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Ava DuVernay's "Selma" starring British Nigerian actor David Oyelowo as Martin Luther King, Jr; won the Best Original Song Oscar with Glory composed by Lonnie Lynn (Common) and John Stephens (John Legend) and it is a great consolation after all the controversy over the omissions of DuVernay in the nominations for Best Director and Oyelowo in the nominations for Best Actor. The 87th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was held on February 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, USA. The following list of all the nominees and winners is from The Guardian of UK. TALK OF THE TOWN is bringing you "All The Best Looks From The 2015 Academy Awards" Academy Honorary Awards Jean-Claude Carrière Hayao Miyazaki Maureen O'Hara Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award Harry Belafonte Best actor WINNER: Eddie Redmayne for The Theory of Everything Steve Carell for Foxcatcher Benedict Cumberbatch ...

Regal Announces Free Ticket Offer for "Black or White" Two for One Ticket Offer Exclusively at Regal for One Week KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 13, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Regal Entertainment Group (NYSE: RGC), a leading motion picture exhibitor owning and operating the largest theatre circuit in the United States, is offering a special two for the price of one ticket offer for "Black or White" from Relativity. This valuable discount is available when purchasing tickets at the box office for shows Friday, February 13 through Thursday, February 19. "Black or White features a remarkable cast led by Oscar winners Kevin Costner and Octavia Spencer," stated Ted Cooper, Senior Vice President and Head Film Buyer for Regal Entertainment Group. "Through our partnership with Relativity, Regal is proud to offer this amazing opportunity to receive a free ticket with each one sold to this magnificent film." "Black or White" is the story of a grandf...

Oscar Nominee Bradley Cooper and Roberto Coin // Photo Courtesy of Colin Young-Wolff (PRNewsFoto/Roberto Coin) source: Roberto Coin. The Hollywood Reporter And Roberto Coin Honor This Year's Oscar Nominees NEW YORK, Feb. 3, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- On Monday evening, February 2nd, Roberto Coin sponsored The Hollywood Reporter's star-studded event honoring the nominees of the 87th annual Academy Awards at Wolfgang Puck and Barbara Lazaroff's legendary flagship restaurant, Spago in Beverly Hills, CA. The evening was hosted by The Hollywood Reporter, who welcomed notable guests such as Bradley Cooper, Patricia Arquette, Robert Duvall, Michael Keaton, Marion Cotillard, and Laura Dern. Roberto Coin had some of their newest jewelry on display throughout the night including pieces from the Unique Pieces, Haute Couture and the iconic Pois Moi. Roberto Coin and Oscar Nominee Patricia Arquette // Photo Courtesy of Colin Young-Wolff (PRNewsFoto/Roberto Coin) source: Roberto Co...

Angel Grace Productions Takes On "Scout" Berlin's EFM is First Stop for Road Trip Film Starring Ellen Burstyn, Danny Glover, India Ennenga and James Frecheville BURBANK, Calif., Jan. 28, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- BrownBag Pictures and Decipher Entertainment announce that Angel Grace Productions will handle international sales on their recently completed film "Scout." Sales will commence at the EFM in Berlin, according to producers Beverley A. Gordon, Dwjuan Fox and Nicolas Emiliani, with the film having its first market screenings. Reder & Feig LLP represents US sales for "Scout." "Scout" tells the story of a rebellious girl who takes a troubled young man on a road trip to find her little sister, who has gone missing. Academy Award® winner Ellen Burstyn ("Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore," "Interstellar"), Danny Glover ("Lethal Weapon" franchise) and Golden Globe® winner Jane Seymour ("East of Ede...

REINVENTING DOCUMENTARY FILM-MAKING IN DIGITAL SPACE. The 5th iREP Film Festival is scheduled to hold from the 19th to 22nd March, 2015, in Lagos, and it promises to be four days of over 40 documentary film screenings, insightful panel discussions, training and workshops, and networking. iREPRESENT Documentary Film Festival 2015 is planned to take full advantage of online connectivity and interaction through livestream broadcast and feedback. #‎iREP2015‬ is premised on the reality that Digital media technology is expanding narrative possibilities and shaping audiences’ experiences of how realities are articulated. Documentary filmmaking is coming to terms with these new realities and continuously finding hybrid strategies to navigate the blurred lines crisscrossing verite and satisfying the ever changing temperament of the digital world that is hip, fun-seeking, chaotic, multi-tasking, and attention sapping. For documentary filmmaking, digital technology presents a challenge an...

Martha L. Ruiz Named Co-Leader of PwC's Oscars® Balloting Team PwC Enters its 81st Consecutive Year Preserving Secrecy of Oscars Winners LOS ANGELES, Jan. 22, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- PwC announced today that Martha L. Ruiz has joined Brian Cullinan as the new Oscars balloting co-leader overseeing the Oscars balloting process, replacing longtime balloting co-leader Rick Rosas. This year marks PwC's 81st year leading the Oscars balloting process on behalf of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (the Academy). Ruiz joins a very small group of PwC partners who have safeguarded the world's most famous and best kept secrets for over eighty years. Ruiz and Cullinan will be the only two people in the world who know the identities of the Oscar® winners before they are revealed on ABC's live telecast at 4:00 p.m. PT (7:00 p.m. ET) on Sunday, February 22, 2015. "PwC's role in the Oscars balloting process represents the firm's lasting legacy of utmost a...

All 20 of this year's acting contenders are white. So what? There are no women in the directing or writing categories. So what? The hashtag #OscarsSoWhite on Twitter is unnecessary bellyaching. Africa made the the nominations with Mauritanian Abderrahmane Sissako's critically acclaimed "Timbuktu" competing for the Best Foreign Film Oscar. And he will make headlines all over the continent if he wins it. Thank God Cheryl Boone Isaacs, President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is BLACK, otherwise they would have called her a white supremacist from the KKK. All these bellyaching and farts over lack of diversity in the membership of the Academy and 2015 Oscar nominations are irrelevant to the fact that merit determined the nominations and not politics of racism. Politics should be separated from the Oscars and it would be stupid to use racial diversity and equality to determine the nominations and winners of awards whether in the Arts or Science...

Actor Chris Hemsworth with director Ron Howard, winner of the Critics' Choice LOUIS XIII Genius Award, during the 20th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards at the Hollywood Palladium on January 15, 2015 in Los Angeles, CA. source: Louis XIII de Remy Martin media contact info: http://www.LOUISXIII-COGNAC.com/. Chris Hemsworth Presents Prestigious Critics' Choice LOUIS XIII® Genius Award to Film Icon Ron Howard at 20th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards LOS ANGELES, January 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- LOUIS XIII & Broadcast Film Critics Association Honour the 'A Beautiful Mind', 'Apollo 13' and 'In the Heart of the Sea' Director for Demonstrating Unprecedented Excellence in the Cinematic Arts LOUIS XIII Cognac and the Broadcast Film Critics Association proudly bestowed the third annual "Critics' Choice LOUIS XIII Genius Award" to legendary filmmaker Ron Howard this evening, presented by actor Chris Hemsworth at the 20...

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Sony Pictures To Distribute "The Interview" Online Beginning Christmas Eve Through Google Play, YouTube Movies, Microsoft's Xbox Video and Dedicated Website Film To Be Widely Available On Demand Throughout The United States The Interview Pervasive Language, Crude and Sexual Humor, Nudity, Some Drug Use and Bloody Violence In the action-comedy The Interview, Dave Skylark (James Franco) and his producer Aaron Rapoport (Seth Rogen) run the popular celebrity tabloid TV show 'Skylark Tonight.' When they discover that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is a fan of the show, they land an interview with him in an attempt to legitimize themselves as journalists. As Dave and Aaron prepare to travel to Pyongyang, their plans change when the CIA recruits them, perhaps the most unlikely candidates, to 'take out' Kim Jong-un. Directors Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg Writers Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg Genre Comedy Stars James Franco (Dave Skylark), Seth Rogen (...

Gone but Not Forgotten: "Gone with the Wind" is Still America's Favorite Movie Gone but Not Forgotten: Gone with the Wind is Still America's Favorite Movie The force is still strong with Star Wars in the #2 spot; Titanic rises from the depths to #3 NEW YORK, Dec. 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- It may have premiered 75 years ago, but it would appear that Wind has still got legs: when asked to name their favorite movie of all time, the septuagenarian Civil War epic Gone with the Wind is Americans' top pick again (the film was also America's favorite movie in 2008). With six movies in the can and a much-discussed trailer now making the rounds for Episode Seven, Star Wars soars into the same runner up position it held in 2008. Meanwhile, Titanic is doing anything but sinking; after not making the top 10 in 2008, the 1997 love story may not quite be king of the world this time around – but surely rounding out the top three is none too shabby. (Full results,...