Fayette County: Host film festivals for the rest of us, please Aug 15, 2009
Every year when I watch the Academy Awards, I feel a bit sorry for the independent filmmakers, the ones who have to sprint from the back of the theater to the podium before the polite applause fades. They walk the same red carpet as Brad and Angelina, but not only does no one care what they re wearing, relatively few people have seen their films. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
A wily Armstrong jumps from 10th to 3rd at Tour Jul 7, 2009
Stay flexible and independent. See the top 5 ways you can write your own paycheck. (Yahoo News)
Thompson on Hollywood Jul 5, 2009
The Independent asks, I explained the problem in one of my late lamented Variety columns, entitled ... Film Independent chief Dawn Hudson and new LAFF director Rebecca Yeldham were heaving sighs of relief at the sunny awards brunch at the Hammer Museum Sunday. (Variety)
New kids on block have an edgy agenda Jun 16, 2009
There is Sophie Ross, whose independent company produces work on the smell of an oily rag, Ursula Mills, who worked as a dancer before training as an actor, and Cameron Goodall, a former musician who has founded an experimental production company. They are joined by Alice Ansara, Julia Ohannessian, Zindzi Okenyo, Richard Pyros, Tahki Saul and Brett Stiller. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Weekend Box Office Battle May 26, 2009
Night At The Museum' Tops 'Terminator' - Entertainment News Story - KCRA Sacramento. Night At The Museum' Tops 'Terminator. (KCRA 3, CA)
Dreamgirls Wins Big at the Golden Globes May 26, 2009
Then she tops it all off with a smart plea to pretty please have independent films played on more screens throughout the country. Is there a classier woman in Hollywood. (Yahoo News -- Golden Globe Awards)
'2009 MTV Movie Awards' Honors Ben Stiller With 'MTV Generation Award' May 23, 2009
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Curators hope movie, promotions turn more kids on to museum May 17, 2009
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No Bailout For Newspapers May 15, 2009
Unless, of course, our elected representatives in Washington prefer a future in which government-bankrolled newspapers eventually become as independent as was in the Soviet Union. I encourage you to bookmark the for my Other People's Money column. (CBS News)
The Citizen's Cinema Apr 28, 2009
" But while that film owes its praise largely to the performance of Sean Penn, it is Van Sant's small independent film "Paranoid Park" - also released in 2008 - where the director's talents take the spotlight.Like "Elephant," Van Sant's 2003 drama about a Columbine-like school shooting, "Paranoid Park" unfolds at a deliberate, dreamy pace. Alex (Gabe Nevins), a 16-year-old skateboarder, accidentally murders a nightwatchmen while riding aboard the back a freight train with an older teen he met at... (Auburn Citizen, NY)
* As crazy as he wants to be Mar 19, 2009
And the presence of Joaquins brother-in-law Casey Affleck (hes married to Summer Phoenix, Joaquins little sister) at every one of these events, bearing a professional-spec digicam and missing none of his best friends antics, lent weight to the suspicion that the whole thing might indeed be some sub-reality show stunt, sooner or later to turn up in edited form on the Independent Film Channel. DEMENTED DOCUMENTARY. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Indians Top Prospect: No. 43 Mar 15, 2009
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First Lady of San Francisco Bares All in Raunchy 'Threesome' Sex Scene Feb 26, 2009
The Independent Spirit Awards are kind of like the anti-Oscars, it's casual dress by the Santa Monica beach in tents during the day before the Big Day ... Mariah Carey arrived (fashionably late, of course) to show her support for independent filmmaking stemming from her Sundance hit Push. (Fox News)
Jokin' Joaquin: Phoenix Wanted to Be Insulted By the Academy Feb 25, 2009
The day before at the Independent Spirit Awards Phoenix also found himself the brunt of the joke. Comic host Steve Coonan dressed up as Batman and mimicked an uncensored "Christian Bale rant" alongside an actor resembling a highly disheveled, dribbling Phoenix. (Fox News)
Live blogging backstage at the Oscars Feb 23, 2009
9:37pm Boyle says, "One of the lovely things about this evening is that it's a triumph for this kind of film. It's independent minded and it's against the odds, really. You see Heath Ledger's work in 'Dark Knight,' it's extraordinary work but Heath started in small films," Boyle states. "And the studio's under pressure, obviously, but that's where everyone begins. So it's very, very, very important to remember this.". (Variety)
Behind the scenes at the Academy Awards Feb 23, 2009
22: Director Danny Boyle and producer Christian Colson discuss the layered story behind best picture "Slumdog Millionaire," and the importance of independent films. . (MSNBC -- News)
Oscar puts on his dancing shoes Feb 21, 2009
But while the Brits are doing well this season, the country's film council has warned production investment is dropping and independent films are in trouble. The cry next year might be, "The British are leaving!". (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Coogan catches indie spirit as awards show host Feb 19, 2009
(AP Photo/Nick Ut) LOS ANGELES - Steve Coogan figures if any crowd in America knows who he is, it's probably the gang that will assemble for the Spirit Awards honoring independent film ... Coogan's leading-man credits generally have come in independent films such as Michael Winterbottom's "24 Hour Party People" and "Tristram Shandy: A Cock Story," along with last year's "Hamlet 2." ... Helena Independent Record; a division of Lee Enterprises Copyright. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
