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Helena Bonham Carter Honored By The Queen

AP | Posted 04.23.2012

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LONDON — Actress Helena Bonham Carter, whose regal roles include the Red Queen in "Alice in Wonderland" and the mother of Queen Elizabeth II in ...

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Indie Filmmakers Storm the Beach at American Film Market

Michael Rose | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Afm, Academy Awards, Summit Entertainment, Robert Hayward, Comerica Bank, Loews Hotel, American Film Market, Ides of March, The Kings Speech, George Clooney, Jared Underwood, Entertainment News
Michael Rose

When Warner Bros. took a pass on his latest film, The Ides of March, George Clooney refused to give up. He sauntered down to the annual American Film Market and started to pitch his project to an endless succession of buyers from around the world.

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'Melancholia' Is The Film To Beat At European Film Awards

The Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami | Posted 01.05.2012

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"Melancholia" is the film to beat at this year's European Film Awards, which announced its nominated films Saturday at the Seville European Film Festi...

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Madonna Identifies With Famed Divorcee Wallis Simpson

AP | COLLEEN BARRY | Posted 11.01.2011

Read More: "W.E.", The King's Speech, Venice Film Festival, Madonna, W.E., Wallis Simpson, Madonna's New Film, King Edward VIII, Divorce News

VENICE, Italy — There may be few people better suited than Madonna to tell the story of the two-time American divorcee for whom Britain's King E...

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PHOTOS: Madge Arrives At Venice Film Festival

Posted 11.01.2011

Read More: Madonna, The King's Speech, Venice Film Festival, Abbie Cornish, Madonna w.e., Celebrity News

What's a film festival without the spectacle? The cameras and flashbulbs were aflutter when Madonna arrived in Venice Tuesday night to promote her sec...

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'The King's Speech' Heads To Broadway

www.showbiz411.com | Posted 10.08.2011

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I told you first, and quite a while ago, that "The King’s Speech" would head to Broadway after its run as a film. Then it won the Oscar. Now I’m t...

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Federal Coach: The Best Leadership Movies to Get You Inspired

Tom Fox | Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Remember the Titans, The King's Speech, Miracle, Leadership Lessons, Duke University, Partnership for Public Service, Apollo 13, Business News
Tom Fox

Sit back and consider watching an entertaining movie that can perhaps impart some insightful leadership lessons.

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A Modest Proposal: A Luxury Tax for Expensive Movies

Marshall Fine | Posted 08.24.2011

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Marshall Fine

Why don't we create a luxury tax for Hollywood, comparable to the one Major League Baseball invokes whenever a team tries to buy itself a pennant by stocking up on expensive star players.

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Major Changes Coming To Academy Awards

Posted 08.15.2011

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This year, the biggest Oscar surprise may come on nomination day. Or maybe it won't. And to the Academy in charge of these things, that's the entire p...

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Even When a Great Film Comes Out, You Can't See It (Except Maybe in New York)

John Farr | Posted 08.06.2011

Read More: Movie Distribution, Academy Awards, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Best-Movies, Best Movies on DVD, Film Forum, The Deer Hunter, Best Movies by Farr, Thirteen/WNET, The Hangover 2, Terrence Malick, Brad Pitt, The King's Speech, Independent Film, The Tree of Life, Robert De Niro, Thor, Hollywood, Kung Fu Panda 2, Entertainment News
John Farr

Mindless kiddie fare opens at around four thousand screens across the country. When at last a brilliant, provocative film for grown-ups gets produced, it merited four screens. Doesn't this strike you as just a trifle lopsided?

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ReThink Review: The First Grader -- Reading, Writing and Rebellion

Jonathan Kim | Posted 07.13.2011

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Jonathan Kim

The First Grader tells the true story of Kimani Maruge, an 84-year-old veteran of Kenya's Mau Mau Uprising who earned a place in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's oldest primary school student.

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Hix Nix Tix Pix (And So Does Everyone Else)

Stu Kreisman | Posted 05.30.2011

Read More: Arthur, Newspapers, Betty White, Writers, Entertainment, Cable Tv, Movies, Writers Guild of America, Internet, Television, The King's Speech, TV Ratings, Transformers 2, The Departed, Los Angeles Times, Snl, Saturday Night Live, In-Flight Entertainment, Demographics, Airlines, The Green Lantern, Bluetooth, Hollywood, Entertainment News
Stu Kreisman

Unless it's chapter five of a franchise like Transformers, or lame remakes of classics like Arthur, nobody on the business side in Hollywood has a clue of what to do.

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Director Of 'The King's Speech' To Tackle 'Les Miserables' Next

Posted 05.25.2011

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Tom Hooper is going back in time. Once again. Will he find more gold? The Oscar-winning director of "The King's Speech" is closing in on directing ...

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The New Wallis Simpson Fetish

AP | By JILL LAWLESS | Posted 05.25.2011

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LONDON -- Watch out, Kate Middleton. Another royal consort is in the limelight as the royal wedding approaches. Wallis Simpson, the American divorc...

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The King's Speech

Kathryn Cameron Porter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: North Africa, Women, Reform, Human Rights, Middle East, Morocco, The King's Speech, Ghaddafi, King Mohammed VI, Colin Firth, World News
Kathryn Cameron Porter

As we consider the will of a young King to move forward the reforms he started ten years ago, his actions show his commitment to a continuation of reform in Morocco.

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Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman In New Film 'Stoker'

Posted 05.25.2011

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From King to King of the Night? Well, kind of. Fresh off his Oscar winning turn as King George VI in "The King's Speech," Colin Firth plans to give...

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Lessons Learned From The King's Speech

Glen McDaniel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The King's Speech, Academy Awards, Movies, Resilience, Best Picture, Stuttering, King George VI, Oscars 2011, King Edward VIII, Queen Elizabeth II, Media News
Glen McDaniel

This year's Best Picture winner at the Academy Awards (and nominated for 12 Oscars),was The King's Speech, the story of King George VI of England w...

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Au Contraire: The King's Speech, Part III, A Fable

Glenn Young | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Joseph Campbell, t.h. White, Screenplays, The King's Speech, Carl Jung, Oscars, Tom Hooper, Colin Firth, Entertainment News
Glenn Young

The King's Speech is a diaphanous fairytale about a very real prince who must break free of his rigid, muzzling fairytale world to help rescue his country from a very real nightmare.

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Want To Wear Wallis Simpson's Lingerie? Now You Can (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Ashley Reich | Posted 05.25.2011

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Wallis Simpson's lingerie, handbags, and luggage are being auctioned off in London on March 17, and we have the pictures. Perhaps the most famous di...

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WATCH: Oscar Winning 'King's Speech' Gets Remixed

Posted 05.25.2011

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The video below is further proof that nothing is safe from being remixed. The creative minds behind Eclectic Method have taken the Oscar winner for B...

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My Oscar Experience: Surprises and Southern Comfort in Los Angeles

Jon Chattman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The King's Speech, Twitter, New York, Renaissance Hotel, Oscars, Red Carpet, Oscar Diary, Academy Awards, Hollywood, Inception, True Grit, Alice in Wonderland, Black Swan, Entertainment News
Jon Chattman

On Sunday, I was in Los Angeles covering the 83rd Annual Academy Awards for the Huffington Post. As I reported from the red carpet, I secretly held out hope that the night would come with huge surprises.

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Shame at the Oscars

Lev Raphael | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kirk Douglas, Academy Awards, Black Swan, Colin Firth, James Franco, Anne Hathaway, The King's Speech, Entertainment News, Moby Dick, Marilyn Monroe, Shame, The Oscars, Oscars 2011, Entertainment News
Lev Raphael

Shame was all over the place at The Oscars: Anne Hathaway trying too hard; James Franco not trying hard enough; dead Bob Hope getting more laughs than...

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A Golden Night for Britain

Nigel Sheinwald | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Winston Churchill, Christian Bale, David Seidler, The King's Speech, Prince William, The Oscars, Kate Middleton, Colin Firth, Tom Hooper, Olympics, Michelle Obama, President Barack Obama, Entertainment News
Nigel Sheinwald

I am confident that the success The King's Speech achieved Sunday night sets the scene for a year of success in the relationship between our two countries and our people.

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My Oscars Diary as Royal Fever Hits Hollywood!

Yvonne Yorke | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Natalie Portman, David Seidler, Academy Awards, Vera Wang, Black Swan, Vanity Fair Party, Ralph Fiennes, Royal Wedding Dress Designer, The King's Speech, Helena Bonham-Carter, Oscars, Oscar Party, Royal Wedding, Kate Middleton, Colin Firth, Oscars 2011, Royal Wedding 2011, Style News
Yvonne Yorke

Hollywood has gotten royal fever during Oscar week. Having long reigned as the queen of celebrity bridal designers, Vera and I naturally ended up chatting about the royal wedding dress.

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From Hollywood to Wisconsin: A Good Day for Unions

Sally Kohn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: King's Speech, Wisconsin, Madison, Academy Awards, Union Members, Scott Walker, Police, Unionized, Media, Melissa Leo, Koch Brothers, Public Workers, Natalie Portman, Actors, Sag, History, Public Employees Union, The King's Speech, Best Actress, Directors, MoveOn.Org, Protest, Oscars, Best Picture, Screen Actors Guild, Union, Wearewi, Oscars 2011, Entertainment News
Sally Kohn

From the almost-entirely unionized Oscar winners to the public workers in Wisconsin continuing their two-week sit-in for worker justice, Americans everywhere were hopefully reminded that unions make America great.

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