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Oscars Not Raw Enough For Eddie Murphy Comeback

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Is The HFPA To Blame For Gervais ‘Storm’?
I didn’t stay up for the Golden Globes at the weekend. I’m not overly interested in awards or awards season as a rule. The Academy Awards are the standard, and as such I will reference winners and nominees in articles, but there are so many different awards ceremonies in the industry, both big and small, that it is impossible to stay interested in them all. So the next morning, I checked my Twitter feed, and got a quick rundown of the winners. No surprises, hence no story, so i decided against covering them on Fluent in Film. That is, until it became clear the real story wasn’t the winners, but the host, Ricky Gervais. Continue reading
The Coens Display True Box Office Grit
Weekend estimates for the US are in, and with them comes a very comforting tale of triumph. The Coen brothers’ Academy Award contender True Grit won the weekend, bringing in another $15m to take its total to around $110M. This meant it not only finally beat Little Fockers into second place in their running box office battle, it also firmly established its place as the Coen’s highest grossing movie. Their first film to break the $100m mark, it is a big landmark for the prolific brothers. Continue reading
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