Michelle McCue

71st Golden Globe Awards – Winners Include AMERICAN HUSTLE, 12 YEARS A SLAVE

On Sunday night, the stars came out for the 71st Golden Globe Awards as The Hollywood Foreign Press Association honored the best and brightest talent in film and television.

AMERICAN HUSTLE was the big winner of the evening. Director David O. Russell’s movie stole the night on the film side, with three awards for best motion picture/ musical or comedy, best actress/ musical or comedy for Amy Adams and best supporting actress for Jennifer Lawrence.

Director Steve McQueen’s 12 YEARS A SLAVE took home one Globe for best motion picture/drama.

GRAVITY saw a win for Alfonso Cuarón with a Globe for best director and Spike Jonze won best screenplay for HER.

FROZEN won as best animated feature while THE GREAT BEAUTY (Italy) took the best foreign language film award. ALL IS LOSTs Alex Ebert took home the Globe for best original score, with U2’s “Ordinary Love”, from MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM, taking the honors for best original song.

Best Motion Picture, Drama
12 Years a Slave

Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
American Hustle

Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama
Cate Blanchett – BLUE JASMINE

Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
Matthew McConaughey – DALLAS BUYERS CLUB

Best Actress In A Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Amy Adams – AMERICAN HUSTLE

Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Leonardo DiCaprio – THE WOLF OF WALL STREET

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Jennifer Lawrence – AMERICAN HUSTLE

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Jared Leto – DALLAS BUYERS CLUB

Best Director – Motion Picture
Alfonso Cuaron – GRAVITY

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Spike Jonze – HER

Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Alex Ebert – ALL IS LOST

Best Original Song – Motion Picture
Ordinary Love (U2) – MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
THE GREAT BEAUTY (ITALY)
(La Grande Bellezza)

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
FROZEN
Walt Disney Animation Studios; Walt Disney Pictures

The star-studded ceremony was hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler for the second year in a row.

Director Woody Allen was honored with the 2014 Cecil B. DeMille Award. Actress Diane accepted the award on his behalf.

Check out the winners on TV side here: http://www.goldenglobes.com/golden_globe_winners

Sony Pictures Classics Acquires Woody Allen’s MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT

Sony Pictures Classics has acquired all North American rights to Woody Allen’s upcoming film, MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT from Gravier Productions.

The film marks the seventh collaboration with the filmmaker and Sony Classics.

Once again, Woody Allen has put together a stellar cast including Eileen Atkins, Colin Firth, Marcia Gay Harden, Hamish Linklater, Simon McBurney, Emma Stone, and Jacki Weaver.

MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT is a romantic comedy about an Englishman brought in to help unmask a possible swindle. Personal and professional complications ensue. The film is set in the south of France in the 1920s against a backdrop of wealthy mansions, the Côte d’Azur, jazz joints and fashionable spots for the wealthy of the Jazz Age.

Like BLUE JASMINE, the film is produced by Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum and Edward Walson. The film was shot by Darius Khondji (MIDNIGHT IN PARIS) with Production Design by Anne Seibel (MIDNIGHT IN PARIS).

Roger Ebert Documentary LIFE ITSELF to Premiere at Sundance

Like many movie fans, I grew up watching Roger Ebert in the mid-1970’s. Born and raised in Connecticut during the age of only 3 TV channels and the local PBS station, I was a young girl when I first saw on CPTV Ch. 24, ‘Sneak Previews’ with hosts Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel. The way they bantered back and forth about films made me a fan of the cinema and a certified movie geek.

Now comes LIFE ITSELF, the documentary based on renowned film critic Roger Ebert’s rollicking memoir of the same name.

It is set to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 19 in Park City, Utah.

In a first, the film will be live streamed simultaneously to Ebert’s fans and supporters who sign up at filmmaker Kartemquin’s Indiegogo campaign. The campaign runs through midnight January 13 at Indiegogo.com.

“Roger was always at the leading edge of technology,” said Chaz Ebert, Roger’s wife and the publisher of RogerEbert.com, the movie review site the Eberts redesigned and re-launched last spring. “Kartemquin’s decision to use crowd funding for the project, and to stream the film to fans, fits nicely with Roger’s affinity for technology and his special gift of connecting to his readers across the globe. He would have wanted as many people as possible to join in this historic event.”

In another first, the Sundance Institute and IndieWire.com in conjunction with the Ebert Foundation will host the first six Roger Ebert Film Critic Scholars at the festival. Chaz adds: “The internship program that Eric Kohn at IndieWire.com started a few years ago is brilliant, and I am pleased that Robert Redford saw how to integrate it into the Sundance programs. I look forward to working with Eric and the aspiring critics. Roger loved mentoring emerging journalists and so this is particularly close to my heart.”

The Sundance Institute is the first to establish a film critic’s scholarship in Ebert’s name. Chaz is in talks to establish additional scholarships tied to other film festivals and universities. In addition, Film Independent will acknowledge Ebert at the Independent Spirit Awards March 1 with a grant to an emerging filmmaker.

Steve James, who previously won acclaim for “Hoop Dreams,” is directing LIFE ITSELF and will be conducting a Q&A afterwards. Says James: “Roger allowed us full access so the film provides an unvarnished glimpse of his ascent as a cultural arbiter, from college newspaper editor and serial dating bachelor to television icon and devoted family man, to his decade-long cancer battle. You couldn’t ask for a better subject.”

Executive produced by Martin Scorsese and Steven Zaillian (“Schindler’s List,” “Money Ball”), LIFE ITSELF was one of three films selected for special screening before members of the Sundance Institute at the festival, which runs January 16-26.

Having the film premiere at Sundance is a fitting venue, Chaz Ebert said, because Roger was an early supporter of Redford’s efforts to establish a presence to showcase independent American cinema.

The film is to be theatrically released in 2014. CNN Films has picked up the television rights.

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Watch The First Clip From Stuart Beattie’s I, FRANKENSTEIN

Lionsgate has released a new clip for their upcoming action thriller, I, FRANKENSTEIN. Discover the secret to possession as Adam (Aaron Eckhart) divulges a centuries-old plot against humanity. In an epic battle between gargoyles and demons, this revelation could tip the scales in favor of the dark side.

I’m looking forward to this next chapter of Frankenstein. Before the film opens in two weeks, catch a glimpse of what’s to come for Adam, as the two warring clans race to discover the secret to his immortality.

Set in a dystopic present where vigilant gargoyles and ferocious demons rage in a battle for ultimate power, Victor Frankenstein’s creation Adam (Aaron Eckhart) finds himself caught in the middle as both sides race to discover the secret to his immortality.

From the creators of the hit supernatural saga, UNDERWORLD, comes the action thriller I, FRANKENSTEIN, written for the screen and directed by Stuart Beattie (TOMORROW, WHEN THE WAR BEGAN).

Based on the graphic novel “I, Frankenstein” by Kevin Grevioux, the movie stars Aaron Eckhart, Bill Nighy, Yvonne Strahovski, Miranda Otto, Jai Courtney, Socratis Otto, Mahesh Jadu, Caitlin Stasey and Aden Young as Victor Frankenstein.

I, FRANKENSTEIN will be in theaters everywhere January 24, 2014.

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KEVIN COSTNER Is International Spy Ethan Runner In New Photo For McG’s THREE DAYS TO KILL

Kevin Costner takes on the role of international spy Ethan Runner in a brand new photo from Relativity Media’s upcoming action film 3 DAYS TO KILL. Amber Heard and Hailee Steinfeld also star in this heart pounding action-thriller directed by McG and written by Luc Besson and Adi Hasak.

I’m glad to see McG back in the director’s chair. He’s previously helmed CHARLIE’S ANGELS (really funny) and TERMINATOR SALVATION (a much needed re-fuelling of the franchise), but my favorite film of his is without a doubt, WE ARE MARSHALL, starring Matthew McConaughey, Matthew Fox and Anthony Mackie. It’s absolutely worth a watch if you’ve never seen this sports movie.

Check out the trailer for McG’s new film below.

In this heart pounding action-thriller, Kevin Costner is a dangerous international spy, who is determined to give up his high stakes life to finally build a closer relationship with his estranged wife and daughter, whom he’s previously kept at arm’s length to keep out of danger.

But first, he must complete one last mission- even if it means juggling the two toughest assignments yet: hunting down the world’s most ruthless terrorist and looking after his teenage daughter for the first time in ten years, while his wife is out of town.

3 DAYS TO KILL opens in theaters everywhere on February 21st.

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THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE Highest Grossing Film Of 2013

Lionsgate’s THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE became the highest-grossing film released at the domestic box office in 2013 as it grossed an estimated $493,000 last night for an estimated domestic cume to date of $409.4 million in its first 49 days of release, the Company announced today.

CATCHING FIRE, which set records for the biggest November opening weekend of all time ($158.1 million) as well as the biggest three- and five-day Thanksgiving box office totals ever, has already become the 13th highest-grossing North American release in history and remains in wide release. It passed the first Hunger Games film, which grossed $408 million at the domestic box office, on Tuesday and is the fifth fastest film ever to reach the $400 million mark at the domestic box office.

The success of CATCHING FIRE marks the first time the first two installments of a franchise have each topped $400 million at the domestic box office, and both films now rank among the top 15 domestic film releases in history. CATCHING FIRE has also grossed $428.8 million internationally for a worldwide box office total of $838.2 million in its first seven weeks of release compared to $691 million worldwide box office generated during the entire run of the first Hunger Games film. The Company noted that Catching Fire is the first 2D film to become the top-grossing film of the year since 2008.

“The Hunger Games franchise continues to evolve into a truly global phenomenon,” said Lionsgate Chief Executive Officer Jon Feltheimer. “The success of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is a testament to the vision of author Suzanne Collins, the sure hand of director Francis Lawrence, the brilliant performances of a remarkably talented cast led by the amazing Jennifer Lawrence and superb execution by our motion picture production, marketing and distribution teams. We will continue to grow the transformative Hunger Games franchise in the years to come even as we continue to develop a dynamic portfolio of premium new brands.”

The next two installments of The Hunger Games franchise, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part I and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2, are currently in production for release on November 21, 2014 and November 20, 2015, respectively.

THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE begins as Katniss Everdeen (played by Jennifer Lawrence) has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark (played by Josh Hutcherson). Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a “Victor’s Tour” of the districts. Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games (The Quarter Quell) – a competition that could change Panem forever.

THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIREis directed by Francis Lawrence, and produced by Nina Jacobson’s Color Force in tandem with producer Jon Kilik. The novel on which the film is based is the second in a trilogy written by Suzanne Collins that has over 65 million copies in print in the U.S. alone.

THOR’s Chris Hemsworth To Announce Oscar Nominations On Thursday, January 16

Actor Chris Hemsworth and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Cheryl Boone Isaacs will announce the 86th Academy Awards nominations on Thursday, January 16.

Boone Isaacs and Hemsworth will unveil the nominations at a 5:38 a.m. PT live news conference at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, where hundreds of media representatives (including WAMG) from around the world will be gathered.

Nominations information for all categories will be distributed simultaneously to news media in attendance and via the Internet on the official Academy Awards website, www.oscar.com.

Hemsworth made his feature film debut in 2009’s “Star Trek,” but it was his title role in “Thor” two years later that propelled him to worldwide prominence. He reprised the character in the Marvel blockbusters “The Avengers” and “Thor: The Dark World.” Hemsworth’s other feature credits include “Snow White and the Huntsman” and “Rush,” and he has starring roles in “Cyber” and “In the Heart of the Sea,” both due out next year.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2013 will be presented on Oscar Sunday, March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center and televised live on the ABC.

Aubrey Plaza, Oliver Platt and Jeff Goldblum Join Johnny Depp in MORTDECAI

Jeff Goldblum, Aubrey Plaza, and Oliver Platt have joined the cast of the action comedy MORTDECAI. The film, based on the popular three-novel anthology by Kyril Bonfiglioli, wrapped production in London and is currently in production in Los Angeles.

Plaza, Platt and Goldblum join an all-star cast led by Johnny Depp and featuring Gwyneth Paltrow, Ewan McGregor, Olivia Munn and Paul Bettany. Additional cast previously announced include Guy Burnet, Michael Byrne, Michael Culkin, Jonny Pasvolsky, Ulrich Thomsen, and Paul Whitehouse.

Juggling some angry Russians, the British Mi5, his impossibly leggy wife and an international terrorist, debonair art dealer and part time rogue Charlie Mortdecai (Depp) must traverse the globe armed only with his good looks and special charm in a race to recover a stolen painting rumored to contain the code to a lost bank account filled with Nazi gold.

David Koepp is directing the film from a screenplay by Eric Aronson. Andrew Lazar, Johnny Depp, Christi Dembrowski and OddLot’s Gigi Pritzker are producing the project.

Aubrey Plaza currently stars on NBC’s Parks and Recreation, and recently starred in the feature film THE TO DO LIST and lent her voice to MONSTERS UNIVERSITY. Plaza also starred in such films as SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED, FUNNY PEOPLE and SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD, and will next star in LIFE AFTER BETH.

Oliver Platt, star of film, television and stage, most recently appeared in X-MEN: FIRST CLASS, LOVE & OTHER DRUGS, 2012 and FROST/NIXON. On television, Platt starred in Showtime’s Huff, receiving a Golden Globe® and back-to-back Primetime Emmy® nominations for his role.

Jeff Goldblum’s credits include JURASSIC PARK and INDEPENDENCE DAY as well as such classics as THE BIG CHILL and THE FLY. Recently, Goldblum has appeared in MAN OF THE YEAR and THE SWITCH, and will next be seen in director Wes Anderson’s THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL.

MORTDECAI marks the first project under Lionsgate and OddLot’s multiyear, multipicture co-financing and distribution deal which the companies announced last year.

Plaza is represented by CAA and The Schiff Company; Platt by WME and Edelstein, Laird & Sobel; and Goldblum by ICM Partners and Industry Entertainment.

Nominations Announced For 64th Annual ACE Eddie Awards

American Cinema Editors (ACE) today announced nominations for the 64th Annual ACE Eddie Awards recognizing outstanding editing in ten categories of film, television and documentaries. Winners will be revealed during ACE’s annual black-tie awards ceremony on Friday, February 7, 2014 in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

The ACE Eddie Awards is considered an integral precursor to the Oscars. No film has won Best Picture at the Oscars without also having received at least a Best Editing nomination since ORDINARY PEOPLE in 1981. Since the ACE membership boasts a very high crossover within its membership of Academy members, it represents a very accurate bellwether for the eventual Oscar outcome.

The ACE Eddie Award nominees are listed below.

NOMINEES FOR 64th ANNUAL ACE EDDIE AWARDS

BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (DRAMATIC):

12 Years a Slave
Joe Walker

Captain Phillips
Chris Rouse, A.C.E.

Gravity
Alfonso Cuarón & Mark Sanger

Her
Eric Zumbrunnen, A.C.E. & Jeff Buchanan

Saving Mr. Banks
Mark Livolsi, A.C.E.

BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (COMEDY OR MUSICAL):

American Hustle
Jay Cassidy, A.C.E., Crispin Struthers & Alan Baumgarten, A.C.E.

August: Osage County
Stephen Mirrione, A.C.E.

Inside Llewyn Davis
Roderick Jaynes

Nebraska
Kevin Tent, A.C.E.

The Wolf of Wall Street
Thelma Schoonmaker, A.C.E.

BEST EDITED ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:

Despicable Me 2
Gregory Perler, A.C.E.

Frozen
Jeff Draheim

Monsters University
Greg Snyder

BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE):

20 Feet from Stardom
Douglas Blush, Kevin Klauber & Jason Zeldes

Blackfish
Eli Despres

Tim’s Vermeer
Patrick Sheffield

BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (TELEVISION):

American Masters: Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin’
Stephen Ellis, Gordon Mason & Phil McDonald

American Winter
Aaron I. Butler

The Assassination of President Kennedy
Chris A. Peterson

BEST EDITED HALF-HOUR SERIES FOR TELEVISION:

30 Rock: “Hogcock! / Last Lunch”
Meg Reticker / Ken Eluto, A.C.E.

Arrested Development: “Flight of the Phoenix”
Kabir Akhtar & A.J. Dickerson

The Office: “Finale”
David Rogers & Claire Scanlon

BEST EDITED ONE-HOUR SERIES FOR COMMERCIAL TELEVISION:

Breaking Bad: “Buried”
Skip MacDonald A.C.E. & Sharidan Williams-Sotelo

Breaking Bad: “Felina”
Skip MacDonald A.C.E.

Breaking Bad: “Granite State”
Kelley Dixon, A.C.E. & Chris McCaleb

Breaking Bad: “Ozymandias”
Skip MacDonald A.C.E.

The Good Wife: “Hitting the Fan”
Scott Vickrey, A.C.E.

BEST EDITED ONE-HOUR SERIES FOR NON-COMMERCIAL TELEVISION:

Game of Thrones: “The Rains of Castamere”
Oral Norrie Ottey

Homeland: “Big Man in Tehran”
Terry Kelley, A.C.E.

House of Cards: “Chapter 1”
Kirk Baxter, A.C.E.

BEST EDITED MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE FOR TELEVISION:

American Horror Story: Asylum: “The Name Game”
Stewart Schill, A.C.E.

Behind the Candelabra
Mary Ann Bernard

Phil Spector
Barbara Tulliver, A.C.E.

BEST EDITED NON-SCRIPTED SERIES:

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown: Tokyo
Nick Brigden

Beyond Scared Straight: “The Return of Hustle Man”
Rob Goubeaux, A.C.E., Mark S. Andrew, A.C.E., Paul J. Coyne, A.C.E., Jennifer Nelson, Martin Skibosh, Trevor Campbell

Deadliest Catch: “Mutiny on the Bering Sea”
Josh Earl, A.C.E. Alex Durham, Rob Butler

Next week ACE will announce the Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year honoree and two Career Achievement honorees.

Final Ballots will be mailed on January 13 and voting ends on January 29. The Blue Ribbon panels where judging for all television categories and the documentary film category take place January 26. Projects in the aforementioned categories are viewed and judged by panels comprised of professional editors (all ACE members). All 700+ ACE members vote during the final balloting of the ACE Eddies, including active members, life members, affiliate members and honorary members.

Watch Three New Featurettes From Peter Berg’s Excellent LONE SURVIVOR

Universal Pictures will release director Peter Berg’s superb LONE SURVIVOR in theaters tomorrow, January 10. It’s the first must-watch film of 2014!

Based on The New York Times bestselling true story of heroism, courage and survival, LONE SURVIVOR tells the incredible tale of four Navy SEALs on a covert mission to neutralize a high-level al-Qaeda operative who are ambushed by the enemy in the mountains of Afghanistan.

Faced with an impossible moral decision, the small band is isolated from help and surrounded by a much larger force of Taliban ready for war. As they confront unthinkable odds together, the four men find reserves of strength and resilience as they stay in the fight to the finish.

The studio has released three fascinating behind-the-scenes featurettes from the set of LONE SURVIVOR.

Take a look at the cast’s advanced training and learn more about the special weapons and military equipment that were used in the film, featuring interviews from writer/director Peter Berg and Marcus Luttrell, along with the cast and crew.

Check out this interesting infographic highlighting the elite individuals who have the courage and strength to become a Navy SEAL.

MARK WAHLBERG (The Fighter, Contraband) leads the cast as Marcus Luttrell, the author of the first-person memoir “Lone Survivor,” whose book has become a motivational resource for its lessons on how the power of the human spirit is tested when we are pushed beyond our mental and physical limits.

Starring alongside Wahlberg as the other members of the elite team who gave everything for their brothers-in-arms are TAYLOR KITSCH (Savages, Friday Night Lights) as Michael Murphy, EMILE HIRSCH (Into the Wild, television’s Bonnie and Clyde) as Danny Dietz and BEN FOSTER (3:10 to Yuma, Kill Your Darlings) as Matthew “Axe” Axelson. ERIC BANA (Star Trek, Hanna) joins the core team as Erik Kristensen, their commanding officer in Afghanistan.

With the exception of Luttrell, all were killed June 28, 2005, by enemy forces while supporting Operation Red Wings.

LONE SURVIVOR is written and directed by Peter Berg, who again crafts a striking portrait of the unbreakable bonds between men that he first explored in Friday Night Lights.

I have seen the film twice now and I can tell you it’s something you want to experience on the big screen. Berg truly respects and honors these men with a realistic, timeless and isolated portrait of the sacrifices that one small band of warriors made… and how one survived to tell their tale.

Navy SEALs operating in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

(L to R) Sonar Technician (Surface) 2nd Class MATTHEW G. AXELSON, of Cupertino, California; Senior Chief Information Systems Technician DANIEL R. HEALY, of Exeter, New Hampshire; Quartermaster 2nd Class JAMES SUH, of Deerfield Beach, Florida; Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class MARCUS LUTTRELL; Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class ERIC S. PATTON, of Boulder City, Nevada; and Lt. MICHAEL P. MURPHY, of Patchogue, New York pose in Afghanistan.

A total of 11 SEALs and 8 soldiers perished on that mountain. This day is forever marked in our history, as it became the biggest single loss of life for Naval Special Warfare forces since World War II, until August 6, 2011, when a U.S. Boeing CH-47 Chinook military helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan and 30 U.S. military personnel and 8 Afghans were killed.

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