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Best motion picture - “The Departed”
Best foreign language film - “The Lives of Others”
Best documentary feature - “An Inconvenient Truth”
Best animated feature film - “Happy Feet”
Best Short Documentary - “The Blood of Yingzhou District”
Best Short Animated - “The Danish Poet”
Best Short Live Action - “West Bank Story”

Best actor in a leading role - Forest Whitaker for his role as Idi Aminfor the film “The Last King of Scotland”

Best actress in a leading role - Helen Mirren for her role as Queen Elizabeth for the film “The Queen”

Best supporting actor - Alan Arkin for his role as Grandpa for the film “Little Miss Sunshine”

Best supporting actress - Jennifer Hudson for her role as Effie White for the film “Dreamgirls”

Yesterday in an interview with CISN 103.9 FM Dan Aykroyd was asked about the rumored Ghostbusters sequel. To much surprise Aykroyd revealed that the was a movie in production.

“It lives! It lives today! Last year it didn’t!” Aykroyd confirmed. The script written by Aykroyd is called “Hell Bent”. The movie will be about the Ghostbusters crossing dimensions to go to the Hell side of Manhattan called Manhellton.

The basic premise seems like a flipside of the real world where everying will be related to real world people and locations. The visualization given includes cops as blue minotaurs, Central Park as a huge mine with green demons surrounded by black onyx thousand foot high buidlings with classic red devils. Aykroyd says ther will also be a Donald Trump type character named Mr Siftler.

The city of Boston was in a panic earlier today when several electronic devices were found near high traffic areas, bridges and even a subway. Bridges and roads were shut down and the subway service was temporarily suspended. Bomb squads were sent in before the police discovered the devices were apparently harmless.

The devices were simple magnetic lights that were being used as promotional material for the Cartoon Network’s “Aqua Teen Hunger Force” movie. The devices feature characters called the “Mooninites”. The characters, which closely resemble 1970s Atari style graphics, are portrayed on the sign giving the finger.

Turner Broadcasting who own the Cartoon Network issued an apology to the city of Boston. Turner chairman Phil Kent stated “We apologize to the citizens of Boston that part of a marketing campaign was mistaken for a public danger. We appreciate the gravity of this situation and, like any responsible company would, are putting all necessary resources toward understanding the facts surrounding it as quickly as possible.”

Heh heh, not much more to be said but the reviews seem to indicate this will be worth a watch

Popularity: 4% [?]

New Zealand filmmaker, Peter Jackson and screenwriter wife, Fran Walsh announced at the X06 convention, Wednesday, that they are teaming up with Microsoft to create Xbox and Xbox 360 games with their new company, Wingnut Interactive.

Wingnut Interactive will initially create another video game based on sci-fi series Halo with help from Microsoft and Bungie Studios, but staffed locally in Wellington. His second project can be whatever he likes, while trying to bring new people into the world of gaming.

Peter Jackson spoke to New Zealand news broadcaster, 3 News and said: “I want to able to experiment with ways of telling stories that’s not using the structure of a movie. It’s immersive and interactive, but it goes beyond (today’s) games. It’s what we’ve been looking forward to for 10 years. I’m sure it will start small and if things go well it will expand to fit whatever this turns into.”

Actor Russell Crowe has denied reports he is to portray the recently deceased Australian naturalist Steve Irwin in a film.

The Gladiator star said the idea was “appalling” and offended him “very deeply”.

He said it was “so awful that I have to deal with millions of people thinking I would dance on my friend’s grave.”

The 42-year-old who made a recorded tribute at Irwin’s memorial service last week has been in New York promoting his latest film, A Good Year.

Mr Irwin, 44, died after being struck in the chest by the stingray’s barb whilst filming on the Great Barrier Reef earlier this month.

In a separate interview, Crowe said he would no longer be starring with Nicole Kidman in a historical epic set in the Australian outback.

Frank Lampard and John Terry will have a walk in part with Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho in the film Jhoom Barabar Jhoom, set to be released in May 2007.

The stars are Preity Zinta play lead roles, and Abhishek Bachchan, a real-life football fan.

“The Premier League is very popular in India,” said Bachchan,
whose movie star father Amitabh will make a cameo appearance in the picture.

The actor said he played “a very loyal Chelsea fan” in the film and
his favourite player is called Rikki, and he is given a teeshirt with his name on it.

“We are delighted to be involved in a Bollywood movie,” said Chelsea’s business affairs director Paul Smith.

“We take it as a big compliment to be approached with this storyline and to be associated with this calibre of actors and actresses.”

Mel Gibson has returned to the limelight to promote his new movie “Apocalypto,” and to criticise the war in Iraq, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Last Friday he made an unscheduled appearance at Fantastic Fest, an event in Austin, Texas, which promotes new science fiction, horror and fantasy films.

He presented a work in progress screening of his Mayan adventure tale, and then answered questions, before a third of the audience gave him a standing ovation.

“The precursors to a civilisation that’s going under are the same, time and time again,” said Gibson equating the film’s theme of the
Mayan civilisation on the brink of collapse and America’s present situation. “What’s human sacrifice,” he asked, “if not sending guys off to Iraq for no reason?”

Harry Potter fans have been given a sneak peak of the latest Harry Potter film with the release of the first stills from Order of the Phoenix, the fifth film in the series based on JK Rowling’s books

In one image (click thumbnail for full version), Harry, is seen crouching in an grimy alleyway as he attempts to defend himself from an attack by the Dementors.

Harry, played by 17-year-old Daniel Radcliffe, is a year older and has a new look, complete with a more trendy spiky, short-cropped haircut.

The images (I say imageS because apparently there are five in total) are the first officially sanctioned stills from the film, which is set for release next July.

Their release comes just weeks after Warner Brothers executives fought to remove grainy home video from the internet showing Radcliffe and his co-stars Rupert Grint and Emma Watson filming a scene at King’s Cross station in London.

Khan says Bollywood is defaming his character, by their constant portrayal of a negative image in the media.

He accused the Mombai business community of portraying a bad guy so that they can sell magazines or TV programmes.

The actor was charged with the unlawful shooting of two protected species of antelope in 1998. Later he was given a five year jail term for a seperate hunting incident. This second sentence the jail term is at present under appeal. The 41 year old is currently out on bail whilst his appeal is being heard.

Salman has denied these wrongdoings, saying his conviction was wrong and the judge sentenced him only because he wanted to make an example out of him.
‘Apparently the judge said that openly,’ Khan said.