February 23rd, 2009 by Co-Worker
Perth-born Hollywood star Heath Ledger has been honoured with the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as the psychotic Joker in Batman.
Ledger was the clear favourite to win Academy Award, which comes just over a year after the 28-year-old died from an accidental prescription drug overdose.
He is only the second actor to win an Oscar posthumously.
His father Kim Ledger and mother Sally Bell and sister Kate accepted the award.
“First of all, I have to say this is so humbling,” Kim Ledger told the audience.
“This award tonight would have humbly validated Heath’s quiet determination to be truly accepted by you all here – his peers – within an industry he so loved. Thank you.”
Sally described her son as a “generous soul” and said the family would celebrate his life tonight.
Kate confirmed the Oscar would go to her brother’s daughter, three-year-old Matilda.
“We proudly accept this award on behalf of your beautiful Matilda,” Kate said.
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February 15th, 2009 by Co-Worker
Opening on Friday the thirteenth was good timing for the new ‘Friday the 13th’ movie remake where it pulled in $19.4 million. The weekend ended with $42.2 million. Released by the Warner Bros. banner New Line Cinema, “Friday the 13th” updates the grisly story of killer Jason Voorhees and his rampage among youths at a secluded summer camp.
“It’s a great title, and it was a great weekend to open. We had Friday the 13th and Valentine’s Day,” said Dan Fellman, head of distribution for Warner Bros. “I’ve seen it play a number of times, and the audience is with it the whole way. A lot of screams and a lot of laughs.”
The “Friday the 13th” series has been one of the most-enduring horror franchises, spawning 10 sequels, including the crossover grudge match “Freddy Vs. Jason,” pitting Voorhees against the boogeyman from “A Nightmare on Elm Street.”
The movie bumped off the previous weekend’s top earner, the Warner-New Line romance “He’s Just Not That Into You,” which fell to second-place but held up strongly over Valentine’s weekend with $19.6 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Among other new movies, Disney’s comedy “Confessions of a Shopaholic” landed in fourth-place with $15.4 million, while Sony’s thriller “The International” is No. 7 with $10 million.
Continued at Yahoo Movie News
November 18th, 2008 by Co-Worker
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November 7th, 2008 by Co-Worker
The new James Bond film Quantum of Solace, which opens in the US on November 14 and Australia on November 19, is already breaking international records.
Daniel Craig’s second tour of James Bond duty made an estimated $US38.6 million ($A56.45 million) overseas in the weekend ending November 3, despite playing in only three markets.
According to media reports, Quantum of Solace made a whopping $US25.3 million ($A37.0 million) in the United Kingdom, easily breaking the three-day premiere record held by Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
In France, Quantum of Solace added another $US10.6 million ($A15.5 million) and in Sweden, the film’s $US2.7 million ($A3.95 million) take was the fourth biggest launch ever.
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September 29th, 2008 by Co-Worker
Paul Newman, one of Hollywood’s top actors for over six decades, has died at the age of 83 after a long battle with cancer.
His spokesman Jeff Sanderson says the Oscar-winning actor of movies including Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid died on Friday.
In August, this news report stated that he had only weeks to live:
Paul Newman has finished chemotherapy and has told his family he wants to die at home.
It was reported Friday that Newman, 83, had only weeks to live and had returned home to his wife, Joanne Woodward.
The Oscar-winning actor was pictured being pushed from a New York cancer hospital in a wheelchair.
“Paul didn’t want to die in the hospital,” a source said. “Joanne and his daughters are beside themselves with grief.”
RIP Paul
August 30th, 2008 by Co-Worker
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