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Ugly Betty actress America Ferrera is starring in the romantic comedy, Our Family Wedding, which is now playing in theaters. The film about a 21 Century wedding between an African-American groom and his Mexican-American bride also stars Lance Gross, Forest Whitaker, Carlos Mencia and Regina King.  America Ferrera walked the red carpet for her New York city  movie premiere at AMC Loews Lincoln Square.

America was excited about working with the cast who had grown so close on the set that everyone felt like a close knit family.

Our Family Wedding is now in theaters. We would also like to let all of the brides who have weddings coming up know that the Wedding Channel is offering a contest to win America Ferrera’s one of a kind $7,000 gown that she wore in the movie. Visit the website to learn more about the contest.

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OUR FAMILY WEDDING NOW PLAYING IN THEATERS MOVIE PREMIERE PHOTOS

Former child actor Corey Haim has died from a drug overdose.  Fans are sending messages on Twitter and Facebook to remember the former star. Corey tried to make a comeback with his A&E reality series “The Two Coreys.”  He has had a public battle with drug addiction and one gained notoriety for trying to sell his hair and teeth on ebay. This is so sad. R.I.P.
Actor Corey Haim Found Dead

Another one of our ’80s idols is gone.

This morning Corey Haim was found dead of an apparent accidental overdose. The LAPD has confirmed the reports and says Haim’s mother was with the actor at the time.

Haim’s struggles with addiction have been documented over the years in the media and on series like A&E’s The Two Coreys, which co-starred his frequent ’80s on-screen partner, Corey Feldman.

Feel free to leave your thoughts and memories in the comments. As someone who watched The Lost Boys, Lucas, License to Drive, Dream a Little Dream and other Corey flicks countless times growing up, I feel like I’ve lost (another) piece of my childhood. No matter what shape he was in, I was always crossing my fingers for a Corey comeback.

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COREY HAIM DEAD AT 38

Iron Man 2 fans have a new trailer to watch featuring scenes from the upcoming blockbuster featuring Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johannson, Don Cheadle and Mickey Rourke as the new evil super villian. Can’t wait to see this flick!

Iron Man 2 trailer

Today’s Twitter Report is grande sized, mostly due to rampant expression of of opinion last night during the Academy Awards and immediately thereafter when the new “Iron Man 2″ trailer premiered on “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” The new glimpses at Mickey Rourke and War Machine may have cut into Jon Favreau’s party plans, but Damon Lindelof, Mark Waid and Dan Slott all stayed up to behold his hard work.

Meanwhile on Amazon.com, omnibus collections started showing up for flea market prices, and order cancellations have begun going out to customers like Ande Parks, who thought he caught a great deal on some “Daredevil” hardcovers he appeared in. Head on down past the jump, and you’ll also find out who Oscar attendee Neil Gaiman may have offered his daughter’s Archie comics to, what Pia Guerra thought of Kristin Stewart’s presentation last night and who hated to see Bea Arthur go unremembered.

It’s all in the Twitter Report for March 8th, 2010.

“Iron Man 2″ trailer pt. 1: @Jon_Favreau Instead of party hopping on Oscar night I’m home tweeting links to a trailer premiere. Welcome to the new Hollywood.
-Jon Favreau, Director (”Iron Man,” “Iron Man 2″)

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IRON MAN 2 TRAILER #2 VIDEO

There were many historic wins during last night’s Oscar ceremony.  Kathryn Bigelow was the first female director to win an Oscar for helming a film. Harvard and NYU alum Geoffrey Fletcher was the first African-American to win an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. Watch Fletcher’s heartfelt acceptance speech. Monique also won a gold statuette for her performance as an abusive mother in Precious. Sandra Bullock made history for winning an Oscar and a Worst actresss Razzie in the same year.  Congrats to all of the winners and nominees.  Some of our favorites winning and nominated films are available on DVD. We recommend you add movies like Precious, Up in The Air, The Cove, Food Inc., The Hurt Locker to your rental cue or Amazon shopping cart.

Sandra bullock Oscar acceptance speech 2010

OK reports she said “They’re going to sit side by side, as they should… we’re in the entertainment business. That’s what we’re supposed to do. You know, you take the good with the not so good.”

She said she enjoyed attending the Razzie ceremony saying “It is what it is and, you know, it probably means more that both of them happened at the same time because it’s the great equalizer.”

Bullock continued: “You know, nothing ever lets me get too full of myself. It quickly chops me off at the knees, and I like it that way because it just it keeps things stable and they’ll sit side by side in a nice little shelf somewhere, the Razzie maybe on a different shelf, lower.”

She is the first actress to win the two awards in the same year.

Here is the complete list of winners:

Best Picture
“Avatar”
“The Hurt Locker” WINNER!
“Inglourious Basterds”
“The Blind Side”
“District 9″
“An Education”
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
“A Serious Man”
“Up”
“Up in the Air”

Best Director
James Cameron “Avatar”
Kathryn Bigelow “The Hurt Locker” WINNER!
Lee Daniels “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
Quentin Tarantino “Inglourious Basterds”
Jason Reitman “Up in the Air”
Best Actress
Sandra Bullock “The Blind Side” WINNER!
Helen Mirren “The Last Station”
Carey Mulligan “An Education”
Gabourey Sidibe “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
Meryl Streep “Julie & Julia”

Best Actor
Jeff Bridges “Crazy Heart” WINNER!
George Clooney “Up in the Air”
Colin Firth “A Single Man” AH
Morgan Freeman “Invictus”
Jeremy Renner “The Hurt Locker”

Best Supporting Actress
Penelope Cruz “Nine”
Vera Farmiga “Up in the Air”
Maggie Gyllenhaal “Crazy Heart”
Anna Kendrick “Up in the Air”
Mo’Nique “Precious” WINNER!

Best Supporting Actor
Matt Damon “Invictus”
Woody Harrelson “The Messenger”
Christopher Plummer “The Last Station”
Stanley Tucci “The Lovely Bones”
Christoph Waltz “Inglourious Basterds” WINNER!

Animated Feature
“Coraline”
“Fantastic Mr Fox”
“The Princess and the Frog”
“The Secret of Kells”
“Up” WINNER!
Original Screenplay

“The Hurt Locker” WINNER!
“Inglourious Basterds”
“The Messenger”
“A Serious Man” AH
“Up”

Adapted Screenplay
“District 9″
“An Education”
“In the Loop”
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” WINNER!
“Up in the Air”

Art Direction
“Avatar” WINNER!
“The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus”
“Nine”
“Sherlock Holmes”
“The Young Victoria”

Cinematography
“Avatar” WINNER!
“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”
“The Hurt Locker”
“Inglourious Basterds”
“The White Ribbon”

Film Editing
“Avatar”
“District 9″
“The Hurt Locker” WINNER!
“Inglourious Basterds”
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”

Foreign Language Film
“Ajami” (Israel)
“El Secreto de Sus Ojos” (Argentina) WINNER!
“The Milk of Sorrow” (Peru)
“The Prophet” (France)
“The White Ribbon” (Germany)

Best Original Score
“Avatar”
“Fantastic Mr. Fox”
“The Hurt Locker”
“Sherlock Holmes”
“Up”WINNER!

Best Original Song
“Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog”
“Down in New Orleans” from “The Princess and the Frog”
“Loin de Paname” from “Paris 36″
“Take It All” from “Nine”
“The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from “Crazy Heart” WINNER!

Costume Design
“Bright Star”
“Coco Before Chanel”
“The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus”
“Nine”
“The Young Victoria”WINNER!

Best Documentary
“Burma VJ”
“The Cove” WINNER!
“Food Inc.”
“The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers”
“Which Way Home”

Best Documentary (short subject)
“China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province”
“The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner” JB
“The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant”
“Music by Prudence” WINNER!
“Rabbit à la Berlin”

Best Short Film (Animated)
“French Roast”
“Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty”
“The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)”
“Logorama” WINNER!
“A Matter of Loaf and Death”

Best Short Film (Live Action)
“The Door”
“Instead of Abracadabra”
“Kavi”
“Miracle Fish”
“The New Tenants” WINNER!

Makeup
“Il Divo”
“Star Trek” WINNER!
“The Young Victoria”

Sound Editing
“Avatar”
“The Hurt Locker” WINNER!
“Inglourious Basterds”
“Star Trek”
“Up”

Sound Mixing
“Avatar”
“The Hurt Locker” WINNER!
“Inglourious Basterds”
“Star Trek”
“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”

Visual Effects

“Avatar” WINNER!
“District 9″
“Star Trek”

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OSCAR WINNERS SANDRA BULLOCK, MONIQUE, KATHRYN BIGELOW, GEOFFREY FLETCHER HISTORIC WINS

Comedianne Monique  made history for her win as Best Supporting Actress in Precious.  Here are some of our predictions for the rest of the evening at the Oscars.

Jeff Bridges will win for his performance in Crazy Heart.  Katherine Bigelow may make history for her win as Best Director for the Hurt Locker. Sandra Bullock may earn more dramatic roles after her win in The Blindside. Jason Reitman will win Best Adapted screenplay for Up In The Air.  The Hurtlocker is already leading with wins in numerous categories.  Avatar has won technical awards along with Star Trek. We think that the Best Picture category is still  up in the air with Avatar and The Hurtlocker as front runners.   Congrats to all of the winners and nominees! We will have the full list of winners and a recap.

The 82nd Academy Awards telecast begins… with a total waste of time: introing the Best Actor nominees. This is how the show begins? Ohmygawd, what a long and boring night this will be.

TOLDJA! Deadline New York editor Mike Fleming already tipped you that Neil Patrick Harris (”What am I doing here?” the TV star asked aloud) would open the show with a musical number. Martin Short was supposed to join him, but a family emergency kept him away. Meanwhile, Harris lied to his fans by Tweeting that he wasn’t doing the Oscars.

Out come the two over-the-hill white guys who are hosting, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin. Meryl Streep jokes? Didn’t Saturday Night Live already exhaust that lame material?

Have you laughed yet? I haven’t. Not once. Kill me now.

So Meryl Streep is the new Jack Nicholson? The person every Oscars host has to personally address and point out to home audiences? Meryl can play anyone, but not even she can do Jack.

Steve Martin just made a reference to one of his movies that’s something like 45 years old. Nothing like staying relevant, Oscars.

Don’t you long for Billy Crystal’s witty movie clip reel that opened the Oscars? Instead of this stale stand-up? Not even a Catskills resort would hire these two.

Someone just IM’ed me: “Get the hook”.

Steve Martin to Zac Efron and Taylor Lautner: “Take a good look at us guys: this is you in 5 years.” No, Steve and Alec. Those two have FANS!

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds” (The Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures)

Waltz remembered to mention Harvey in his thank-you speech. That new kitchen the Weinsteins built for him certainly paid off bigtime, eh?

Best animated feature film of the year
“Up” (Walt Disney) Pete Docter

“Boy, never did I dream that making a flip-book out of my 3rd grade math book would lead to this,” said Pete Doctor. Why do the animated filmmakers always look like cartoon characters?

It’s already obvious that the Academy  has every winner’s first-born locked in a closet backstage to ensure no one goes over the 10-word maximum for speechifying. These people are terrified!

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
“The Weary Kind” (Theme from “Crazy Heart”) (Fox Searchlight)
Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Forget that the song was great. Anyone named “T Bone” deserves the awards hands down.

How pathetic is this Oscars that neither Tina Fey nor Robert Downey Jr are given anything funny to say? I swear that Downey has used that “mole people” line at least 3 awards shows in a row.

Original screenplay
Mark Boal – “The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment)

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OSCAR WINNERS & ACADEMY AWARD PREDICTIONS

Precious won big at last night’s Independent Spirit Awards. The drama directed by Lee Daniels swept numerous categories including Best Director, Screenplay, Actress and Supporting Actress. Congrats to all of the winners and nominees.

We’re cheering for everyone to win big at the Oscars!

The harrowing drama “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” was the big winner Friday evening at the Film Independent Spirit Awards, which was held in a tent on L.A. Live’s event deck in downtown Los Angeles.

The film about a pregnant African American teenager and her abusive mother won best feature, best director for Lee Daniels, best first screenplay for Geoffrey Fletcher, best female lead for Gabourey Sidibe and best supporting female for Mo’Nique.

Daniels basked in his win away from his fellow Oscar nominees. “Kathryn Bigelow’s not here tonight,” he said. “I am.”

“Precious” is nominated for Academy Awards in many of the same categories, with Mo’Nique considered the odds-on favorite to receive best supporting actress Sunday evening at the Kodak Theatre.

Mo’Nique’s acceptance speech wasn’t as emotional as some of her other winning speeches this awards season, but she did take a special moment to acknowledge her co-star Sidibe, telling her, “You are a special gift to the universe, baby.”

Presenter Ben Stiller, noting the ceremony’s late hour and the independent nature of the assembled crowd, brought half-naked porn stars onstage to writhe in sexual positions while he read the nominees for best film.

On Friday, best male lead went to Oscar nominee Jeff Bridges for his moving performance as a dissolute country singer in “Crazy Heart.” The role has won Bridges numerous awards this season, including honors from the Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild.

Bridges gave a rambling speech in which he thanked many people and told the crowd, ” ‘Crazy Heart’ is a gem of an independent film.”

“Crazy Heart,” directed by Scott Cooper, also won the Spirit prize for best first feature. Robert Duvall, who came to the stage with Cooper, told the crowd that the latter hadn’t directed so much as a high school play before this film. “But,” Duvall added, “he does a great job.”

Woody Harrelson, also an Oscar contender, won for supporting male for “The Messenger.”

Screenplay honors went to Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber for “(500) Days of Summer.” Roger Deakins received the cinematography award for “A Serious Man.”

“An Education” won best foreign film, and “Anvil! The Story of Anvil” took documentary honors.

The John Cassavetes Award for best feature made under $500,000 went to Lynn Shelton, the writer-director-producer of “Humpday.” Kyle Patrick Alvarez, director of “Easier With Practice,” received the Acura Someone to Watch Award. Bill and Turner Ross, directors of the documentary “45365,” received the Chaz & Roger Ebert Truer Than Fiction Award. And Karin Chien, producer of “The Exploding Girl” and “Santa Mesa,” received the Piaget Producers Award.

The third annual Robert Altman Award, which is given to a film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast, went to Joel and Ethan Coen’s “A Serious Man.” 

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Congrats to all of the 2010 Oscar nominees! We had an opportunity to see the nominated films and believe the list of nominees reflects many genres from sci fi action to drama.
Oscars Nods Announced

The Academy Awards will be hosted by Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin airs Sunday March 7th at 8 pm Est.

The Razzies were also announced and Beyonce topped the worst actress acting list with Transformers 2 receiving nominations in several categories.

“Congratulations to all you Basterds!! 8 nominations – it’s unreal. Thanks for all your messages, I’m so happy for Quentin & the team,” cheers fellow Inglourious one Eli Roth.

Several stars stepped onto Team Precious with their happy tweets.

“Congrats to Monique, Gabbi, Lee Daniels and Precious for getting Oscar nominations,” writes Nick Cannon.

“SHOUTOUT to PRECIOUS, LEE DANIELS, MO’NIQUE & GABBY on their Oscar nominations! It’s great when excellence gets rewarded,” Star Jones says. “Special Sisterly Shoutout to the amazing Meryl Streep…who is BRILLIANT every time she hits the screen! Consistent Excellence!”

Ugly Betty’s Michael Urie kept it simple—”Yay District 9!”—while Rainn Wilson and Josh Malina brought the funny.

“Congrats to The Blind Side on it’s best picture nomination. Blindness is a devastating handicap and the real story needs to be told,” Wilson joked, adding later, “Apologies 2 the blind who were offended by my last tweet. The Blind Side is actually abt the dangers of highway driving & rear view mirrors.”

“If I had to see another film by a fashion designer, I’d watch Wendy Pepper’s home movies before I suffered through A SINGLE MAN again,” Malina bashed.

Full Oscar Nomations
Best Picture
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious: Based on the Novel ’Push’ by Sapphire
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air
Actor
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
George Clooney, Up in the Air
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker

Actress
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Helen Mirren, The Last Station
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia

Supporting Actor
Matt Damon, Invictus
Woody Harrelson, “The Messenger
Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

Supporting Actress
Penelope Cruz, Nine
Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
Mo’Nique, Precious: Based on the Novel ’Push’ by Sapphire

Directing
James Cameron, Avatar
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Lee Daniels, Precious: Based on the Novel ’Push’ by Sapphire
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air

Foreign Language Film
Ajami
El Secreto de Sus Ojos
The Milk of Sorrow
Un Prophete
The White Ribbon

Adapted Screenplay
Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, District 9
Nick Hornby, An Education
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche, In the Loop
Geoffrey Fletcher, Precious: Based on the Novel ’Push’ by Sapphire
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air
Original Screenplay
Mark Boal, The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman, The Messenger
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, A Serious Man
Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Tom McCarthy, Up

Animated Feature Film
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and the Frog
The Secret of Kells
Up
Art Direction
Avatar
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
Sherlock Holmes
The Young Victoria

Cinematography
Avatar
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The White Ribbon
Sound Mixing
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Sound Editing
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Up
Original Score
Avatar, James Horner
Fantastic Mr. Fox, Alexandre Desplat
The Hurt Locker, Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
Sherlock Holmes, Hans Zimmer
Up, Michael Giacchino.
Original Song
“Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog,” Randy Newman
“Down in New Orleans” from “The Princess and the Frog,” Randy Newman
“Loin de Paname” from “Paris 36,” Reinhardt Wagner and Frank Thomas
“Take It All” from “Nine,” Maury Yeston
“The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from “Crazy Heart,” Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett.
Costume
Bright Star
Coco Before Chanel
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
The Young Victoria
Documentary Feature
Burma VJ
The Cove
Food, Inc.
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Which Way Home
Documentary (short subject)
China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
Music by Prudence
Rabbit a la Berlin
Film Editing
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious: Based on the Novel ’Push’ by Sapphire
Makeup
Il Divo
Star Trek
The Young Victoria
Animated Short Film
French Roast
Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty
The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)
Logorama
A Matter of Loaf and Death
Live Action Short Film
The Door
Instead of Abracadabra
Kavi
Miracle Fish
The New Tenants
Visual Effects
Avatar
District 9
Star Trek

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Animal Kingdom, The Red Chapel, Restrepo, and Winter’s Bone Earn Grand Jury Prizes

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Congrats to the winners at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.
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Park City, UT-The Jury, Audience, NEXT, and other special award-winners of the 2010 Sundance Film Festival were announced tonight at the Festival’s Awards Ceremony hosted by David Hyde Pierce (star of The Perfect Host which premiered in this year’s Park City at Midnight section) in Park City, Utah. Highlights from the Awards Ceremony can be seen on the Festival website, www.sundance.org/festival.

Films receiving Jury Awards were selected from four categories: U.S. Dramatic Competition, U.S. Documentary Competition, World Cinema Dramatic Competition and World Cinema Documentary Competition. All films in competition were also eligible for Sundance Film Festival Audience Awards as selected by Festival audiences. The U.S. Audience Awards presented by Honda and World Cinema Audience Awards were announced by Louis C.K. Joseph Gordon Levitt announced the new Best of NEXT award, chosen by peers in the section and presented by YouTube™ in celebration of films made with little or no budget.

Jury Prizes in Shorts Filmmaking were awarded to American and international short-form films on Tuesday, January 26. Other awards recognized at the ceremony included the Sundance / NHK International Filmmakers Award, created to honor and support emerging filmmakers with their next screenplays, and the Alfred P. Sloan Prize, awarded to a film which excels in addressing compelling topics in science or technology.

“Great films make for a great festival,” said John Cooper, Director of the Sundance Film Festival. “This year it was as if I could feel a shift in the DNA of the film community – the reaction to the films was inspiring.”

“These awards celebrate the diversity of this year’s program,” said Trevor Groth, the Festival’s Director of Programming. “Hopefully the attention these prizes bring will allow the films to connect with a wider audience hungry for choice.”

The 2010 Sundance Film Festival Juries consisted of:

U.S. Documentary Competition: Greg Barker, Dayna Goldfine, Nancy Miller, Morgan Spurlock, Ondi Timoner; U.S. Dramatic Competition: Russell Banks, Jason Kliot, Karyn Kusama, Parker Posey, Robert Yeoman; World Cinema Documentary Competition: Jennifer Baichwal, Jeffrey Brown, Asako Fujioka; World Cinema Dramatic Competition: Alison Maclean, Lisa Schwarzbaum, Sigurjon “Joni” Sighvatsson; Shorts Competition: Sterlin Harjo, Brent Hoff, Christine Vachon; Alfred P. Sloan Award: Peter Galison, Darcy Kelley, Joe Palca, Paul Sereno, Marianna Palka.

For the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, 117 feature-length films were selected including 85 world premieres, 11 North American premieres, and 12 U.S. premieres representing 39 countries with 51 first-time filmmakers, including 27 in competition. These films were selected from 3,724 feature-length film submissions composed of 1,920 U.S. and 1,804 international feature-length films.

2010 Sundance Film Festival Award Winners:

The Grand Jury Prize: Documentary was presented to Restrepo, directed by Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington. Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington’s year dug in with the Second Platoon in one of Afghanistan’s most strategically crucial valleys reveals extraordinary insight into the surreal combination of back breaking labor, deadly firefights, and camaraderie as the soldiers painfully push back the Taliban.

The Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic was presented to Winter’s Bone, directed by Debra Granik; written by Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini. An unflinching Ozark Mountain girl hacks through dangerous social terrain as she hunts down her missing father while trying to keep her family intact.

The World Cinema Jury Prize: Documentary was presented to The Red Chapel (Det Røde Kapel)directed by Mads Brügger. A journalist with no scruples, a self-proclaimed spastic, and a comedian travel to North Korea under the guise of a cultural exchange visit to challenge one of the world’s most notorious regimes. Denmark

The World Cinema Jury Prize: Dramatic was presented to Animal Kingdom, written and directed by David Michôd. After the death of his mother, a seventeen year-old boy is thrust precariously between an explosive criminal family and a detective who thinks he can save him. Australia

The Audience Awards are presented to both a dramatic and documentary film in four Competitions as voted by Sundance Film Festival audiences. The 2010 Sundance Film Festival Audience Awards are presented by Honda.

The Audience Award: Documentary was presented to WAITING FOR SUPERMAN, directed by Davis Guggenheim, for his examination of the crisis of public education in the United States through multiple interlocking stories.

The Audience Award: Dramatic was presented to happythankyoumoreplease, written and directed by Josh Radnor, about six New Yorkers juggling love, friendship, and the keenly challenging specter of adulthood.

The World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary was presented to Wasteland, directed by Lucy Walker about international art star Vik Muniz, garbage pickers in the world’s largest landfill in Rio de Janeiro and the transformative power of art. United Kingdom / Brazil

The World Cinema Audience Award: Dramatic was presented to Contracorriente (Undertow) written and directed by Javier Fuentes-Leõn, an unusual ghost story set on the Peruvian seaside in which a married fisherman struggles to reconcile his devotion to his male lover within his town’s rigid traditions. Peru / Colombia / France / Germany

New for 2010: Best of NEXT. Selected by ballots cast by the eight NEXT filmmakers, this award celebrates a film creating the greatest art on a low budget. The Best of NEXT award is presented by YouTube™.

The Best of NEXT award was presented to Homewrecker, directed by Todd Barnes and Brad Barnes and written by Todd Barnes, Brad Barnes, and Sophie Goodhart. The last romantic in New York City is an ex-con locksmith on work release.

Directing Awards recognize excellence in directing for dramatic and documentary features.

The Directing Award: Documentary was presented to Smash His Camera, directed by Leon Gast, about famous celebrity photographer and original paparazzo, Ron Galella.

The Directing Award: Dramatic was presented to 3 Backyards, directed and written by Eric Mendelsohn. The film is about a trio of brief, life-altering adventures unfolding in a seemingly normal autumn day.

The World Cinema Directing Award: Documentary was presented to Space Tourists, directed by Christian Frei who explores the impact of space tourism in the heavens and on earth. Switzerland

The World Cinema Directing Award: Dramatic was presented to Southern District, directed and written by Juan Carlos Valdivia, about a bourgeois family in La Paz, Bolivia who watches as social change begins to penetrate their insulated world. Bolivia

The Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award was presented to Winter’s Bone, directed by Debra Granik; written by Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini. An unflinching Ozark Mountain girl hacks through dangerous social terrain as she hunts down her missing father while trying to keep her family intact.

The World Cinema Screenwriting Award was presented to Southern District, written and directed by Juan Carlos Valdivia, about a bourgeois family in La Paz, Bolivia who watches as social change begins to penetrate their insulated world. Bolivia

The Documentary Editing Award was presented to Joan Rivers-A Piece Of Work, edited by Penelope Falk; directed by Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg. An exposé chronicling the private dramas of irreverent, legendary comedian and pop icon Joan Rivers.

The World Cinema Documentary Editing Award was presented to A Film Unfinished, written and directed by Yael Hersonski. Edited by Joëlle Alexis. The film is a powerful documentary about Nazi-produced propaganda films. Germany / Israel.

The Excellence in Cinematography Awards honor exceptional cinematography in both dramatic and documentary categories:

The Excellence in Cinematography Award: Documentary was presented to The Oath, directed by Laura Poitras. Cinematographers: Kirsten Johnson and Laura Poitras. The interlocking drama of two brothers-in-law whose associations with al Qaeda in the 1990s propelled them on divergent courses.

The Excellence in Cinematography Award: Dramatic was presented to Obselidia,written and directed by Diane Bell. Cinematographer: Zak Mulligan. In his quest to document nearly extinct occupations, a man unexpectedly finds romance.

The World Cinema Cinematography Award: Documentary was presented to His & Hers, directed by Ken Wardrop. Cinematographers: Kate McCullough and Michael Lavelle. A 90-year-old love story through the collective voice of 70 days at different stages of their lives. Ireland

The World Cinema Cinematography Award: Dramatic was presented to The Man Next Door (El Hombre de al Lado). Directors and cinematographers Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat. A small incident over two neighbors’ common wall sparks a conflict which affects the intimacy of the view over the chimney; the protagonist sparks a conflict and with paranoiac obsession destroys everyday life. Argentina

A World Cinema Special Jury Prize: Dramatic for Breakout Performance was presented to Tatiana Maslany for her role as a starry-eyed teenager in Grown Up Movie Star. Canada

A World Cinema Special Jury Prize: Documentary was presented to Enemies of the People, directed by Rob Lemkin and Thet Sambath, for their watershed account of Cambodian history and a quest for closure on one of the world’s darkest episodes. Cambodia / United Kingdom

A Special Jury Prize: Documentary was presented to GASLAND, directed by Josh Fox. With spirit, strength, and a sense of humor, Fox’s personal documentary takes a look at how natural gas affects our air and drinking water.

A Special Jury Prize: Dramatic was presented to Sympathy for Delicious, directed by Mark Ruffalo; written by and starring Christopher Thornton about a recently paralyzed DJ who seeks out the dubious world of faith healing.

As announced on Tuesday, the 2010 Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking was awarded to Drunk History: Douglass & Lincoln (Director: Jeremy Konner). The 2010 Jury Prize in International Short Filmmaking was given to The Six Dollar Fifty Man / New Zealand (Directors and screenwriters: Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland). In addition, the jury awarded Honorable Mentions in Short Filmmaking to: Born Sweet / USA, Cambodia (Director: Cynthia Wade); Can We Talk? / United Kingdom (Director and screenwriter: Jim Owen); Dock Ellis & The LSD No-No / USA (Director: James Blagden); How I Met Your Father / Spain (Director and screenwriter: Álex Montoya); Quadrangle / USA (Director: Amy Grappell); Rob and Valentyna in Scotland / USA, United Kingdom (Director: Eric Lynne; Screenwriters: Eric Lynne and Rob Chester Smith), and Young Love / Australia (Director and screenwriter: Ariel Kleiman).

Obselidia, written and directed by Diane Bell, is the recipient of this year’s Alfred P. Sloan Prize. The Prize, which carries a $20,000 cash award by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, is presented to an outstanding feature film focusing on science or technology as a theme, or depicting a scientist, engineer, or mathematician as a major character.

Sundance Institute and NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) on Thursday announced the winners of the Sundance / NHK International Filmmakers Awards honoring and supporting emerging filmmakers-one each from the United States, Japan, Europe, and Latin America. The winning filmmakers and projects are: Amat Escalante, Heli from Mexico; Andrey Zvyagintsev, Elenafrom Russia; Daisuke Yamaoka, The Wonderful Lives at Asahigaoka (written with Yugo Eto) from Japan; and Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild (written with Lucy Alibar) from the United States.

2010 Sundance Film Festival Sponsors
The 2010 Sundance Film Festival sponsors to date include: Presenting Sponsors-Entertainment Weekly, HP, Honda and Sundance Channel; Leadership Sponsors-American Express, Bing™, DIRECTV, G-Technology by Hitachi, Southwest Airlines and YouTube™; Sustaining Sponsors-ABSOLUT^® VODKA, Blockbuster Inc., FilterForGood^®, a partnership between Brita^® and Nalgene^®, L’Oréal Paris, Sony Electronics Inc., Stella Artois^®, Timberland and Utah Film Commission. Their support will defray costs associated with the 10-day Festival and the nonprofit Sundance Institute’s year-round programs for independent film and theatre artists. In return, sponsorship of the preeminent Festival provides these organizations with global exposure, a platform for brand impressions and unique access to Festival attendees.

About Sundance Institute
Founded by Robert Redford in 1981, Sundance Institute is a not-for-profit organization that fosters the development of original storytelling in film and theatre. Internationally recognized for its artistic development programs for directors, screenwriters, producers, film composers, playwrights and theatre artists, Sundance Institute has nurtured such projects as Angels in America, Spring Awakening, Boys Don’t Cry and Born into Brothels.

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2010 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES AWARDS WINNERS

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SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS CEREMONY LIVE BROADCAST

The festival hit Off and Running is now in theaters. The movie will be screening for one week only at IFC theater in New York City.  Here is the ticket information. We had a chance to see the move at the Tribeca Film Festival and highly recommend this critically acclaimed film. We wanted to let everyone know that the director Nicole Opper and Avery will be attendance at some of the screenings.

OFF AND RUNNING
With white Jewish lesbians for parents and two adopted brothers – one mixed-race and one Korean – Brooklyn teen Avery grew up in a unique and loving household. But when her curiosity about her African-American roots grows, she decides to contact her birth mother. This choice propels Avery into her own complicated exploration of race, identity, and family that threatens to distance her from the parents she’s always known… Off and Running follows Avery to the brink of adulthood, exploring the strength of family bonds and the lengths people must go to become themselves. – First Run Features

http://www.ifccenter.com/films/off-and-running/

* Nicole Opper, Director/Producer
* Sharese Bullock, Producer

Screenings Daily – Jan, 29th through February 4th:
12:40 PM, 2:25 PM, 4:15 PM, 6:10 PM, 8:05 PM, 9:50 PM

Purchase tickets in advance through the IFC website: http://www.ifccenter.com/films/off-and-running/

SPECIAL APPEARANCES and Q&A’s:
Avery Klein-Cloud and family will be at select screenings at the IFC on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Director Nicole Opper will be at Q&A’s all week!!

**Friday, January 29**
Evening screening will be at 8:05 and co-hosted by POV, DocuClub, NYWIFT and Tribeca All Access featuring a Q&A moderated by Terry Lawler of NYWIFT and an after party at Su Casa (6th Ave and 8th Street).

**Saturday, January 30**
Afternoon screening at 4:15 will be co-hosted by Spence Chapin featuring Q&A moderated by Rita Taddonio director of the Adoption Resource Center.

Evening Screening at 6:15 will be co-hosted by Center Kids, Family Equality, Colage, SWIRL & Jewish Multiracial Network featuring Q&A moderated Terry Boggis with an after party at Scuderia

**Sunday, January 31**
Afternoon screening at 4:15 will be co-hosted by Be’chol Leshon, Jewish Multiracial Network, Brooklyn Jews, UJA Women’s Group, with Q&A moderated by Carol Spinner with happy hour mingler at Dove Bar.

Evening Screening at 6:15 will be co-hosted by composer DBR with Q&A and in-theater performance featuring DBR on acoustic violin.

Link to O&R screening info:
http://www.ifccenter.com/films/off-and-running/

Our digital postcard for January newsletters or blogs:
http://www.firstrunfeatures.com/newsletter/offandrunning.html

Ways we’re asking friends to help:
http://www.offandrunningthefilm.com/screenings.html

PRODUCTION DETAILS:
Shoot Format: Mini DV/24 Progressive/Letterboxed/Color
RT: 76 minutes

CREDITS:
Nicole Opper, Director/Producer
Sharese Bullock, Producer
Macky Alston, Executive Producer
Sandra Itkoff, Executive Producer
Jacob Okada, Director of Photography, Co-Producer
Cheree Dillon, Editor
Daniel Bernard Roumain, Composer
Richard Hankin, Creative Consultant
Judith Helfand, Consulting Producer

This film is a co-production of The Independent Television Service and a selected project of Tribeca All Access, with support from the Foundation for Jewish Culture and The National Black Programming Consortium.. Fiscal sponsorship provided by Women Make Movies.

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