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Sunday, January 15, 2012

Complete Winners List : The 69th Annual "Golden Globe Awards"

Here is the complete list of winners @ the 69th annual "Golden Globe Awards", announced Sunday, January 15, 2012 :

MOTION PICTURE WINNERS:

-- Picture, Drama: "The Descendants."
-- Picture, Musical or Comedy: "The Artist."
-- Actor, Drama: George Clooney, "The Descendants."
-- Actress, Drama: Meryl Streep, "The Iron Lady."
-- Director: Martin Scorsese, "Hugo."
-- Actor, Musical or Comedy: Jean Dujardin, "The Artist."
-- Actress, Musical or Comedy: Michelle Williams, "My Week With Marilyn."
-- Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer, "Beginners."
-- Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer, "The Help."
-- Foreign Language: "A Separation."
-- Animated Film: "The Adventures of Tintin."
-- Screenplay: Woody Allen, "Midnight in Paris."
-- Original Score: Ludovic Bource, "The Artist."
-- Original Song: "Masterpiece" (music and lyrics by Madonna, Julie Frost, Jimmy Harry), "W.E."

TELEVISION WINNERS :

-- Series, Drama: "Homeland," Showtime.
-- Series, Musical or Comedy: "Modern Family," ABC.
-- Actor, Drama: Kelsey Grammer, "Boss."
-- Actress, Drama: Claire Danes, "Homeland."
-- Actress, Musical or Comedy: Laura Dern, "Enlightened."
-- Actor, Musical or Comedy: Matt LeBlanc, "Episodes."
-- Miniseries or Movie: "Downton Abbey (Masterpiece)," PBS.
-- Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Kate Winslet, "Mildred Pierce."
-- Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Idris Elba, "Luther."
-- Supporting Actress, Series, Miniseries or Movie: Jessica Lange, "American Horror Story."
-- Supporting Actor, Series, Miniseries or Movie: Peter Dinklage, "Game of Thrones."

Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award: Morgan Freeman.

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'Briar Rose' And the 'Goblin Army'

Vertigo's "Fairest" #1, available March 7, 2012, is written by Bill Willingham and illustrated by Phil Jimenez/Andy Lanning, with covers by Adam Hughes/Phil Jimenez :

"...starring the female 'Fables', 'Fairest' balances horror, humor and adventure, exploring the secret histories of 'Sleeping Beauty', 'Rapunzel', 'Cinderella', 'The Snow Queen', 'Thumbelina', 'Snow White', 'Rose Red' and a whole lot more. The first 6 issue arc follows the misadventures of 'Briar Rose' after she is stolen away by the 'Goblin Army'..."

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"Battleship" : The Battle For Earth Begins At Sea

Sneak Peek a new international poster supporting the upcoming $250 million budgeted sci fi, naval war feature "Battleship".

The event motion picture is based on the Hasbro 'strategy' board game "Battleship".

"Battleship" is produced and directed by Peter Berg, from a screenplay by Jon and Erich Hoeber, starring Taylor Kitsch ("John Carter") as commander 'Alex Hopper' who leads a fleet of naval ships against an 'alien' armada :

"...in the Hawaiian Islands, an international naval fleet at Pearl Harbor engage in an intense battle against the alien race 'The Regents', on a mission to planet earth to build a power source in the ocean..."

Cast also includes Alexander SkarsgÄrd, Brooklyn Decker, Rihanna and Liam Neeson.

The original "Battleship" game, created by Clifford Von Wickler in the early 1900's, was acquired by the Milton Bradley Company in 1943, then released as the pad-and-pencil game "Broadsides, the Game of Naval Strategy".

"Battleship", manufactured by Hasbro, has been updated for various platforms, including "Battleship" video games.

Battleship" will be released through Universal, May 18, 2012.

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Paramount Starts "Star Trek 2"

Paramount Pictures reports that principal photography has now started in Los Angeles, on the sequel to the 2009 movie relaunch of "Star Trek" (worldwide box office of $385,680,446 on a budget of $150 million), from director J.J. Abrams.

The new film will be released May 17, 2013 in 3D.

From Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions presenting a Bad Robot Production of a J.J. Abrams Film, returning cast for "Star Trek 2", include John Cho, Bruce Greenwood, Simon Pegg, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, and Anton Yelchin. New cast members include Benedict Cumberbatch, Alice Eve and Peter Weller.

Based on "Star Trek" the TV series, created by Gene Roddenberry, the film is produced by J.J. Abrams, Bryan Burk, Damon Lindelof, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, from a screenplay by Alex Kurtzman & Robert Orci & Damon Lindelof.

Jeffrey Chernov, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Paul Schwake are the executive producers.

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Kinosmith Presents "The Divide" - January 20, 2012

Kinosmith presents director Xavier Gens' post-apocalyptic thriller, "The Divide", opening in Toronto, Friday, January 20, 2012 @ the Scotiabank Theatre and @ The Globe Theatre in Winnipeg.

The Canadian co-production starring Michael Biehn, Milo Ventimiglia, Michael Eklund, and Rosanna Arquette was shot in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

The theatrical cut, running close to 2 hours, contains 13 minutes of additional footage not included in the version that screened at festivals in 2011 :

"...nine strangers—all tenants of a New York high rise apartment—escape a nuclear attack by hiding out in the building’s bunker-like basement. Trapped for days underground with no hope for rescue, and only unspeakable horrors awaiting them on the other side of the bunker door, the group begins to descend into madness, each turning on one another.

"As supplies dwindle, and tensions flare, each act against one another becomes more depraved than the next. While everyone in the bunker allows themselves to be overcome by desperation and lose their humanity, one survivor holds onto a thin chance for escape even with no promise of salvation on the outside..."

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