New York Festivals Television & Film Awards, honoring the "World's Best Work", announced the 2010 competition finalists today.  The GRANDJURYTM, comprised of award winning television and film professionals,   selected finalists from twenty-nine countries around the globe.  All finalists will go on to a second round of judging, with different criteria to determine the prestigious Grand Trophy Award recipients as well as Gold, Silver, and Bronze medalists.   A p...

The European Independent Film Festival (ÉCU), Europe's premier event for independent cinema, announces the festival's award winners. ÉCU 2010, in partnership with G-Technology by Hitachi, screened 72 films from 28 countries over the weekend of the 12th, 13th and 14th of March 2010 at Cinéma Le Grand Action and Le Triomphe Théâtre in Paris. Twenty-three awards were given out at the ceremony. Winners include Mihal Brezis and Oded Binnun from Lost Paradise(France) for "Best Director...

TLAgay.com to Honor the Best of Gay Entertainment in New Annual Awards Program TLAgay.com (http://www.tlagay.com/), one of the largest online and direct mail DVD and VOD entertainment retailers in the country, announced today the launch of the 2010 Gaybie Awards. The Gaybies will honor the very best in gay and lesbian movies, television, literature, online journalism and film festivals from 2009. Categories include Best Openly Gay Actor in a Film or TV Series, Best Television Series featu...

By Maria Esteves - March 8, 2010 The 82nd Academy Awards ceremony presented by Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (A.M.P.A.S.) for outstanding film achievements of 2009, co-hosted by Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin was held at the Kodak Theatre, Hollywood, California, Sunday, March 2, 8:00pm ET (5:00pm PT). Live coverage of 2010 Oscar Awards were seen in the U.S. on ABC Television Network, on the internet, and in more than 200 countries worldwide. THE HURT LOCKER received the aw...

"The Hurt Locker" (the Iraq War drama) won best picture and five other prizes at the Academy Awards, including best director for Kathryn Bigelow. Bigelow is the first woman in the Oscars history to receive Best Director award. "It's the moment of a lifetime," she said. "I hope I'm the first of many," she said afterward backstage. "The Hurt Locker" won best picture in a year where there were 10 nominees instead of the usual five - an effort to include...

      Thank U Cam Best Female Lead Gabourey Thank U Cam Best Director Lee Daniels Thank U Cam Jeff Bridges Best Male Lead Crazy Heart Thank U Cam Best Supporting Male Woody Harrelson ...

For those of you who forgot...here is the list of the nominees... As for the winners, well, you will have to wait a bit more... Independent Spirit Awards had a Precious night, will it be The Hurt Locker's night? Will Avatar stay blue, cold or go Gold...? This is our bet anyway. Watch the 82nd Academy Awards telecast on Sunday, March 7 at 5 p.m. PT/ 8 p.m. ET on ABC. Best Picture "Avatar" James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers "The Blind Side" ...

The Red Carpet for the 82nd Academy Awards was rolled out on Hollywood Blvd on Wednesday, March 3, 2010 outside the Hollywood and Highland Center in Hollywood, CA, in preparation for March 7 ceremony.                                               ...

"The Oscar statuette was designed in 1928 by Cedric Gibbons.  MGM's chief art director and one of the Academy's founding members.  Fredric Hope, who was then Gibbons' assistant, created the original Belgian black marble base, and artist George Stanley sculpted the design.  The California Bronze Foundry hand-cast the first statuette in bronze plated with 24-karat gold. Today the statuettes are manufactured in Chicago by R.S. Owens & Company using a metal alloy called...

Picture gallery from the Independent Spirit Awards Precious swept the 25th anniversary of the Film Independent Spirit Awards taking home the Best Feature, Best Director, Best First Screenplay, Best Female Lead and Best Supporting Female awards. Precious won in every category for which it was nominated taking 5 awards. ...

The 33rd Portland International Film Festival announces the Oregonian Audience Award winners. This year's Festival wrapped up its 18 day run Sunday, February 28th after 195 total screenings at multiple theater locations in the downtown cultural district of Portland. This year's Festival was attended by over 30,000 attendees and included 77 features and 39 shorts from over 40 countries.   Audience winners include Best Narrative Feature THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (Sweden) and...