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‘Boyhood’ and ‘Birdman’ Battle It Out in Boston

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Boston Film Critics Awards 2014 Winners
Michael Keaton as “Riggan” in BIRDMAN. (Photo courtesy of Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Boston’s film critics threw their support behind Boyhood and Birdman, with Boyhood picking up five awards and Birdman earning three. The Boston Society of Film Critics announced their 2014 winners on December 7th, and this year’s awards were dedicated to the memory of Boston Globe film critic Jay Carr who passed away in May.

Boston Society of Film Critics 2014 Awards Winners:

Best Picture – Boyhood

Best Actor – Michael Keaton for Birdman

Best Actress – Marion Cotillard for The Immigrant and Two Days, One Night

Best Supporting Actor – J. K. Simmons for Whiplash

Best Supporting Actress – Emma Stone for Birdman

Best Director – Richard Linklater for Boyhood

Best Screenplay – (tie) Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris and Armando Bo for Birdman & Richard Linklater for Boyhood

Best Cinematography – Emmanuel Lubezki for Birdman

Best Documentary – Citizenfour

Best Foreign-Language Film (awarded in memory of Jay Carr) – Two Days, One Night

Best Animated Film – The Tale of The Princess Kaguya

Best Film Editing (awarded in memory of Karen Schmeer) – Sandra Adair for Boyhood

Best New Filmmaker (awarded in memory of David Brudnoy) – Dan Gilroy for Nightcrawler

Best Ensemble Cast – Boyhood

Best Use of Music in a Film – Inherent Vice

LA Film Critics Name ‘Boyhood’ the Best Film of 2014

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LA Film Critics 2014 Awards Winners
Samantha (Lorelei Linklater), Mason Sr. (Ethan Hawke), and Mason (Ellar Coltrane), age 9, in Richard Linklater’s BOYHOOD. (Photo Courtesy of Matt Lankes. An IFC Films Release.)

The Los Angeles Film Critics Association chose Boyhood as the best film of 2014 and named Boyhood‘s Richard Linklater the year’s best director. THE LAFCA is made up of film critics who work in print and/or electronic media, with the winners of this year’s awards set to be honored in mid-January at a special ceremony.

“Originality was honored in this year’s awards from LAFCA, with several prizes going to Richard Linklater’s twelve years in the making Boyhood, and other important awards for the imaginative Grand Budapest Hotel, the groundbreaking cinematography of Birdman, and the tour de force performance by Tom Hardy in Locke. Our group again honored a range of films from around the world and an impressive array of emerging and veteran talents,” stated LAFCA President Stephen Farber.

Los Angeles Film Critics Association 2014 Winners:

PICTURE: BOYHOOD

Runner-up: THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL

DIRECTOR: Richard Linklater, BOYHOOD

Runner-up: GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL, Wes Anderson

ACTOR: Tom Hardy, LOCKE

Runner-up: Michael Keaton, BIRDMAN

ACTRESS: Patricia Arquette, BOYHOOD

Runner-up: Julianne Moore, STILL ALICE

SUPPORTING ACTOR: J.K. Simmons, WHIPLASH

Runner-up: Edward Norton, BIRDMAN

SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Agata Kulesza, IDA

Runner-up: Rene Russo, NIGHTCRAWLER

SCREENPLAY: GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL, Wes Anderson

Runner-up: BIRDMAN, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. and Armando Bo


ANIMATION: THE TALE OF PRINCESS KAGUYA

Runner-up: THE LEGO MOVIE

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: IDA

Runner-up: WINTER SLEEP

DOCUMENTARY / NON-FICTION FILM: CITIZENFOUR

Runner-up: LIFE ITSELF

NEW GENERATION: Ava DuVernay, SELMA

FILM EDITING: Sandra Adair, BOYHOOD

Runner-up: Barney Pilling, THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL

CINEMATOGRAPHY: Emmanuel Lubezki, BIRDMAN

Runner-up: Dick Pope, MR. TURNER

PRODUCTION DESIGN: Adam Stockhausen, THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL

Runner-up: Ondrej Nekvasil, SNOWPIERCER

MUSIC/SCORE: (tie): Jonny Greenwood, INHERENT VICE and Mica Levi, UNDER THE SKIN

DOUGLAS E. EDWARDS INDEPENDENT/EXPERIMENTAL FILM/VIDEO: Walter Reuben, THE DAVID WHITING STORY

CAREER ACHIEVEMENT: Gena Rowlands

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SNL Videos: Seth Rogen and James Franco on the Sony Hack and ‘Peter Pan’

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SNL Videos with James Franco and Seth Rogen
Cecily Strong as Allison Williams’ Peter Pan, Kyle Mooney as John, Kate McKinnon as Wendy, Beck Bennett as Michael and James Franco as Christopher Walken’s Captain Hook during the “Peter Pan Live!” skit on ‘SNL’ (Photo by: Dana Edelson / NBC)

The ratings were up a bit when James Franco handled hosting duties on the December 6, 2014 episode of Saturday Night Live, with the weekend late night show poking fun at the ongoing hack of Sony Pictures, the release of the Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer, and the NBC live musical version of Peter Pan.

Seth Rogen joined his The Interview co-star to talk about the personal information that’s been released as the result of some unknown party (fingers are pointed at S. Korea) gaining access to the company as well as the business records of the film studio. Host James Franco also dressed up as Christopher Walken’s Hook in Peter Pan Live! (and did a spot-on impersonation), while Cecily Strong transformed into the “gorgeous, womanly boy”-version of Peter Pan as portrayed by Allison Williams.

And in the parody of the new Star Wars trailer, we find out what Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Chewbacca, and Lando Calrissian have really been up to.

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Beyonce, Sam Smith and Pharrell Lead the 2015 Grammy Nominations

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2015 Grammy Awards Nominees List

The 57th Annual Grammy Awards will be held on February 8, 2015 and The Recording Academy just announced the nominees for the upcoming awards. The list of nominees is led by Sam Smith, Pharrell Williams and Beyonce who each picked up six nominations. Following close behind are Iggy Azalea, Beck, Eric Church, Tom Coyne, Drake, Gordon Goodwin, Jay Z, Miranda Lambert, Sia, Usher, and Jack White with four nominations each.

“This year’s nominees are a reflection of the music community’s diversity and range of talent, and a testament to The Academy’s voting process,” said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy. “The Recording Academy is pleased to celebrate this talented crop of artists, nominated to receive music’s greatest honor for their contributions to their respective genres. The tone for Music’s Biggest Night® has undoubtedly been set, and we look forward to producing one of the most exciting telecasts in GRAMMY® history.”

2015 Grammy Awards Nominees

Album Of The Year:
Morning Phase — Beck
Beyoncé — Beyoncé
X — Ed Sheeran
In The Lonely Hour — Sam Smith
Girl — Pharrell Williams

Record Of The Year:
“Fancy” — Iggy Azalea Featuring Charli XCX
“Chandelier” — Sia
“Stay With Me” (Darkchild Version) — Sam Smith
“Shake It Off” — Taylor Swift
“All About That Bass” — Meghan Trainor

Song Of The Year:
“All About That Bass” — Kevin Kadish & Meghan Trainor, songwriters (Meghan Trainor)
“Chandelier” — Sia Furler & Jesse Shatkin, songwriters (Sia)
“Shake It Off” — Max Martin, Shellback & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)
“Stay With Me” (Darkchild Version) — James Napier, William Phillips & Sam Smith, songwriters (Sam Smith)
“Take Me To Church” — Andrew Hozier-Byrne, songwriter (Hozier)

Best New Artist:
Iggy Azalea
Bastille
Brandy Clark
Haim
Sam Smith


Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:
“Fancy” — Iggy Azalea Featuring Charli XCX
“A Sky Full Of Stars” — Coldplay
“Say Something” — A Great Big World With Christina Aguilera
“Bang Bang” — Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj
“Dark Horse” — Katy Perry Featuring Juicy J

Best Dance Recording:
“Never Say Never” — Basement Jaxx
“Rather Be” — Clean Bandit Featuring Jess Glynne
“F For You” — Disclosure Featuring Mary J. Blige
“I Got U” — Duke Dumont Featuring Jax Jones
“Faded” — Zhu

Best Rock Performance:
“Gimme Something Good” — Ryan Adams
“Do I Wanna Know?” — Arctic Monkeys
“Blue Moon” — Beck
“Fever”— The Black Keys
“Lazaretto”— Jack White

Best Alternative Music Album:
This Is All Yours — Alt-J
Reflektor — Arcade Fire
Melophobia — Cage The Elephant
St. Vincent — St. Vincent
Lazaretto — Jack White

Best Urban Contemporary Album:
Sail Out — Jhené Aiko
Beyoncé — Beyoncé
X — Chris Brown
Mali Is… — Mali Music
Girl — Pharrell Williams

Best Rap Performance:
“3005” — Childish Gambino
“0 To 100/The Catch Up” — Drake
“Rap God” — Eminem
“I” — Kendrick Lamar
“All I Need Is You” — Lecrae

Best Rap Album:
The New Classic — Iggy Azalea
Because The Internet — Childish Gambino
Nobody’s Smiling — Common
The Marshall Mathers LP2 — Eminem
Oxymoron — Schoolboy Q
Blacc Hollywood — Wiz Khalifa

Best Country Duo/Group Performance:
“Gentle On My Mind” — The Band Perry
“Somethin’ Bad” — Miranda Lambert With Carrie Underwood
“Day Drinking” — Little Big Town
“Meanwhile Back At Mama’s” — Tim McGraw Featuring Faith Hill
“Raise ‘Em Up” — Keith Urban Featuring Eric Church

Best Country Album:
Riser — Dierks Bentley
The Outsiders — Eric Church
12 Stories — Brandy Clark
Platinum — Miranda Lambert
The Way I’m Livin’ — Lee Ann Womack

Best Improvised Jazz Solo:
“The Eye Of The Hurricane” — Kenny Barron, soloist
“Fingerprints” — Chick Corea, soloist
“You & The Night & The Music” — Fred Hersch, soloist
“Recorda Me” — Joe Lovano, soloist
“Sleeping Giant” — Brad Mehldau, soloist

Best Gospel Album:
Help — Erica Campbell
Amazing (Live) — Ricky Dillard & New G
Withholding Nothing (Live) — William McDowell
Forever Yours — Smokie Norful
Vintage Worship — Anita Wilson

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album:
If We’re Honest — Francesca Battistelli
Run Wild. Live Free. Love Strong. — For King & Country
Hurricane — Natalie Grant
Welcome To The New — MercyMe
Royal Tailor — Royal Tailor

Best Latin Pop Album:
Tangos — Rubén Blades
Elypse — Camila
Raíz — Lila Downs, Niña Pastori And Soledad
Loco De Amor — Juanes
Gracias Por Estar Aquí — Marco Antonio Solís

Best American Roots Performance:
“Statesboro Blues” — Gregg Allman & Taj Mahal
“A Feather’s Not A Bird” — Rosanne Cash
“And When I Die” — Billy Childs Featuring Alison Krauss & Jerry Douglas
“The Old Me Better” — Keb’ Mo’ Featuring The California Feet Warmers
“Destination” — Nickel Creek

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling):
Actors Anonymous — James Franco
A Call To Action — Jimmy Carter
Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America — John Waters
Diary Of A Mad Diva — Joan Rivers
A Fighting Chance — Elizabeth Warren
We Will Survive: True Stories Of Encouragement, Inspiration, And The Power Of Song — Gloria Gaynor

Best Comedy Album:
Mandatory Fun — “Weird Al” Yankovic
Obsessed — Jim Gaffigan
Oh My God — Louis C.K.
Tragedy Plus Comedy Equals Time — Patton Oswalt
We Are Miracles — Sarah Silverman

For the complete list, visit www.grammy.com.

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‘Insurgent’ Offers Up a Photo and News About a Trailer

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The Divergent Series Insurgent First Photo and News on a Trailer
Shailene Woodley, Theo James and Ansel Elgort in ‘Insurgent’

The second film of the Divergent franchise, The Divergent Series: Insurgent, is showing off a new photo featuring Shailene Woodley, Theo James, and Ansel Elgort. Lionsgate also announced the official full trailer for the action series will premiere on December 12, 2014.

In other big Insurgent news, The Hollywood Reporter says that Lionsgate will be bringing back Insurgent director Robert Schwentke to helm Allegiant: Part 1. The Divergent Series: Insurgent will open in theaters on March 20, 2015. Allegiant: Part 1 follows on March 18, 2016, and Part 2 is set for March 24, 2017.

The Divergent Series: Insurgent Plot:

The Divergent Series: Insurgent raises the stakes for Tris as she searches for allies and answers in the ruins of a futuristic Chicago. Tris (Woodley) and Four (James) are now fugitives on the run, hunted by Jeanine (Kate Winslet), the leader of the power-hungry Erudite elite. Racing against time, they must find out what Tris’s family sacrificed their lives to protect, and why the Erudite leaders will do anything to stop them. Haunted by her past choices but desperate to protect the ones she loves, Tris, with Four at her side, faces one impossible challenge after another as they unlock the truth about the past and ultimately the future of their world.

‘The Imitation Game’ – Photos, Trailers, and Cast Info

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The Imitation Game Movie Details
Keira Knightley, Matthew Beard, Matthew Goode, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Allen Leech star in ‘THE IMITATION GAME’ (Photo © 2014 The Weinstein Company. All Rights Reserved. / Photo: Jack English)

Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley [full cast list under the ‘Cast’ tab]

Directed By: Morten Tyldumen
Screenplay By: Graham Moore
Based on the Book: “Alan Turing: The Enigma” by Andrew Hodges
Release Date: November 28, 2014
Genres: Drama, thriller
Running Time: 1 hour 54 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some sexual references, mature thematic material and historical smoking
News: The Imitation Game earns Ensemble Award
News: Details on the real Alan Turing

Official Synopsis:

During the winter of 1952, British authorities entered the home of mathematician, cryptanalyst and war hero Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch) to investigate a reported burglary. They instead ended up arresting Turing himself on charges of ‘gross indecency’, an accusation that would lead to his devastating conviction for the criminal offense of homosexuality – little did officials know, they were actually incriminating the pioneer of modern-day computing. Famously leading a motley group of scholars, linguists, chess champions and intelligence officers, he was credited with cracking the so-called unbreakable codes of Germany’s World War II Enigma machine. An intense and haunting portrayal of a brilliant, complicated man, The Imitation Game follows a genius who under nail-biting pressure helped to shorten the war and, in turn, save millions of lives.

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Benedict Cumberbatch – ‘Alan Turing’
Keira Knightley – ‘Joan Clarke’
Matthew Goode – ‘Hugh Alexander’
Mark Strong – ‘Stewart Menzies’
Rory Kinnear – ‘Detective Robert Nock’
Charles Dance – ‘Commander Denniston’
Allen Leech – ‘John Cairncross’
Matthew Beard – ‘Peter Hilton’
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‘Two and a Half Men’ Will Finish Up in February

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CBS Announces the Final Episode of Two and a Half Men
Ashton Kutcher and Jon Cryer star in ‘Two and a Half Men’ (Photo: Michael Yarish / Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. ©2014 WBEI)

CBS has slated a February 19, 2015 time slot for the series finale of the half-hour comedy Two and a Half Men starring Jon Cryer and Ashton Kutcher. The series will finish up its 12-season run with a special one-hour episode airing at 9pm ET/PT.

The network also announced that the comedy The Odd Couple will be airing on Thursday at 8:30pm, debuting right before the series finale of Two and a Half Men. The Odd Couple stars Matthew Perry and Thomas Lennon and is based on the classic award-winning show about a slob who lives with a neat freak. Perry plays the slob, Oscar Madison, and Lennon plays neat freak Felix Unger. The cast also includes Wendell Pierce, Lindsay Sloane, and Yvette Nicole Brown.

CBS is also switching things up for Mom starring Anna Faris. The half-hour sitcom will move to Thursdays at 9:30pm ET/PT on February 26th.

CBS Thursday, Feb. 19

8:00-8:30 PM THE BIG BANG THEORY

8:30-9:00 PM THE ODD COUPLE (P)

9:00-10:00 PM TWO AND A HALF MEN (One-Hour Series Finale)

10:00-11:00 PM ELEMENTARY

CBS Thursday, Feb. 26

8:00-8:30 PM THE BIG BANG THEORY

8:30-9:00 PM THE ODD COUPLE

9:00-9:30 PM THE BIG BANG THEORY (R)

9:30-10:00 PM MOM (New Time Period)

10:00-11:00 PM ELEMENTARY




CBS Announces Premiere Dates for ‘Battle Creek’ and ‘CSI: CYBER’

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CBS Sets Battle Creek and CSI Cyber Premiere Dates
Dean Winters as Det. Russ Agnew and Josh Duhamel as Special Agent Milt Chamberlain in ‘Battle Creek’ (Photo: Cliff Lipson / ©2014 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)

CBS has set premiere dates for the new drama series Battle Creek and CSI: CYBER. Per the network’s official announcement, Battle Creek from Breaking Bad‘s Vince Gilligan and House‘s David Shore will have its premiere on March 1, 2015 at 10pm ET/PT.

Battle Creek will be taking over the time slot held by CSI following that show’s season finale.

Battle Creek stars Josh Duhamel and Dean Winters as “two mismatched law enforcement officers whose polar opposite views of the world and crime-solving breed frustration, disdain and humor as they clean up the hardscrabble streets of Battle Creek, Mich.” The cast also includes Janet McTeer, Kal Penn, Aubrey Dollar, and Edward Fordham, Jr.

CSI: CYBER will debut on March 4, 2015 at 10pm ET/PT. The latest entry in the CSI franchise will star Patricia Arquette as the head of the Cyber Crime Division of the FBI. The new CSI series also stars James Van Der Beek, Peter MacNicol, Shad Moss, Charley Koontz and Hayley Kiyoko.

CBS March 2015 Lineup

CBS Sunday, Effective March 1

7:00-8:00 PM 60 MINUTES

8:00-9:00 PM MADAM SECRETARY

9:00-10:00 PM THE GOOD WIFE

10:00-11:00 PM BATTLE CREEK

CBS Wednesday, Effective March 4

8:00-9:00 PM SURVIVOR

9:00-10:00 PM CRIMINAL MINDS

10:00-11:00 PM CSI: CYBER

10 Films Advance in the VFX Oscar Race

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10 Films Advance in Visual Effects Oscar Race
Caesar (Andy Serkis) is the leader of the ape nation in DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES. (Photo credit: WETA TM and © 2014 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All Rights Reserved.)

10 feature films have made it another step closer to earning a nomination in the Visual Effects category at the 2015 Academy Awards. Members of the Academy’s Visual Effects Branch Executive Committee were responsible for selecting the films that made it on the shortlist to move forward, with all members of the Visual Effects Branch now offered the opportunity to watch 10 minute excerpts of the 10 films that made the cut in order to determine the five films that will be nominated in the category.

The movies moving forward are:

“Captain America: The Winter Soldier”
“Dawn of the Planet of the Apes”
“Godzilla”
“Guardians of the Galaxy”
“The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies”
“Interstellar”
“Maleficent”
“Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb”
“Transformers: Age of Extinction”
“X-Men: Days of Future Past”

Nominees in all categories for the 87th Academy Awards will be announced on January 15, 2015, at 5:30 a.m. PT. The 2015 Oscars will take place on February 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood.


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‘While We’re Young’ Trailer Premieres with Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts

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While We're Young Movie Trailer with Ben Stiller
Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts in ‘While We’re Young’

A new trailer’s arrived for the comedy/drama While We’re Young starring Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts and written and directed by Noah Baumbach. The cast also includes Adam Driver, Amanda Seyfried, Maria Dizzia, Adam Horovitz and Ryan Serhant.

While We’re Young opens in theaters on March 27, 2015 (in LA and NY), expanding to other cities in April.

The Plot:

Noah Baumbach’s exploration of aging, ambition and success stars Stiller and Watts as a middle-aged couple whose career and marriage are overturned when a disarming young couple (Driver and Seyfried) enters their lives.

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