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Archives for: January 20125
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The Artist wins best film honours from Vancouver film critics
Wednesday January 11th 2012Canadian icon Christopher Plummer, the third Olsen sister and a sentimental homage to old Hollywood picked up laurels as the Vancouver Film Critics Circle handed out its 12th annual awards in a ceremony. Michel Hazanavicius’s black and white salute to the silent film era, The Artist, was named best film, adding to the film’s growing list of hardware and critical kudos.
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Melancholia named best film of 2011 by US critics
Tuesday January 10th 2012Lars von Trier’s Melancholia and Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life were the big winners at the National Society of Film Critics awards at the weekend. Melancholia, Von Trier’s tale of a troubled young woman whose mood seems to mirror the apocalyptic malaise of Earth itself, won best picture and[…]
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CES: Survey Finds Traditional TV Viewing Is Collapsing
Tuesday January 10th 2012In a stunning finding, Accenture asserts in a new survey of consumer behavior that traditional television viewership is experiencing a wholesale collapse. The survey, the results of which are being released Monday, just as the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show gets underway in Las Vegas, finds that the number of consumers who watch broadcast or cable television in a typical week plunged to 48% in 2011 from 71% in 2009. The same survey, which canvased about 1,000 consumers in each of 10 countries – Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Japan, Russia, South Africa, Sweden and the Untied States – also found that the number of consumers who intend to buy a TV set in the next 12 months fell to 32% in 2011 from 35% in 2010.
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Wall Street Analysts Chime in on Possible Lionsgate-Summit Deal
Monday January 09th 2012With Lionsgate over the weekend inching closer to a possible $700 million acquisition of Summit Entertainment, Wall Street analysts on Monday gave the potential studio deal positive reviews. “Not knowing the valuation multiples since [privately-held] Summit’s financials are not available, I think it should be a positive for Lionsgate as Summit is proving it can do more than just Twilight,” said Miller Tabak analyst David Joyce who called 50/50 an “okay” performer at the box office. “Lionsgate shares dipped last week when it seemed like the deal was not going to happen.”
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Martin Scorsese tapped for BAFTA honour
Thursday January 05th 2012The British Academy of Film and Television Arts will present American filmmaker Martin Scorsese with its highest honour – the Academy Fellowship – in London in February. The annual BAFTA awards gala will include a tribute to the director, producer and screenwriter known for films such as Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, Gangs of New York and The Departed.
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Archives for: January 20125
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The Artist wins best film honours from Vancouver film critics
Wednesday January 11th 2012Canadian icon Christopher Plummer, the third Olsen sister and a sentimental homage to old Hollywood picked up laurels as the Vancouver Film Critics Circle handed out its 12th annual awards in a ceremony. Michel Hazanavicius’s black and white salute to the silent film era, The Artist, was named best film, adding to the film’s growing list of hardware and critical kudos.
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Melancholia named best film of 2011 by US critics
Tuesday January 10th 2012Lars von Trier’s Melancholia and Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life were the big winners at the National Society of Film Critics awards at the weekend. Melancholia, Von Trier’s tale of a troubled young woman whose mood seems to mirror the apocalyptic malaise of Earth itself, won best picture and[…]
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CES: Survey Finds Traditional TV Viewing Is Collapsing
Tuesday January 10th 2012In a stunning finding, Accenture asserts in a new survey of consumer behavior that traditional television viewership is experiencing a wholesale collapse. The survey, the results of which are being released Monday, just as the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show gets underway in Las Vegas, finds that the number of consumers who watch broadcast or cable television in a typical week plunged to 48% in 2011 from 71% in 2009. The same survey, which canvased about 1,000 consumers in each of 10 countries – Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Japan, Russia, South Africa, Sweden and the Untied States – also found that the number of consumers who intend to buy a TV set in the next 12 months fell to 32% in 2011 from 35% in 2010.
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Wall Street Analysts Chime in on Possible Lionsgate-Summit Deal
Monday January 09th 2012With Lionsgate over the weekend inching closer to a possible $700 million acquisition of Summit Entertainment, Wall Street analysts on Monday gave the potential studio deal positive reviews. “Not knowing the valuation multiples since [privately-held] Summit’s financials are not available, I think it should be a positive for Lionsgate as Summit is proving it can do more than just Twilight,” said Miller Tabak analyst David Joyce who called 50/50 an “okay” performer at the box office. “Lionsgate shares dipped last week when it seemed like the deal was not going to happen.”
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Martin Scorsese tapped for BAFTA honour
Thursday January 05th 2012The British Academy of Film and Television Arts will present American filmmaker Martin Scorsese with its highest honour – the Academy Fellowship – in London in February. The annual BAFTA awards gala will include a tribute to the director, producer and screenwriter known for films such as Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, Gangs of New York and The Departed.
ARCHIVES
Archives for: January 20125
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The Artist wins best film honours from Vancouver film critics
Wednesday January 11th 2012Canadian icon Christopher Plummer, the third Olsen sister and a sentimental homage to old Hollywood picked up laurels as the Vancouver Film Critics Circle handed out its 12th annual awards in a ceremony. Michel Hazanavicius’s black and white salute to the silent film era, The Artist, was named best film, adding to the film’s growing list of hardware and critical kudos.
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Melancholia named best film of 2011 by US critics
Tuesday January 10th 2012Lars von Trier’s Melancholia and Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life were the big winners at the National Society of Film Critics awards at the weekend. Melancholia, Von Trier’s tale of a troubled young woman whose mood seems to mirror the apocalyptic malaise of Earth itself, won best picture and[…]
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CES: Survey Finds Traditional TV Viewing Is Collapsing
Tuesday January 10th 2012In a stunning finding, Accenture asserts in a new survey of consumer behavior that traditional television viewership is experiencing a wholesale collapse. The survey, the results of which are being released Monday, just as the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show gets underway in Las Vegas, finds that the number of consumers who watch broadcast or cable television in a typical week plunged to 48% in 2011 from 71% in 2009. The same survey, which canvased about 1,000 consumers in each of 10 countries – Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Japan, Russia, South Africa, Sweden and the Untied States – also found that the number of consumers who intend to buy a TV set in the next 12 months fell to 32% in 2011 from 35% in 2010.
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Wall Street Analysts Chime in on Possible Lionsgate-Summit Deal
Monday January 09th 2012With Lionsgate over the weekend inching closer to a possible $700 million acquisition of Summit Entertainment, Wall Street analysts on Monday gave the potential studio deal positive reviews. “Not knowing the valuation multiples since [privately-held] Summit’s financials are not available, I think it should be a positive for Lionsgate as Summit is proving it can do more than just Twilight,” said Miller Tabak analyst David Joyce who called 50/50 an “okay” performer at the box office. “Lionsgate shares dipped last week when it seemed like the deal was not going to happen.”
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Martin Scorsese tapped for BAFTA honour
Thursday January 05th 2012The British Academy of Film and Television Arts will present American filmmaker Martin Scorsese with its highest honour – the Academy Fellowship – in London in February. The annual BAFTA awards gala will include a tribute to the director, producer and screenwriter known for films such as Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, Gangs of New York and The Departed.
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