The 40th International Film Festival Rotterdam will be closed, Saturday evening February 5, with the screening of David O'Russell's The Fighter, winner of two Golden Globes for Best Supporting Actor (Christian Bale) and Best Supporting Actress (Melissa Leo). Prior to the screening the IFFR announces the winners of the UPC Audience Award (Best Festival Film 2011) and the Dioraphte Award (Best Hubert Bals Fund Supported Film 2011) as the result of audience votes. The Fighter replaces, as wa...

Independents captured eight awards at tonight’s 68th Annual Golden Globes® ceremony, including for Best Picture and Best Actress, Comedy or Musical, as well as both Best Actor prizes, Independent Film & Television Alliance President-CEO Jean Prewitt announced. The Kids Are All Right (Inferno Entertainment, Focus Features and UGC International) garnered awards for best Comedy or Musical Picture and Best Actress (Annette Bening); The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company) won for Best Actor (...

Paramount Pictures and Relativity Media will offer THE FIGHTER for awards consideration to Screen Actors Guild (SAG) eligible voting members on iTunes. Beginning Friday, January 14th, THE FIGHTER can be downloaded in HD from iTunes for viewing on an iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, Mac or PC, or on an HDTV with Apple TV. The film will be available to members from January 14th through 28th during the SAG awards consideration window.(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/19991206/PARLOGO)"The recogniti...

  The "usual suspects" were evident at the announcement of the 2011 Golden Globe Awards by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Both the historical biopic THE KING'S SPEECH and the zeitgeist drama THE SOCIAL NETWORK received the most nominations, with such celebrated films as BLACK SWAN, THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT, INCEPTION, BLUE VALENTINE and THE FIGHTER making strong showings. THE KING'S SPEECH has to be considered the current frontrunner, capping seven nominations...