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Entries in Frost/Nixon (6)

Thursday
18Dec2008

Las Vegas film critics choose 'Frost/Nixon'

The Las Vegas Film Critics Society announced the 2008 winners of its Sierra Awards Thursday, and "Frost/Nixon" emerged with a total of five wins.

Besides taking home the award for best picture, "Frost/Nixon" also won best actor for Frank Langella, best director for Ron Howard, best screenplay for Peter Morgan and best editing for Mike Hill and Daniel P. Hanley.

Kate Winslet received the best actress award for her performances in "Revolutionary Road" and "The Reader," while Marisa Tomei won best supporting actress for "The Wrestler."

Heath Ledger was named best supporting actor for "The Dark Knight." Claudio Miranda won best cinematography for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," while James Newton Howard took home best score for "Defiance."

Other winners: "WALL-E," best animated film; "Man on Wire," best documentary; "Mongol," best foreign film; and "Iron Man," best visual effects.

Thursday
18Dec2008

'Doubt' scores five SAG nominations

"Doubt" led the Screen Actors Guild Award nominations Thursday with five, followed by "Milk" and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," which each scored three.

Meryl Streep received a nomination for best lead actress, as did Anne Hathaway for "Rachel Getting Married," Angelina Jolie for "Changeling," Melissa Leo for "Frozen River" and Kate Winslet for "Revolutionary Road."

Also scoring a nomination for "Doubt" was Philip Seymour Hoffman in the category for best supporting actor. He will compete against Heath Ledger, Josh Brolin, Robert Downey Jr. and Dev Patel.

Competing for the best lead actor award are Richard Jenkins for "The Visitor," Frank Langella for "Frost/Nixon," Sean Penn for "Milk," Brad Pitt for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and Mickey Rourke for "The Wrestler."

In the category for best supporting actress, Viola Davis and Amy Adams both received nominations for "Doubt." Other nominees included Kate Winslet for "The Reader," Penelope Cruz for "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" and Taraji P. Henson for "Benjamin Button."

The following films received a nomination for best ensemble cast: "Doubt," "Frost/Nixon," "Milk," "Slumdog Millionaire" and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."

If you dig TV series, click here for the complete list of nominees.

Monday
15Dec2008

American Film Institute picks 2008 winners

The American Film Institute picked its top 10 movies of 2008. David Fincher's "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" was the first one on the list, with "The Dark Knight" and "Frost/Nixon" following second and third, respectively.

Also part of the list were Courtney Hunt's directorial debut "Frozen River," Clint Eastwood's "Gran Torino" and Jon Favreau's "Iron Man."

Gus Van Sant's drama "Milk," Pixar's "WALL-E," Kelly Reichardt's "Wendy and Lucy" and Darren Aronofsky's "The Wrestler" rounded out the top 10.

Read more about AFI on the official AFI Web site.

Thursday
11Dec2008

66th Annual Golden Globes nominations

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "Frost/Nixon" and "Doubt" topped the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards nominations Thursday with five each.

David Fincher's "Button" and Ron Howard's "Frost/Nixon" made it into the category of best drama, along with "The Reader," "Revolutionary Road" and "Slumdog Millionaire."

As far as the best comedy or musical category is concerned, the nominees are "Burn After Reading," "Happy-Go-Lucky," "In Bruges," "Mamma Mia!" and "Vicky Cristina Barcelona."

As expected, Anne Hathaway scored a nomination as best actress in a drama for her role in "Rachel Getting Married." She competes against Meryl Streep ("Doubt"), Angelina Jolie ("Changeling"), Kate Winslet ("Revolutionary Road") and Kristin Scott Thomas ("I've Loved You So Long").

Moving on to the best actor in a drama, it includes nominations for Brad Pitt in "Button," Sean Penn in "Milk," Leonardo DiCaprio in "Revolutionary Road," Mickey Rourke in "The Wrestler" and Frank Lamgella in "Frost/Nixon."

Rebecca Hall, Sally Hawkins, Frances McDormand, Meryl Streep and Emma Thompson all go head to head in the category of best actress in a comedy or musical. On the side of the men, the nominees are James Franco, Dustin Hoffman, Javier Bardem, Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson.

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Thursday
09Oct2008

Posters for ‘Bride Wars,’ ‘Bedtime Stories’

It’s poster mania tonight at The Screening Log, and here’s what we got for you: Adam Shankman’s latest comedy “Bedtime Stories” with Adam Sandler, Ron Howard’s “Frost/Nixon,” Robert Luketic’s “The Ugly Truth” and Gary Winick’s “Bride Wars.”

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Saturday
23Aug2008

Watch the captivating 'Frost/Nixon' trailer

Universal recently released this highly engaging trailer for Ron Howard's upcoming drama "Frost/Nixon," which chronicles the post-Watergate confrontations between Richard Nixon (played by Frank Langella) and British television presenter David Frost (Michael Sheen). Peter Morgan ("The Queen") wrote the screenplay based on his own play. Kevin Bacon, Sam Rockwell and Oliver Platt co-star.

In case you didn't immediately recognize him as Frost, Sheen also delivered the captivating performance as Tony Blair in Stephen Frears' "The Queen." Enjoy the trailer above. It really looks like an interesting project with a bunch of solid acting. We'll see when the flick opens in limited release Dec. 5, 2008.