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Norton's Obama Doc Skips Fest Route
But Amy Rice and Alicia Sams' much-anticipated film about Obama's presidential run will quietly bypass the Venice and Toronto fests this year in favor of a short August Oscar-qualifying run in LA and NY and a splashy HBO event launch in September. This should be a big must-see.
Thompson On Hollywood - Tuesday, June 23, 2009
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Indie Studio Combine Announced
The DFIS advisory board includes Ben Silverman, Co-Chair of NBC Universal; David Wiederecht, President of Investment Strategies and Chief Investment Officer for GE Asset Management; David Spieler, Global Head of Duff and Phelps Technology and Entertainment Practices; and Oscar-winning actress Tilda Swinton. That's not what this is.
Thompson On Hollywood - Monday, June 15, 2009
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Grey Gardens: HBO Event
These days, many of the people who aren't interested in what's playing at the multiplex are checking out the new movie opening on HBO instead. Ignore the adult audience and they'll get out of the moviegoing habit, rent DVDs and subscribe to HBO. It might have worked better on HBO, where it could have had the courage of its convictions.
Thompson On Hollywood - Monday, April 20, 2009
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  • Grey Gardens: HBO Event
    These days, many of the people who aren't interested in what's playing at the multiplex are checking out the new movie opening on HBO instead. Ignore the adult audience and they'll get out of the moviegoing habit, rent DVDs and subscribe to HBO. It might have worked better on HBO, where it could have had the courage of its convictions.
    Thompson On Hollywood - Monday, April 20, 2009
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  • Oscar Watch: Trouble the Water's Roberts Walks Red Carpet
    One of the most unlikely people walking the red carpet to the Oscar show Sunday was Kimberly Rivers Roberts, the 9th Ward New Orleans ex-drug dealing heroine of the Oscar-nominated doc Trouble the Water. The pic was a sleeper hit at Sundance 2008 , where the couple gave birth to their first child. Before flying into L.A.,
    Thompson On Hollywood - Monday, February 23, 2009
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  • Sundance Watch: Trouble the Water Heroine Makes Music
    Shortlisted for the documentary Oscar, Trouble the Water was one of last year's Sundance breakouts. Rivers debuted her music in Trouble the Water, and is releasing an album in April to coincide with its HBO release.
    Thompson On Hollywood - Wednesday, January 14, 2009
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  • Norton's Obama Doc Skips Fest Route
    But Amy Rice and Alicia Sams' much-anticipated film about Obama's presidential run will quietly bypass the Venice and Toronto fests this year in favor of a short August Oscar-qualifying run in LA and NY and a splashy HBO event launch in September. This should be a big must-see.
    Thompson On Hollywood - Tuesday, June 23, 2009
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  • Santa Barbara Fest Screenwriters Panel: Stanton, Black, McCarthy, Knott
    knew we'd have a lively panel because we had two actor-writers--Tom McCarthy (who also directed The Visitor) and Robert Knott (Appaloosa) as well as writer-director Andrew Stanton (Wall-E, nominated for 6 Oscars, including original screenplay), who is one of the most entertaining guys around, and young Dustin Lance Black (nommed for Milk).
    Thompson On Hollywood - Sunday, January 25, 2009
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  • Golden Globes: Slumdog Wins All
    She grabs momentum going forward in the Oscar race. Final Oscar ballots are being walked into the Academy Monday; the nominations will be announced on January 22. and Oscar boost. The parties back at the Hilton for HBO and Universal/Focus Features were more subdued. Here's the full list of winners. And The Weinstein Co.,
    Thompson On Hollywood - Monday, January 12, 2009
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  • WGA Awards Fete Slumdog, Milk, Mad Men, 30 Rock
    Slumdog has already won DGA, SAG, PGA and Golden Globe awards, and is a multi-award favorite for the Oscars. Milk has won SAG and PGA awards and is also a strong Oscar contender in multiple categories. Dustin Lance Black won the award for best original screenplay for Milk. Of course, the visiting actors attracted most of the attention.
    Digital Media Law - Saturday, February 7, 2009
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  • Indie Studio Combine Announced
    The DFIS advisory board includes Ben Silverman, Co-Chair of NBC Universal; David Wiederecht, President of Investment Strategies and Chief Investment Officer for GE Asset Management; David Spieler, Global Head of Duff and Phelps Technology and Entertainment Practices; and Oscar-winning actress Tilda Swinton. That's not what this is.
    Thompson On Hollywood - Monday, June 15, 2009
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  • DreamWorks Seeking New Distrib Deal
    After Thursday night's pre-Oscar Frost/Nixon celebration at L.A.'s But DreamWorks was asking for more, and when they were not able to score the terms of their old HBO deal, Universal would only give up a few slots to Spielberg and Snider--not the six a year they needed. And a DreamWorks announcement could boost Disney's stock price.
    Thompson On Hollywood - Friday, February 6, 2009
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  • Sundance Hot Titles
    A glum tale of friendship between two very unlikely pen pals, writer-director-designer Adam Elliot's follow-up to his Oscar-winning 2003 short "Harvie Krumpet" has its share of deadpan amusements, but its combo of mordant whimsy and tearjerker moments winds up curdling in an unappetizing fashion. Andy Klein was let go from L.A. CityBeat.
    Thompson On Hollywood - Friday, January 16, 2009
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