Robert Redford's Lincoln assassination tale "The Conspirator" and Keira Knightley and Carey Mulligan's drama "Never Let Me Go" are among films premiering at September's Toronto International Film Festival. A showcase for potential Academy Awards contenders, the Toronto festival announced many of the titles Tuesday ...

US director Kathryn Bigelow's Iraq war movie "The Hurt Locker" swept the board at the BAFTAs Sunday, winning the best film and director awards and leaving ex-husband James Cameron almost empty-handed. Bigelow picked up six gongs out of eight she was nominated for, and was the first woman to win the best director award for her movie portraying elite ...

Gritty Iraq thriller "The Hurt Locker" and blockbuster eco-extravaganza "Avatar" are squaring off at the British Academy Film Awards — a possible preview of their showdown at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles next month. Each film has eight nominations for Sunday's prizes, including best picture ...

Sandra Bullock spoke of maintaining a good work ethic for years to come. Woody Harrelson spoke of soldiers. Carey Mulligan spoke about bumping butts with Quentin Tarantino. This season's Academy Awards elite gathered Monday for the annual nominees luncheon, with table talk ranging from ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - One of the first things Gabourey Sidibe did on Tuesday morning was to send a congratulatory text message to Carey Mulligan. Both young women were among 12 actors experiencing the thrill of their first Oscar nominations on a coveted list that sees newcomers to the Academy Awards make up more than half of the chosen few. Sidibe ...

Carey Mulligan, the 24-year-old star of "An Education," prepared herself for Oscar nominations in a peculiar way: She watched a film about drug addiction: "Requiem for a Dream." First, the nominee for best actress went out to see Mel Gibson's "Edge of Darkness"; then she stayed ...

Nominees in major categories for the British Academy Film Awards, announced Thursday: _Film: "Avatar"; "An Education"; "The Hurt Locker"; "Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire"; "Up in the Air" _British Film: "An Education"; "Fish Tank"; "In the Loop"; "Moon"; "Nowhere Boy" _Director: James Cameron. "Avatar"; Neill Blomkamp, "District 9"; Lone Scherfig ...

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - When Summit Entertainment sent out the DVD of "The Hurt Locker" to awards voters, it did so in early December, even though the critically acclaimed war drama had been released theatrically in late June. This was one of numerous decisions that will now impact the movie's Oscar chances. Was Summit right? "There is this sort ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Only Meryl Streep, at age 60, could trill merrily "Turns out, I'm a bit of a slut!" -- and get a Golden Globe nomination for it. Streep is enjoying a second lease on her acting life after three years of commercial and critical success in ever-changing roles, and she is delighting a new generation of fans not ...

The top 10 films of 2009, according to AP Movie Writer David Germain: 1. "The Hurt Locker" — The first great Iraq war film proves so universal that it can stand among the classics from past wars. Director Kathryn Bigelow drops viewers in at ground zero for a ...