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Actor Chris Hemsworth and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced the nominations for the 86th Academy Awards® today. Hemsworth and Boone Isaacs announced the nominees at a 5:38 a.m. PT live news conference attended by more than 400 international media representatives. Academy members from each of the branches vote to determine the nominees in their… Continue reading 86th Oscars® Nominations Announced

Best Motion Picture – Drama 12 Years a Slave (2013) – WINNER Captain Phillips (2013) Gravity (2013) Rush (2013/I) Philomena (2013) Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy American Hustle (2013) – WINNER Her (2013) Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) Nebraska (2013) The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture… Continue reading The 71st Annual Golden Globe Awards

The Film LIen Se Langstaan Skoene, a glimpse into the life of Lien Jooste, played with such multi-layered talent by Carmen Pretorius. LIen’s life falls apart when her father is imprisoned and her mother (Franci Swanepoel) takes solace each night in a box of wine. Lien becomes a parental figure to her younger brother Braam… Continue reading LIen Se Langstaan Skoene (DVD): Review

Fringe productions wanting to take part in the 2014 edition of the National Arts Festival, Grahamstown, are reminded that just one week remains until applications close, on Friday 17 January. The Festival will take place from 3 to 13 July 2014. The National Arts Festival Fringe is unique in South Africa in that no selection… Continue reading One Week Left Until National Arts Festival 2014 Fringe Applications Close

2014 Marks the 25th Anniversary of the Producers Guild Awards The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced today the motion picture and long-form television nominations for the 25th Annual Producers Guild Awards. The categories include: The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures; The Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion… Continue reading 2014 Producers Guild Awards

Nine features will advance to the next round of voting in the Foreign Language Film category for the 86th Academy Awards®. Seventy-six films had originally been considered in the category. The films, listed in alphabetical order by country, are: Belgium, “The Broken Circle Breakdown,” Felix van Groeningen, director; Bosnia and Herzegovina, “An Episode in the… Continue reading 9 Foreign Language Films Advance In Oscar Race