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Dark Knight, Battlestar Galactica Win at the 2009 Saturn Awards

BuzzSugar — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:30:51 -0700

It's that time of year again! The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films handed out the Saturn Awards last night to honor the best actors, movies, and TV shows in these genres. It's a lot for one awards show to cover, but these awards honored some great entertainment that doesn't always get mainstream attention.

Of course, some blockbusters got recognized, too: The Dark Knight took home lots of awards, including another honor for the late Heath Ledger. Iron Man also did very well, with Robert Downey Jr. nabbing the award for best actor and Jon Favreau for director. I love that even the little vampire movie Let the Right One In scored an award. Battlestar Galactica made a splash in the television categories, winning three awards.

To check out the full list of winners, just read more.

BEST SCI-FI FILM
Iron Man

BEST FANTASY FILM
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

BEST HORROR FILM
Hellboy II: The Golden Army

ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLER FILM
The Dark Knight

BEST ACTOR
Robert Downey, Jr. (Iron Man)

BEST ACTRESS
Angelina Jolie (Changeling)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Tilda Swinton (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A YOUNG ACTOR
Jaden Christopher Smith (The Day the Earth Stood Still)

BEST DIRECTOR
Jon Favreau (Iron Man)

BEST WRITER
Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan (The Dark Knight)

BEST MUSIC
Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard (The Dark Knight)

BEST COSTUME
Mary Zophres (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull)

BEST MAKE-UP
Greg Cannom (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Timothy Webber, Paul J. Franklin (The Dark Knight)

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
Let the Right One In

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Wall-E

BEST TELEVISION SERIES
Lost

SYNDICATED / CABLE TELEVISION SERIES
Battlestar Galactica

BEST PRESENTATION ON TELEVISION
The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice

BEST ACTOR ON TELEVISION
Edward James Olmos (Battlestar Galactica)

BEST ACTRESS ON TELEVISION
Mary McDonnell (Battlestar Galactica)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR ON TELEVISION
Adrian Pasdar (Heroes)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS ON TELEVISION
Jennifer Carpenter (Dexter)

GUESS ROLE ON TELEVISION
Jimmy Smits (Dexter)

BEST DVD RELEASE
Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer

BEST DVD SPECIAL ADDITION
Stephen King's The Mist (two-disc special edition)

BEST DVD CLASSIC RELEASE
Psycho (Universal Legacy Series)

BEST DVD COLLECTION
The Godfather -The Coppola Restoration

LIFE CAREER AWARD
Lance Henriksen

LIFETIME ACHIEVMENT
Leonard Nimoy

THE VISIONARY AWARD
Jeffrey Katzenberg

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John Connor vs. Bruce Wayne: Which Blockbustin' Bale Is Better?

BuzzSugar — Thu, 28 May 2009 08:30:28 -0700

Now that Christian Bale has lit up the big screen for another Summer blockbuster in Terminator Salvation, tell me: How do you like your Bale? As the gravel-voiced Bruce Wayne of the Batman movies? Or as the intense leader, John Connor, in a futuristic Terminator world?

Photos courtesy of Warner Bros.

Best of British Attend Empire Film Awards

PopSugarUK — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 03:07:38 -0700

The Empire Film Awards took place in London last night, with a bevy of British acting talent attending to present and collect trophies. Best newcomer Gemma Arterton posed playfully for the photographers as she arrived, and there were some classic but unique black outfits from Joanna Page, Anne Marie Duff, Hayley Atwell, Helena Bonham Carter,Georgia Groome and Olga Kurylenko - FabUK wants to know who your best-dressed of the evening is!

The gorgeous Cillian Murphy, Gerard Butler and James McAvoy were just a few of the men adding some manjoyment to the occasion, alongside Jim Sturgess and Viggo Mortensen. The Dark Knight was the big winner of the evening with best film, director and actor as well as a special tribute award going to the late Heath Ledger.

To see more photos from the Empire Awards, as well as a full list of the winners just read more.

Best Film
The Dark Knight

Best Actor
Christian Bale (The Dark Knight)

Best Actress
Helena Bonham Carter (Sweeney Todd)

Best Director
Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight)

Best British Film
Rocknrolla

Best Soundtrack (Shortlist by Empire Magazine)
Mamma Mia!

Best Comedy
Son Of Rambow

Best Horror
Eden Lake

Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Superhero Movie
Wanted

Best Thriller
Quantum Of Solace

Best Newcomer
Gemma Arterton

Done In Sixty Seconds
Jerry Maguire

Outstanding Contribution to British Film
Danny Boyle

Empire Icon
Viggo Mortensen

Actor of Empire's Lifetime
Russell Crowe

Special Tribute Award
Heath Ledger

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Images include: Hayley Atwell, Joanna Page, Viggo Mortensen, Jim Sturgess, Mackenzie Crook, Danny Boyle, Gemma Arterton, Olga Kurylenko, James McAvoy, Anne Marie Duff, Martin Freeman, Tom Felton, the cast of Son of Rambow, Michael Sheen, Gerard Butler, Helena Bonham Carter, Sean Bean, Thomas Turgoose, Cillian Murphy, Edith Bowman, Georgia Groome.

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All The Winners From The 2009 Oscars!

PopSugarUK — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 21:36:36 -0800

The 2009 Oscars took place in LA last night with our fellow Brits taking home a huge number of awards! Slumdog Millionaire was the big winner with eight gold statues including Best Picture and Best Director for Danny Boyle, while Kate Winslet won Best Actress for her role in The Reader - here's what she had to say in the press room following her win! Sean Penn won Best Actor for his role in Milk, beating out Mickey Rourke to the gong, while Penelope Cruz and Heath Ledger won the Best Supporting trophies, with Heath's award being picked up by his family. Pop, Buzz and Molly attended the ceremony, so don't forget to check out all the gossip from them, and stay tuned to PopSugar UK for more news!

Wall-E, Man On Wire, The Duchess and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button all won statues at the ceremony last night, so for a full list of winners, and photos from the press room of the presenters and winners, just read more.

Best picture: Slumdog Millionaire

Best director: Danny Boyle Slumdog Millionaire

Best actress: Kate Winslet The Reader

Best actor: Sean Penn Milk

Best supporting actress: Penelope Cruz Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Best supporting actor: Heath Ledger The Dark Knight

Best original screenplay: Milk

Best adapted screenplay: Slumdog Millionaire

Best animated feature film: Wall-E

Best animated short film: La Maison en Petits Cubes

Art direction: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Costume design: The Duchess

Make-up: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Cinematography: Slumdog Millionaire

Best live action short film: Spielzeugland (Toyland)

Best documentary feature: Man on Wire

Best documentary short subject: Smile Pinki

Visual effects: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Sound editing: The Dark Knight

Sound mixing: Slumdog Millionaire

Film editing: Slumdog Millionaire

Best original score: Slumdog Millionaire

Best original song: "Jai Ho" - Slumdog Millionaire

Best foreign language film: Departures (Japan)

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Images include: Sarah Jessica Parker, Penelope Cruz, Jennifer Aniston, Jack Black, the Ledger family, Christopher Walken, Cuba Gooding Jr, Alan Arkin, Kevin Kline, Joel Grey, Seth Rogen, Anjelica Huston, Tilda Swinton, Goldie Hawn, Eva Marie Saint, Whoopi Goldberg, Kate Winslet, Sean Penn, Marion Cotillard, Sir Ben Kingsley, Robert De Niro, Michael Douglas, Adrien Brody, Anthony Hopkins, Daniel Craig, Danny Boyle, Tina Fey, Daniel Craig, A.R. Rahman, Dustin Lance Black.

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Oscar Worthy Gadgets: The Dark Knight's Cell Phone Capers

GeekSugar — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 07:31:55 -0800

One of my favorite films of last year, The Dark Knight unquestionably shines with the performance of Heath Ledger as the Joker, nominated for Best Supporting Actor. The film's up for a slew of other nominations that I'm really interested in because of their technical slants, like Best Cinematography, Film Editing, Sound, Sound Editing, and Visual Effects.

That's not just why the Batman sequel was a geek's dream; it featured the Nokia Tube as Lucius Fox's cell, and a couple pivotal scenes centered around cell phone communication as a plot device.

A cell phone being inside one of the thugs was particularity gruesome, while the scene with Rachel Dawes' and Harvey Dent's last cell conversation was heartbreaking. But not even their intensity can beat the staggering image of the city's 3D view of the cell phone network that would finally lead Bruce Wayne to his mark.

Photos courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures

Should The Dark Knight Have Gotten a Best Picture Nomination?

BuzzSugar — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:33:32 -0800

The nominees for this year's Best Picture Oscar are the following:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Frost/Nixon

Milk

The Reader

Slumdog Millionaire

In the months leading up to today's announcement, there was talk that The Dark Knight might actually nab a Best Picture nomination. Do you agree with the five movies selected for this category? Do you think The Dark Knight is deserving of a nod from the Academy? If so, which of the above movies would you bump in order to include it?

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Kate Winslet and Slumdog Win Multiple Golden Globes!

PopSugarUK — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

The Golden Globe Awards took place last night, and brought some fantastic success for our British nominees! Kate Winslet won two awards, for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress for movies Revolutionary Road and The Reader. Meanwhile the fabulous Slumdog Millionaire continued its success from the Critics' Choice Awards by winning four Golden Globes including Best Picture (Drama), Sally Hawkins won Best Actress for Happy-Go-Lucky, and Tom Wilkinson picked up a Supporting Actor award for his role in TV series John Adams.

Other winners last night included 30 Rock, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Mad Men and The Wrestler, Heath Ledger won a posthumous Supporting Actor award for The Dark Knight, Colin Farrell won for In Bruges, and Steven Spielberg picked up the Lifetime Achievement award.

To see a full list of winners, Kate's emotional acceptance speech, plus more photos of Brits and other winners and presenters at last night's Golden Globe Awards, just read more.

MOVIES

BEST MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
Slumdog Millionaire

BEST MOTION PICTURE, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Vicky Cristina Barcelona

BEST DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire

BEST DRAMATIC ACTOR
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

BEST DRAMATIC ACTRESS
Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road

BEST ACTOR, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Colin Farrell, In Bruges

BEST ACTRESS, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kate Winslet, The Reader

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Wall-E

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE PICTURE
Waltz With Bashir

BEST SCREENPLAY
Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire

BEST SONG
"The Wrestler" (performed by Bruce Springsteen, written by Bruce Springsteen), The Wrestler

TELEVISION

BEST TV SERIES, DRAMA
Mad Men

TV SERIES, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
30 Rock

BEST ACTRESS, TV DRAMA
Anna Paquin, True Blood

BEST ACTOR, TV DRAMA
Gabriel Byrne, In Treatment

BEST ACTOR, TV MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock

BEST ACTRESS, TV MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Tina Fey, 30 Rock

BEST MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
John Adams

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Laura Linney, John Adams

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Paul Giamatti, John Adams

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Laura Dern, Recount

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Tom Wilkinson, John Adams

CECIL B. DEMILLE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Steven Spielberg

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Images include: Kate Winslet, Laura Dern, Bruce Springsteen, Ricky Gervais, Tom Wilkinson, Anna Paquin, Laura Linney, Paul Giamatti, Sally Hawkins, Zachary Quinto, Chris Pine, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Colin Farrell, cast of 30 Rock, Sam Mendes, Mickey Rourke, Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Kate Beckinsale, P Diddy, Hugh Laurie, cast of Mad Men.

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Sugar Bits - Slumdog Millionaire Wins Big at Critics' Choice

PopSugarUK — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:00:00 -0800

Slumdog Millionaire was the big winner at the Critics' Choice Awards in LA last night, receiving five awards. Anne Hathaway and Meryl Streep tied in the Best Actress category, and Sean Penn won Best Actor for Milk. The Dark Knight, The Reader, and Wall-E were among the other films that won awards. - BuzzSugar
A private memorial service has been held in Florida for John Travolta's son Jett. The service at the Travoltas' house near Ocala took place six days after Jett died in the Bahamas. - BBC
Cristiano Ronaldo walked away uninjured after writing off his Ferrari sports car in a crash after it hit a roadside barrier under a tunnel near Manchester Airport yesterday. No one is believed to have been injured. - Independent
Amy Winehouse escaped an assault probe after throwing a glass of water over a fellow tourist at her Caribbean resort. She apologised to the woman and her partner, and her spokesman said: "Amy misunderstood a conversation and wrongly believed a slight was made. The matter has been resolved". - The Sun
Jordan/Katie Price has hit out at Lucy Pinder while editing the 3am column, saying: "Beneath that skirt is a bloke with b******s. She’s tough. A real bitch... And I’ll tell you something else – it’s b******s she’s all natural. She used to have a right beak on her, I reckon she’s had her nose done. And I’d say her lips and teeth are fake too." - Mirror
Electro-pop singer Little Boots has come top of the BBC's Sound of 2009 list, which aims to highlight the best new music talent for the new year and is based on tips from 134 leading UK tastemakers. Last year, Adele came top, followed by Duffy, The Ting Tings and Glasvegas. This year, dark London rock trio White Lies came second, with spirited singer-songwriter Florence and the Machine in third and Australian fantasy pop duo Empire of the Sun at four. - BBC

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Announcing The Winners: The 2009 Critics' Choice Awards

BuzzSugar — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:38:59 -0800

Slumdog Millionaire was the big winner Thursday at the Critics' Choice Awards, taking home the trophy for Best Picture as well as several other awards. The film won five awards in all, including trophies for its director, star, and composer.

Anne Hathaway and Meryl Streep tied in the Best Actress category, with Hathaway winning for Rachel Getting Married and Streep for Doubt. On the men's side, Sean Penn won Best Actor for Milk.

The Dark Knight, The Reader, and Wall-E were among the other films that won awards. To check out the full list of winners, just read more.

BEST PICTURE
Slumdog Millionaire

BEST ACTOR
Sean Penn, Milk

BEST ACTRESS
Tie: Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married and Meryl Streep, Doubt

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kate Winslet, The Reader

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Milk

BEST DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire

BEST WRITER
Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
WALL-E

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS (Under 21)
Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionaire

BEST ACTION MOVIE
The Dark Knight

BEST COMEDY MOVIE
Tropic Thunder

BEST PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
John Adams

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Waltz With Bashir

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Man On Wire

BEST SONG
"The Wrestler" (performed by Bruce Springsteen, written by Bruce Springsteen), The Wrestler

BEST COMPOSER
A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire

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Will The Dark Knight Sweep the Awards It's Nominated For?

PopSugar — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:00:40 -0800

Christian Bale and Aaron Eckhart proudly showed off their trophies after The Dark Knight took home five out of five People's Choice Awards last night, including Best Movie of the Year. The film will be up for more honors tonight at the Critics' Choice Awards and again on Sunday at the Golden Globes. We'll have to wait a few more weeks to hear about Oscar nods, but tell us - do you think The Dark Knight will sweep the awards it's nominated for?

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