises the best confectionery of 2016, by a leading German grocery magazine, Rundschau für den Lebensmittelhandel, for their latest range of Vegan Chocolate that is wrapped in Futamura's NatureFlex ™ films.

SKYMARK, a leading independent manufacturer of flexible film packaging solutions, was presented with a silver award at the European Flexographic Industry Association (EFIA) annual print awards.

SKYMARK, a leading independent manufacturer of flexible film packaging solutions, was presented with a silver award at the European Flexographic Industry..

«The city has always provided a sense of innovation and expressive freedom which goes hand - in - hand with the awards that celebrate leading achievements in film, video and online content.»

Pictures and magazine covers depict Kelly starring in films alongside the top leading men of the day like Cary Grant, Bing Crosby or Clark Gable, and winning an academy award and floating up the red carpet.

She appeared in a string of independent films throughout the 1990s, in addition to all the aforementioned Di Cillo titles; she had the lead, opposite Anne Heche, in the acclaimed Walking and Talking (1996), written and directed by Nicole Holofcener, a role which earned her an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Actress.

* awarded by a different jury led by director Ursula Meier; films screening in any of the various sections are eligible

The film stars British - born Academy Award (R) nominated actress Naomi Watts (J. EDGAR, FAIR GAME, 21 GRAMS) who assumes the leading role of the eponymous and iconic princess.

Danes won the 2010 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie and the film won for Outstanding Made for Television Movie.

«Birdman» leads film nominees at this year's Golden Globe Awards with seven bids, including best picture (musical or comedy), best actor for star Michael Keaton, and supporting actor nods for Emma Stone and Edward Norton.

The film is the director's first effort since A Single Man, Ford's directorial debut, which led to Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, and Academy Award nominations for Colin Firth, as well as a Golden...

«Lincoln,» Steven Spielberg's masterpiece about the last months of the 16th President of the United States, led all films this morning when nominations for the 85th Annual Academy Awards were announced.

After a last minute leading man change (Ryan Gosling dropped out before filming, stating creative differences) and a delayed release to coincide with the awards season, Peter Jackson's film adaptation of Alice Sebold's bestselling novel is finally here.

A dramatic script at AFI, however, led to a prestigious Chesterfield fellowship award - overseen by Steven Spielberg - and was made into a feature film starring Kevin Bacon and Evan Rachel Wood.

The coming of age movie has picked up Best Film awards in New York and Canada with lead actor Aide Spratt also taking home a Best Actress award in LA for her work on the film.

The Fipresci jury, led by France's Michel Ciment, gave the award to «Burning» as a «visually stunning film and an emotionally complex comment on contemporary society.»

Starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence as the two leads, the film is expected to be one of the major contenders in the upcoming Award season.

AWFJ, a nonprofit organization of leading female film journalists with active members in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, recognizes outstanding achievements by women filmmakers by presenting its prestigious EDA Awards at year's end and at select film festivals.

ABOUT THE AWFJ and EDA AWARDS The Alliance of Women Film Journalists, Inc. (AWFJ), a not - for - profit corporation, is an international association of leading professional female movie critics, reporters and feature writers working in print, broadcast and online media, dedicated to supporting film work by and about women — both in front of and behind the cameras — through intra-group promotional activities, outreach programs and by presenting the annual AWFJ EDA Awards in recognition of outstanding accomplishments (the best and worst) by and about women in the mAWARDS The Alliance of Women Film Journalists, Inc. (AWFJ), a not - for - profit corporation, is an international association of leading professional female movie critics, reporters and feature writers working in print, broadcast and online media, dedicated to supporting film work by and about women — both in front of and behind the cameras — through intra-group promotional activities, outreach programs and by presenting the annual AWFJ EDA Awards in recognition of outstanding accomplishments (the best and worst) by and about women in the mAwards in recognition of outstanding accomplishments (the best and worst) by and about women in the movies.

Elsewhere, the jury, led by Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar, spread the wealth around, though its members did bestow two awards on one film in particular.

The film may be smarting from its widely (if not, ahem, entirely) unexpected omission from the Oscar foreign - language shortlist earlier this week, but Xavier Beauvois's sombre religious drama «Of Gods and Men» found more love in its home country, where it scooped a leading 11 nominations for the César Awards.

The jury decision, he revealed, came only after some old - fashioned horse - trading: Bille August's «Pelle the Conqueror» won over Chris Menges» «A World Apart» in a 6 - 4 vote, but jury president Ettore Scola only got the «World Apart» supporters to stop arguing when he offered to not only give that film the Grand Jury Prize (second prize), but also let its lead actresses share the best - actress award, making it the only film to win more than one prize.

Female - led high - budget flicks like «Divergent,» «The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1» and «Maleficent» did very well at the box office, while directors Angelina Jolie and Ava DuVernay «s films, «Unbroken» and «Selma,» respectively, are accumulating Oscar buzz as awards season is already in full swing.

After months of a business - wide reckoning where many powerful men have seen histories of sexual assault, harassment and abuse lead to career - ending consequences, the film industry's biggest stars gathered for what's typically one of the more uproarious, loose nights of award show season.

The film leads the Independent Spirit Award nominations with six and certainly will be a player throughout awards season.

(It would, however, be the first film to take both the ensemble award and a lead acting gong since «Chicago» eight years ago.)

Due to the fact that the date was moved up a month earlier than previous years, the December date brings «Hollywood notice» as the first televised film awards show leading up to the Academy Aawards show leading up to the Academy AwardsAwards.

That trio of leads may have attracted more attention, if not necessarily the awards consideration always sought by films of this sort.

In the nominations for France's premier film awards, Jacques Audiard's Oscar contender leads the field with a massive 13 bids.

The same would hold true of a Lead Actor bid for Boseman — though James Brown is an enormously compelling real - life figure whose life is replete with the material that wins actors awards, the Best Actor race more than any other acting category is closely tied to the Best Picture race, and Boseman will likely struggle against competitors in stronger films overall.

Perhaps it was this idea that led to the creation of Basterds as a revisionist narrative in which the Nazis meet the fate they deserve — and perhaps it is the image of Shoshanna winning her battle in the cinema that has kept the film's pre-autumn release fresh in every critic's mind as we approach the 2010 Academy Awards.

EDA Awards presented at Festivals are often a film's first award, and boosts industry and public awareness of the winner, often leading to sales, other festival appearances and funding for the filmmaker's future projects.

The Award season build - up all leads to the night of the Oscars as the best films of last year battle it out for prestigious...

The filmmakers have assembled a stellar cast, including Felicity Jones, nominated for an Academy Award for her leading role in The Theory of Everything; Diego Luna, who was featured in 2008's Oscar - winning Milk and 2013's Elysium; Ben Mendelsohn, recently nominated for an Emmy for his leading role in Bloodline and co-starring in the upcoming Mississippi Grind; Donnie Yen, Hong Kong action star and martial artist who starred in Ip Man and Blade II; Jiang Wen, who co-wrote, produced, directed and starred in the award - winning Let the Bullets Fly and Devils on the Doorstep; Forest Whitaker, recently featured in the critically - acclaimed Lee Daniels» The Butler and winner of an Academy Award for his leading role in 2006's The Last King of Scotland; Mads Mikkelsen, who starred in The Hunt and was the memorable villain from 2006's Casino Royale; Alan Tudyk, who plays a performance - capture character in Rogue One, stars in the soon - to - be-released Con Man series and Trumbo, which releases this November; and Riz Ahmed, who was recently featured in Nightcrawler and starred in the BAFTA - winning film Four LAward for her leading role in The Theory of Everything; Diego Luna, who was featured in 2008's Oscar - winning Milk and 2013's Elysium; Ben Mendelsohn, recently nominated for an Emmy for his leading role in Bloodline and co-starring in the upcoming Mississippi Grind; Donnie Yen, Hong Kong action star and martial artist who starred in Ip Man and Blade II; Jiang Wen, who co-wrote, produced, directed and starred in the award - winning Let the Bullets Fly and Devils on the Doorstep; Forest Whitaker, recently featured in the critically - acclaimed Lee Daniels» The Butler and winner of an Academy Award for his leading role in 2006's The Last King of Scotland; Mads Mikkelsen, who starred in The Hunt and was the memorable villain from 2006's Casino Royale; Alan Tudyk, who plays a performance - capture character in Rogue One, stars in the soon - to - be-released Con Man series and Trumbo, which releases this November; and Riz Ahmed, who was recently featured in Nightcrawler and starred in the BAFTA - winning film Four Laward - winning Let the Bullets Fly and Devils on the Doorstep; Forest Whitaker, recently featured in the critically - acclaimed Lee Daniels» The Butler and winner of an Academy Award for his leading role in 2006's The Last King of Scotland; Mads Mikkelsen, who starred in The Hunt and was the memorable villain from 2006's Casino Royale; Alan Tudyk, who plays a performance - capture character in Rogue One, stars in the soon - to - be-released Con Man series and Trumbo, which releases this November; and Riz Ahmed, who was recently featured in Nightcrawler and starred in the BAFTA - winning film Four LAward for his leading role in 2006's The Last King of Scotland; Mads Mikkelsen, who starred in The Hunt and was the memorable villain from 2006's Casino Royale; Alan Tudyk, who plays a performance - capture character in Rogue One, stars in the soon - to - be-released Con Man series and Trumbo, which releases this November; and Riz Ahmed, who was recently featured in Nightcrawler and starred in the BAFTA - winning film Four Lions.

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ), a membership organization of leading women film journalists and critics from across the U.S., Canada and the U.K., has announced the winners of its 7th Annual EDA Awards.

The film features a fierce group of Wakandan women, including Nakia (Academy Award ® winner Lupita Nyong» o), a War Dog and Wakandan spy; Shuri (Letitia Wright), T'Challa's little sister and tech wizard; and the Dora Milaje, the all - female Wakandan Special Forces led by Okoye (Danai Gurira).

As the cinematic awards season amps up, other female - led films also are leading the way, with the like of «The Shape of Water,» «The Post,» «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,» «Lady Bird» and «I, Tonya» considered strong contenders to bring home various statuettes.

Two years later, Gosling was honored with winning Best Male Lead from the Independent Spirit Awards and earned his first Academy and Screen Actors Guild nominations as Best Leading Actor, for portraying a junior high school teacher in the independent film Half Nelson (2006).

The concept of one of our most lauded actresses taking the lead in a Woody Allen film always seemed like it had awards potential, even if no one's been nominated for a lead in an Allen picture since Sean Penn..

Saoirse also shared a moment with Call Me By Your Name actor Timothee Chalamet, who scooped the award for Best Leading Actor for his role in the film opposite Armie Hammer.

His newest film, Caché (also known as Hidden), received the San Francisco Film Critics Circle award for Best Foreign Language Film, as well as several other American awards, leading to the assumption that a wide variety of reviewers not only liked the film, but also bothered to see it at all.

The auteur - driven film would screen out of competition for the event's Golden Bear top prize, which will be awarded by a jury led by Meryl Streep on February 20th.

Not content to bring just one award - winning film («A Fantastic Woman «-RRB- to TIFF 2017, Sebastián Lelio doubles up this year with another engrossing female - led drama.

Now the race is wide open, and is expected to go at a dizzying pace, with announcements to come from the Golden Globes, the Directors Guild, the Producers Guild, SAG - AFTRA, the Independent Spirit Awards and many film critics» associations from across the nation, leading up to the actual announcement of the Academy Award nominations.