SAG-AFTRA Members OK Commercials Contract By 96%

SAG-AFTRA members have overwhelmingly ratified a new three-year commercials contract with 96% support among those voting. It's the first major successor agreement to go into effect under the year-old.

 http://variety.com/2013/tv/news/sag-aftra-members-ok-commercials-contract-by-96-1200490906/

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Cannes Film Review: ‘My Sweet Pepper Land’

The quirky absurdism of Hiner Saleem’s “Vodka Lemon” is back on display in “My Sweet Pepper Land,” a Western-inspired tale of justice and honor that also marks the helmer’s return to Kurdistan. 

Highlighting the backwardness of outmoded, misogynistic codes while folding the message into a well-suited horse-opera form, the pic is tonally uneven, especially in the second half, but affords significant pleasures with its deadpan comedy, handsome landscapes and the forever welcome presence of Golshifteh Farahani. 


Fests will have their lassoes out to rope this into their programs, though theatrical exposure outside its home territories will be minor.

http://movies.yahoo.com/news/cannes-film-review-sweet-pepper-land-185451781.html 

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WME Spans The Globe, Signs Three Top Offshore Helmers At Cannes

WME came back from Cannes with a trio of offshore directing talents, as the agency signed Jorge Dorado, Erik Skjoldbjaerg, and Mikkel Norgaard.

Dorado made his feature directing debut with the psychological thriller Mindscape for Studio Canal starring Mark Strong, Brian Cox and Taissa Farmiga and produced by Jaume Collet-Sera.

 The film is slated for a fall 2013 release. Warner Bros is distributing foreign and domestic will be sold shortly. Dorado has directed many award-winning shorts including La Guerra, which won 47 awards at festivals around the world.

He has also been assistant director on more than 20 films by the likes of Pedro Almodovar, Baz Luhrmann, and Guillermo del Toro. He is managed by Tom Drumm.

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85th Annual Oscars

85TH ANNUAL OSCARS

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Paperman
John Kahrs
ANIMATED FEATURE
Brave
Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Claudio Miranda, Life Of Pi
VISUAL EFFECTS
Life Of Pi
Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott
COSTUME DESIGN
Jacqueline Durran, Anna Karenina
MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
Les Misérables
Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
Curfew
Shawn Christensen
DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
Inocente
Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Searching For Sugar Man
Malik Bendjelloul and Simon Chinn
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Amour (Austria)
Michael Haneke, director; Margaret Menegoz, Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka and Michael Katz, Producers
SOUND MIXING
Les Misérables
Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes
SOUND EDITING
(tie)
Zero Dark Thirty
Paul N.J. Ottosson
Skyfall
Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables
FILM EDITING
Argo
William Goldenberg
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Lincoln
Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson
ORIGINAL SCORE
Life Of Pi
Mychael Danna
ORIGINAL SONG
“Skyfall” from Skyfall
Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Chris Terrio, Argo
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained
DIRECTING
Ang Lee, Life Of Pi

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A decade of slow growth?

By Fareed Zakaria From: Cnn.com: Every year at Davos, people like me try to get a sense of the mood of the place, take the temperature of people in this frosty mountain resort.

Obviously, I will give you a highly impressionistic and personal picture, but it’s one I find useful since Davos does bring together leaders in government, business, media – even the NGO community – from all corners of the world.

It is genuinely global in a way that few conferences are...

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2013 Golden Globe Awards winners announced

By Philip Yu | Yahoo! Movies Golden Globes Blog – 3 hours ago

 

Jennifer Lawrence, Christoph Waltz and Anne Hathaway (Photo:Jeff Vespa/WireImage)

"Argo" and "Les Miserables" took top film honors when winners of the 70th annual Golden Globe Awards were announced on Sunday in Beverly Hills, Calif. Presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the awards honor achievements in film and television.

The Iran hostage thriller for "Argo" won best motion picture for a drama, and Ben Affleck took home a trophy for best director -- a redemption of sorts for the director/star, who many believed was snubbed without a nod when Academy Awards nominations were announced last week.

"Les Miserables" won best picture for a comedy or musical, as well as awards for stars Hugh Jackman, who won best actor for his performance as Jean Valjean, and Anne Hathaway, who won best supporting actress for her turn as Fantine.

Daniel Day-Lewis won top acting honors for his title role as the 16th president in Steven Spielberg's historical drama Lincoln, while Jessica Chastain earned the statue for best actress in a drama for playing a CIA operative on the hunt for Osama bin Laden in "Zero Dark Thirty."

Beating out a field of seasoned veterans, Jennifer Lawrence exclaimed "I beat Meryl" -- 27-time nominee Meryl Streep -- when she accepted the award for best actress in a comedy or musical for her performance in "Silver Linings Playbook."

Christoph Waltz claimed the first trophy of the evening with a win for best supporting actor for his role as bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz in "Django Unchained," while writer/director Quentin Tarantino won best screenplay for his slavery-era revenge fantasy.

Cable television ruled the Globes again, as Showtime's "Homeland" took major awards in the television drama category with big wins for best series, Damien Lewis for best actor and Claire Danes for best actress.
It was also a big night for the freshman HBO series "Girls," which won best television comedy, and best actress honors for series creator and star Lena Dunham, who topped a category that included show hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.

"Game Change," the HBO TV movie about the 2008 United States presidential election campaign, made a strong early showing with wins for best TV movie and best actress for Julianne Moore.

Here's the full list of the evening's winners.


Best Motion Picture - Drama: "Argo"
Best Actress - Drama: Jessica Chastain, "Zero Dark Thirty"
Best Actor - Drama: Daniel Day-Lewis, "Lincoln"
Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical: Les Miserables
Best Actress - Comedy or Musical: Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Best Actor - Comedy or Musical: Hugh Jackman, "Les Miserables"
Best Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway, "Les Miserables"
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, "Django Unchained"
Best Director: Ben Affleck, "Argo"
Best Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino, "Django Unchained"
Best Animated Feature Film: "Brave"
Best Foreign Language Film: "Amour"
Best Original Score: Mychael Danna, "Life Of Pi"
Best Original Song: "Skyfall," Adele from "Skyfall"
Best TV Series - Drama: "Homeland"
Best Actress TV Series - Drama: Claire Danes, "Homeland"
Best Actor TV Series - Drama: Damien Lewis, "Homeland"
Best TV Series - Comedy or Musical: "Girls"
Best Actress TV Series - Comedy or Musical: Lena Dunham, "Girls"
Best Actor TV Series - Comedy or Musical: Don Cheadle, "House of Lies"
Best TV Miniseries or Movie: "Game Change"
Best Actress - TV Miniseries or Movie: Julianne Moore, "Game Change"
Best Actor - TV Miniseries or Movie: Kevin Costner, "Hatfields & McCoys"
Best Supporting Actress - TV Series, Miniseries, Movie: Maggie Smith, "Downton Abbey"
Cecil B. Demille Award: Jodie Foster

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70th Golden Globe Nominations

The 70th Golden Globe Awards will be held on January 13, 2012 and hosted by "Saturday Night Live" alums Amy Poehler and Tina Fey. The ceremony will air on NBC.

For photos of all the nominees, click here.

Best Motion Picture - Drama
"Argo"
"Django Unchained"
"Life of Pi"
"Lincoln"
"Zero Dark Thirty"

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
"The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel"
"Les Miserables"
"Moonrise Kingdom"
"Salmon Fishing in the Yemen"
"Silver Linings Playbook"

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Daniel Day-Lewis - "Lincoln"
Richard Gere - "Arbitrage"
John Hawkes - "The Sessions"
Joaquin Phoenix - "The Master"
Denzel Washington - "Flight"

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Jessica Chastain - "Zero Dark Thirty"
Marion Cotillard - "Rust and Bone"
Helen Mirren - "Hitchcock"
Naomi Watts - "The Impossible"
Rachel Weisz - "The Deep Blue Sea"

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Jack Black - "Bernie"
Bradley Cooper - "Silver Linings Playbook"
Hugh Jackman - "Les Miserables"
Ewan McGregor - "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen"
Bill Murray - "Hyde Park on Hudson"

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Emily Blunt - "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen"
Judi Dench - "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel"
Jennifer Lawrence - "Silver Linings Playbook"
Maggie Smith - "Quarter"
Meryl Streep - "Hope Springs"

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Alan Arkin - "Argo"
Leonardo DiCaprio - "Django Unchained"
Philip Seymour Hoffman - "The Master"
Tommy Lee Jones - "Lincoln"
Christoph Waltz - "Django Unchained"

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Amy Adams - "The Master"
Sally Field - "Lincoln"
Anne Hathaway - "Les Miserables"
Helen Hunt - "The Sessions"
Nicole Kidman - "The Paperboy"

Best Director - Motion Picture
Ben Affleck - "Argo"
Kathryn Bigelow - "Zero Dark Thirty"
Ang Lee - "Life of Pi"
Steven Spielberg - "Lincoln"
Quentin Tarantino - "Django Unchained"

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Mark Boal - "Zero Dark Thirty"
Tony Kushner - "Lincoln"
David O. Russell - "Silver Linings Playbook"
Quentin Tarantino - "Django Unchained"
Chris Terrio - "Argo"

Best Original Song - Motion Picture
"For You" - "Act of Valor"
"Not Running Anymore" - "Stand Up Guys"
"Safe and Sound" - "The Hunger Games"
"Skyfall" - "Skyfall"
"Suddenly" - "Les Miserables"

Best Original Score - Motion Picture
"Life of Pi"
"Argo"
"Anna Karenina"
"Cloud Atlas"
"Lincoln"

Best Animated Film
"Brave"
"Frankenweenie"
"Hotel Transylvania"
"Rise of Guardians"
"Wreck-It Ralph"

Best Foreign Language Film
"Amour"
"A Royal Affair"
"The Intouchables"
"Kon-Tiki"
"Rust and Bone"

Best Television Series - Drama
"Breaking Bad"
"Boardwalk Empire"
"Downton Abbey"
"Homeland"
"The Newsroom"

Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy
"Big Bang Theory"
"Episodes"
"Girls"
"Modern Family"
"Smash"

Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
"Game Change"
"The Girl"
"Hatfields & McCoys
"The Hour"
"Political Animals"

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama
Steve Buscemi - "Boardwalk Empire"
Brian Cranston - "Breaking Bad"
Jeff Daniels - "The Newsroom"
Jon Hamm - "Mad Men"
Damien Lewis - "Homeland"

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
Connie Britton - "Nashville"
Glenn Close - "Damages"
Claire Danes - "Homeland"
Michelle Dockery - "Downton Abbey"
Julianna Margulies - "The Good Wife"

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Alec Baldwin - "30 Rock"
Don Cheadle - "House of Lies"
Matt LeBlanc - "Episodes"
Louie C.K. - "Louie"
Jim Parsons - "Big Bang Theory"

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Zooey Deschanel - "The New Girl"
Julia Louis-Dreyfu - "Veep"
Lena Dunham - "Girls"
Tina Fey - "30 Rock"
Amy Poehler - "Parks and Recreation"

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Kevin Costner - "Hatfields & McCoys"
Benedict Cumberbatch - "Sherlock"
Woody Harrelson - "Game Change"
Toby Jones - "The Girl"
Clive Owen - "Hemingway & Gellhorn"

Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Nicole Kidman - "Hemingway & Gellhorn"
Jessica Lange - "American Horror Story"
Sienna Miller - "The Girl"
Julianne Moore - "Game Change"
Sigourney Weaver - "Political Animals"

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Max Greenfield - "New Girl"
Ed Harris - "Game Change"
Danny Huston - "Magic City"
Mandy Patinkin - "Homeland"
Eric Stonestreet - "Modern Family"

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Hayden Panettiere - "Nashville"
Archie Panjabi - "The Good Wife"
Maggie Smith - "Downton Abbey"
Sofia Vergara - "Modern Family"

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Only 15 States Opt to Run Obamacare Exchanges

Only 15 states have told the federal government they plan to operate health insurance exchanges under President Barack Obama's reform law, leaving Washington with the daunting task of creating online marketplaces for two-thirds of the country.

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Bloomberg: The Fiscal Cliff Will Drive the U.S. Into Recession

House Speaker John Boehner says he was "flabbergasted" when Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner pitched the White House plan to save the nation from the "fiscal cliff." FULL STORY

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6 Ways The Fiscal Cliff Could Affect You

Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke used the term "fiscal cliff," it quickly became the newest Washington buzzphrase. As the deadline to avert the cliff nears, it has overtaken the European debt crisis as the most talked-about story in the financial media.

The fiscal cliff refers to the enactment of a number of laws that would, if not changed before Jan. 1, 2013, FULL STORY

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The U.S. Recovery Has Been Spectacular*

We need a real recovery. That's what Mitt Romney said during the campaign, and he was right.

Five years since the start of the Great Recession, unemployment is still far too high.

It's not for a lack of optimism among policymakers. As Evan Soltas pointed out, the Federal Reserve keeps predicting that prosperity is just around the corner, only to find it's not.

Catchup growth is the new Godot.

U.S.Recovery *Compared to almost every other rich country and almost every other financial crisis.

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Fiscal cliff would drive the U.S. economy back into recession.

Fiscal cliff would drive the U.S. economy back into recession before end of 2013, a new report from the Congressional Budget Office said.

Congressional Budget Office released a report showing that the most harmful consequences of the fiscal cliff, a fully armed and operational fiscal cliff would cost us 3.4 million jobs.

Obama Fiscal Cliff Deal Risks Brush With Recession

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Barack Obama wins election for second term as president

President Barack Obama handily defeated Gov. Mitt Romney and won himself a second term Tuesday after a bitter and historically expensive race that was primarily fought in just a handful of battleground states.

Networks project that Obama beat Romney after nabbing the crucial state of Ohio. FULL STORY

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