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’12 Years a Slave’ Wows DC Film Critics

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Chiwetel Ejiofor stars in '12 Years a Slave' (Photo © 2013 - Fox Searchlight)

The Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) gave the riveting drama 12 Years a Slave six awards including Best Film, Best Ensemble, and Best Actor. Following close behind was Gravity with three awards.

“This story of perseverance and the triumph of the human spirit over degradation and misery appealed to our members in a powerful way,” said WAFCA President, Tim Gordon, “and I’m proud of the choice that we collectively made.”

58 critics covering print, radio, television, and the internet make up the DC-VA-MD-based critics group.

2013 WAFCA AWARD WINNERS:

Best Film:
12 Years a Slave

Best Director:
Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity)

Best Actor:
Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)

Best Actress:
Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)

Best Supporting Actor:
Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)

Best Supporting Actress:
Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years a Slave)

Best Acting Ensemble:
12 Years a Slave

Best Youth Performance:
Tye Sheridan (Mud)

Best Adapted Screenplay:
John Ridley (12 Years a Slave)

Best Original Screenplay:
Spike Jonze (Her)

Best Animated Feature:
Frozen

Best Documentary:
Blackfish

Best Foreign Language Film:
The Broken Circle Breakdown

Best Art Direction:
Production Designer: Catherine Martin, Set Decorator: Beverley Dunn (The Great Gatsby)

Best Cinematography:
Emmanuel Lubezki, ASC, A.M.C. (Gravity)

Best Editing:
Alfonso Cuaron, Mark Sanger (Gravity)

Best Original Score:
Hans Zimmer (12 Years a Slave)

The Joe Barber Award for Best Portrayal of Washington, DC:
Lee Daniels’ The Butler

Music Spotlight: “Gasoline and Matches” by LeAnn Rimes, Rob Thomas, Jeff Beck

The official music video for “Gasoline and Matches” written by Buddy Miller and Julie Miller and performed by LeAnn Rimes, Rob Thomas, and Jeff Beck, was shot entirely on iPhones. Director Ian Padgham put together 8,000 still photos for this stop-motion music video spotlighting the song off of Rimes’ Spitfire album.

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Padgham says the process was very basic but time-consuming. “There are certainly plenty of applications like Vine that are free that people could use to just do the same thing, shot by shot. It takes a lot of work and thought, but anyone can get a phone or camera and start making their own similar things. I hope it inspires people to do their own stuff. You don’t need a lot of special tools, and it’s getting back to that very simple, very handmade way of producing art,” explained Padgham.

BBC Shows Off an Interactive Sherlock Trailer

BBC’s offering up exclusive clips and content via their new interactive trailer for the popular, critically acclaimed dramatic series Sherlock. The first episode of season three (“The Empty Hearse”) will debut on BBC One on January 1, 2014 starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman.
 
The Plot:
 
The question on everyone’s lips will finally be answered when Sherlock returns with three brand-new action-packed adventures. How did he do it? And how will John take the news that his best friend faked his own death? What will Sherlock think when he finds out John has fallen in love with Mary Morstan? She’s sensible, quick-witted and not at all taken in by Sherlock’s posturing. Once again, the game is on for Sherlock and John in the first episode of the new series, “The Empty Hearse”, written by Mark Gatiss.
 
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Los Angeles Film Critics Announce a Tie for Best Movie of 2013

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Sandra Bullock and George Clooney star in 'Gravity' (Photo © 2013 Warner Bros. Pictures)
Members of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association apparently had a difficult time narrowing down the year’s best movie and actors, with ties announced in the Best Film, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actor categories. The group did get together to throw their support behind Gravity, with the sci-fi film picking up four awards from the LA-based critics. Meanwhile, Inside Llewyn Davis continued to lose steam in its campaign for a Best Picture Oscar, earning only the group’s Best Music Score award.

Los Angeles Film Critics Association 2013 Winners

BEST FILM: Tie – Gravity and Her
 
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: Blue Is the Warmest Color
Runner-up, The Great Beauty
 
BEST ACTRESS: Tie – Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine and Adèle Exarchopoulos, Blue Is the Warmest Color
 
BEST SCREENPLAY: Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, Before Midnight
Runner-up, Spike Jonze, Her
 
BEST ACTOR: Bruce Dern, Nebraska
Runner-up, Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
 
BEST DIRECTOR: Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity
Runner-up, Spike Jonze, Her
 
BEST DOCUMENTARY: Stories We Tell
Runner-up, The Act of Killing
 
BEST MUSIC SCORE: T Bone Burnett, Inside Llewyn Davis
Runner-up, Arcade Fire and Owen Pallett, Her
 
BEST ANIMATION: Ernest & Celestine
Runner-up, The Wind Rises
 
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Tie – James Franco, Spring Breakers, and Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
 
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Emmanuel Lubezki, Gravity
Runner-up, Bruno Delbonnel, Inside Llewyn Davis
 
BEST EDITING: Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger, Gravity
Runner-up: Shane Carruth and David Lowery, Upstream Color
 
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave
Runner-up: June Squibb, Nebraska
 
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: K.K. Barrett, Her
Runner-up: Jess Gonchor, Inside Llewyn Davis
 
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12 Years a Slave Named Best Film By Boston Critics

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Chiwetel Ejiofor stars in '12 Years a Slave' (Photo © Fox Searchlight)
The Boston Society of Film Critics just voted and 12 Years a Slave earned top honors as the best film of 2013, best director, and best actor. Noticeably absent from the Boston critics’ winners list are two big upcoming releases: American Hustle and The Wolf of Wall Street. And one of the films generating the most best picture buzz, Inside Llewyn Davis, was only awarded a win for its use of music.

Boston Society of Film Critics 2013 Winners

Best Picture – 12 Years a Slave



Best Actor – Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave



Best Actress – Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine



Best Supporting Actor – James Gandolfini, Enough Said

Best Supporting Actress – June Squibb, Nebraska



Best Director – Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave



Best Screenplay – Nicole Holofcener, Enough Said



Best Cinematography – Emmanuel Lubezki, Gravity



Best Documentary – The Act of Killing



Best Foreign-Language Film – Wadjida

Best Animated Film – The Wind Rises



Best Film Editing – Daniel P. Hanley and Mike Hill, Rush

Best New Filmmaker – Ryan Coogler for Fruitvale Station



Best Ensemble Cast – Nebraska



Best Use of Music in a Film – Inside Llewyn Davis
 
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SNL: One Direction Sing Story of My Life, Through the Dark

One Direction on SNLAfter joining Paul Rudd and the guys from Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues to sing “Afternoon Delight” during Rudd’s opening bit on Saturday Night Live, One Direction performed two songs on the December 7, 2013 episode. Keeping it simple, the guys didn’t use any dancers, costumes, or distracting set decorations and simply showed off their voices with “Story of My Life” and “Through the Dark.”
 

 


 

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‘American Hustle’ Earns Ensemble Award at Palm Springs Film Festival

American Hustle Wins Ensemble Award
Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Renner, Christian Bale and Jennifer Lawrence in Columbia Pictures' 'American Hustle' (Photo by Francois Duhamel © 2013 Annapurna Productions LLC All Rights Reserved.)

David O. Russell’s American Hustle has earned the Ensemble Performance Award from the 25th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival. Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jennifer Lawrence, and Jeremy Renner will be honored at the 2014 PSIFF during the awards gala set for Saturday, January 4th at the Palm Springs Convention Center.

Previously announced festival winners include Julia Roberts, Steve McQueen, Sandra Bullock, Bruce Dern, and Matthew McConaughey.

“David O. Russell has created a viscerally powerful film,” stated Festival Chairman Harold Matzner. “American Hustle grabs you from the start and is populated by a group of eminently believable characters as brought to life by this brilliant cast. The Palm Springs International Film Festival is proud to present the entire cast of American Hustle with our 2014 Ensemble Performance Award.”

The Palm Springs International Film Festival will take place January 3-13, 2014.

The American Hustle Plot:

A fictional film set in the alluring world of one of the most extraordinary scandals of the 1970s, American Hustle tells the story of brilliant con man Irving Rosenfeld (Christian Bale), who along with his equally cunning and seductive partner Sydney Prosser (Amy Adams) is forced to work for wild FBI agent Richie DiMaso (Bradley Cooper). DiMaso pushes them into a world of New Jersey powerbrokers and mafia that’s as dangerous as it is enchanting. Jeremy Renner is Carmine Polito, the passionate, volatile political operator caught between the con artists and Feds. Irving’s unpredictable wife Rosalyn (Jennifer Lawrence) could be the one to pull the thread that brings the entire world crashing down.

Fox Announces Two Hour Sleepy Hollow Finale

Katia Winters, Tom Mison, Nicole Beharie and Orlando Jones star in 'Sleepy Hollow'
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Fox’s addictive dramatic series Sleepy Hollow will be finishing up its first season with a special two-hour finale. The series will wrap up season one on January 20, 2014 with a “double no-header” airing at 8-10pm ET/PT. This means that season two of The Following will move off of that date and instead will kick off its new season on January 27, 2014 at 9pm ET/PT. There will also be a special preview airing on January 19th immediately after the NFC Championship Game.
 
Once season two of The Following begins, the 15 episodes will run without interruption.
 
Details on Sleepy Hollow‘s Season One Finale:
 
In the first hour of the two-hour Sleepy Hollow season finale event, “The Indispensable Man,” Ichabod (Tom Mison) and Abbie (Nicole Beharie) discover a massive secret buried within the pages of George Washington’s Bible and unearth the shocking true nature of the founding father’s death. Meanwhile, Captain Irving (Orlando Jones) makes a near-impossible decision for the sake of his beloved family that drastically changes his future. Then, in “Bad Blood” (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT), the battle between good and evil comes to an explosive head – sacrifices must be made, worlds collide, loyalties are tested and the town of Sleepy Hollow will never be the same – resulting in a haunting first season finale.

Fox’s Winter Premiere Revised Sunday and Monday Night Schedule

SUNDAY
 
Sunday, Jan. 19:
6:00 PM-CC ET NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (Live)
Imm. After Game THE FOLLOWING (Season Two Preview)
 
MONDAY
 
Monday, Jan. 6:
8:00-9:00 PM ALMOST HUMAN
9:00-10:00 PM SLEEPY HOLLOW (Encore)
 
Monday, Jan. 13:
8:00-9:00 PM ALMOST HUMAN
9:00-10:00 PM SLEEPY HOLLOW
 
Monday, Jan. 20:
8:00-10:00 PM SLEEPY HOLLOW (Two-Hour Season Finale)
 
Monday, Jan. 27:
8:00-9:00 PM THE FOLLOWING (Encore)
9:00-10:00 PM THE FOLLOWING (Season Two Premiere)
 
Mondays, beginning Feb. 3:
8:00-9:00 PM ALMOST HUMAN
9:00-10:00 PM THE FOLLOWING
 
Source: Fox
 
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‘Barefoot’ Steps Out with a New Trailer and Poster

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Roadside Attractions isn’t unleashing Barefoot in theaters until February 21, 2014, however, they do have a new poster and trailer to show off. Starring Evan Rachel Wood, Scott Speedman, and J.K. Simmons, Barefoot was directed by Andrew Fleming from a script by Stephen Zotnowski.

The Plot: The “black sheep” son (Scott Speedman) of a wealthy family meets a free-spirited, but sheltered woman (Evan Rachel Wood). To convince his family that he’s finally straightened out his life, he takes her home for his brother’s wedding where an improbable romance blooms, as she impresses everyone with her genuine, simple charms.

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New Bad Plastic Surgery Series ‘Botched’ Coming to E!

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Plastic surgeons Dr. Terry Dubrow and Dr. Paul Nassif will attempt to fix “ill-fated” plastic surgery in the new reality series Botched. Coming to E! next year, Botched is executive-produced by Alex Baskin, Douglas Ross, Greg Stewart, and Mark Herwick.

“In a culture fixated on looks, I think we are equally fascinated by stories of both good and terrible plastic surgery,” said Jeff Olde, EVP, Programming & Development. “As more and more people endure multiple procedures for that perfect look, all too often the outcome can be a nightmare But with the help of two of the best doctors in the field, ‘Botched’ will offer them a second chance at beauty.”

Botched Series Details, Courtesy of E!:

In a world where our culture is obsessed with youth and beauty, some people revert to plastic surgery to achieve a certain look and turn back the hands of time. With weekly magazine covers catering to a public thirsty for perfection, some can take that quest to the extreme and the results of too much plastic surgery can be disastrous. For the first time on television, the ugly side of beauty will be put under a microscope, revealing the fascination surrounding beauty and plastic surgery…the results will shock you. In this new eight episode, one-hour series, highly accomplished plastic surgeons Dr. Terry Dubrow and Dr. Paul Nassif will work with these victims of ill-fated cosmetic work to attempt to undo and fix their results.

In each standalone episode, the doctors will perform two surgeries, but could work with multiple patients who desperately need their help turning the nightmares of their previous plastic surgeries into success stories where they look and feel beautiful once again. With physical issues ranging from harrowing to just plain odd, each patient has a unique personal story that will be told as they prepare to embark on the emotional and physical journey of a lifetime. Viewers will follow each patient every step of the way from the complex medical procedures to the intensive recovery process that will result in the ultimate reveal at the end of each episode.

From frightening facelifts, shockingly bad boob and hideous nose jobs, to devastating tummy tucks and lopsided butt lifts, Dr. Dubrow and Dr. Nassif will work their medical magic trying to turn tragedy into triumph. Leaders in their field, Dubrow and Nassif will use their training, education and sometimes even imagination as they set out to turn back the clock and miraculously change lives. Throughout the series, we’ll see the patients’ back-stories and follow all stages of their journey to recovery and get a sense of their pre-corrective lives of shame and insecurity. Each patient will undergo initial consultations with Doctors Dubrow and Nassif and throughout each episode viewers will witness their surgeries, peer into their post-operative follow-ups, and then see the big reveal of their new and corrected bodies.

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